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When Premium WordPress Themes & Open Source Ethics Collide
Are premium themes open source? Should they even exist? Read When Premium WordPress themes and open source ethics collide for a good, controversial take on the subject.
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Monochromatic, A Thematic Child Theme
I’m pleased to announce that Leland at ThemeLab has released a cool minimalist Thematic Child Theme called, Monochromatic. If you’re looking for something that’ll let your content shine through, Monochromatic might just be the theme for you.
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How To Make a WordPress Child Theme Tutorial
If you think the idea of customizing a WordPress theme sounds painful you need to read this detailed, easy-to-follow tutorial on how to make a WordPress Child Theme.
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How Many Times Do You Need To Change Your Layout?
Jeff Chandler gets at something I’ve been considering: WordPress themes that let users change the layout configuration from the admin might be a dead end. How many times do you need to change your layout? It’s neat feature—at first—but I think there might be a better way.
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Any WordPress Theme Can Be a Blank Framework
A question from a reader has prompted this post. What makes a WordPress Theme Framework? I say, any WordPress theme can be a theme framework. I’m researching Thematic and would really like some clarification on child themes. You say several places to use a child theme but I couldn’t find a list — is Junction the only…
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How to add sIFR to your WordPress Themes
How to add sIFR to your WordPress Themes.
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WordPress Theme Frameworks, Child Themes & Custom Theme Hooks & Filters
Dan Philbin of WPCandy gives the lowdown on WordPress Theme Frameworks, Child Themes and custom theme hooks and filters and how they relate to Thematic.
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Blank WordPress Theme Frameworks
DesignMag has a good post up with some links to CSS layouts and Blank WordPress Themes but remember: if you’re starting with a Child Theme any WordPress theme becomes a blank framework.
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Five clean, minimalist themes for WordPress
An examination of five clean, minimalist themes for WordPress.
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Announcing Acamas
I’m proud to announce my latest theme, Acamas. It’s another Thematic Themelet that completley changes the look of Thematic and adds new functionality. This time, it’s a featured post area with a considerate structure that changes the layout based on the type of blog page you’re on. Plus, it has a lot of possibilities for…
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Matt Mullenweg & Joseph Scott Discuss The WordPress Themes Directory
On July 18, Joseph Scott announced that after what seemed like, well, what seemed like a very long time, an official WordPress themes directory had returned. And you know what? It turned out to be awesome (and if you read below, it should get awesome-er). But I still had some questions and a few details…
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Cozmos Labs On How Easy It Is To Design With Thematic
Cozmos Labs has written an extremely flattering tutorial/mini-essay on their experience with Thematic and how easy it was to theme their site. Make sure you read 10 design tips for your custom wordpress theme built with thematic—and don’t forget to share it if you liked it.
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