My WordPress Theme

January 30, 2006

By the way, a few people have shown an interest in which WordPress theme I use. I enjoy the excellent Almost Spring theme by Becca.

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Addam January 30, 2006 at 2:28 am: Hi Matt,

I have to say I think the theme works well. I have adapated the theme for my brothers VW site http://www.dubnuts.co.uk to use wordpress 2.0 with the Almost Spring. I’ve also gone one step further and skinned the forum (phpBB) as well http://www.dubnuts.co.uk/community/
Peter (Brane) January 30, 2006 at 3:38 am: Hi Matt,

I like this theme better, but if you want to change,.. I’d go for something with more contrast in the color scheme because this one isn’t that easy to read. (but then I am a little bit color blind which may be the reason for that).

Oh by the way,.. I am trying to access http://www.google.cn (Google China) but it redirects back to google.com. I don’t understand this. I can access all other Googles just fine. (It´s important for me because I am an international SEO)

So at the moment China can’t access all the data in the world, and the world can’t check on what China allows and doesn’t allow.

Somehow that doesn’t seem to make sense.
Spike January 30, 2006 at 4:32 am: I can access Google China fine in the UK…
wheel January 30, 2006 at 5:24 am: Just so folks are clear, Matt’s posting this for a reason. I posted on another blog that Matt had stripped out the links to the designer in the theme he uses here. He patiently explained that in fact the version he downloaded didn’t have the links (my downloaded version did).

I publicly apologized in the other blog, and am doing so again here. Sorry Matt. I was an ass.
BillyS January 30, 2006 at 6:16 am: >>By the way, a few people have shown an interest in which WordPress theme I use.

No offense to the Becca, but I’m not a big fan of these particular colors. But now that you’ve brought it up – keep one thing in mind:

Change is Good.

By the way, you still haven’t changed that link at the top of the page that has that missing backslash.
Adam Senour January 30, 2006 at 8:17 am: Matt,

I know you don’t have a lot of time, but I’m a big advocate of DIY. The new generation of templates (this one included) is growing old quickly, and don’t really reflect what your site is all about.

Maybe some sort of contest is in order? Design Matt’s new blog layout.
Sluz January 30, 2006 at 8:42 am: Hi Matt,

You are a programmer and posed the skills to customize the theme so it doesn’t look like the standard package. Please do so. You are ruining it for the rest of us who are not programmers but can not use this standard theme because we don’t want to look like a Matt Cuts Wanabe.

Thanks,
Dave.
lots0 January 30, 2006 at 9:14 am: Matt, you gotta be kidding…. People actually like this? Or are they just saying that….

One of my first posts here, I pointed out the color is kind of a puke green (vomit green for our Euro Friends)

I agree with BillyS… Change is good.
Matt January 30, 2006 at 10:43 am: lots0, I think NickW uses it as the theme for his personal blog too..
Aaron Pratt January 30, 2006 at 10:58 am: time to remove your “uncategorized” link Matt under “categories”, it looks really unprofessional…
Julie January 30, 2006 at 12:07 pm: I think it’s time for a new theme. It’s too run of the mill and boring… unless that is the image you’re trying to portray?
Matt January 30, 2006 at 12:33 pm: wheel, it was an honest mistake. One of the things I have a really hard time with is saying “My bad” when I got something wrong; you didn’t have to come over and say that, but I appreciate it. I’m glad you called it like you saw it.
Hairdressers January 30, 2006 at 1:12 pm: I think it suits this site although my favourite has to be Green Marinée 1.0 by Ian Main
Eli January 30, 2006 at 2:34 pm: It’s a decent theme, but there is a whole lot better available if you take a deeper look. You can take a gander at the theme I use for my blog. I prefer it. You can also go to http://themes.wordpress.net/ and find one that doesn’t look like someone pee’d all over your blog.
BTW. Could you please explain what’s going on with this big daddy update, or at least indulge when the next big update will happen (an approximate date for the toolbar update would be nice to).
BadSense January 30, 2006 at 3:09 pm: Agreed – this layout is hideous. Time for a new one, Matt.
Michel January 30, 2006 at 4:19 pm: Matt I love Becca design. I am using the same. But, then again I would love for you to change it so I do not look like a Matt wanabee anymore.
Aaron Pratt January 30, 2006 at 6:09 pm: Hm, I thought I warned Matt of this happening several weeks back when someone in this blog complained that a person had “stolen” Matt’s blog template. I notified them that it was a Wordpress blog template that anyone could use and joked that I saw no reference to the template maker to make Matt aware of this in a kind of “hint hint” way…

It pays to listen to me once and awhile, I see things…

Muhaha
Adam Sharp January 30, 2006 at 6:30 pm: I really like Becca’s “Dusk” theme, very cool. Just downloaded it for a new blog.

As for Almost Spring it.. reminds me of pea soup. The colors are relaxing, though, and original.
Joe Hunkins January 30, 2006 at 6:46 pm: De gustibus non es disputandum
Aaron Pratt January 30, 2006 at 8:21 pm: http://themes.wordpress.net/
Steven January 31, 2006 at 12:21 am: Hi Matt,

I think the most important is “content”. No matter whether your headlines are green or grey.

Steven
BlackMax January 31, 2006 at 2:02 am: OK Matt, I think people have been mean enough. Would you like a free re-design or at least some layouts on a new custom design?

