WP Themes Gallery

Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s year started off well! (:

I apologize for the lack of updates, downtime, and mess. I’ve made a few changes to the blog:

• The web hosting has been changed to (mt) Media Temple;
• WordPress has been updated to version 2.7;
• And the theme has been changed to Busy Bee by WooThemes.

I also have an announcement. ‘Top Blogs About WordPress’ will be back this month. So, feel free to suggest new blogs to the list. (:

Oh, and the blog is now using IntenseDebate for the comments.

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WordPress 2.6.5 has just been released and it fixes one security problem and three bugs. It’s recommended that everyone upgrade to this release.

http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/

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In the past few weeks, WooThemes has released a few free WordPress themes that I recommend you to take a look at:

Snapshot

Snapshot is the framework-equivalent of their own showcase and can be used for either a photo showcase, portfolio or design gallery.

Typebased

Typebased was designed by Armono Wibowo and it is a very clean and elegant personal blog design.

The Original Premium News Theme

The Original Premium News Theme is the very first premium theme that was ever released by Adii. This is the theme that started it all about a year ago. Since it was WooThemes’ birthday last week, they decided to release it to the public for free.

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Platformate is another theme by Michael Hutagalung and it was recently released. If you don’t remember or just don’t know, he released Arthemia Premium in August. Just like Arthemia Premium, Platformate has a theme admin panel that lets you easily modify and customize your theme.

Here are Platformate’s features:

• Theme administration panel
• Automatic thumbnail generation
• 5+ theme colors included
• Popular post listing
• Navigation drop-down menu
• Widget-ready sidebar
• Cross-browser compatible

Screenshots:

Demo

Platformate is offered in two different licenses:

• 1-site license for US $50
• developer pack for US $175

Payments are processed by PayPal. We accept PayPal balance, VISA, MasterCard, and American Express. Download instructions for your order will arrive by email immediately after payment.

By the way, purchase packages include a free after-sales support and upgrade.

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Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has acquired IntenseDebate for an undisclosed amount. Before this news, I had never heard of IntenseDebate before. So, I went to their website and found out that “IntenseDebate is a comment system that enhances and encourages discussion on your blog or website.” Some of the features are threading, reply-by-email, reputation points, and voting. Check their comment system in action!

According to Matt, founding developer of WordPress, the features will be integrated into WordPress core, WordPress.com, and Gravatar as appropriate. I’m definitely excited for this and I’m looking forward to WordPress 2.7.

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Matt Thomas, web designer at Automattic, has recently updated the logos and graphics page at WordPress.org. According to his blog, he was tired of seeing fake WordPress logos around the web.

In the page, you’ll find logos, buttons, and desktop wallpapers in various formats and sizes. The official WordPress colors are listed there as well. Show your WordPress pride with them!

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Arthemia Premium was recently released by Michael Hutagalung and as the name implies, it is the premium version of his very popular free theme, Arthemia. The main difference between both themes is the theme admin panel available in Arthemia Premium, which can be used to easily modify and customize your theme. From assigning category colors to configuring thumbnail generation, all you need to do is work with input boxes and drop-down menus. No coding is necessary. So, you can easily make changes to this professional-looking theme to suit your needs.

Here are Arthemia Premium’s features:

• Theme administration panel
• Automatic thumbnail generation
• Popular post listing
• Banner ads management
• Colorful categories
• Navigation drop-down menu
• Widget-ready sidebar and footer
• Cross-browser compatible

Screenshots:

Demos:

Demo1 and Demo2

Arthemia Premium is available at Colorlabs Project for the following prices:

• 1-site license for US $70
• 5-site license for US $140
• developer pack for US $240

Payments are processed by PayPal. A membership is not required to purchase the theme. We accept PayPal balance, VISA, MasterCard, and American Express. Download instructions for your order will arrive by email immediately after payment.

By the way, purchase packages include a free after-sales support.

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Smashing Magazine released two stunning free WordPress themes this past week:

Fervens

Fervens was designed by Elena Gafita and is supposed to stand for freshness. The theme has 3 columns of fixed width and it comes in 3 versions with the only difference being the column positions.

Infinity

Infinity was designed by Zhang Yichi and is based upon his own theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design.

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WordPrezzie was launched last week by Nick Cernis and Hayley Thomas to provide WordPress themes, tutorials, custom design, and coding help.

So far, they have two WordPress themes and three tutorials up:

• Changing Room - Free theme that displays a holding page;
• Ice Cream Dream - Pro theme designed for style-conscious entrepreneurs and business owners;
• Essential WordPress Plugins - List of essential and recommended plugins;
• WordPress Security Tips - Tips to keep your self-hosted WordPress site safe;
• Top Tips For Hot Comments - Tips to better your blog comment section.

I like their designs a lot and the tutorials can be quite useful. So, I am looking forward to their new themes and tutorials. (:

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WordPress version 2.6 is now available! This version has been named “Tyner” and it has been released almost a month ahead schedule. Want to know about the new features? The WordPress team prepared a brief video tour of version 2.6:

Here are the main new features in 2.6:

• Post Revisions - Wiki-like tracking of edits;
• Press This! - Post from wherever you are on the web;
• Shift Gears - Turbo-speed your blogging;
• Theme Previews - See it before your audience does.

To read more detailed information about the new features, check the WordPress Development Blog.

Thank you WordPress team!

Update: Can you find the Easter egg? (Hint: “Compare Revisions”)

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