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Ian Stewart (ThemeShaper) has compiled a collection of responses from 15 WordPress theme developers in response to the question: "What is the future of WordPress themes?" My response to the question challenged the idea of distribution & updates vs. design ...

Like so many others, I have a FriendFeed account. I dumped a handful of web services that I use on a daily basis into the "feed" and then sort of forgot about it. Once in awhile I'll receive an email ...

ThemeShaper walks you through creating a custom page template to serve up random [unique] content on the front page of your WordPress site. Worth a read if you've ever wanted to feature fresh or important information on your landing page. ...

A new year is just around the corner. This last year was full of great memories (the greatest being Asia 2008), experiences, and personal milestones. A few goals were met, while a handful of others postponed. Rather than talking about ...

Update (Apr 28, 2009): Thanks to a generous donation, and a reassessment of my contributions to the community - as well as future plans, the donations link has been removed.Today the site was updated with a new persistent "status bar" ...

The Unstandard theme was originally a personal project designed and coded for 5thirtyone.com. The Unstandard is a split two / three column WordPress 2.6+ compatible theme. The home and archive index pages utilize photos rather than text. The latest update ...

The Unstandard WordPress theme is released / shared with the intent of breaking the typical blog mold. Farewell to the blase reverse chronological text heavy front pages, and hello to visuals & imagery to lure visitors deeper into your website ...

For WordPress users, there are certain scenarios when the typical reverse chronological presentation of content is just not enough. I have experimented with different methods of presenting content on 5thirtyone.com each time a redesign is uploaded - from the text-centric ...

Warning for new and existing WordPress users: DO NOT download WordPress themes from 3rd party "galleries". Identify the original source of the theme and download directly from the authors website.As WordPress - both hosted and self-hosted - continues to enjoy ...

Thanks to Milo for giving me the heads-up concerning the discomforting news which targets WordPress & Joomla users.Templates Browser is re-distributing public blog themes which are modified in such a way as to exploit the end user by inserting ...