Performancing has released a new theme for WordPress called ModernPaper, a complete inversion of their previous theme’s colors, ModernPaper is a three column, mostly white theme. Very clean and very effective, I can see ModernPaper being tweaked in a variety of ways by the bloggers that will use it.
Check it out on Themes.Performancing.com.

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Justin Shattuck, a friend of mine, has released a theme that looks a fair bit like his current blog, JustinShattuck.com. The theme, called Salmon, is a two column theme with a distinctive look. Designed by Elena of Design Disease as an earlier revision of his site, the theme has been released as a 1.0.
Check [...]

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I just ran into a really great theme for WordPress called iTheme.
Here is what the creators have to say about it:
iTheme is a WordPress theme that is designed for the Mac lovers with a truly customizable sidebar. As an administrator, you can customize your sidebar’s contents without modifying the source code using WordPress widgets (no [...]

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Continuing from our last success with the Blogging Pro theme, we wanted to continue to release themes for WordPress that had a strong sense of design, and so with the help of Design Disease, we have worked on creating InSense, a two column theme with the popular blue and orange color set that the web [...]

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So the Blogging Pro Theme has been circulating for a while now, and has even been transformed into a Textpattern theme, but has anyone gone beyond uploading and activating it? Yes, and we have some examples for you.
Adding in their own header graphic as well as changing the colors around is Caracasapie.

Another shift in colors [...]

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A new theme recently caught my eye, and it is called Digital Pop. Andrew Eglinton has released it to the public, but it looks very professional. I think WordPress theme design is finally getting to a level of complexity and beauty in design that has never been seen before.

Digital Pop is a bright and [...]

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Considered by the creators as the best free theme for WordPress, Green Peel, is a green theme coded by XHTMLThis and The Big Chris.
It looks like a nice two-column theme and if you are interested in simplicity, Green Peel might be for you.

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The title of this post is the same question that is being asked at WPDesigner.com today in hopes of judging a fair price for what I assume is a custom WordPress theme. I have priced getting one created before, and the price for me has ranged from about two hundred dollars, all the way up [...]

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Hongkiat has a list of the current top 49 themes by download from Themes.WordPress.net. The list includes some of my favorites, as well as some that I think shouldn’t be on the list, but if you are looking to get a good theme, or avoid themes that everyone and their brother are using, this list [...]

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I have found a new theme for WordPress that has caught my eye. It is called Sakura.
Sakura is a 2 column wordpress theme and it is widget ready. If you notice some bugs, please let us know.
We named it “Sakura” which means Cherry Blossom in Japanese. Feel free to download the theme and use it [...]

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If you are a fan of WordPress Widgets from Automattic, and were disappointed that we didn’t include Widget support for the Blogging Pro theme, you are in luck, as we have decided to release a Widget Ready version.
We have made it so both sidebars, and the footer area are enabled so that you can [...]

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Second Update: We have added a Widget Ready version and we are looking for support from WordPress.com users in getting it added to the service.
Updated: We have implemented some fixes in our theme, and so if you have already downloaded the theme, we ask that you at least download a new header.php (zip/phps) file.
The below [...]

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Finally, there is another update on the WordPress Theme Viewer. I was beginning to wonder if we would have to deal with black boxes as images for themes forever.
Here are the details from the update:

The test run site has been upgraded to WordPress 2.1.
Comments on the test run site has been deleted, and commenting is [...]

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Performancing has released a WordPress theme and while it doesn’t knock my socks off, I can see how this theme could be very popular, especially in multiple color sets. It is a two column theme currently set up with dark grays, black and white. It looks like Performancing is going to be continuing to develop [...]

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It is very rare now that I see a theme design that makes me raise an eyebrow, but Furry Palms does that. It is a simple design, but very attractive to look at and definitely one I’d love to see in various colors. It is a two column design.
From the creator:
My first WP theme (or [...]

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Becca, of Beccary.com has put up a new design for her blog, and says:
Now I don’t usually release my current themes to the public (blame it on my inner narcissist) but depending on public response I am considering releasing this one (replacing the tree and icons of course).
On the plus side it could work at [...]

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If you are looking for a very simple theme where content is king, and no clutter can get in the way, then Simplus might be what you are looking for.
Simplus is a simple and clean theme for WordPress. Characteristics:

Design with rounded corners.
Simple and clean design in a single column.
Ajax comments.
XHTML and CSS valid.
Tested in [...]

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A simple looking two column theme for WordPress comes from Amsterdamn.org.
Gray Wolf is a simple yet powerful theme for Wordpress. It supports gravatar and widgets. And it’s valid xhtml 1.0 strict
If you need a theme that is xhtml 1.0 strict and easy on the eyes, Gray Wolf might fill that niche for you.

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Terry Ng, better known to me as Kineda, has released a new theme called Akon, a simple theme that should be easy to modify for any need.
There’s a new theme in town and it goes by the name of Akon. Named after one of my favorite hip-hop and R&B singers, the design goal of [...]

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I am sure you have all noticed I don’t cover as many themes as I used to, and that is mostly because I have been waiting to see something that felt “new” and interesting. Well, with CLI 1.0, I have found such a thing. I would never use it as my default theme, but if [...]

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