Comments on: Picking a Blog Theme

By: Finally Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1 by bored and blogging

Finally Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1 by bored and blogging — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:54:45 +0000

[...] changes that would make upgrading difficult, but I just didn’t want to deal with the hassle. Picking a theme was tough enough for me, but I needed to upgrade with all the security fixes coming [...]

By: boredandblogging

boredandblogging — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:13:53 +0000

@Jeremy

Using the Sandbox theme as a starting point is a good idea. Isn’t that what Sandbox is for?

By: Joe Smith

Joe Smith — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:53:14 +0000

Oh gosh, I know. I feel lame for still using the default theme, but it’s simple and clean, and until I have time to find something cool enough to replace it, that’s what I’ll use. Good theme choice though

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:50:31 +0000

Modifying somebody else’s CSS is a pain the butt, I know. That’s why I recommend using the Sandbox theme and coding up some simple CSS for it.

I find that it’s better to spend a few hours coding up an OK-looking theme for Sandbox that looks exactly the way I want it, than spend several hours/days hacking somebody else’s theme and not getting the right result.

Themes on the WP Theme Viewer might look nice, but they are very ugly inside, and are often not much more than severely hacked-up Kubricks that would not validate if the DOCTYPE were XHTML 1.0 Strict (as opposed to Transitional).

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:21:07 +0000

Yeah, I have a really hard time finding wordpress themes that are attractive and work well. The one I’m using now seems okay but widgets and things are not as customizable as I’d like. I think it would be cool if someone did a really nice ubuntu-ish wordpress theme that was customizable.