Free WordPress Theme: Slider

• Author: elynn
• Filed under: Free Wordpress Themes
• Date: Mar 6,2007

I love new WordPress themes – especially free ones. But let’s be honest, here; many of them look exactly alike. A quick three column SEO template on a white background, or maybe for variety two columns on a black background – so I’m in an especially good mood when I get something, well, different.

The free wordpress theme Slider from KarmaDude is exactly that. First, I’m diggin on the color – a rich, lush chocolate brown which I just don’t think you see enough of when it comes to web pages. The ‘sliding action’ as each block is drawn via javascript is nicely done – interesting without falling into the ‘annoying’ trap. Everything looks lovely whether viewed in Firefox or IE and in general it’s the type of theme I’d like to see a lot more of.

My only complaint is a minor one – obviously if I have javascript turned off, there are issues. I can’t browse the blog any longer, or open the menus, or well, anything – which although a minor complaint I think is still valid. After all, there are some folks who surf with javascript off to slow down the flood of popups, so a site like this would be best served if it degraded gracefully when javascript is not present.

All in all, though, this is a minor complaint. If you haven’t already downloaded it for your library, you won’t be disappointed. You can view the demo for slider here, or download it directly here.

WOW, that’s a lot of free WordPress Themes!

• Author: elynn
• Filed under: Free Wordpress Themes
• Date: Dec 10,2006

If you haven’t seen this site yet, you’re in for a treat… I’ve stopped by several times and had just a fantastic time picking out new and interesting themes for my sites. When it comes to WordPress themes, I’m a bit of a shopaholic – I always have dozens in my closet but nothing to wear!

Anyway, if you have a moment, I encourage you to stop by and check this site out – it’s got a lot of themes and updates frequently. Enjoy!

ThemeViewer

** Edit ** – If you haven’t already applied to be able to upload themes to ThemeViewer, do consider sharing your work with the community – it helps everyone!

Free WordPress Themes

• Author: elynn
• Filed under: Free Wordpress Themes
• Date: Oct 5,2006

Sometimes you just want a quick WordPress theme – nothing too fancy! – to get a new site started. Well, if so then this is the site for you; Blogging Themes provides a selection of free-to-use themes, and they also allow you to submit your own themes into their network.

Blogging Themes has a number of themes available – many basic, but some surprisingly good. The only downside is that each theme has often been downloaded by hundreds of people, so if you wanted a unique design for your website, this might not be the best choice for you.