Category Archives: Theme Design

The new Smarter and WordPress 3.0

As you all know, WordPress has made the 3.0 transition, which brings the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress and a lot of new features to the table. Trying to keep up with the goodies we developed a new version of Smarter, which runs smooth on 3.0 and takes advantage of the new feature list. [...]
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Charisma, Free Genesis Child Theme

Charisma is a free Genesis child theme that will work perfectly for your WordPress personal blog. When I started designing Charisma I had in mind an elegant, simple, well structured theme which highlights the content and gives the user a pleasurable reading experience.
By Cristian | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Wordpress | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Theme Teasers

The last two months have been really productive. So I thought I’d share with you two of the works in progress. While still far from ready to be released, they are ready to be shown. Both will be child themes, but with a twist. This is as much as I can tell you at this [...]
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Smarter WordPress Theme

As I’ve mentioned in the teaser, Smarter is a powerful CMS and business WordPress theme. It gives your blog a personal look, with easy customization, without getting lost into too much options. Its friendly interface and design work together giving your readers a pleasant experience every time they visit your site. Besides, you can get [...]
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Smarter Theme Teaser

It’s called Smarter and simply put it’s a CMS and business WordPress theme. The idea behind Smarter Theme is to quickly build a presentation website for small and medium size companies without the need to touch a single line of code. We’ve put together a screencast with a quick walk-through of the theme and it’s [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Wordpress | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Early Morning Child Theme

This elegant WordPress theme was inspired by the colors of the early morning as I see them from my window. It’s light, elegant and pleasantly surprising. This theme doesn’t scream at you, instead it takes a step back and lets the user read. Please don’t spoil it by putting ads on it!
By Cristian | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Thematic, Wordpress | Tagged , , , , | 115 Comments

Street WordPress Theme

Street is something that was created from a spark of inspiration, something that I felt should look like this. This wasn’t thought out nor planed. It uses the beautiful Vegur Free Font for the headings and main menu, implemented by Cufon (text replacement technique). I’ve spent a great deal of time searching for the perfect [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Thematic | Tagged , , , , | 77 Comments

Future Child Themes for Thematic in the works

Spring is at it’s end and makes room for a promising Summer. Finishing the new design was a fulfilling moment for me. When you put so much effort into something, your personal expectations are always high. Building something for myself and things are prone to be problematic. In the initial stages nothing really feels right [...]
By Cristian | Posted in Theme Design | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Commune Child Theme – Update

I’ve updated Commune Child Theme to version 0.2. This is just a bug fix release, most of them css related. Thanks to everyone that submitted bugs through the comment form on the original Commune page.
By Cristian | Also posted in Thematic | 8 Comments

Content design – what makes a good landing page

Photo by divemasterking2000 I want a redesign. I need it to be forward thinking with easy access to most sections of the site. Although this sounds like I’m trying to sell something to a client, please bare with me. Creating an effective landing page (in my case the front page) is a must. This is [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Recomended Reading | 7 Comments

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    Smarter Wordpress Theme

    Smarter is a Wordpress theme for small and medium sized companies. It's meant to build a presentation site in a minimum amount of time without touching a single line of code.

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