Actually you could hold a competition to custom-design your theme…
Dr. Kiran Paranjape January 31, 2006 at 2:31 am: Dear blogger,
I have a blod on sanskrit quotes as mentioned above.
I am seriously thinking of switching to wordpress as I feel it is better than blogger.
If you have used wordpress please let me know your opinion.
Also if you can do a critique of my blog I will be happy to implement youe suggestions.

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Kiran Paranjape
Peter (Brane) January 31, 2006 at 4:32 am: hmm,. here in Brazil I still can’t access google china,. it keeps redirecting to google.com

?????
Russell January 31, 2006 at 5:43 am: Hi Matt
It is time for a change, too many folks using the href=”http://www.deschutesdigital.com/wordpress/wordpress/?p=10″>same design

Have a great day
Russell January 31, 2006 at 5:48 am: If you do a new design, can we have a preview before submission?
Matt Craine January 31, 2006 at 8:39 am: Ummm…….does this topic really need this much discussion? I don’t care what it looks like. I’m here to read, not debate artsy-fartsy stuff.
Jon Woolley January 31, 2006 at 8:54 am: Since my business is color guides, a lot of designers would consider me a color expert. I really like the color scheme of Matt’s blog. In fact, I like it so much, that I used it for my company blog, http://www.colorguides.net/wordpress/
lots0 January 31, 2006 at 10:27 am: Matt, Sorry I did not intend to be mean, just honest from my point of view.

I don’t have time to follow NickW’s personal blog, so I have never seen the colors he uses, but if he uses this same template… he is as color challenged as you are.

I see someone here offered you a free custom template, may I be so bold as to suggest you take him up on the offer.

Using a template that is not unique to your site is going to get you banned from google…. hehehehe (Oh, I can’t believe I just said that… )

All kidding aside Matt, you really should consider a custom template, I think a custom template is, in my opinion, one big indicator of a ‘quality’ blog site.
Pratheep February 1, 2006 at 12:32 pm: Me too have a blog http://www.galattablog.com (wordpress). See the customized theme
Nicolas February 1, 2006 at 11:43 pm: About themes and penalization I could add this story.

I made a theme to my blogging software and the theme was made downlodable for other users also (like they usually are if one makes a nice theme). My theme had a “credit back link” to my blog. Nice I thought to get credited for things one does.

Anyway my site seems to be penalized because of unnatural link building or something? I guess Google thinks I got too many links in a short time. This is all because I was nice and offered a blog theme for others and those people showed their gratitude by having a link to my site.

I´m not feeling Happy

nico

P.S. Is there anything I can do to help up the situation?
BlackMax February 1, 2006 at 11:54 pm: Hey lots0,

I am a her, not a him…
Andre February 5, 2006 at 7:59 pm: Oh by the way,.. I am trying to access http://www.google.cn (Google China) but it redirects back to google.com. I don’t understand this. I can access all other Googles just fine. (It´s important for me because I am an international SEO)

I dont think will get access to it with Chinese firewall in place.
David Ogletree February 5, 2006 at 8:24 pm: I want to know what captcha you are using. I have tried several of the wordpress plugins and none of them look as good as the one you are using.
Drew February 6, 2006 at 10:07 am: Speaking of Press. What do you have to say about Goobuntu? I saw this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/
Sounds good to me as long as it is open source.
Lever February 7, 2006 at 1:52 am: Yep. Nice template, used it myself too. But a custom ‘plate would be more fitting, more personal. Something along the lines of Joshuaink maybe?
Colleen February 7, 2006 at 10:22 am: It’s definitely one of my favorite themes, great choice.
Stahn February 9, 2006 at 4:53 am: Green is always nice.
It’s still my favorite WP theme. I’m using this theme in my still WIP site (I hacked this theme a lot, though). I added then another theme to choose with WP Theme Switcher Plugin, Relaxation, which is a theme more according to this site, I think.

Personally I hate this font (Lucida, it is?) so I changed it to Arial with some space between the letters.
GJ February 22, 2006 at 1:24 pm: Hi Matt,

Goog classic theme!

Me to, I would like to know how do you install your security code “captcha” on your blog and what script did you use ?
Thanks
GJ
Links July 3, 2006 at 12:55 pm: hmm, nice! more wordpress themes (up to 900 ) find you in Emily Robbins Blog

PS: my first Wordpress Theme
Purposeinc December 2, 2006 at 10:18 pm: Matt, I am installing wordpress on my main site. BodyABCs.com
and used your site search for wordpress

I got this result as number 3
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/my-wordpress-theme/feed

It does not view in the browser.

I thought you might be interested on a few levels.

Thanks for everything,
dk
vitamin lovers December 5, 2006 at 6:27 am: I am thinking to build a new webiste by using wordpress but i found out it’s a bit difficult for me when modifing the template. This theme is simple a clean, I love it. Maybe i will try to build my website again using this theme. Thanks for the info!
Hostgator May 13, 2007 at 3:22 am: hmm.. i am using this almost spring theme. but not for long, cause i found a better one.. which better optimised the left right sidebar.
can take a look here. http://geriandricky.maxwells.net.nz/2006/07/30/nearly-sprung-wordpress-theme/
bonyuttams May 16, 2007 at 9:12 pm: Great, I just downloaded this theme and installed in one of my blog here > http://www.internetebookssite.com

Hope I will write frequently on that blog too now
Murati July 6, 2007 at 12:50 am: Hi Matt
If you do a new design, can we have a preview before submission?

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