Comments on: WordPress Theme Frameworks – A Comprehensive Overview

By: Sulumits Retsambew

Sulumits Retsambew — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:47:45 +0000

In my case I am still in the brink of studying the frameworks. There’s a lot of things to study but got little time for it. Maybe, I will try Carrington later.

By: Paul Nathan

Paul Nathan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:53:43 +0000

Thanks for the great article dear. There is also software available in markets such as ARTISTEER for developing Wordpress blogger frames. I’ve used Artisteer, that believe me that was just awesome. You can design your own unique framework from the ready templates and this works. I’m sure devs will approach this no matter if he is advanced user or beginner, because it’s far more time saving than sitting and writing code.

Thanks a lot buddy for sharing this. Waitin for more upcoming posts.

By: Amy Rich

Amy Rich — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:24:07 +0000

Now this is something that really interests me. I would love to work on Hybrid and Vanilla they seem to great. But its going to take a hell lot of time choosing from all of them.Thanks for the overview!

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:33:16 +0000

Indeed he does. I read through about half of it this morning after seeing a tweet on it. Got distracted by other tasks ;) but intend to go back to it when I can really dig into it.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:33:26 +0000

I’m sure the popularity of Brian and Chris around the blogging world did wonders for its success.

Just today I learned of Ian Stewart’s WordPress theme tutorial, and when I have the time I’m going to use it for redesigning my Logo Design Love. Go back a couple of years and I enjoyed working through the wpdesigner.com tutorials, using them to create my main blog design.

Here’s a link to Ian’s offering in case you haven’t seen it:

http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/

He knows what he’s doing alright, unlike me. ;)

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:05:57 +0000

@David – I had the same thought and nearly bought it on several occasions! Chris and Brain have done a remarkable job promoting it, and I know a number of people who have adopted Thesis as part of their service offering and/or affiliate selections. I can’t help but wonder though, if the reason the theme has been so successful is because of how well they’ve marketed it – and not necessarily because it’s so awesome to work with. The more I learn about it (as a non-buyer) the more complicated it looks to me.

Then again, it’s worth would depend on who you are. A dev looking to expand his/her services would probably see it as a good investment. And I’m sure code-clueless end users would see it as a wise choice too. But if you’re somewhere in the middle (I am) then I question whether Thesis is worth the money. Especially considering the (current) licensing limitations for single use. Kind of off-topic, but those are my thoughts on it.

By: Roshi

Roshi — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:51:08 +0000

Simply amazing. I liked the framework Hybrid Theme. It is really awesome and attractive, it is so eye catching and can grab quick attention. I would definitely choose it if given a chance.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:20:42 +0000

Hi Charity,

It’s useful that you mention the complexities of the Thesis code. Changing my blog design isn’t a priority, but when I find time to do so, I had in mind that I’d opt for Thesis. This collection is definitely food for thought.

By: Charity

Charity — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:46:02 +0000

@You’re Asking – Ian (themeshaper.com) would be the best person to ask about any trouble you’re having with Thematic, as he’s the developer behind it. If you can’t find what you need on the forums, perhaps you should contact him directly. He might have some answers for you.

By: Charlie Pitt

Charlie Pitt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:51:01 +0000

That’s an excellent range of frameworks for everyone. This is whole lot of information, and I like that one can choose from the various designs as well.

By: You're Asking

You're Asking — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:20:46 +0000

Right now im working with the Thematic framework but im truly having a hard time finding any files to modify the standard stuff.. The things i want to modify are being called by get php parameters but the source for what’s being called is what i can’t find. So my site developing is no on hold :( Searched all over their forums and website but no luck lol. Maybe you could help me out? xD

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:14:14 +0000

I really like it when themes adhere to some understandable framework so that I can edit it myself. There’s nothing worse than having to call in an expert to change three lines of code that I can’t figure out. I think solid frameworks eliminate this problem somewhat.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:48:39 +0000

These frameworks are great. I just did my first static>wordpress conversion, would’ve been a humongous headache without the frameworks, but with them it wasn’t bad at all.

By: Charity

Charity — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:49:10 +0000

@zariat – Ah, I wondered. It looked suspicious but you’re right, when they don’t leave a link it makes you second-guess. Anyway now I know and he’s outta here – thank you.

By: zariat

zariat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:44:22 +0000

@charity – derekp is a spammer. i got that same comment on my blog this morning, but on a post where it couldn’t have been relevant. not sure what’s going on lately with these spam comments without links? are they establishing “cred” for accounts which will later be used to spam…?