HowToBlog

Root – I know, I know – no persuasion is necessary – I got started with TypePad b/c it was cake to make my site look and feel exactly how I wanted. I didn’t know enough about php and css to accomplish the same thing in WP. But now that there are so many great themes available, all my future blogging (other than the original ‘How to Blog’) will be done on WP. Hell, like I mentioned above, I’m already paying for a whole lot of bandwidth that isn’t getting fully used, so I’d prefer to use a hosted solution rather than TP anyway. My only concern is whether WP blogs get indexed as well in Google as TypePad – Google just love TypePad sites and sends me a pretty steady stream of traffic almost as fast as I’m posting. I don’t know if that’s because of TypePad’s ‘recently updated blogs’ list that show up on tons of blogs every time you update a post, making it even easier for google to find and spider new posts. We’re getting off topic now, but I am curious to know if googlebot is as kind to WP hosted sites.

What macmanx said.

Sorry if I misunderstood your intent XeroCool – I thought you were mocking me. But yes, I would mind if you copied my list into your blog.

However, a link to my list would be thoroughly appreciated ??

dawg – Alamo is now on the list (which is up to 203 at this point)

Randy – yes, that would be ideal – but right now it’s taking up all of my time just to compile the list. I think after the close of Alex King’s theme competition things *might* slow down enough for me to better organize the list

Jinsan – thanks for suggesting I getting some help. I could use it. What I REALLY want to do is launch a WP powered site that is just focused on ‘How to Blog’ tips, tricks, tutorials, and templates for WP users only, and maintain the themes list on that site as well use the themeswitcher to demo all available themes, as well as provide screenshots of them and sort them by layout, etc, perhaps even review some of them (although I’m afraid of stepping on some toes – while a lot of the themes on that list are glorious, some are a little less inspired).

I’ve been hesitant to launch said site, because just keeping my list up to date has been taking up most of my time. But rest assured, it’s coming – eventually.

XeroCool – refresh the page. You’ll see I addressed your post in a seperate reply.

XeroCool –

If you’re insinuating that all I did was cut and paste from other people’s lists, you’d be incorrect – I put a lot of time in compiling that list, AND I also gave credit to all of the other lists that I did use as sources – but they were not the only sources for the themes on my list. Is there something wrong with believing that there should be a source on the net where people can find a comprehensive list of all WP 1.5 themes available for download? Cuz with the amount of time its taking me to put it together and maintain it, and the backlash from folks like you, it makes me wonder if I should’ve just kept the list to myself – after all, it was initially created for my own personal reference.

Thanks macmanx

And the reason it keeps growing is thanks to the hard work of all the generous folk in the WP community who keep pumping out the themes – my greatest of thanks to all of you – man are you guys keeping me busy!!!!!

I just want to say that I never meant to step on anybody’s toes in creating my post that lists every WP 1.5 theme I could find. It started out because I had visited the Codex, Alex King’s site, Shadow’s site, BloggingPro, etc, and saw that in no place did there exist a single source for all available WP themes.

I wanted such a list for myself, for reference, and decided it’d be beneficial to the community to make such a list public. I also gave thanks to the above mentioned sites because without them, it would have taken me a hell of a lot longer to compile the list (and believe me, it is TIME CONSUMING!!!). I’ve also been scouring forums, blogs, etc in my quest to find more themes. Because I think a need for such a list exists. And yes, the more noble thing for me to do would be to just regularly update the codex – but it’s non-html way of formatting makes that an even more tedious job (so MAJOR props to macmanx for all the time spent updating the Codex) – since I’ve started my list, I’ve barely been able to get any work of my own done. Nevermind my aspirations to eventually put together a WP 1.5 powered site that not only lists all the themes, but demos them and has thumbnails, etc. That can’t be done in the codex. And I’ll be the first to admit that I wanted credit for my work, and that it has turned out to be a great way to promote my own blog on ‘How to Blog’ (which, I feel, is a great source of information for those who are trying to learn how to blog and deserves a little exposure).

But my aim wasn’t to compete with the other lists, just fill a void. And I’d be thrilled if others like Shadow and Blogging Pro would like to collaborate on creating a WP Theme specific site that combines the best features of all lists. The hosting package I’ve got has me pre-paying for loads more bandwidth that I’ve yet to use, so at I can afford for people to play around with the themes on my server (once I install them on my server…)

I certainly meant any disrespect to the others who maintain their own lists of WordPress Themes, rather my appreciation goes out to them. Nor would I say that my list is the ‘Best’ (just the most comprehensive). I’m truly sorry if anyone ever thought otherwise.

Thanks for updating the Codex! Prolly means I’ll have to update my list again…

My aim is to eventually create a WordPress powered blog that demos all of the themes, reviews them, provides thumbnails, etc. But right now it’s taking up all my spare time just putting the list of all of ’em together. Just crossed the 200 mark!

Just want to reiterate my big thanks to all of the theme developers for their contributions and hard work! I’d been wanting to make the move to WP, but was overwhelmed by the amount of PHP and CSS I’d need to know in order to customize the look and feel of my site. Now I can pick from a gazillion theme choices, and learn how to customize them even more in my own sweet time – sweet!

dawg – always looking for more 1.5 themes – have a new one for me? gimme specifics (theme name, demo link, download link) ??

You’re all welcome. The list has now crossed the 200 mark!!

I’ve created a comprehensive list of over 170 WordPress 1.5 themes (which is growing daily!) on my blog (which, yes, is hosted at TypePad — that was the easiest thing to get up and running initially, but I’ll soon be moving the WordPress section of blogging tips, tricks, and templates to its own WP powered site)

Here’s the URL in case my code with the backticks didn’t work (this is my first post in this forum):
https://blogging.typepad.com/how_to_blog/2005/03/comprehensive_l.html

On that list, I’ve demarkated which themes have 3 column layouts. Currently, there 9 of the 173 themes posted there are 3 column layouts. Hopefully that’ll give you some more stuff to work with!