The Textpattern Template Competition

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 Video, hosting packages, and more. Even if you don’t want to enter, keep an... Read More

Textpattern Templates: Textgarden.org

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 aren’t using Textpattern, you might find it interesting to see how these templates are designed... Read More

Textpattern Templates

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 a Wordpress theme into Textpattern,” you know it’s worth checking out. I followed Jon’s link to the MX4 for Textpattern page on Textpattern... Read More