Which Wordpress theme do you use?

[jayveen]

I search themes all the time but I thought it would be useful just to see what themes other Warriors are using, and whether they're free or premium. So I'll go first:

Cutline-1-1.4-2ColumnRight, free theme

[KaylaB]

I use several different themes - I don't find that one theme fits all.

I use Chris Pearson's Cutline themes, as well as the following:

Affiliate Nuts (free)
Wordpress Commerce (free sample theme)

I also use several of the two and three column themes that I am giving away free at:
Internet-Marketing-Girl.com

[JasonValens]

Semiologic, customized

[AnnaHamer]

WP_009 I love this theme. It is totally customizable. And search engine friendly. Has great built in ad spaces and is adsense ready. It takes a bit of fiddling but once you know where everything is; it's a doddle.

[katiec]

I'm also a semi logic user.

[AnnaHamer]

can I see some examples of the semi logic?

[Memo]

I use studiopress themes...like them so far...

[John Atkins]

Usually I download a good looking free theme and tweak it
a little to make it look the way I like.

I like to do this because, it saves me money and I always
improve my PHP skills while doing it (it's always nice to learn
new stuff).

[Michael Mayhew]

I like & use all of the Revolution themes. Studiopress now?

[Mal Keenan]

I recently purchased Flex squeeze which allows me to put a squeezepage as the main page of my blog and it has some cool features too, some of which I haven't implemented yet.

[jamawebinc]

I use Thesis and have used and sometimes still do use the old revolution themes.

The best part about the Thesis theme is how easy it is to set up the main parts of your blog like the navigation bar and the layout.

It seems to be the future of themes and there are other themes which do the same.

Unless you are outsourcing the customization of your blog having the customizing options in your control panel is the way to go.

[JeffMitchell]

My blog WhoIsJeffMitchell.Com is the "Live Wire" theme from WooThemes. I paid to have it altered to my specs with a programmer here at Warrior.

His name is Robert Dickson from Porcupine Website Design, and he did a great job. I highly suggest if you find a blog that is close to what you want....he can make it what you want.

Hope that helps.

Jeff Mitchell

[misterwrecker]

As far as free themes, I like the i2(mango) theme, inove, and semilogic.



-John

[cimbah]

I've used Dateless Sniper, which is free on a few sites and I'm currently using Thesis on my newest website.

[Susan Hope]

Originally Posted by Mal Keenan

I recently purchased Flex squeeze which allows me to put a squeezepage as the main page of my blog and it has some cool features too, some of which I haven't implemented yet.

Agree with this, I like FlexSqueeze too, especially for the squeeze pages you can use.

I also love all The Studio Press Themes and use them often.

The one in my signature is an iThemes premium theme called "Charlie" and I really like the way it looks.

Cheers
Sue

[John Rogers]

Semiologic Pro is a good choice for general use. I recently did some research on themes for video sites and settled on The On Demand WordPress Theme|Press75.com

John

[PaulWilson]

I use the flexsqueeze theme which is around $80 I think.

You can get the flexibility theme for free, it just has a few less features, but is basically the same.

Talk soon,

Paul

[Paula Steen]

I've used a few different WP themes.

The newest theme I'm trying is BlueSense to see if Adsense conversion is any higher.

[Sean Roberts]

Thesis, Flexsqueeze.

[seobro]

I use BLUESENSE which is optimize for adsense. It looks max pro and takes care of my ad blocks. There are many very XLent themes out there. BLUE SENSE is blue, but I believe the best themes are combinations of red and white, much like this forum.

[Allen Williams]

I've just started a few new blogs, a half a dozen or so, using Cutline (3 column R/L) and do a quick edit on some images to replace the default headers. I like it a lot though that image is rather large and pushes your content to the 'break' fairly fast.

Tip: when creating replacement header images for Cutline. Use the same image as the starting point, reverse it, slice a different piece or angle of it, or take a large image and slice it 5 times to create your 5 different images.

