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Hello there!!. This is the third post from a series of 5 post where I`m going to show you how to set up your own Killer wordpress blog (like this one). In part one we`ve decided to have our blog in our own hosting and in part two we saw requirements and installation of wordpress. In part 3 we`re going to pick our theme according to our needs.
Off course if you are an experinced web designer/developer you already know all this things, but it`s a good opportunity to refresh your knwoledge, and why not to pick something new. This been said
It`s time to pick our theme:
The first thing you need to think, it`s the proupose of having your own blog???, Come on, Think!!!, I`ll give you a couple of minutes to do it …, just kidding,You can use it in a number of ways, a portfolio site, a magazine site, a personal blog, etc etc, so we`r going to take a glance at some of this.
Portfolios themes:
Wp Fholio
Folio Elements
Infinity
Sharpfolio
Matatag
Magazine Themes:
Gamezine
Scarlett
MegaNews
Pinnacle Theme
Equilibrium
Galleries Themes:
Snapshot
CSS Gallery Theme
Photo Madness
Gallery
Well those are some very good themes, and of course they are all free. If you still don`t know wich one to use you can find over 200 free wp themes in this 2 posts:
- 100 Amazing Free Wordpress Themes for 2009 | Smashing Magazine
- 140+ Brilliant Free Wordpress Themes Around | Instant Shift
And last but not least the theme wich we`ll be using for our own awesome blog :
Wp Christmas V1.1
Features:
- Modern and beautiful web typeface.
- Tableless design and 100% CSS-based layout.
- 2 different styles selectable from theme options page.
- 2 columns of fixed width.
- Widget Ready.
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid.
- CSS 2.1 valid.
- Delivered with source .PSD file.
- Well-commented CSS and theme PHP files for flexible customization.
- Multi-browser compatibility. Tested under modern w3c compliant browsers. Firefox 3 , Safari 2 and IE7.
For more info check Wordpress Christmas V1.1 at Instant Shift. Well in next part I`ll be showing you how to customice this theme, I`ll only be covering Css, xhtml and php aspects as the themes comes with the full .psd source. So until next time, Enjoy!!
Related posts:
- How to Set Up a Killer WordPress blog (like this one) pt 1
- How to Set Up a Killer WordPress blog (like this one) pt 2
- How to Set Up a Killer WordPress blog (like this one) pt 4
- 33 Wordpress Plugins To Power Up Comments
About Franco Averta
Hi!, mi name is Franco Averta, i`m from Argentina. Currently I`m studying to become a Graphic Designer. I`m the founder of Concept Dezain, my design company. Contact me via email or follow me in Twitter or Facebook.
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HI, the one I`m using is the last one, the christmas theme V1.1 by Instant Shift, I`ve modified it a littll bit. All the themes posted are free
I like the series. Great job!
Wow, great post! can´t wait for the next one in the series!
Nice post, thanks much for sharing.
Great tutorial!
Some great themes here…is it my imagination or did you leave off the one you use?
Is this a premium theme? I see you did the modifications yourself, is there a new theme on the horizon? One designed exclusively by you?
Off to check out a couple of the themes here. I often make recommendations to my clients so I am always on the lookout for new great themes.
Thanks!