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Free Wordpress Themes with Exceptionally Great Features and Design

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:33:56 +0000

In this post you will find a bunch of Exceptionally Good Wordpress Themes and details on why they stand out from the rest.

Wordpress is a seriously popular blogging platform but with popularity comes endless options offered by the huge community. This is certainly a major advantage and it means you’re never alone with a problem. But there are literally tons of Free Themes and Plugins that you can combine in endless ways introducing a risk that looking around for the perfect setup removes focus from the main purpose…creating content for your blog readers.

Going for a Premium Theme may get you started much faster but what should you look for and is it possible to find Free alternative that provides the features normally only found in Premium Themes?

miniBlog Theme

miniBlog is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Intuitive Theme Options, Twitter, Any Color Scheme”

Wordpress 2.7+ Ready
Widget Ready
Built for “Sticky Posts”
Gravatar Ready
IE 6 & 7 Compatible
Firefox Compatible
Safari Compatible
Opera Compatible
Netscape Compatible
Custom Post Image-Thumbails
Infinite Number of Color Schemes
Detailed Theme Options Page
ReadMe.txt for Help Installing the Theme
Separate Comments and Trackbacks
Easily Editable CSS – Fully Commented
Web 2.0, Tableless Design
Best of all, it’s all FREE

miniBlog by Ralph Damiano is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

[Download] [Preview]

Rock Solid Theme

Rock Solid Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Four color schemes, theme options, Twitter+Flickr, free”

Wordpress 2.6, 2.7+ Ready
Widget Ready
Gravatar Ready
IE 6 & 7 Compatible
Firefox Compatible
Safari Compatible
Opera Compatible
Netscape Compatible
Custom Post Image-Thumbails
Four (4) Different Theme Color Styles Available
Detailed Theme Options Page
ReadMe.txt for Help Installing the Theme
Fully-Layered .PSD of Each Header Color Variation + Font Used for Customization
Separate Comments and Trackbacks
Easily Editable CSS – Fully Commented
Web 2.0, Tableless Design
Best of all, it’s all FREE

Rock Solid by Ralph Damiano is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

[Download] [Preview]

Jynxed Theme

Jynxed Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Unique design, cross-browser transparency, elegant look”

100% working cross-browser transparency (Even IE 6)
Beautiful javascript tab area in sidebar for clutter-free design
Unique web 2.0 feel
Gravatar ready
Widget ready
XHTML / CSS validated
Tested on all major browsers (and then some)
SEO friendly
Completely FREE

Jynxed by Ralph Damiano is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

[Download] [Preview]

Stitches Theme

Stitches Theme is another Free Wordpress Theme with a lot of features.

“Five color schemes, theme options, Twitter+Flickr.”

Wordpress 2.6+ Ready
Widget Ready
Gravatar Ready
IE 6+, Firefox 2+, Safari, Opera, Netscape Compatible
Custom Post Image Thumbails
Featured Posts
Styled Optional Calendar Widget
Five (5) Different Theme Color Styles Available
Detailed Theme Options Page
ReadMe.txt and FAQ.txt for Help Installing the Theme
Seperate Comments and Trackbacks
Elegant-Looking Sidebar Tabs
FREE – Developer License (use the theme as many times as you want for your own use)
Completely FREE

Stitches by Ralph Damiano is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

[Download] [Preview]

Bamboo – Free WordPress Theme

Today we have a pretty cool looking blog template designed by Rambling Soul. I then took the template and ported it to WordPress (with a bit of help). This theme features an unusual vertical page navigation, visible on the left side, as well as a featured post area. There are also two widgetized areas. This theme is built for WordPress 2.7 and above, and has features such as threaded comments and pagination.

[Download] [Preview]

75+ Huge Compilation of Stunning Photo Manipulation Tutorials for Photoshop

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:31:49 +0000

Photoshop is simply brilliant for creating Stunning Effects from simple elements and for fixing Photos that got the right scene but isn’t ok fx. in the light or color balance. In the hands of someone who knows how to control Photoshop it is able to do some really cool tricks but it isn’t easy at all for beginners. I find large compilations of Tutorials for Photoshop a great resource for inspiration and learning and I hope this article will be a good help for everyone including people new to Photoshop trying to do some photo magic for the first time.

30+ CSS and Web Site Design Showcase Sites any Designer MUST Know.

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:26:05 +0000

A really great source of inspiration is CSS Gallery and Web site design Repository sites. Looking at the successful work others created is one of the best ways to get ideas and kick start the creative process. This article provides a large compilation of web sites that specialize in collecting great web designs and making them easy to browse. All web sites are presented with screenshots and I hope you will easily find the sites that matches your needs. Get started with your creative journey with 30+ CSS and Web Site Design Showcase Sites any Designer MUST Know.

Free Animal Icon Set you can’t afford to miss

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:21:58 +0000

I said it before: Icons can be very important building blocks when you’re creating a design. They are in my opinion especially useful when creating designs for web sites but it’s definitely not limited to that. If you like good looking high quality Icons and if you’re a collector just as I am you shouldn’t miss this Icon Set from VisualPharm. The Icons are very aligned with the green trend and they are all perfectly crafted into the detail. I think the creator really did a great job I think and then giving them away for free.

30+ Inspirational Portfolio Designs of Web Designers

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:16:39 +0000

It’s getting more and more usual for designers to showcase their artwork online and the result is tons of portfolio websites competing for awareness. This means that you need to be special to stand out. Having access to collections of great web designs that really stand out may speed up your design process significantly and increase the chance that the result you end up with have new and unique features. The value of fresh inspiration should not be underestimated and in this article you will find more than you’ll need. Get started and be inspired to create a unique and attractive portfolio.