WordPress Themes — Pearsonified

Robust, comprehensive, and easy-to-use frameworks are a must for working on the Web. Whether you’re a hardcore developer or simply an aspiring blogger, you can use dedicated frameworks to do your job better.

As a serial site developer and blogger, I’ve found that the most valuable tool one can have is a refined template system that solves fundamental development, design, and publishing problems, including:

SEO and careful attention to in-site link equity
an em-based approach to element sizing (pixels are nice, but ems are by far the most accessible – and therefore the best – choice)
polished typography with finely-tuned geometrics for maximum legibility
an aesthetically pleasing layout that favors usability and clarity over extravagant presentation
forward-compatibility (I like to call it futureproofing)

The Thesis Theme for WordPress is a precisely-detailed, powerful template system that you can use to run a better Website. It is the exact framework that I use for my own personal site development work, and now you can benefit from its simplicity, optimization, and ease of use, just as I have.

Purchase the Thesis Theme, and you’ll receive lifetime upgrades, access to theme-specific add-ons, and professional support.

Thesis Theme

Neoclassical: typographic elegance, photographic excellence, search engine dominance

Savvy Webmasters know that their success is tied to how well they are able to communicate their message to their audience. While language is the foundation of communication, typography is the primary means by which communication occurs online.

Typography is what language looks like.

— Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type

How does your language look right now? Are you communicating as effectively as possible, or have poor typography and visual clutter got you down?

Solve those problems and free your content with the Neoclassical Theme for WordPress, a simple and elegant template system that offers classical styling, rich typography, and huge random header images.

Download the Neoclassical Theme for WordPress

Judging from the overwhelming response to my Cutline Theme, the one thing that users crave the most is the ability to customize, tweak, and apply their own personal touch to a theme. With the Copyblogger Theme for WordPress, you'll be able to modify colors, fonts, and even the tiniest details by utilizing the custom stylesheet solution that is included with the theme download.

Also, thanks to the wonders of open source development, you can take advantage of add-on styles that others release for use with the Copyblogger Theme. Check out a demo of the Organic style package (via the Style Switcher on the right) to get an idea of what's possible with custom stylesheets for Copyblogger.

Oh, and rest assured that the SEO aspects of the theme are absolutely top-notch. I view my themes as Web site frameworks – not just “designs” – and I wouldn’t bother to build a framework unless it was up to spec in all areas.

Improve your site with the Copyblogger Theme for WordPress, and learn how to make the most of this flexible framework by subscribing to Pearsonified and to the Copyblogger Theme feed.

A clean, flexible, and totally customizable WordPress theme.

Cutline

Take your Web site to the next level with the Cutline Theme for WordPress. Whether you’re an ambitious soul with aspirations of becoming a publishing powerhouse or you simply want an elegant (and free!) home on the Web, your journey starts with Cutline.

Today, you can put an end to boring default styling and step into a world where your posts will become more artistic, more engaging, and more compelling. With the Cutline Theme for WordPress, you’ll be able to add stylish flair to your text that you never thought possible, and you’ll also be able to control your images like never before!

Cutline responded with exactly the outcome I had envisioned. It was almost scary.

— Ben Gray, Openswitch.org

Thousands (literally, thousands!) of users have made the switch to Cutline since it has been honored as one of WordPress.com’s featured templates. Don’t you think it’s time to see what all the fuss is about? Check out the demo site, or simply…

Download the Cutline Theme for WordPress

Big header images. Big titles. Big identity.

PressRow is your all-access pass to new media on the Web. Publish your posts like a professional, and pull it all off with an elegant grace that you simply won’t find on any other WordPress theme.

If you’re the type of person who likes to stand out among the crowd, then you’ll love the way PressRow seamlessly accommodates your every whim as you add those touches to your site that are uniquely you.

Just like Cutline, PressRow is a featured theme on WordPress.com. Take it for a spin over at the demo site to see why it’s gotten so much love, or just go ahead and download it today!

PressRow