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Beta 2 of the Squible theme has been released, this release scraps the old system of integrating sections and now uses widgets. Still a great concept theme, if only it had better support for more than one post on the main page. Still a valiant WP theme, with lots of ideas to cobble into your own design, and definitely one that breaks the sidebar mold.
Now out of beta, with many enhancements, as well as only be 2.0 compatible. Removal of tables, changes in the Flickr support, an options page to configure the main page, and many more features fixed/added.
For those not familiar with Squible, it’s a theme along the lines of K2, with many built in functions. A different approach in design as well, as it eschews the standard sidebar feature, rather has a more modular design. All of which combine to bring a different approach to using WordPress, and blogging in general.
Hmm, perhaps I should come up with a discombobulated stream of consciousness theme and call it Kerouac…but to the point, a new theme making the circuit (it’s been added to wordpress.com’s slowly growing selection of themes). A theme in the mold of Squible, that is, not a “traditional” blog theme with linear post order and sidebar. Rather, Hemmingway features the two most recent posts in an upper section, and a lower section with an about, recent posts, and categories. This theme is screaming for an asides catgory, and the “about” might better serve that purpose. Still at .1, this theme will have more tweaked, so stay tuned, and if you are looking for a different design, this might worth a look.
Thought Mechanics
From the creator of Squible, and many other WP themes, comes this über cool mod, GravWall. Basically it takes gravatars from commentors on your site, and creates a “tag cloud” of sorts out of the images. Think a cross between tag cloud and flickr badge. Not a plugin per se, but installation seems straight forward.
Theron, via his Squible blog, has released 1.0 Alpha of his new theme, Squible. My first theme when I started using WP was Theron’s minimaplus, so I can attest to the quality of his work, and I can say this theme is quite adventurous. Designed to work with “social networking” in mind, and the concept of tags vs categories. A nice look to boot.