WordPress 2.9 is out, and it’s time about thinking of WP 3.0 which will be something really, really special, and of course there it’s time to talk about a new default theme.
After reading around a little bit, I do believe the best thing would be a special made default theme.
Why?
Well, there are a lot of great Themes and Theme Frameworks out there; However, being one these Theme Framework developers1, I have a goal and an idea where to take Precious next; and I guess it’s just the same for the K2-developers, Ian Stewart, the Hybrid-team (etc. etc.). – We all share a vision of where we want our themes to become one day.
And are we willing to give up that vision?
It would be a great honour for any theme author to have designed the new default theme; it would be the greatest honour to have created the ultimate theme framework for WordPress.
A great honour; but to answer my question: The answer is “no”.
- I don’t think any of us are willing to give up our vision for the perfect WordPress Theme; unless we can work together with the WordPress’ Dev. Team.
Because this is the truth about Theme Frameworks:
As much as we like to play along with WordPress; what we actually do is to address theme-issues that’s not in WP; it’s not in the core.
And I don’t think any of us are willing to give up our themes to the dev-team, unless we can work along with them.
So, I think the best thing would be a competition; – create a special made default theme; a theme that’s actually “default”. – A theme anyone can use, a theme that works with WordPress, a theme that the dev. team can work with.
A brand new theme no one has seen before.
- not the most on edge, but I’m here, lurking the shadows [↩]
Hi,
I am new to wordpress but an old programmer. Today I started to study the theme frameworks. I downloaded most of the theme frameworks mentioned in the wordpress codex and came across yours via a mention at http://op111.net/53 . As a newbee one thing I have noticed is that some, Hybrid 0.7.1 for example, do not automatically include the site admin login Meta widget. This causes me to back away from the theme as I know I would have to jump into editing the code in the theme in order to enable it. Another thing I have noticed is that only one of the theme frameworks (Atahualpa 3.4.5 ) comes with a “theme options” capability and it’s options page is very confusing to a new user like me. I have decided to use your “Precious” theme as the starting point for my studies. I am thinking that I would add an options page to your theme framework as my first go-around. If you have time, any advice would be valued…
| March 3, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
Thanks for your feedback, Frank. Anyway, I don’t have so much time on my hands these days, but I suggest you take a look at Thematic’s option page, as it is a very good starting point.
| March 23, 2010 @ 4:39 pm