I mostly use WP default. Yep. But...

I customize a kubrickheader.jpg (sometimes footer and other images as well) for the niche, and use a different color background (usually just a small mostly solid colored square sliced from the edited header I created) to customize it. It really cuts down on compatibility problems with older themes and new WP versions.

A hint/trick though if you use the Default theme, it is overwritten if you do autoupdate - to keep from losing your tweaks when updating WP is to rename the default theme folder something lke 'defaultme' so it is not automatically overwritten during updates. Be sure to change themes before you change that folder name. Then just reactivate the theme.

--Allen

[rosetrees]

I use Atahualpa - it's highly customisable from 1 - 5 columns and you can change everything. Sort of a poor man's version of Artisteer! I use it for all of my Wordpress sites

[beninewie]

I use the hybrid theme. Pretty easy to customise with child themes.

Cheers,
Ben

[pakidesigner]

i also use Atahualpa..because its so clean and neat...but problem i am facing is that adsense is not easy to place in side bar....

[rosetrees]

@pakidesigner - I don't usually have a problem placing the Adsense - send me a PM and I'll see if I can help you

[Rich Lowe]

Hi,

I'm using themesphere.com

Rich

[livewellfinancial]

Im using Dusk by Becca Wei!
I love it's simplicity but elegant!

[tanya7zhou]

I use thesis theme on all of my blogs. You can customize it to just about anything!

[Frosy]

I use Thesis.

I has to be the best theme out there and the SEO optins are great. I posted an article the other week, not really keywords driven, I found myself on page 1 of Google yesterday

DavidFrosdick.com ? Life, Business, Web Development, Internet Marketing, Training

It does take a little coding if you want to customise Thesis but the standard layout is also excellent!!

Best wishes
David

[profitbryan]

I use Flex squeeze, using this theme you can put a squeezepage or a sales page as a main page of my website and it has a lot of cool features.. It is one of the best WP theme..

[abelacts]

I love Thesis theme and Studio Press. I just like the flexibility in Thesis, great for customization.

[bgmacaw]

I mostly use themes of my own design, such as the ones in my sig. I also use Justin Tadlock's free themes (Visionary, Structure, Hybrid) on some blogs.

[yasky]

Lately I have been playing around with the Flexx Themes. They are nice and easy to use with many features.

[The Wanderer]

Count me as another Atahualpa lover. Easiest theme to customize I've found.

[LivingCovers]

There's a website I normally visit that contains cool themes
at Magazine WordPress Themes And WordPress Templates Download At MagPress.com
Themes there are awesome and worthy to have just a
glimpse at.

[jayveen]

Hey everybody thanks for the feedback! I've put together a list of the themes
people are using along with a link to that theme. There are certainly some very
interesting themes out there.


Cutline, Cutline Theme for WordPress — One Giant Leap for Mankind
semiologic, Semiologic Theme For WordPress
thesis, Thesis Theme for WordPress, $
wp_009, WP_009 Premium wordpress theme Installation Guide | Free Blog Themes, $
studiopress, StudioPress WordPress Theme Released
flexsqueeze, FlexSqueeze - WordPress Squeeze Pages Made Easy
live wire, Live Wire Theme | Premium News Theme
i2 theme, i2Theme | MangoOrange?
inove, WordPress › iNove Free WordPress Themes
dateless sniper, Dateless Sniper 1.0
the-on-demand-wordpress-theme,The On Demand WordPress Theme|Press75.com, $75
bluesense, BlueSense: An Adsense Ready SEO Wordpress Theme
wp default, WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here
atahualpa, WordPress › Atahualpa Free WordPress Themes
hybrid, Hybrid WordPress Theme Framework
Dusk by Becca Wei, Dusk | Wordpress Themes Blog
visionary, Visionary: WordPress Theme
structure, Structure: WordPress Theme


Please feel free to keep adding to this list!

