I’m not new to blogging but I am to WordPress. And I really like blog themes that are 3 columns. As I was looking at the WP template options available, this one – Anaconda – really stood out as one I liked.
My first blog on diary-x.com before it went dark used a theme from Eris Free called Light Industrial My next [and previous] blog has the same format, but the custom template made labels [why couldn't they call them Categories?] difficult to configure. That is one of the reasons I decided to switch to WordPress. More on that process in another post.
Now that I’ve got it up and running, I decided to take a look at what other people are doing with their themes [I still want to call them call them templates] to see how I can make mine look and work better.
So here is a Google search of some people using the Anaconda theme. If I skin or switch themes, I will write a similar post about that one too.
These appear in order of ranking – first seen, first posted – although it is not always the home page that is listed in Google’s results.
The first two from Australia and New Zealand . Interesting.
http://gorey.com.au/
http://lits.gen.nz/blog/
If anyone can show how to tweak WP and the Anaconda theme for SE Optimization, Douglas will. I’ll be reading his blog regularly.
http://www.douglaskarr.com/
http://www.etechnoid.com/
I could be wrong, but this one looks like a splog to me.
http://www.techblogy.com/
http://www.trueloveofcoffee.com/technicaldisaster/
Scoop likes 3 column websites too.
http://scoop0901.net/Blog/
http://surfingthechaos.onevoicemm.net/
http://blog.andrewparker.net/
http://www.jsdstat.com/Statblog/
Tweaked a bit to dark for my eyes.
http://www.freshdv.com/
The last one is from the top of page four in the search of 233,000 results. Good work Simple Thoughts.
Enjoy
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Al,
Thanks so much for the kind words! I’ll absolutely share whatever knowledge I can through my site… and in an upcoming book. The Anaconda is a great theme… I’ve not run into any issues that I’ve not been able to work through. I’ve made a lot of changes to the theme as well – both aesthetically and for additional plugin integration.
BTW: I actually went to High School at St. Patrick’s in downtown Vancouver and I lived in Port Coquitlam for 6 years. I go back to B.C. every few years to visit high school friends of mine. It’s one of the greatest cities on Earth!
Warmest Regards,
Doug Karr — January 21st, 2007 at 9:25 pmDoug
Doug,
I’ll be sure to ask [I already have].
Al
Al — January 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 amIt’s eerie to see my blog’s L&F on someone else’s site… Makes me want to ditch a standard template.
Andrew — January 23rd, 2007 at 9:40 amIf you do come out with a good three-column theme, let me know.
Dave J. (Scoop0901) — January 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pmDon’t forget mine. I love the Anaconda theme. It is very difficult to find three colum templates so was greatful to find this one.
Nicole Bandes — February 10th, 2007 at 9:37 am