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Lighter – A Lightweight Child Theme

Leland — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:32 +0000

I came across Martín Fernández‘s website a while back, and noticed it was using a modified version of the Lightweight theme. Check out what he did with it below.

As you can see, it’s still a light theme with a slightly different color scheme. It really works great to showcase his graphics work.

I got in touch with Martín and he agreed to let me release his modified WordPress theme here on Theme Lab. I converted it to a child theme, so the only things in the file are a stylesheet and a screeenshot. Download it here. Check out the demo here.

Make sure you know how to install a child theme, so you’ll need the Lightweight theme uploaded as well as the Ligher child theme. Activate “Lighter” in your WordPress admin.

Pink Lightweight Theme Available For Download

Leland — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:35:30 +0000

I recently came across an alternative version of the Lightweight theme over at x.whatevurr.net, which has been released for download over there. Here’s a screenshot:

It’s a bit thinner than the original, and has a very noticeable pink color scheme. Not sure if any of you like pink themes, but hopefully this comes in handy for someone.

I Can Also Right – Showcase Site

Leland — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:11:33 +0000

I came across a blog the other day and was surprised to see a credit link to Theme Lab in the footer. After looking at the source, I soon realized that this blog was using the Inverted Headline theme, available for free here at Theme Lab. Anyway, I Can Also Right is a design blog authored by Tim Benzinger. It looks like it has some really interesting stuff, if you’re into design.

As you can see, you can do some pretty amazing things just by customizing existing free WP themes. If you have a blog using a highly customized version of one of our free WordPress themes, feel free to contact me and I’ll see if I can include you in an upcoming showcase post.

Peach-Autumn.Net – First Showcase Site

Leland — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:25:08 +0000

So I was searching through Technorati, and came across a WordPress blog with a “Theme by Theme Lab” credit in the footer. I honestly didn’t even recognize it at first, but soon realized Peach-Autumn.net was actually using a highly modified version of the Featherlight theme. Take a look at the before and after (click to enlarge).

I’ve seen several WordPress sites using my themes but nothing quite like this. As you can see, it went through a pretty amazing transformation and looks great.

If you’re using one of my themes and think you’re worthy of being featured in the new Showcase section, feel free to contact me and I’ll see what I can do.