Thesis Theme for WordPress, by Chris Pearson. If I ever opt for a three column, magazine style, layout at disassociated it will look a little like the Thesis Theme. Lovely work :)

Is web design dead? Are web designers on the verge of becoming obsolete, and facing extinction by way of a flood of pre-designed blog themes and templates? Setting yourself up with a website, or blog, is far easier today than it was ten years ago, thanks to the wide range of free web publishing tools that are now available, such as Wordpress, Blogger, TypePad, and Moveable Type, ... Read full entry

What Makes a WordPress Theme Premium? There are thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of free Wordpress themes (pre-designed website/blog interfaces) out there, so would anyone, asks Ronald Huereca, pay for a so-called "premium" theme? My questions to the reader is: what makes a WordPress theme premium? There are some interesting suggestions in the comments/discussion that accompany Ronald's post.

I've been out and about at a few Christmas related shindigs of late (which partially explains the mini slow down in proceedings here...), and even though the crowds I've been mingling with haven't been especially geeky or hi-tech, if some of the topics of conversation aren't related directly to social networks and blogging, they are certainly influenced by them. One girl told me about an upcoming party she was planning for ... Read full entry

EarthBook: Satellite Art. High altitude, high resolution photographs of the Earth's surface, sourced from Google Earth, presented by Sydney web designer Craig Rozynski. "I often find myself breathless, trying to make sense of impossibilities on the Earth's surface." Neoclassical Theme for WordPress: an elegantly designed three column Wordpress theme, that includes a rotating random header script. See a different masthead image each time you reload your browser. ... Read full entry

Possibly the most noteworthy feature of the recent Wordpress 2.3 release is the new tagging function. To use tags up until now in WP, it has been necessary to install a plugin, such as Ultimate Tag Warrior. While effective, some people feel UTW is just a tad too difficult to set up and use though. And while WP 2.3 removes the need for third party tag ... Read full entry

There's been some interesting and varied reaction to the recent redesign of ProBlogger, but the sentiment, "hopefully this lifts the overall standard of blog design", especially caught my attention. ProBlogger is considered by many a flagship among blogs, and due to its prominence is probably the first place many new, and aspiring, bloggers look to when seeking inspiration for their own blogging endeavours. The ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! Anthony Baggett hails from Mississippi in the United States, and between interests in blogging and web design, also creates Wordpress themes. WP themes you say, so what's that ... Read full entry

Combining the creative with the technical. You'll see a lot of that around here! Wordpress guy: since disassociated.com is all newly wordpressed I thought I'd point out this resource of all things wordpress. If there's some functionality you want on your WP blog then there's bound to be a WP plugin that can do the job. And Wordpress guy a.k.a. Steve is pretty adept at tracking down those ... Read full entry