David's Technical Musings

Overall Grade: B+

Theme URI:
http://wpthemepark.com/aquagreen

Description:
AquaGreen is yet another theme from WP ThemePark

Version:
1.2

Author:
Sadish Bala

Author URI:
http://wpthemepark.com

Widget-aware:
Yes

Shows tagline:
Yes

Shows counts:
Yes

Hierarchical categories:
No

This theme is very similar to AquaBlue.
Things I like:

Very clean look.
Good contrast.
Posts are separated from one another by horizontal lines so the eye is naturally drawn to the boundaries of each post.
Block quotes are displayed with a shaded background.  It doesn’t shade internal block quotes [...]

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Overall Grade: B+

Theme URI:
http://wpthemepark.com/aquablue

Description
AquaBlue is yet another theme from WP ThemePark

Version
1.1

Author
Sadish Bala

Author URI
http://wpthemepark.com

Widget-aware
Yes

Shows tagline
Yes

Shows counts
Yes

Hierarchical categories
No

This theme is very similar to AquaGreen.
Things I like:

Very clean look.
Good contrast.
Posts are separated from one another by horizontal lines so the eye is naturally drawn to the boundaries of each post.
Block quotes are displayed with a shaded background.  It doesn’t shade internal block quotes [...]

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I’ve always liked how sites like Flickr displays tags or categories. Categories with more photos are displayed larger, while categories with fewer photos are displayed smaller. It’s a great way to see at a glance which categories have more content. This display model is commonly known as a cloud.
The Category Cloud Widget plugin implements this [...]

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Overall Grade: B

Theme URI:
http://theundersigned.net

Description:
A black/blue one-column theme by the undersigned available for free. The theme is released under GPL and you may modify it as much as you like, though I will appreciate if you keep the “designed by” link in the footer.

Version:
1.0

Author:
The undersigned

Author URI:
http://theundersigned.net

Widget-aware:
Yes (with caveats)

Shows tagline:
Yes

Shows counts:
No

Hierarchical categories:
Yes

Things I like:

Simple – very little to distract your attention.
Good contrast.
Tagline [...]

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Overall Grade: C+

Theme URI:
http://www.ktalks.com

Description:
Two column Blog Layout

Version:
1.0

Author:
Agent K

Author URI:
http://www.ktalks.com

Widget-aware:
No

Shows tagline:
Yes

Shows counts:
No

Hierarchical categories:
No

Things I like:

Fairly clean look.
Decent contrast, although brown isn’t as good as black on a white background.  It could be that the fonts are too small.
Tagline is displayed.
Links to pages are displayed in the header.
Blockquote are displayed with shading.
Posts are separated from one another by horizontal lines so the [...]

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Overall Grade: B-

Theme URI:
http://www.refueled.net/wordpress-themes

Description:
“Ad Clerum” is a Latin phrase which means: “To the clergy.” Perfect theme for churches or other non-profits.  Free support is offered through our Forums.

Version:
1.5

Author:
Refueled

Author URI:
http://www.refueled.net

Widget-aware:
Yes

Shows tagline:
Yes

Shows counts:
No

Hierarchical categories:
Sort of

Things I like:

Very clean look.
Good contrast.
Posts are separated from one another by horizontal lines so the eye is naturally drawn to the boundaries of each post.
Graphics at the [...]

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Overall Grade: B

Theme URI:
http://www.gfxedit.com

Description:
A 2 Column Dark Grey Theme from GFXedit.com

Version:
1.1

Author:
Sreejith

Author URI:
http://www.sr-ultimate.com

Widget-aware:
No

Shows tagline:
No

Shows counts:
Yes

Hierarchical categories:
No

Things I like:

Very clean look.
Good contrast.
Posts are separated from one another by horizontal lines so the eye is naturally drawn to the boundaries of each post.
Block quotes are displayed with a shaded background.  It doesn’t shade internal block quotes differently, but it does display a border [...]

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