I would like to warn readers and WordPress users to NOT download themes from sites that have not developed the themes themselves. I urge news sites to link back to the original theme author’s download to keep things safe and consistent. There are too many sites out there distributing “premium WordPress themes for free” and their intentions are not good.

This particular warning is thanks to an astute reader who pointed out another such site called blogstheme.com. They also provide “premium WordPress themes for free” but have modified the footer to suit themselves. The “WordPress” link in the footer of every theme distributed by that site links back to blogstheme.com and the downloads are not pristine as intended by the designers of the themes. The footers are also tainted with sponsored links that the original authors did not put there. I see a whole bunch of Small Potato’s themes on that site as well as themes from many other designers. Though the theme page lists the original author, the theme download is from blogstheme.com and not from the original authors’ site.

I suggest that WordPress users stay away from themes distributed by blogstheme.com. This is not the first site that has tried to deceive WordPress users and this will not be the last. Please be careful to choose the right source of your WordPress download.

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Jim Stitzel

November 6th, 2007

WordPress Templates WordPress Skins WordPress Themes

Agneka Simple is an elegant, 3-column theme with information sidebar system.

DivBlackis a 3-column, dark theme with yellow highlights.

Dusplic is a 2-column, simple theme with light colors.

Inrash is a 3-column, fluid-width theme with earth-tone colors.

Minty is a 3-column, widget- and adsense-ready theme.

OceanWide is a 3-column, widget-ready theme with artful, oceanic header.

PocketT is a single-column theme that puts the focus on your blog’s content.

Visionary is a theme with a versatile design especially for news/magazine sites.

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Jim Stitzel

November 4th, 2007

WordPress Templates WordPress Skins WordPress Themes

1blogtheme is a 3-column, blue-and-white theme with a minimalistic design.

BlueQ is a 2-column, dark theme with a very simple, clean layout.

Drifting is a 2-column, simple theme with light blue colors.

Homeschool is a 3-column theme designed specifically with homeschool blogs in mind.

Inele is a 2-column, professional-looking theme with white, yellow, and brown colors.

RedWave is a dark, 3-column theme with complementary red colors and a Web 2.0 design.

WPTG is a 3-column theme, blue-and-white theme that’s ready for Adsense.

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Mark Ghosh

November 3rd, 2007

HOW-TO, LinkyLoo, WordPress Templates WordPress Skins WordPress Themes

The WordPress Help Cheat Sheet: Is a nifty little collection of code snippets and helpful bits of information aimed directly towards theme and template developers who need a reminder once in a while. Nice to print out and put somewhere handy. If you get lost looking for the link to the actual PDF download, look for it at the bottom of the post, towards the right under the word link. (yes, the authors need to make the most important content of a post easily visible and identifiable)

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Jim Stitzel

November 2nd, 2007

WordPress Templates WordPress Skins WordPress Themes

Business Sense is a 2-column theme perfect for a business blog or site.

Extended is a 2-column theme with a Web 2.0 look and bright colors.

Fotosky is a 3-column theme with 3-column footer that features a clean and simple design.

Lizard is a new dark skin for the Shifter theme that allows you to choose between 4 page widths including fluid width

New Yorker is a 3-column, fluid, newspaper-style theme with lots of window dressing.

Tech Moz is a 2-column theme with beautiful lines and colors.

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Jim Stitzel

October 29th, 2007

WordPress Templates WordPress Skins WordPress Themes

Bloomingday is a 3-column, green theme with flowery header.

Brownie is a 2-column theme with a header image guaranteed to tickle your sweet-tooth.

DGA Design 01 is a 2-column, Adsense-ready theme with blue color scheme.

Godfrey is a single-column, gray-and-red theme with custom shaped content areas and dual bottom information areas that display Recent Posts, Categories, Search Bar, Blogroll, and Meta Information.

InKarm is a 2-column theme with red, black, and white colors predominant.

Star’eve is a 2-column, dark theme with minimalistic design.

WordPreciousss is a 2-column, minimal theme that uses skins to change, layout, and format.

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