Theme Releases
Two Column Themes
GreenTech
GreenTech is a two column theme with pleasant colors. It makes use of a mix of brown and green colors. The background is creme in color. There are plenty of advertisement options available in this theme.
Author comments on the blog are styled differently than the other comments. Overall a good looking theme.
Widget Ready: Yes
Compatibility: There were no issues that I saw with this theme on Firefox 2+, IE6, IE7, Flock. The header section appears broken in Opera.
Validations: Invalid XHTML 1.0 Transitional with 29 errors | Invalid CSS with 1 error
Demo | Release Page | Download
Three Column Themes
My Starcraft 2
My Starcraft 2 is a theme based on Starcraft 2. The theme uses dark and vibrant colors with a mix of black and gray. The links are orange color making it more visible on the darker background.
Overall looks are quite good with ample advertising options. The theme is available in English and German versions
Widget Ready: Yes
Compatibility: There were no issues that I saw with this theme on Firefox 2+, IE6, IE7, Flock and Opera browsers.
Validations: Invalid XHTML 1.0 Transitional with 11 errors | Invalid CSS with 3 errors
Four Column Themes
Techicon
Techicon is a wide 4 column theme with beautiful use of colors. It is simple and classy at the same time. The theme comes with a sub header with 3 columns which can be used to display information such as Latest posts, popular posts etc.
The main content area is quite wide and can easily accommodate large images, the sidebar is huge and is made up of three smaller sidebars. Overall a great theme with ample advertising options.
Widget Ready: Yes
Compatibility: There were no issues that I saw with this theme on Firefox 2+, IE6, IE7, Flock and Opera browsers.
Validations: Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Invalid CSS with 3 errors
Demo | Release Page | Download
Plugin Releases
Set Email “From” Address
The default emails that get sent out by WordPress is usually wordpress@yourdomain.com. This plugin allows you to change the from address to any email you want to so that all outgoing emails go out with your personalized email address.
Compatible Versions: WordPress 2.0 and above
Category: Administration
SmartLinks Widget
This plugin allows you to automatically display content from Amazon, Netflix, Last.fm, IMDB etc. The items have SmartLink rather than links which opens up a small inline window with the best information from around the web without the user have to leave your site. (Disclosure: SmartLinks is an advertiser on this blog)
[EDIT] from the comments:
Smartlinks offers personalized Widgets for Netflix Queue, Amazon Wishlist, and Last.fm playlists. Each contains a SmartLink that allows you to monetize the content in a number of ways.
Compatible Versions: Up To WordPress 2.3.2Category: Widgets
Berri Technorati Reactions on Dashboard
WordPress 2.3 and above displays incoming links from Google Blog Search, this plugin displays you the Technorati Reactions of your blog in the Admin Dashboard.
Compatible Versions: WordPress 2.3 and above
Category: Administration
Keith,
The My Starcraft 2 theme links appear to be screwed up.
The thumbnails make a mighty nice addition. I’m impressed.
Well Ronald, all the links lead to the same location so I added it such 🙂
Keith,
I stand corrected 🙂
I absolutely LOVE this new post format. Much better than the old! Thank you!
Keep this up, it looks great. Nice way to post up the new themes and plugins. The screenshots make it easier for me to browse without going to a lot of sites to get a preview.
Awesome work Keith, you are the man! Thumbnails and release pages. What more could a fan want? Woops, I shouldn’t ask that question because people will answer it 😛
I thought the last post of latest themes was good, a big improvement on the older method. But, with the addition of screenshots and links to the release page, it’s now even better. Great stuff! And many thanks.
Coolness has been achieved. The thumbnails just took it over the top. I particularly like the results of the validation listed. Saves a lot of time. Thankx.
love the thumbnails!
Excusme, but the greentech’s download link point to techicon.zip.
It should point to here
This is awesome! Thumbnails look really cool. Techicon is my favourite 🙂
Hey Keith, I love the new formate as well.
By the way can you please fix the download link for GreenTech?
Thanks man.
Nice change of format. Nice to see there is actually some form of thought on the theme other than just publicity.
10 EXTRA CREDIT COOL POINTS for the thumbnails. Great layout. And actually, I like the PLUGINS and THEMES on one post!!! Nice and neat.
Aye, much better. The format, combining plugins and themes, and I love the thumbnails.
Link Fixed.
Yep, the theme thumbnails and reviews are cool, but I come for the plugins. I see a lot more scrolling in my future. 🙂
Excellent! The thumbnail prevents for doing click in the interesting (to me) themes.
The new post format is AWESOME! Thanks for the screenshots. Now I can get a glimpse of the theme in the RSS feed I watch in Netvibes. Much, much nicer!
I will add my voice to the chorus of praise on the new format. Well done.
Nice new format but I still prefer theme/plugin posts to be split up… since I would never in a million years have any use for a new theme but plugins? Gotta have ’em to patch up all the feature failures of the WP core.
There’s a slight correction that needs to be made to the listing about the new plugin from AdaptiveBlue.
We actually offer a simple plugin that allows you to display widgets from top services.
Want to display your Netflix queue on your site – with a thumbnail and description and have it update automatically? Simply install the Netflix widget. The same is true for Last.fm or Amazon.
Please correct the link of Set Email From Address Plugin.
Correct link is http://www.justinsamuel.com/co.....m-address/
I *love* the screenshots and the new format! Thank you for your hard work keeping us informed of all the new themes and plugins in the WordPress world!
Link Fixed. Thanks NSpeaks.
Mark,
Can you also fix the links and write up for the SmartLinks section – it’s actually personlized Widgets for Netflix Queue, Amazon Wishlist, and Last.fm playlists that we released.
Each contains a SmartLink that allows you to monetize the content in a number of ways.
The links are:
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl.....martlinks/
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl.....martlinks/
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl.....martlinks/
My Starcraft 2 is cool
TechIcon is cool, but it doesn’t actually fit in a 1024×768 screen on my laptop. 🙁
Le thème GrrenTech est maintenant raduit en français ici : http://wordpress-tuto.fr/theme.....t-vert-340