Almost a year ago i asked this same question, but since that time i have released a couple more themes and have seen some tremendous changes in the WordPress Themes scene, of course i’m refering to the rise of Premium Themes and good looking design all around.
When i released the Forte theme i expected a good response because i thought it would resonate with fellow bloggers as it’s simple enough to use, easily customizable and powerful enough to be used on Magazine/News style type of sites.
To actually designed and release such a quality theme again is not really that easy to do, plus there’s tons and tons of great themes out there, i’m especially impressed by the recent themes released by my friend Adii, the The Gazette Edition & Flash News, both look pretty slick if you ask me!.
I will be releasing two new themes soon but i’m now interested in gathering feedback and comments from you in order to start designing my next theme.
What Do You Look For in A WordPress Theme?
So, what do you actually look for in a theme? is it purely based on the design & colors, or is it based on functionality or are you looking for a balance of both?
I need your help, in my mind i envision on creating my next theme to look similar to this site but than again i had a friend of mind that said a design like that would look “too busy” and too many parts/columns.
So please help me out, give me some hint or even point me to some URL of sites that attracts you, let me know your prefrences such as:
- 2,3 or 4 columns?
- Dark or Light colors?
- Header or no Header?
- CMS options or just normal blog layout?
- Ads ready?
- Big or small footer?
-etc…
I know some people were particularly displeased with the large footer that the Forte theme has but i did make sure you could edit it so that you could have a simple footer if you so wanted.
Comment away and hopefully i can/will intergrate your ideas and views into my themes.
Cheers.
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