Wordpress Theme - Upstart Blogger

Jul 28 10

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When we moved into the blog that is, was, and always will be Upstart Blogger, we were sent a zip file labelled “the box”. The box appears to an accumulation of digital ephemara that previous Upstart Bloggers have collected and developed over time. WordPress themes (finished and unfinished), screen grabs (mostly of WordPress themes being [...]

What’s in the box?

Dec 10 09

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Hot on the heels of my recent dark WordPress themes I am very happy to present Tardis, a minimalist blue design that pays homage to eponymous Time Lord and his uniquely identifiable mode of transport. Aimed squarely at lover of British Sci-Fi or anyone who feels the need for a blue, light on dark WordPress [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress theme Tardis

Dec 04 09

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One is a single column minimalist WordPress theme with large, clean typography and a muted green pallet. I was trying to convey I sense of calm to offset the large type. One is intended for use on any blog that needs to get it’s point across in the most direct way possible. Ready to make [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress theme One

Dec 03 09

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The 2 WordPress themes I am releasing today are the first dark themes, having light text on a dark background, ever released here at Upstart Blogger. I’ve wanted to stray to the dark side for a little while now, experimenting with darker palettes using Genesis Red on my personal blog Brass Revolver and a light [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress themes Dark Orange and Dark Pink

Dec 02 09

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A little while ago I issued a teaser post entitled Something wicked this way comes. In it, I hinted at a large project looming on the horizon, something that would change everything and would blow the blogosphere wide open. That project is still coming. In fact, it’s developing right in front of your eyes right [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress theme Prime

Oct 30 09

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Genesis is a free WordPress theme that mixes swiss typography with a traditional blog layout in order to create a hyper readable environment. Large typography, set in Myriad Pro that degrades through Helvetica to Arial for those with typographically challenged systems, sets the scene and pushes your content forward. Muted metallic shades complete the look [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress themes Genesis and Genesis Red

Oct 13 09

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Clean typography, a web 2.0 palette, heavily inspired by 37 signals and their wonderfully clean and focussed designs, Signal 37 is here. Designed using a number of existing WordPress themes and taking code from a handful of premium WordPress themes that have recently made the jump to GPL, Signal 37 is designed as an out [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress theme signal 37

Oct 08 09

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Heavily influenced and inspired by 37 Signals I am pleased to announce that the next Upstart Blogger WordPress theme is firmly in the web 2.0 blogging groove. A theme that will allow its owner to focus on content rather than design with a 100% typographical composition. Features include an options panel, highlighted advertisement space, Twitter [...]

First look at the next Upstart Blogger WordPress theme

Feb 11 09

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Many theme designers claim to have themes that will increase your search engine traffic. Some even claim that they will increase your search engine traffic by 455% in one month. Of course, all of this is just clever marketing, not to mention Digg bait, to try and get you to part with hard earned cash [...]

The only WordPress theme that is guaranteed to increase your traffic and page rank

Feb 09 09

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As promised on Friday, Voluptua, an imposing minimalist WordPress theme, is now available for download. Voluptua features large swiss typography with all text being set in Helvetica Neue, degrading via Helvetica and Arial to a standard sans serif typeface on systems that are typographically challenged. Voluptua can currently be seen running unmodified at Musicians Who [...]