Frequently Asked Questions

You seem to be using themes and templates interchangeably, what’s that all about?
Each WordPress theme contains a series of files (i.e. templates) that are used to create the website. Generally speaking, a theme comes complete with images, style sheet, etc… All you have to do is install it and off you go. But my “themes” are just the framework, so I call them templates, just to be clear that they shouldn’t be used as is.

Do I need to be a web designer and know CSS to use these?
These templates are for web developers, so a basic knowledge of CSS and WordPress is a good thing to have. I’ve inserted comments throughout to help, but these alone won’t be enough to guide you through the process if you don’t know HTML, CSS or have never looked at WordPress files before.

These templates are ugly. Why is that?
I purposely didn’t use any images and limited my colour choice, so that you can download them and apply your own style. Think of them as a colouring book. You have the sketch and now all you have to do is draw inside the lines. Heck, draw outside the lines if you want. Go crazy.

Can I download these and sell them?
Who in their right mind will pay money for these? You just said yourself, these templates are ugly (see above).

But… but… can YOU make them pretty?
I can, and do develop WordPress sites for many client. Take a look at my portfolio to see what I’ve done. If you are interested, you can hire me to design your theme. If you are looking for pretty themes to download right now, then take a look at the many themes listed on WordPress. I also love Elegant Themes.

What browsers are these templates optimized for?
I work on a PC and test these templates on the latest version of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. Once the templates work on these 3 browsers I find that they tend to behave very well on Macs. I sometimes launch VMware and check to see what they look like on IE6, but I’ve pretty much given up on that browser. It is just too old and nasty.