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Sometimes Ironic

I was about to post yesterday about BrowseHappy. I had been meaning to for sometime, then yesterday I had the urge to post about it. Then, for whatever reason, I didn’t. So what about that is ironic?

It seems that yesterday, an announcement was made by the Web Standards Project (another fabulous site, by the way) with the headline

BrowseHappy Now Part of WordPress as WaSP Refocuses Mission

Appearently, WaSP felt that BrowseHappy compromised its position by infering a lack of neutrality toward various browsers. That makes sense to me, since BrowseHappy really promotes Mozilla browsers (and specifically, IMO, Firefox). So…

to make a long story short WordPress.org will be taking Browse Happy under its wing by continuing hosting the site and keeping it current with the latest trends and information.

My First WordPress Theme – LimeLite

By Chad Butler 11 Comments

OK. Here is my first WordPress Theme for WP 1.5. This was tested on 1.5.0 and 1.5.1. The theme is called LimeLite and this is the first beta release.

It is HEAVILY based on Kubrick. In fact, it is Kubrick with a modified header and modified font colors. So the it’s basically a Kubrick mod.

To install, download the theme, extract, and load to /wp-content/themes/. This should give you a /limelite/ folder in /themes/. There is no additional support available for this release.

Download LimeLite 0.1b here.

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WordPress Themes

By Chad Butler Leave a Comment

The abundance of site themes is another reason for the continued popularity of WordPress. If you are design impaired, there are freely downloadable themes available that you can easily manage through the WordPress admin. (In English, for the not so technically inclined: You can change the entire look and feel of your blog with a single click.)

Good places full of free themes:

Alex King’s Site – This is the mother of all theme sites. Alex runs a contest for themes and posts them on his site. He also has equipped it with the theme switcher plugin (see plugins) so you can browse through the themes easily.
Blogging Pro Themes
How To Blog Comprehensive List

Also, Urban Girhaffe has a good set of tutorials for working on your own theme. He begins by dissecting “Kubrick”, a popular WordPress theme that ships with the default WordPress installation, stripping it of its style and using that as a framework to build your own theme.

Google Search for WordPress Themes