Comments on: WordPress Theme Releases for 6/16

By: rkcorp

rkcorp — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:03:46 +0000

thanks again jim for your time and effort…sure glad you
took some time to list all the themes…appreciated

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By: Mi

Mi — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:14:41 +0000

For sceptics: If you have a chose - its better than when you dont.
Thanks for your work, Jim.

By: Daniel Condurachi

Daniel Condurachi — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:00:47 +0000

Jim is doing a good job indeed. I didn’t say that he isn’t. I read all of Jim posts, especially those regarding the themes. The trend in the quality of the themes that appear is downslope.

My complaint was regarding the themes in particular, about how they look and the lack of new ideas. I am just a user, I am not a theme creator. This is my point of view and I stick to it.

I use K2 because it is stable and as standardized as possible. I changed a few things to suit me and my blog purpose. I wish one day to find a better theme that would suit me.

By: TW

TW — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:38:25 +0000

Daniel, while I sort of agree with what you are saying, I think there is still a lot of value for presenting the themes - if nothing else, the value judgement as to if they are poor or not is often very subjective.

For people who have spent months with WP and read every theme announcement, then yes, they may well seem repetitive. For people new to WP, or just new to looking into themes, each one will seem different and may be interesting.

Most importantly (IMHO of course), the big thing about showcasing the themes here (even if some are far from cutting edge design) is that it gives hope and impetus to a new theme designer. Few will hit the bullseye with their first few themes and it is easy to become discouraged if you get no feed back and no hits. A link here will translate into around a thousand hits on the creators blog, hopefully a few of them will try the theme or make comments which can improve it.

By: Paul Enderson

Paul Enderson — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:07:51 +0000

Well Jim, I think you’re doing a great job - and let’s face it, nobody expects every single theme to be of amazing quality!

Of course, some people (Mr Condurachi) simply stick up the most commonly-used template they can find (K2/K3) and add recolour the header…

By: Inga Oz

Inga Oz — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:39:55 +0000

Triplex theme is very nice one! Thanks for sharing

By: Daniel Condurachi

Daniel Condurachi — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:12:38 +0000

I do not know why you present poorer and poorer themes. Most of them have nothing special worth presenting

By: trench

trench — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:50:12 +0000

Dezzain Studio has some nice themes! Thanks for sharing!