Tuesday

To Modify or Start from scratch?

I’ve been browsing wordpress themes for sometime now during my free time trying to look for my “ideal theme.” I know there are a lot of themes out there but I’m not satisfied even if its uber cool theme. I found out that there are some factors that we should consider in choosing our ideal theme.

Purpose
First thing that comes to my mind when choosing a theme is “what is my purpose?” Am I going to use it for just a blog? What are the plug-ins and extras that I’m going to include there?

Column
How many columns I want? Do I need 2, 3, or 4 columns? Yeah I also like that uber cool thing called bottom bar.

For bloggers who aren’t really a web designer, changing those themes would be very difficult. So choose what you really need. Other wordpress theme gives you an option whether you want your sidebar on the left or right so no more worries.

Color
I really don’t consider the color at all because you can easily alter them but for those who don’t have enough knowledge in modifying a theme, then you should choose the right color for your blog.

Well I do find a lot of nice themes but again, I’m not satisfied because they aren’t made specifically for my blog. I want this and that but this theme doesn’t have that and it’s so complex I couldn’t even modify it. The last thing that I’m considering right now is to start from scratch. Yep, no more kubrick and hemingway themes to modify. I’ll create my own theme that would satisfy me and be my ideal theme but that would take time because of my thesis.

My question again is whether to modify a theme or start from scratch, what do you think?

Originally posted at my other blog