Comments on: WordPress Theme Releases for 2/25

By: Future Programming » Blog Archive » Inspiration or Lack of Creativity

Future Programming » Blog Archive » Inspiration or Lack of Creativity — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:14:58 +0000

[...] I browsed the WordPress themes released for February 25th 2008, on WeblogToolsCollection.com, I came across a theme that had everybody raving. It was called Options and was created by Justin [...]

By: Binh Nguyen

Binh Nguyen — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:26:39 +0000

Thanks for this I found 2 usable themes.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:08:37 +0000

Not to be a jerk, but it’s not that hard to make a theme that looks like the Revolution themes these days. Justin’s themes are definitely different and I am running a modified version of one of his themes at mmaopinion.com with lots of great compliments.

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:01:14 +0000

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By: Dem

Dem — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:30:18 +0000

“Magazines themes” C´mon!…

it’s just my opinion… but… “magazine themes” should be used only by the author. They are so “rigid”!… I love magazine themes, but if i use one i’ll use one of mines.

Small Potato why do you hate so much Magazinre themes? it’s true… They are not bloooogs like Wordpress used to be…. but….let’s them have options. BTW i love your blog designs Potato

By: Tapeleg

Tapeleg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:06:35 +0000

Brian - Very stand-up of you. Due respect.

By: WPDesigner » Inspiration or Lack of Creativity

WPDesigner » Inspiration or Lack of Creativity — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:41:34 +0000

By: // to be different than the Beton » Blog Archive » Themes für Wordpress 2.5

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:55:59 +0000

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By: Brian Gardner

Brian Gardner — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:00:42 +0000

I just want to briefly address this situation - when Options was originally released, the layout was MUCH different than it is now. It was quite obvious that at the time, the similarities were too obvious, which is why people notified me, and why I pursued conversation with Justin. He did have an “inspired” by note on his page, but at the time, I believe it was more than “inspired” by, which is why I got in touch with him. Since then, he has gracefully changed the design of his theme, which is why some of you think it’s not a replica of my site, as it originally “appeared” to be. I do appreciate all of those who contacted me regarding this, and understand that it’s easy to find inspiration in design elements.

Furthermore, I just want to point out that although the internet world is massive, it doesn’t take long for me (or other theme designers) to find out questionable things that other people do with our themes. I’m all for competition, themes “inspired by”, and so on, but there really wasn’t an issue on my side with Justin’s theme, since he took ownership of the situation and reacted by changing his look.

The bottom line is that whether people use free or premium themes on their site, Wordpress is ultimately promoted. I know there have been a lot of “hot topics” related to premium themes, but we are all in the same community, and shouldn’t be throwing stones at each other. The only time I am bothered by what happens is when people blatantly or maliciously affect me and my business - something that Justin did not do.

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:38:36 +0000

Hey Small Potato, you raise some really interesting points that make me want to write an editorial piece on the subject of the magazine style of themes. You also raise an incredible point in that, once a theme becomes so feature packed, only the creator knows how to unlock it’s potential. We already see some of this taking place with themes that use Custom Fields and the like. I think it’s time for themes to go all WIDGETS

By: Small Potato

Small Potato — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:19:25 +0000

@Momu - I meant the layouts and features are all very similar. And now, we have a theme like Options available for free. If anyone wants to continue this magazine trend then that person should come up with something new. Otherwise, we’ll probably have this same discussion again.

As for adding more features to these magazine themes, there’s only so much you can add until you’re the only one who knows how to fully use it.

I think really featured-packed themes should be saved for those in need of a custom theme.

By: Momu

Momu — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:22 +0000

Hy SP, nice to read your thoughts about this subject. Why so? A magazine theme is a theme style not a commercial thing

By: Small Potato

Small Potato — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:45:59 +0000

Options = Revolution = Premium News = Options = Revolution…
This discussion should mark the end of magazine themes.

By: Momu

Momu — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:15:25 +0000

Can someone tell us who is this issue resolved? What Brian and Justin said?

By: jim

jim — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:31:12 +0000

The Revolution theme still looks very good, and inherently better designed.

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Interesting Conversation... | WordPress Mania — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:19:54 +0000

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By: Darryl

Darryl — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:07:51 +0000

Forgot to mention…

There are quite a few differences in the themes. It looks to me as if he dressed Structure to resemble Revolution Pro

But that’s my personal opinion.