At the 2009 SXSW, I did a quick little interview with my buddy Loren Feldman of 1938media. Despite the fact that I was massively hungover (note the sexy, drooping eyelids), I still managed to make a few good points about Thesis, the philosophy behind solid WordPress themes, and “social media,” which is the hottest, most unnecessary buzz phrase of the moment.
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Hi Chris! My name is Breno and I need to talk to you in private man. It´s no bullshit, no small talk, believe me. And it´s also urgent. It is about the possibility of a partnership. I´m looking forward to hear from you.
P.S.: My English is far from perfect yet.
Best wishes,
Breno Nunes
Thanks Chris, that was a great interview. I look forward to seeing more video here in the future, as you mentioned to Loren…
You should know I’m sometimes skeptical about the things you post here at Pearsonified (i.e., “does this guy do anything BUT push Thesis? It’s an awesome framework and all but sheesh…”) but I’ve never been disappointed when I actually get here; it’s always worth my time.
Thanks for that, man.
For a long period of time I was wondering who could be such a great designer. I have imagined many times he should be an old man man with white hair and shrinking skin. But now after seeing Pearson i was shocked such a young and adorable person is behind such a great design. wah that is really awesome.
wah… dead link. not even coming up on 1938media search =(
“wah… dead link. not even coming up on 1938media search =(”
Same here, mike. I’d love to see this interview everyone is talking about. Can anyone link me? :D
“All I know is that you shouldn’t take site building tips from the guy, and instead run Thesis + WordPress” LOL… awesome.
Hi, I LOVE your Pressrow Theme. I used it on a free WordPress blog. But now I’m putting my blog on my own host with WordPress. The site you’re linking to, credit cards, is no longer using the theme and the only downloads I’ve found for the theme have problems. They won’t allow widgets and the pages for About and Archives don’t work.
Is there a download with the working theme as it is in the free WordPress blogs?
Thank you.
Is this the interview? found the link in google… [link redacted]
Einar — Why, yes it is! Thank you!
hey thats great. um, is there a way to actually get a hold of you in any way? i purchased your theme (im rockin’ it on my blog currently), and am trying to register for the support forums, and to upgrade to the more recent version. i find it odd that i am unable to register without purchasing another copy.
sorry for using your comment section to ask this, but incredibly, there is no other contact info or forms on the diy page for customers.
Jonathan — If you already own a Personal or Developer’s Option, then you are already registered for our forums. There is no separate registration, so all you need to do is log into the DIYthemes site (using the yellow pulldown form at the top of any page), and then visit the DIYthemes forums.
…the problem is that I had someone purchase the theme for me, as they were doing customization work on it. I would have just bought it myself, but was having trouble using PayPal. This was on eLance, but have not been able to get a hold of this guy since he finished to get the login info. Is there some other way to prove that I bought this and get access to the the owners area? Is there a license somewhere in my design I can use? I am just looking to upgrade from 1.3.
Hi! Hmm I’m not sure if it’s just my end of things, but I can’t seem to find that interview. The link’s dead; it says there’s a database error?
Links dead for me too …
refresh on the interview link lol :P [link redacted]
Oh sweet, thank-you Einar!
Einar — Thanks, buddy ;)
Chris,
First of all I want to say thank you for the awesome themes. I’m currently using your Cutline theme for my Wordpress blog, followthenomad.wordpress.com. I noticed some time back that it has a random text emoticon in the top, right-hand corner… ha. Any suggestions on getting rid of it. Not that I don’t like it when my computer smiles at me, it’s just a tad distracting. I can code html and css, but can’t figure out how to edit it out through the free blog. Yeah, I’m cheap.
Thanks so much!
Aleisha
Aleisha — The smiley face is something that WordPress.com annoyingly inserts into its blogs, and it is not part of the Cutline theme (which I haven’t owned since March 2007, by the way). I think your best bet for figuring out how to get rid of the smiley is to search through the WordPress.com forums. I can pretty much guarantee that someone else has asked this before!
Thanks! I’ll hit up the forums.
First I’ve heard of Thesis actually, and I’m a theme designer as well. Very nice work man, keep it up!
Hi Chris! Sorry for offtopic, but I can’t find any contacts here.
If you remember I’m from your other brilliant “true project” :-)
You closed it and I didn’t get it if it’s forever or it’s become a kind of a close club. If I may have an invitaion, pls, let me know. This could be great, ‘caus your project is like a gasp of fresh air to me, really.
chmuha@gmail.com
chmuha — I’m not sure I remember you, and by my count, I only have one project… Thesis.
so mjtruth blog was not your project? There was the link to this site from there, so I decided you are the author. shame :(
Not a bad interview if you were truly hungover. LOL. I am going to have to take a look more into your Thesis philosophy.
Hello Chris,
and sorry for another comment that is off-topic.
I run a blog for my local childcare co-operative, and I’ve got your Press Row theme, which is just perfect except for one thing: the blog name “Bentleigh Family Childcare Co-operative” is just too long and spills over two lines, making it look clunky.
Wordpress Help said I’d have to upgrade to change the CSS, but our centre is a non-profit and does not have the money.
Is there any chance of you doing a theme that accommodates longer titles?
Yours in total admiration
Eeloh
Hey there,
Apologies for the off-topic comment, but I was over at your Themes page just now, and a couple of the links in the PressRow section seem to be going to a completely unrelated junk site about credit cards. I doubt this was your intention, so you may want to check those links…
- AT