Alright. I’ve just finished (I think) the first theme I’m going to release free to the public. I’m calling it Benighted. It’s a dark, monochrome, 2 column theme. I think some people might find it a bit too dark but it’s supposed to be (hence the name).

**** Check out the LIVE DEMO ***

Tested in Firefox, IE6, IE7, and Opera.

This theme is released under a Creative Commons license. If you would like to remove my link at the bottom, please donate $5 via PayPal.

Please test it out and let me know of any bugs.

Download:

Benighted Wordpress Theme Version 1.0

Setting up a local installation of WordPress has many advantages, even if you aren’t a theme developer. However, it requires PHP and a MySQL database and most people don’t have a clue on how to set these elements up on their home machine. Luckily, you don’t really need any knowledge of how to set up a server or any of the technical stuff to get it done. I’ll show you a few tools that make setting up PHP and MySQL locally painless and easy.

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