These themes all demonstrate the excellent skill of incorporating vivid color.  Designers have masterfully chosen color pallets… sometimes wide ranging, sometimes simple.  Have your own example of a great use of color in a WP theme?  Please share as a comment below.

Shadow is a powerful design element that adds depth to any design.  A talented designer can create multiple layers and dimension where there was none.  These sites are selected from some of Theme Forest’s best. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s subtle.  But shadow creates a depth of focus and quality in a web design.  Check [...]

We’ve written a pretty popular review on Thesis Theme recently, which added to the debate discussions between Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress and Chris Pearson, the creator of Thesis Theme. Mr. Mullenweg argued, with a strong contingent of WordPress enthusiasts behind him, that Thesis Theme is violating the GNU/GPL license of WordPress because Thesis [...]

How much do you stand to lose if your site goes down and you’re left without a backup? Even if you only have a smaller personal site, losing months or even years worth of work will hurt. If your site is vital to your business it can get you in the pocketbook, too. You’ll not [...]

Many beginning bloggers start on Blogger because well, it’s free, isn’t it? Plus, it’s not nearly as scary as having to deal with hosting and servers and FTP and who knows what other impossibly complicated things. The thing is, if you’re serious about your blogging, you’re going to have to deal with these things sooner [...]