Apr 26 2008
WordPress Themes?
Now that I’m back in WordPress it would be much easier for me to write and release some freebie WordPress themes.
Good idea/bad idea?
Addenendum: I have been playing with the WP-Supercache plugin, which has the unfortunate side effect of breaking the themeswitcher. Although this has been turned off and I’ve emptied the cache, some of you may experience problems still. If a hard refresh (CTRL + F5 in Windows) doesn’t fix it, please let me know including details on your browser, and what theme you’re trying to use.
Warning
This post is over 6 months old. This means that, despite my best intentions, it may no longer be accurate. Age, motherhood, experience, loss... these things have all changed me from when this blog was started back in the heady (ha) days of my youth.
As much as I would like to go back and edit 10 years of archives to provide an insight into the 'me' of now — to update coding snippets and revise website advice — it would probably take years to do so (by which point I'd have to start again!) This would defeat the point of keeping these archives anyway.
Please take these posts for what they are: a brief look into my past, my history, my journey.
38 Responses so far
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GOOD.
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Excellent idea!
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If you have the time for it, I say good. There are many people who like free themes because they don’t understand the working of WordPress.
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Yes, not a bad idea at all. I’d also like to see some plugins if you get the time.
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Good :).
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Great idea. :D
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Good idea!
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Bad.
V xx
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Perfect idea :P
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Very good idea <3
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Oh sure, it’s not like you don’t already have enough free stuff and e-drama. :P Good idea.
By the way, I’m not sure if it’s just me, but something is wrong with your theme-switcher. Whatever theme I change it too, it stays on the blue and black one, until I click on one of the first two links to your posts. The first post changes to the cloudy one. The second post changes to the mint chocolate one. Everything else seems to be the blue one. I really have no idea.
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Yes, definitely! :)
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I think it would be a great idea. :)
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@Vixx, Why bad?
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Hmmm. I will say……………………………………………good.
Though I wrote my own this week and released it, and I haven’t had any luck releasing it anywhere. Anybody got any tips?
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Darn right :P
I share Josh’s problem with the themes.
Thumbs up, I guess. :)
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Sure, why not? :)
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@ Peter. Why not?
V xx
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Go for it!
Not having any problems like Josh or TWD with the themes, though.
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An amazing idea!
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I would use. Since I know that your themes are superior to a lot of other ones out there. As for suggestions, why not take some of your photos and use them as a base?
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Yes! Good!
Maybe you could adapt your other old themes for WP too? ;) Or just put them on your styleswitcher or something? -
Go for it!
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Sure.
I gave up on WordPress because I hate how the themes are set up- 10+ different files for each one, and since I’m not a PHP Ninja like you, Jem, I don’t get it. I’d use free themes, but I hate using layouts that aren’t mine. -
That would be fantastic! I could never figure out those WP themes.
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I reckon it’s a fabulous idea. :)
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Go for it!
I’m sure your hits will soar aswell :)I never knew about this ‘hard refresh’ thing, pretty cool.
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@Vixx Me thinks you are contrary ;-)
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It’s a good idea :)
But aren’t you going to go back to your custom CMS one day?
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that would be cool you make free themes i would uses oen if i like it lolz:)
but how do i get the hight athers comant thing to color the hole coment of mine not just the text ……. its liek in em…. but i dont know about them :(
i have it off now but maybe you know how to get it to work right -
Like any of us are going to come on here, and go “NOOO!!! JEM!!! DON’T MAKE THEMES BECAUSE YOUR SKILLS SUCK SO MUCH AND IF YOU MAKE THEMES I WILL ATTACK YOU IN THE ROAD! I WILL THROW DEAD FISH AT YOUR HEAD!!!”
That would be silly.
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^ Bahahaha!
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great idea if you want to. i’ve been contemplating it, but iuno if I wanna design stuff other people will prolly never use. But your stuff rawks so go for it.
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Yeahhhh! :D Totally, yo.
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Barbilee – “but how do i get the hight athers comant thing to color the hole coment of mine not just the text ……. its liek in em…. but i dont know about them :(”
I’m sorry, come again?
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I believe she’s asking how she changes the colour of her entire comment with the highlight author WordPress plugin, as she currently only has the text colour set differently.
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yah thats what i am asking jem :) its says chage the “ems:2″ i dotn know if i said that right :( but i dont know how to do it:(
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Yes, please! :D
