What’s a Theme Without Features?
I have just finished my first step as mentioned in my “What’s Your Design Process?” post.
In my opinion a theme is only as good as the features that it provides. So without further ado, here is my list of desired features.
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Tabbed sidebars
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featured posts slider
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prominent content
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sidebar ads
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468×60 banner ad in header
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Subscription by email form in sidebar, RSS options on prominent display
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2.7 compatible comments
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Integrated subscribe to comments, recent comments
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DropDown categories in horizontal menu style
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Page menu in horizontal menu style
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integrated breadcrumb navigation
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Post thumbnails. and featured post thumbnails
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automatic image resizer
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Custom Archive and Sitemap templates
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Little Image indicating what categories the post is in.
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single2double sidebar
Of course, some of them will be removed if there is no place for them to fit in with the design, but this is a list of things that would attract me to a theme. I just hope that I will be able to do each and every one of them without cluttering up the design.
What are some features that you look for in a theme? (Hint: If I’m successful in creating my theme, I may begin creating themes based on the features and suggestions that YOU-the reader has!)
Unfortunately I won’t be able to show you my second step results because I don’t have a scanner so my next post will be about my results from the third step.
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Gert Hough (1 comments)
5 Mar, 2009
This is an amazing post. Maybe you should promote it a bit. Since I am here first
Let me say that I absolutely love the random image plugin. How about displaying random images linking to their articles?
Tom (3 comments)
1 Apr, 2009
Just make sure that the comments are in fact 2.7 compatibile. I don't care about the rest – I belive you'll make the best choice, but comments need to stay the way they are – I really enjoy the current version.