Christmas WordPress theme
Dec 5th, 2007 by Neo
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Today was such a fun day because the boss was not around! What else do you think I would do when he’s not around? Of course I make full use of the opportunity to disturb the girl colleagues, hahaha… Anyway, I am not too bad also because I have been very productive without him around disturbing and watching over me! I played with some of the WordPress themes which I have downloaded earlier, and in the end hacked my own WordPress theme. At this time of the year, what theme is better than a Christmas WordPress Theme? 
Believe it or not, this has been my second publicly released WordPress theme, the first one was the popular Firefox theme which was done more than two years ago. Since then I have came across quite a number of blogs using the Firefox theme… I smile secretly whenever I see my theme on other blogs. Sleep also can smile.
Anyway, the Christmas WordPress theme is not built from scratch… I believe nobody would do that these days. Doing that would probably take weeks to complete! The Christmas theme was produced by combining the nice features extracted from a few other WordPress themes. Of course all these features are further enhanced and customized… in fact so much changes are thrown in, even I can’t remember which themes I have used/referred to.
Some notable features of this theme:
- Widgets and tags supported.
- Works with WordPress 1.5 and above. Optimized for WordPress 2.0 and above.
- Includes Search template, Archive template, and also 404 template.
- Can easily change the header picture. Just upload your picture in wp-admin, the system will prompt you to crop your picture to the correct size.
- To change the profile picture, upload your picture to the theme’s img folder. Name it “profile.png”.
For those who wish to make some good money from AdSense, this theme is designed with that in mind. If your click through rate is too low, you might want to try this theme… Refer to how I am placing the AdSense ads, this sort of “right-in-front-of-you” placement should generate some good revenues!
However, if you are not interested in generating revenues, you might want to insert community and socializing codes such as MyBlogLog, Facebook and Blogcatalog. Insert them in the two sidebars… plenty of space for you to do that. I am sure you will become popular soon and make tonnes of friends online!
Should you want to greet the festive Christmas with a new look, download the Christmas WordPress theme now. It’s absolutely FREE!
Hope you like the theme.
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i like the theme.. very xmas feel! and feel like xmas is really around de corner!
p/s : especially de “submit comment” button!
I agree… submit button really nice!
cbenc12,
Thanks for liking the theme. Why don’t you give it a spin on your blog? Show your support ma.
kljs,
I purposely make the submit button stand out, in the hope that more people will want to click it to post a comment. The more comment then better, isn’t it?
So after Christmas event, then you gonna change another theme! wouldn’t be too troublesome for you?
MerDuriaN,
After Christmas, how about a New Year theme? Anyway, next year Christmas can use back the Xmas theme. Give the Christmas theme a spin on your blog, will ya?
Hmm. For some reason I can’t get comments to work.
The post displays fine, just no comments.
Once I enter you site, I already can feel the strong festival seasons.. Yeah, Christmas is just around the corner..
This theme very nice and colourful. Indeed, Christmas is always full of happiness colors. I like it especially the “Bell” on the submit comment button.
Keeyit,
Thanks for liking the theme. You haven’t tried it on your blog yet… you no good, no support me.
Oh I feel Christmasey’ already.
Btw care to share the Tag plugin?
Nice theme!
Wow your Christmas Wordpress theme looks fantastic! Just love the colors and graphics! I think I’m on Wordpress 1.5… would it run there?
wooo. nice theme. would try it over the weekend.
anyway i got a quick question for you, is it possible if i were to design the header from dreamweaver including drop down menu and simply add it via wordpress theme editor ?
Neo, you’re genius! Love the theme so much!
Che-Cheh,
For the tags, you do not need any plugin, it’s an included template tag with WordPress 2.3 and above. Read more here
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_tag_cloud
So, it’s time to upgrade to the latest WordPress, and make sure use my Christmas theme to take advantage of all the neat features the latest WordPress offers. Shameless promotion.
jam,
Thanks.
yogi,
Nobody use WordPress 1.5 now. Don’t hesitate, upgrade to the latest WordPress now. WordPress 1.5 no only contains tonnes of bugs, you are also missing out on a lot of nice features WordPress 2.3.1 has to offer!
satkuru,
Yes, it is possible. But I don’t think it’s easy to do, especially if you are editing it within the WordPress theme editor. This is because the theme editor has very basic view, no line numberings, no syntax hightlighting, etc. The codes generated by Dreamweaver may not be compatible with the WordPress codes and CSS.
However, if you wish to change the header pictures and the colors, then it’s much easier. Good luck.
MonkeyWong,
Thanks, monkey BOSS.
Ah KitKat referred me here to look at the your nice theme. Really looks good for the festive season
Cheers!
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Hi! Just installed your Christmas theme for my blog. Lovely colours and so Christmassy! Thanks for giving it away!
Only thing is my comments tag are not working. Any tips how to troubleshoot?
Tricia,
Thanks for liking the Christmas theme. The problem with the comment form is due to a simple function which fails on certain old version of WordPress, but don’t worry, I have got it all fixed.
The only change is a single line in the comments.php template, which I have already emailed to you. Please just replace this file in the Christmas theme, and your blog should work perfectly from there on.
I have also incorporated this fix in the download link above.
Yup, the comment.php works like magic. Thanks a lot!
Wishing you Merry Christmas and a great new year ahead!
Tricia,
Glad the theme now works on your blog. Do let me know if you need further help.
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you too!
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