Theme information
- Author: Eston Bond
- Description: A two to three columns hybrid theme, not widget-ready.
- License: Creative Commons Attribution
Theme Comments by Small Potato
Why this awesome, stylish, magazine-like theme isn’t widget-ready is beyond me. Also, I almost skipped over Gridlock because it doesn’t look right, out of the box. It’s side-by-side, magazine like display format for the entries doesn’t work by default. You need to configure your blog (via Gridlock’s theme option page) to work with Gridlock.
I think the next step for this theme should be making the entries display side-by-side, without configuration.
Drawbacks aside, I like Gridlock because it doesn’t look like a blog, also because an HTML help page (sort of like a theme guide) is included with Gridlock’s download file, which is very rare because most WordPress theme developers don’t put in the extra time to create a guide for their themes (including me).
Theme information
- Author: Dean Robinson
- Description: A two to three columns hybrid, widget-ready theme, with multiple plugins support, asides, and sidebar modules.
- License: Creative Commons Attribution
Theme Comments by Small Potato
You’ve probably seen this theme on many top WordPress themes list before. It certainly doesn’t need any more exposure. However, it deserves a feature on this blog.
First, you should know it’s not a K2 skin. Reodable is a complete theme, independent of K2. Second, I don’t know how long it took Dean to create Redoable, but a theme like this would take me some serious patience to develop. Third, if you know me, you know I like dark, red themes.
If I weren’t so picky about having a unique look for Wpdesigner, I would use Redoable for Wpdesigner.com.
Theme information
- Author: iLEMONed and Bartelme Design
- Description: A four to three columns hybrid (seven all together) theme with fluid width and plugin support for WP-PageNavi, flickrRSS, Gravatar, and Ultimate Tag Warrior.
- License: GPL
Theme Comments by Small Potato
Dark is functional, flexible, well-designed, but still generic enough for you to customize and also comes with plugin support. The only drawback is it’s not widget-ready.
The recent releases of high quality themes like Dark and iTheme are refreshing. Together, Dark and iTheme are a sign of high quality themes on the rise. They also prove what I’ve been saying, “…one great theme is better than ten average themes.”
Well, at least, one great theme will get you ten times, if not twenty times, the reward of an average theme. If you’re a WordPress designer, regardless of what the intention behind your contribution to the community is, producing high quality themes should be your main focus.
A reward of a theme like Dark or iTheme is undoubtedly much greater than the $40-$60 that you get for running sponsored links on an average theme.
Theme information
- Author: NDesign Studio
- Description: A two-column, widget-ready theme with re-arrangeable sidebar boxes, for Mac lovers.
- License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
- Requirement(s): This theme requires a link back in the footer.
Note
I did not create this theme. If you would like to feature your theme on this blog, please sign up for an account, then contact me for permission to post.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A simple, two-column, widget-ready theme.
- License: Creative Commons ShareALike Attribution 2.5
- Requirement(s): This theme requires you to keep the author’s credit link.
Author’s note
This is the 32nd theme of my WordPress a-theme-a-day challenge. I’m feeling burned out so I’ll take a break from WordPress themes for a while, also not accepting custom projects. Starting Monday, WPDesigner will be geared toward theme development tutorials.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A 2-column version of a previous theme named Patriotic. Like its predecessor, it’s widget ready.
- License: GPL
Author’s note
Despite tomorrow is the last day of my challenge, which would be a good reason to release a great theme to cap off this a-theme-a-day challenge, I’ll lay low, rest up, and get ready for what’s coming after the challenge is over.
Sunday is Chinese New Year. To wish you a happy new year, I will… release a new year theme. What a surprise!
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A 2-column widget ready theme.
- License: GPL
Author’s note
I mentioned earlier that I’m now working on multiple themes per day, ever since I started freelancing (doing custom/paid themes) again. Basic Concept is the perfect example of my process for a paid theme. Usually, this is what I send to a client to get their feedback on the layout, placement, and flow of the design. It’s black, gray, and white with no details because I want them to judge only the layout, placement, and flow.
Actually, Basic Concept was exactly what I sent for one of my current projects, but the client turned it down. I came up with a better one and used this for a free theme.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A 2-column widget ready theme.
- License: Creative Commons ShareALike Attribution 2.5
- Requirement(s): This theme requires you to keep the author’s credit link.
Author’s note
WARNING: You must replace the default banner of this theme. You don’t have the rights to use it. I put it there to serve as a place holder.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A three-column red and black theme. It’s not widget ready.
- License: Creative Commons ShareALike Attribution 2.5
- Requirement(s): This theme requires you to keep the author’s credit link.
Author’s note
WARNING: You must replace the default banner of this theme. You don’t have the rights to use it. I put it there to serve as a place holder.
Despite that Wrastle wasn’t created within one day, I still met the one theme per day requirement set by my self-challenge, thanks to freelance projects that I’ve taken on.
Yup, yup. I work on multiple themes per day now, not just one anymore. My brain has been going, and going, and going, and going…
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A 2-column to 3-column hybrid theme with four widget-ready sidebars.
- License: Creative Commons ShareALike Attribution 2.5
- Requirement(s): This theme requires you to keep the author’s credit link.
Author’s note
Tell me. Have you ever seen FOUR widgetized sidebars? Rarely? No? That’s what I thought! Having more sidebars doesn’t mean it’s superior to other themes, but it sure looks cool!
For this Poker theme, I modified another one of my private themes and turned it into a 2 column to 3 column widgetized hybrid.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: A one-column, no sidebar, no widget, no archive, no categories theme.
- License: GPL
Author’s note
I don’t know what I was thinking with this one. Maybe I was just tired. But! I love it.
Theme information
- Author: Small Potato
- Description: An old-school, 3-column, widget ready theme.
- License: GPL
Author’s note
If you’re one of the net users born under the Web 2.0 Sun, this theme is what the amateur web used to look like. But don’t be fooled by its appearance, Oldschool is meant to serve as a 3-column framework for you to modify to your heart’s content.
