Posts Tagged ‘header artwork’

18
Oct
2008

WordPress Magazine Theme – Free Dark Version

1 Comment

So after I finished creating A Smashingly Good Free Magazine Theme for WordPress my first WordPress theme focused on Search Engine Optimization, I had some feedback from a couple of friends who liked it but found the theme a little effeminate. To that end I took a bit of time this weekend and put together a slightly darker version, hopefully this will inspire real men to enjoy the theme.

smashingly dark magazine theme 207x300 WordPress Magazine Theme Free Dark Version image The theme still uses header artwork from Smashing Magazine as well as the icons. I’ve darkened the great tiling background I found online for free.

I’m not going to count this theme towards my WordPress theme focused on Search Engine Optimization but I am going to let you download it for free. If you like this theme but would like to have it customized or installed for you, why not contact me? I’m available for WordPress consulting, theme customization and freelance development.

 

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Free Downloads, Web Design, WordPress Themes

read more
17
Oct
2008

Smashingly Good Free Magazine Theme for WordPress

9 Comments

On Friday I promised to create some free SEO focused website templates for WordPress. The is the first in the series, a three column magazine layout style theme which you can use to power your business, community organization or church.

The header artwork comes from Smashing Magazine. They also provided the icons, but not the great tiling background that I came across a few weeks ago. The template design has been tested in WordPress 2.6 on Safari and FireFox as well as Internet Explorer. I’ve depended a lot on a series of article by Nathan Rice on Search Engine Optimization for WordPress as well as a few SEO articles of my own.

smashingly good free wordpress theme 207x300 Smashingly Good Free Magazine Theme for WordPress imageSome of the features of this design include:

  • Widget ready
  • Search Engine Optimized
  • Gravatar ready
  • Optimized Titles
  • Optimized Keywords using Tags
  • Optimized Page Descriptions
  • Double Post Protected

You’re welcome to download the theme for free.

If you like this theme but would like to have it customized or installed for you, why not contact me? I’m available for WordPress consulting, theme customization and freelance development.

So what do you think? Tell me how you’d like to see me improve this template for future versions.

 

 

Update: October 18th – I’ve just added a dark version of this theme as well.
Update: October 20th – I’ve just added a the next theme in this theory.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Free Downloads, Web Design, WordPress Themes

read more