Now THIS is what I’m talking about when I say I want to see something different in a free wordpress theme. Milo has released his new theme, Orange, and it’s absolutely yummy. A lovely orange background and the header is SO beautifully abstract with streamers hanging from a center post - maybe that’s just me reading too much into it, I don’t know. But it makes me think of a maypole in spring, which can’t be a bad thing.
Pluses - I like the way the background image lines up on the left with the three column design. It’s a very beautiful, organic design and I could definitely see myself using something like this. Downsides? Once again, a three column design which does not QUITE fit into 800�600 space in the Firefox browser - I get that annoying little scrollbar at the bottom, so although I don’t HAVE to scroll to read the text, it just sits there and mocks me. Fortunately this theme works perfectly in IE 7, so I suppose this is a forgivable blip (especially considering how nummy the theme is to begin with.)
Don’t take my word for it though:
Download the free wordpress theme Orange from Milo today!
Another day, another free wordpress theme. This one is nice as we start rolling into spring, as it features a lovely lush picture of trees and grass. This nice little theme called Pixelgreen by edwin has a lovely clean look. Classic two column design, optimized for SEO. The picture is maybe a BIT fuzzy, but that may just be my eyes. I do like the green header text - but the biggest bugaboo on this one is it does not scale nicely into an 800×600 screen. Yes, there ARE still people using the smaller screen size for goodness sakes! So if you’re not worried that you have surfers with the smaller screen resolution, and you’re as sick of winter as I am, this might be the theme for you.
Download Pixelgreen by Edwin here
- Author: elynn
- Filed under: Site News
- Date: Mar 6,2007
Tough question :) With so many free Wordpress templates being released on an almost daily basis, the problem becomes finding one that’s different. One that suits your blog. Anyone can provide a dry laundry list of features (if I see “widget ready” one more time I’m going to scream!) but what I look for when I’m trying to decide if I like a theme is different.
What are the colors? The feel? How does it flow? What makes this theme worth adding to the absolutely insane collection of themes filling my hard drive? What I am looking for is more than a feature set - I want a fashion review.
So that’s what I’m going to try to provide. A quick trip down the runway with free wordpress themes that have been recently released (as well as some old favorites) and a link where you can pick them up. Don’t ask me for an exhaustive list of features, because you’re not going to get it (it’s why i provide the links, darling!) or, god forbid, technical support. But if you want a light, entertaining read that helps you find a few new, interesting free wordpress themes then I’m probably your girl.
Got a new theme you’d like me to review? Email me at elynn -at- clegcreative -dot- com and I’ll check it out.
