In our second Theme Show episode of the new year, “The Compliment Sandwich”, we stick to our new format and dish over four new themes and pick one to rule them all. Well, for another seven days that is.

As a reminder, each episode of The Theme Show we tear apart four different themes — one for each of us to spend time with and properly review — and at the end of the show decide which one deserves the highest regard. Some weeks that might mean the best of the worst, and others it might be a really, really tough decision.

This week we review and discuss the Bloggit theme by WPExplorer, BlueBird by Just Good Themes, Identify by ThemeBros, and Soundstage by Mint Themes. Of course only one theme could be the supreme winner this time around — and you’ll just have to listen in to find out which one did it.

Episode #12 Show Notes

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:00 Bloggit theme review by Ray
• 15:20 BlueBird theme review by Justin
• 23:20 Break: Splinters, hot dogs and screenshots
• 26:53 Identify theme review by Ryan
• 41:44 Soundstage theme review by Nick
• 55:45 Final debate and a winner is chosen!

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I’m very happy, and very excited to announce the newly refined Theme Show. For our eleventh episode, and first episode of 2013, we bring a new format, introduce a new member to the show (hi Ray!) and also introduce a brand new theme song courtesy of Chad Deutsch.

This year on The Theme Show we’re taking on a new format entirely. Each week, the four of us will bring a new WordPress theme to the table — something from the previous couple of weeks, something released this year. We’ll review it a bit on the show, and then each week we’ll choose which one of the themes is best. Each week we’ll be awarding a best theme of the week, and we’ll pit them all against each other at the end of the year. Got it? Cool.

This week we talk about the Reader theme by WP Minima, Response by Organic Themes, Gallery by UpThemes, and Velo by The Open Dept. Which theme will reign supreme? Well you have to listen to find out.

Episode #11 Show Notes

• 00:00 Introduction
• 06:00 Velo theme review by Nick
• 15:20 Response theme review by Justin
• 21:40 Break: Brief Troll Hunter movie discussion
• 24:30 Reader theme review by Ryan
• 30:22 Gallery theme review by Ray
• 43:50 Final debate and a winner is chosen!

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This week’s Weekly Theme Show featured a review of the InkThemes theme BizWay, and a new free release from Obox called Launchpad. We also spent a few minutes talking about child themes being in the WordPress directory since 3.4. If you’re crazy about WordPress themes, then this is a podcast for you.

This episode was sponsored by Harvest, the simple online time tracking software. Use the discount code “WP” to save 50% on your first month.

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Episode 10 Show Notes

• Discussion about whether themes should deregister widgets or not
• BizWay WordPress theme
• Justin’s review of BizWay WordPress theme
• Launchpad from Obox Design
• Mazeld child theme
• Brian’s post about child themes
• Launch Effect theme
• A few issues Nick’s theme ran into

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In this week’s episode of The Weekly Theme Show we discussed the recently updated P2 theme and I gave a lengthy review of the Polaroids theme that was released on WordPress.org this week. The three of us are also working on contributing to the WordPress Theme Review Team, so there’s a bit about that in there too.

This episode is sponsored by Obox Themes and their Obox Mobile plugin.

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Episode #9 Show Notes

• Top WordPress 3.4 features
• Make Themes blog
• WordPress theme trac
• Postie
• P2 theme 1.4 and P2 plugins
• WordPress theme SEO marketing gimmick by developer Jason Bobich
• Forum discussion on WPCandy forums
• Polaroids theme on WordPress.org
• Weaver II discussion
• Theme-Check plugin
• Theme Reviewers Mailing List

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On this week’s episode of The Weekly Theme Show, we discuss buying themes via a plugin like WP App Store, the results of the ThemeThrift project, and all sorts of options and dashboard notification fun stuff. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it?

This episode is sponsored by the upcoming WordPress service Raft.io and the Typecase plugin by UpThemes.

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Episode #8 Show Notes

• WP App Store
• How 92% of us stiffed ThemeThrift in its first week
• Jake Caputo’s editorial
• Weaver theme options post discussion
• Notification in the dashboard, that discussion
• Credit links theme review guidelines (WordPress.org Codex)

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In this week’s episode of The Weekly Theme Show, we discussed Weaver II (again!), Artisteer, theme options, and we discovered a wizard. In a WordPress theme.

Seriously.

This episode was sponsored by SeedProd’s Coming Soon Pro plugin and CSSIgniter.

Show notes and download links are just after the jump below.

Episode #7 Show notes

• ThemeThrift
• ThemeThrift discussion on WPCandy
• DevPress pricing goes from $5/year to $30year, teases news
• The true weight of theme options: Weaver II
• Artisteer
• WooThemes shortcodes on their Codex
• WPZoom theme options
• Theme options framework
• Carl Hancock’s comments on tabbed interfaces and the post on WPCandy
• Weekly WordPress Theme Releases on WPCandy
• Futuristica
• Travel Island
• Otto’s theme customizer tutorial
• CSSIgniter’s Dionysus theme
• Euclides theme on CSSIgniter
• Don’t go here, wow
• Tip of the week: Retina.js
• WP-Retina WordPress plugin

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This week’s episode of The Weekly Theme Show saw discussion on moving a site over to WordPress.com, the Smartbiz theme on WordPress.org, and turning a Twenty Ten front page into an About.me lookalike.

This episode is sponsored by MonsterThemes.com, where a membership is currently $22/year. Also sponsored by ThirstyAffiliates.com, now running a 30% off special on the plugin.

Show notes and download links are just after the jump.

Episode #6 Show Notes

• Awesome WordCamp Milwaukee website
• WordCamp Central
• Weaver’s About.me lookalike
• WordPress.com Custom CSS plugin
• Nick’s Multisite support issue
• WPCandy Forums
• Justin’s forum link
• Jetpack
• HappyTables
• Regenerate Thumbnails
• 30 day blog challenge
• WPCandy.com realignment
• Smartbiz on WordPress.org
• Post Type Switcher
• WordPress WP Supersize
• W3 Total Cache
• Related Posts for WordPress

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