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Jan 09  06
Robert Ellis_TextpatternNo Comments

In the hopes of filling a gap in the Textpattern community (most available Textpattern templates have been ports from other popular systems), TextPlates.com is now the site of a Textpattern Template Competition. Designed by erraticwisdom, an excellent source of several fine Textpattern template ports, the competition offers a wealth of prices, including a 30GB iPod […]

The Textpattern Template Competition

Aug 05  05
Robert Ellis_TextpatternNo Comments

I’ve written about sources for Textpattern Templates elsewhere, but I just discovered Textgarden.org, a new site devoted to layouts for Textpattern. Whether or not you use a template for your blog, it’s useful to study templates to learn how they’re put together, especially when they include plugins you might want to use. Even if you […]

Textpattern Templates: Textgarden.org

Jul 15  05
Robert Ellis_TextpatternNo Comments

One of the best ways to learn how to design a blog is to find some templates you like and then deconstruct them. I’ve used templates as the starting point for my designs a couple of times on this site. Also, when a designer like Jon Hicks describes a template as a “great port of […]

Textpattern Templates