As I write this, my Checkmate Theme has 800 downloads and so far the feedback I’ve gotten on it has been great. The theme is and has been used on large sites and been successful and for the most part error free.
I think Checkmate is a great theme and I want to build on its frame and use what I’ve learned to improve it. I want to update the look of Checkmate and add some more functionality to the theme. This is where all you users come in.
I want to know what the people that are interested in Checkmate want out of the theme’s next version. What do you want to be able to customize? More custom widgets? More theme options? Let me know what features you would like to see Checkmate have!
I told you earlier I was going to release it, and here it is! The Checkmate WordPress theme. It is a classic blog style template with a minimalist design packed with features and customizing options. This is one to definitely download and try out and includes a quick start guide to show you how to use some of the features.
Checkmate Demo - The demo is a bit messy looking because I tried to show off as much of the theme as I could.
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No new posts in 10 days! I can hardly believe it myself, but when you are having fun time flies. And by fun I mean busy(oh and those few days I took off). I feel it is important for me to unplug from the interwebs every now and then and recharge the batteries. A few updates:
Template for Sale
I have a WordPress Template for sell on DigitalPoint right now, if you are in the market for a unique design this could be a great way to get a website from me for CHEAP. Check it out now!
Template for Free
You are probably more interested in this one. I am releasing another free WordPress template! It’s name? …CHECKMATE! Yes the theme that was going to charge you for is now going to be free, sorta. By sorta I mean the blog portion of Checkmate is going to be free. It is jam packed with features and customizing options, this is one you will want to “check” out. Look for the release very soon.
Freelancing
I am concentrating more of my efforts into freelancing. This will mean some changes to the site, but probably not much. I also don’t foresee a change in the direction this blog is currently heading content wise.
If you want to hire me drop me an email, leave a comment, or use the form on the about page!
Side Projects!
Can’t tell you much about this, but I am working on a new side project that is sure to make you laugh…or cry…we’ll see about that later! Just thought I’d throw that teaser out there.
I told you a surprise was coming, and this is it. A free theme! I’ve named it Solid, why? Because it was the first word that came to mind when making the theme AND I believe its a pretty solid theme. While looking around at some blogs I started noticing some really nice simple blogs (design wise). These were the blogs I was stopping at and actually looking at the content. I decided to design my own theme in this fashion and this is the result.
Check out the demo page now!
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Techno Boxes is a different type of wordpress theme. The theme has a liquid layout and image heavy front page. Check out the demo. Continue Reading
Wordpress is often called an almost infinitely extensible content management system, and two new themes are really proving that true. Theme authors are really pushing the limits, from full news and magazine sites to a contact manager.
Wordpress as a contact manager? Apparently the folks down at The Design Canopy answered yes to that question. They just released WP Contact Manager, a really nice contact manager built on wordpress and a few plugins.
What could be better than a contact manager? I’m glad I asked. Prologue is what is better. Prologue is a new theme from the creators of wordpress themselves. The theme works just like Twitter. I can see why companies would want something like prologue, the first thing that comes to mind is privacy. Prologue can be password protected and would be great for internal communications.
I never would have thought of wordpress as a contact manager or Twitter substitute, but then again not many people thought wordpress could power a magazine website. I can’t wait to see what the future will be bring.
I’ve put up a live demo of Techno Boxes today. I haven’t browser tested it yet so there isn’t a download, but it is coming soon.
It may seem very basic but I believe if used right it will make one slick looking blog, and I mean slick like a used car salesman slick!
It has been a little slow around here as I’ve been working hard on my premium theme. But to keep myself from getting burnt out I decided to spend a little time on a free theme, but I also wanted to something different. The result is Techno Boxes. Continue Reading
This theme was released on my personal blog crackedshell.net but I’ve decided to move it here.
First this wordpress theme is free to use on your blog, I would appreciate a link back in your footer but it is not necessary. If you have any problems or comments please leave a comment or email me so I can improve myself and the theme!
Second I built this theme on the Blueprint CSS framework. Whats this mean? Well if you are familiar with CSS Continue Reading
