Group Of Possible Next Themes
So I’ve been searching for months for the right theme for CyberSurge.org the last time I posted I wrote about WP Premium, which is a great theme but since then I’ve found a few that I also like.
The first one is the one I’ve really been looking at the most, Plane Jane. A very simple elegant two column theme that seems to be influenced by Daring Fireball (although I don’t know if that is true). The theme uses great fonts and the colors are great, I really like simple designs and this one is great.
The next one is called Elite, which is very similar to Plane Jane is that it’s best feature is its simplicity. The only problem with this theme is that I don’t really have much to say about it, it just doesn’t leave me with much of an impression, it’s great but I’m not really thrilled by it.
The last is GreenTech (Live Demo), I like this theme a lot but the problem is that it just seems too cartoony for me. I love the color but it is just too cartoony and I want my blog to go in a more professional direction and less in a shiny weblog direction.
Free WP Premium Theme
I have been searching for months to find the perfect theme for my other blog, CyberSurge.org. This search has up to this point been wildly unsuccessful, but I think I finally found what I’ve been looking for.
WP Premium is a free WordPress theme developed by R. Bhavesh. WP Premium is a “2/3 column, feature packed, widget ready theme that comes with three color-scheme options.”
The three colors that it comes with are, Brown, Black, and Red. For CyberSurge in particular I’m probably going to use Red or Black but until I download it and start playing around I can’t be too sure.
One of the cooler features that isn’t drastically obvious is that there are separate css files for the layout and the color, this way if you want to change the color of the theme you don’t have to make all the changes you have made to one color to another.
The theme comes with its own RSS e-mail subscription form.
There are 3 spots for 100×100 ads in the sidebar which makes monetizing the blog much easier.
I absolutely love this theme and I want to give a plug to Hack WordPress for this post ultimately pointing me towards this theme.
Weborithm’s First Exclusive Theme
I talk a lot about free WordPress themes but today I want to clue you into a great theme designed by the writer of a blog that I read every day.
Hyder who recently started a blog design company called Weborithm and the writer of the blog Everybody Go To.
A while back Hyder did a design for John Cow, but now you can purchase the theme via John Cow in three versions.
The theme is called Milk It. (Live Preview)
The basic version is priced at $39, the two links in the footer must stay
The premium version is priced at $59 and is for those who would like to remove the links from the footer and also gives you the choice of three different color schemes.
The personalized version costs $79 and gets you a customized header.
I’ve been reading Everybody Go To for a few months and love the blog. I just wanted to point all of you to this blog design because I think it is great. Wonderful layout, great colors, etc., etc., etc.
WP Theme Marketplace, Feedburner Glitch, and WordPress Plugins
WP Theme Marketplace will soon be opening. WP Theme Marketplace is going to be (as the name implies) a marketplace for WordPress themes. WordPress.com bloggers will be able to pay to use the themes in the marketplace while WordPress.org users will be able to use the themes for free. More at Everybody Go To.
Google’s Feedfetcher stats weren’t showing up when users were looking at Feedburner stats over the weekend. More at Problogger.
WordPress Plugins - Admin Drop-Down Menus, Different Posts Per Page, Download Counter Lite, Download Counter Advanced, etc. More at Weblog Tools Collection.
Two Themes I Hate and One I Love
Remember we may have differing opinions, and that is fine, leave a comment and tell me why I’m wrong.
Quite frankly I really don’t like this theme. It has the effect that the title implies but that effect isn’t that great. It is too red, I wouldn’t be too opposed if it had a little red, I’m not against red, but this just screams REEEDDD!! If you like that, it is fine, but it is not for me.
This is another that I do not like, it is just too stripe-ey. I do like that it is nice and wide, there is nothing better then a blog theme that fills your whole browser window. But, unfortunately the color scheme for the theme is just too strong.
This is actually a really nice theme. It is loosely based on Tumblogs and I have to be honest, I am a sucker for a moderately well designed minimalist WordPress theme. This single column theme is just beautiful simplicity. I absolutely love the background on the left and right sides of the main column, it looks great.