Picking Wordpress Themes for KLOW

February 9, 2007

Finding the right visual look for your website can be a challenge. Fortunately, there are many sites that host Wordpress themes that are compatible with our system here. A few key words to look for when you are looking at a theme:

• Widget ready - so you can drag and drop your widgets!
• Wordpress 2.0+ compatible (we're using Wordpress 2.0/2.1)
• Available in a .zip file
• Look for themes that aren't too thematic or artistic. Sometimes it's quite challenging to modify a theme to your specifications when it is very graphic intensive.
• Stick to familiar layouts, 2, 3 and 4 column layouts all seem to work very well with not too much fuss.

Some sites to consider when looking at themess:

http://widgets.wordpress.com - features themes that are widget ready

http://www.wpdesigner.com - he tries to do a theme a day, and some are very good.

http://themes.wordpress.net - lets you search on particular criteria, such as color, widget ready, prominent colors, etc.

Have Fun!

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