After doing the selection from 299 theme releases at DigitalPoint Forums and about 120 theme releases at WeblogToolsCollection I initially gathered about 23 themes,but after a more extensive selection only 8 made it to this post(10 made it but the previes/download links are down at 2). The reason why i dropped the rest is that either they had more than 3 links in the footer or they were hardcoded with huge load times.

This reminds me of that line in Men in Black:

“Best of the best of the best, Sir!”

October’s Showcase

1) Color Paper

This theme is really really slekk looking and appealing. No wonder it was featured on smashing magazine and got sponsored by SM also. I recommended this theme to Freeky8 until i make him a custom theme.

The theme is really clean looking and nice, and can suit any type of blog like a glove.

Theme Demo: Launch Color Paper Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Color Paper

2) Crybook

CryBook is a 3 Column simple wordpress theme based on the popular Facebook. It contains 2 widget-ready sidebars, live theme swistcher and Custom options.

This is one of the very few high-quality “image-free” themes that i’ve ever seen, but it has huge dissadvantage: looks great in firefox and not too great in ie.

Theme Demo: Launch Crybook Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Crybook

3) Chrome Tweaks

The best theme which is based on Google’s Chrome browser. Compared to the other themes based on Chrome this one with no doubt is the best! It features a 3columned look with 2 sidebars on the right which are AD-ready. If your a chrome fan this theme is for you.

An other good thing about this theme is that ACosmin(yes yes,his themes are showcased every month in my posts, which is great) offers support for the theme, so if you encounter any issues you have a place where you can ask for help.

Theme Demo: Launch Chrome Tweaks Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Chrome Tweaks

4) Retromania

This isn’t your ordinary retro theme. Yes, it has a retro design but with appealing elements menaing that if you change some of the items in the header image and the pattern used in the sidebar boxes no one will notice that in fact it’s a retro styled theme.

Theme Demo: Launch Retromania Live Demo
Theme release post: N/A
Download: Download Retromania

5) Plain Warrior

The two keywords that define this them are: simple and effective. Themewarrior made a high-quality wordpress theme with very few images used. This proves that when designing a theme it’s all about the concept. The top pattern and the combination of different variations of grey turned this theme in an outstanding theme.

Theme Demo: Launch Plain Warrior Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Plain Warrior

6) Acosmin v4

Oh no! It’s Acosmin again!, who is back with a brand new theme. It’s structure is simmilar to the previous versions of the theme, but still it is a high-quality theme which can make your day if your unsatisfied with your current tech theme.

Acosmin used trebuchet MS in the header image. Just a quick suggestion for Acosmin: you could have used plain text with a bit of smoothening instead of embedding the text in the logo. MANY wordpress users have no idea how to open or edit a psd file, so next time try to put yourself in their shoes also.

Theme Demo: Launch Acosmin v 4 Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Acosmin v 4

7) SilverPress

Grey is very appealing to me and it’s a fact taht light grey looks sick(which is good) on white. Dark grey background + White container + light grey text and gradient = a great theme.

A HUGE minus is that the theme lacks some key addons like:hovers for the titles, the rss and there are some minor bugs which won’t be noticed by your visitors unless they are web designers/developers.

Theme Demo: Launch Silverpress Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Silverpress

8 ) Mahinahon

A great theme, until you look at the sidebar. Brown does NOT look good on purple! The good thing is that the color can be easily changed with a bit of photoshop magic. At this theme i really like the hover effect for the menu, and the sidebar icons. Within 2-5minutes of smoothening and doing minor changes you can make this theme look like a premium one.

Theme Demo: Launch Mahinahon Live Demo
Theme release post: Click to visit the Release Post
Download: Download Mahinahon

With Mahinahon I end this month’s showcase. Pick the design which fits your blog the best! See you in December