Good Wordpress Themes
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- prophetone1
just some quick, possibly worthless, advice about wp themes...
the thing is, while (even good) themes are nice quick fix, they often go a little overboard with the fancy features, seemingly for the sake of wowing potential theme purchasers. just be careful of buying into that sexy jquery magic dipped theme because you are committing to someone else's code, architecture, decisions, etc.
the prob? big-ish wordpress updates often break themes. sometimes in big ways, sometimes in small annoying ways. and if the theme is not of your design then you might be screwed until the theme vendor issues an update, etc.
if you can, learn how to create your own. start with a simple boilerplate like starkers and make it yours. add only what you need, nothing more. keep it simple. determine your own responsive breakpoints. make it a tailored fit.
if you can do this, then when trouble pops up, it's likes totes easier to diagnose the probs and just fix'em, fast. i've always liked running into probs because it has forced me to problem solve under pressure and i always win. and by win, i mean learn.
stay sharp nerds. luv, prophetone.