Last night I started to setup WordPress for our World of Warcraft guild. Some month ago our core raid team did a fraction change and founded Ephedrin – our new guild. We do a pretty good job raiding ToC and ToGC. But since ICC is knocking at the doors we have the feeling that we should extend our member pool.
Installing WordPress has nothing to do with black magic. 5 minutes and everything works. After those 5 minutes the hard part begins. We want a Warcraft related template. A dark style not this parchment stuff you see everywhere or something neutral white. We are not settled if we go with a Lich King theme, something from classic or Cataclysm based.
After 2 hours we had nothing. Not one theme that worked and looked great.
So we decided to go with a comic based theme. Something totally different. After some research: still no themes that would work for us.
I am honest – I didn’t install or use WordPress for some time now but when did theme authors stop publishing their work? There are many sites that provide free themes but they either suck and don’t work or the site is down (404, 403,…)
Is there really no option than creating a new theme?
I currently work on a theme for my private blog, it is – like installing WordPress – no black magic required as well but it has to be done. It consumes valuable time.
Some years ago I always found a great theme for WordPress, no matter what I looked for. When did this change? Are all theme authors now running a business and only sell their themes? Did 12 year old “web designers” create so much trash that you cannot find awesome work anymore? Or is WordPress just dead and no one cares to design new themes? *scnr*
NP: Paula Cole – Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?