With the imminent arrival of WordPress 2.7, there will be significant changes, most particularly to the way a theme brings comments to the page.

As it seems at present, all themes produced prior to WP 2.7 will be rendered obsolete - in the sense of not producing the full 2.7 functionality… whether you may want this, another matter…

We will be working through the back catalogue, and bringing all themes to WP2.7 capability. By the nature of things, this isn’t going to be happening overnight…

Staypressed has been updated for WP 2.7 threaded and paged comments - and further development has moved here …

Alpen 3column - a completely updated version of the 2 column theme - this time with a two column right hand-sidebar, both enabled for widgets. In addition, the theme now has post comments separated from pingback/trackbacks and support for gravatars.

The theme has been tested on Firefox 2,3, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and Opera 9.

Update 2008-Dec-30: theme version 1.6 fully compatible with WordPress 2.7 and enabled for threaded comments, revised image alignment and captioning.
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ACMS theme is fully updated for the (wondrous) WordPress version 2.6. It’s available for demo and download here.

Revisions include support for gravatars and pingback/trackback separation from user comments.

Oh well, WordPress > extend > themes seems to have ground to a halt, temporary or otherwise, fairly early on in its bright new career - which is a pity, if this is going to be the advertised “good centralized place” - a job that weblogtoolscollection does rather well on a much more ad hoc basis.

Of course, I wouldn’t want the job of verifying that lot of submissions, paid or unpaid

RingBinder is a 2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets - the name is reasonably self-explanatory.

The theme is compatible with WordPress 2.3, 2.5 and 2.5.1, and has been tested on Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and Opera 9.

Demonstration: RingBinder Demo
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Poker City is Las Vegas, I guess… Poker City is also a 2 column fixed-width free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets.

The theme is compatible with WordPress 2.3, 2.5 and 2.5.1, and has been tested on Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and Opera 9.
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In the the style of what was called for a while in 2006 a tumblog and would do fine for transferring Twitter utterances (if ever deemed worthwhile) Deadsimple is a 1 column fixed width theme, with all the meta info and links tucked away in the enabled for widgets footer.

The theme is compatible with WP 2 upwards, including 2.5 and 2.5.1, and has been tested on Internet Explorer 6,7, Firefox 2 and Opera 9.
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Well, it’s mountains and snow yet again…. Alpen is a 2 column fixed width theme, with a right-hand sidebar, enabled for widgets.

20th Sep 2008 - There’s a 3 column (doubled RHSidebar) version of Alpen now available…

9th January 2009 - Alpen version 1.3, updated for WP2.7 and threaded comments etc. 

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Gotham, not to be confused with Gothamist, has New York as its subject. Never been there, I’m told it’s ok. It’s a 3 column theme, with a fixed width widget-enabled right-hand sidebar.

User comments are separated from pingbacks and trackbacks - they’re also gravatar-enabled and will work whether you’re using WP2.5 or lower (the WP gravatar plugin is not required). Continue reading »