Jay

[Claude]

Thesis. It's not free but so far, any WP update has not caused problems. When using free themes, I had to not only manage the plug-ins but also the updates and all to common problems caused by those updates.

Thesis allows me the SEO benefits without having to worry about long term managing the details..... so far! I work on the site content and business marketing and less on the technology

[lacraiger]

thesis is popular because you dont need to know any code to customize it.

[Ricky Parker]

I usually just find free ones and tweak them to what works for the particular site. No specific favorite. I use a ton.

[KaylaB]

I was just checking out the FlexSqueeze theme with Amazon Wordpress plugin ReviewAzon. It looks like a match made in IM heaven.

Anyone else using the two together?

[thunderbird]

Originally Posted by beninewie

I use the hybrid theme. Pretty easy to customise with child themes.

Cheers,
Ben

I like the themehybrid theme myself. It is free, but absolutely on par with the much more expensive premium themes out there. That said, I wouldn't use the word "easy" myself, when it comes to customizing it. Themehybrid offers lots of functionality (which interests me most), but changing colors, header, etc does involve playing with .css code. If someone wants to dive into learning to customize a theme, developer Justin Tadlock's support ($25 per year) is tops.

[Tom Goodwin]

Originally Posted by KaylaB

I was just checking out the FlexSqueeze theme with Amazon Wordpress plugin ReviewAzon. It looks like a match made in IM heaven.

Anyone else using the two together?

I use flexsqueeze (and like it), but don't do any amazon stuff so have no clue what that plugin is

[Traffic-Bug]

You can choose a free wordpress theme from iconz.in.

[marcolav]

Originally Posted by Mal Keenan

I recently purchased Flex squeeze which allows me to put a squeezepage as the main page of my blog and it has some cool features too, some of which I haven't implemented yet.

Hi

i am using the flexsqueeze theme too, however I can't see to be able to change the theme lightness and /or the layout, i do go the options pages, select them, click the confirm link under each.... and nothing happens....

Any clue anybody?

Marco

PS Other than that, it's a great theme!! Love the squeeze pages!

[TonyAlverio]

I was using the Flexx Professional theme and last week I purchased WPSpire theme so I can create customized squeeze pages.

WPSpire provides numerous settings that I'm still learning how to use.

Love it!

[xlfutur1]

I usually just start from scratch and make my own. Lately I have been making my themes look like static sites. That way you still have the ease of use, plugins, etc. but they don't look like blogs. the kayak canoe site in my sig is an example of that kind of theme.

[stuwestbury]

Hey guys and gals, i was considering wordpress for a content management system. is this the best CMS around for free??..ive been told joomla is also good??.any thoughts on that particular software. cheers

[um1001]

Thesis ($87 for individual but I have the developer edition) and iNove (free) depending on the application.

[Debbie Songster]

Originally Posted by stuwestbury

Hey guys and gals, i was considering wordpress for a content management system. is this the best CMS around for free??..ive been told joomla is also good??.any thoughts on that particular software. cheers

Depends on the size of the site you are wanting to build.
If its a simple site - less than 50 pages - I'll use Wordpress

If its a complex site with varied side bars and blocks and lots of pages, I'll use Joomla

As for the templates
I like Flexsqueeze - I've set that up for several clients - the developer has done a great job.
But lately I've been building my own themes depending on the functions needed for the site.
Example - The templates I build for John's (Xfactor) Micro Niche Site program are light weight and have very specific qualities to maximize the click through rate according to his course specs.

Also if I am using Joomla and Wordpress on the same domain I'll build matching templates so it looks seamless to the visitor.

It all depends on what the goal of the website is on what template I use.

[SoundsGood]

Originally Posted by Debbie Songster

The templates I build for John's (Xfactor) Micro Niche Site program are light weight and have very specific qualities to maximize the click through rate according to his course specs.

Could you send me a few examples of these (via PM)?

Thanks...