MixedTape for WordPress is based on template of the same name by Gorotron. This theme has some advanced features built-in that allows the user to customize the theme to their liking including changing header image without touching any code, the theme can also be used as is without any set up!

This advanced theme includes:

User customization options page that allows design customization from within WordPress admin panel
Google Adsense placeholders (just add your adsense ad codes in designated files and it will show up in select section of your site, theme pre-styled …

Aligned for WordPress is based on a Habari Project theme of the same name by Thomas Silkjaer - The Undersigned. This grid-based theme is a basic version with no frills, just plug and play. Future versions will include a theme customization options page and possibly convert over to the WP+Blueprint Framework which currently is used exclusively on this site and on all WP Pro hosted sites!

This basic theme includes:

Rotating headers (just add header image in the /header folder within the theme and image will show as header
Google Adsense placeholders …

While numerous blogs discussing the facelift WordPress 2.7 received (what with new colors, icons and all), the two subtle details I noticed that hint at the shift in philosophy of what WordPress really is and what it plans to offer the end user (in terms of built-in options) were seldom noted. Here’s my brief two cents after using the latest release of WordPress 2.7 from the nightly build on local install.

WordPress has indeed come a long way. Long enough that we went from calling the front end of the blog a template, and then a presentation, and …

The navigational aspect of a site, especially one that is database driven, should have menus that are dynamically generated as well- just like the rest of the sites content, but is seldom the case. The reason is not the lack of technique, but rather the importance of effective navigation and its attribution to the success of the site as a whole.

A site with poor navigation is just as bad as or worse than a site with poor content. Magazine style themes have overcome this barrier using JavaScript dropdown menus. But there is a simpler yet seldom used method that can be used and …