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Theme Review: Amazing Grace

This morning I received a notice from Vladimir Prelovac that he has just released his newest theme which he is calling Amazing Grace. Since he was nice enough to send me a note about it, I thought I could be nice enough to review it.

Quick Links for Amazing Grace

Visit the author’s site
Visit the download page
See […]

WordPress Theme Review: NewYorker

When I first saw New Yorker I thought it was messy. After playing with it for a little bit, I don’t think that. I think there is some cool stuff going on. And it’s messy.
About the Designer/Creator

Score at a Glance

Validation – 1/5
Design – 3/5
Flexibility – 2/5
Usefulness – 2/5

How grading works.

The designer only identifies herself as […]

How the Review Process Works

Since I’ve decided to start reviewing a WordPress theme every day (rather, start doing it again) I find it necessary to break down my model and describe the criteria by which these themes will be “graded”. Here we go.

So you know…
Like the above says, there will now be a WordPress theme review every day. Keep […]

Theme Feature: Fontella and Hypereal

Two themes have been submitted recently, and I’m finally taking the time to get them up here. These are both great, powerful themes (otherwise I wouldn’t be posting about them).
myJournal Hypereal

Hypereal is running on top of the popular Sandbox, a theme for theme designers. Basically this means that this packs even more punch (for those […]

Wordpress Theme Generator: Turning Wordpress Into Myspace?

Hopefully that headline is more drastic than the situation really is. I’m referencing a new project from this site called the Wordpress Theme Generator. The Wordpress Theme Generator (pictured below) lets anyone choose specific colors and locations for the elements of a Wordpress theme (sidebar, menu, etc.) and generate their own theme. This theme can […]