Comments on: Brian is the big deal about the thesis theme!

By: mayank

mayank — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:41:56 +0000

@Sire – Installed the subscribe to comments plugin. Checking FlexSqueeze, it surely looks interesting.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:03:29 +0000

OK, maybe that last comment went in to spam. Just in case it’s lost I was just suggesting that you install a subscribe to comment plugin so people could be notified when a reply was made. That and to tell you the theme I was talking about was FlexSqueeze.

By: Satish Gandham

Satish Gandham — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:45 +0000

Many big names recommend it for the affiliate revenue. If it wasn’t for the affiliate revenue it wouldn’t have been so popular.

There are lot of free theme better than thesis out there, but they don’t get enough attention as there is no affiliate money in free themes.

By: Shahab khan

Shahab khan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:42:22 +0000

I Completely Agree with you Mayank, Its all about an excellent exposure that thesis is getting with some famous bloggers. I just tried the free Atahualpa theme, and i am pretty much surprised to see that it can be customized to in awesomely large number of ways!

By now i am pretty happy with it.

By: Installing a magazine style theme on my Wordpress blog | The Imagined Universe

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:14:29 +0000

[...] Thesis is one of the most popular themes available, and there are some widely-read bloggers who use the theme, and a near-cult following. But there is a debate going on whether Thesis is really the best theme out there. I found that at least one WordPress theme designer – Mayank thinks that Atahualpa is better than Thesis. [...]

By: mayank

mayank — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:10:52 +0000

@joi – As far as the SEO power house factor is concerned – I’m sure that all those features can be easily countered with the use of the wonderful seo plugins like HeadSpace, all in one seo pack or platinum seo pack. I agree that thesis is a good theme rather I like it a lot because of all the options and beautiful typography, however it definitely doesn’t deserve the hype that it gets. In your case you wouldn’t try KFC’s grilled chicken because it isn’t good and its only hyped. In this case, I wouldn’t suggest thesis theme to anyone for the hype but for the good feature that it has…however, there are themes that deserve more exposure in the market but aren’t getting because they aren’t promoted by bloggers like Brian, Darren and other popular bloggers. I’m not against thesis, but I’m against the over-hype that it’s getting.

@Sire – Exactly that’s the point I was making! No one will feel cheated after buying thesis theme, however it’s that little disappointment that comes after seeing all the hype. I completely understand that why you got disappointed because you didn’t get the features that you expected after looking at all the hype and buzz that is around the blogosphere about the thesis theme.. isn’t that true? BTW, which theme are you talking about – would love to know about it :)

By: Sire

Sire — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:07:26 +0000

I also bought Thesis and although I was disappointed I didn’t feel cheated. It wasn’t as out of the box as they made it out to be, and the fact that all those famous bloggers use it doesn’t make it work any better. The fact is I was smart enough not to pay for the developers license until I took it for a spin. Rather than waste it I use it for my Load of BS blog and immediately started looking for a more ‘plug and play’ theme. I found one which I liked so much I did buy the developers license and I now use it for my other 7 blogs.

By: Joi

Joi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:56:24 +0000

I’ve worked online for over 12 years and currently have over 14 blogs. A few use Brian Gardner themes (Streamline and Lifestyle), but the rest run on Thesis. As someone who has used more themes than most people, I can honestly say that Thesis is that good.

Yes, marketing and branding are important – but not if the product isn’t worth it. I recently tried the KFC Grilled Chicken and will not try it again. It didn’t live up to the razzmatazz. But, hype? Are you kidding me? Oprah made it a household name!

Thesis didn’t get famous because of the marketing or even Brian Clark. Thesis earned it’s fame by being an seo powerhouse. After all, the mastermind behind Thesis, Chris Pearson, designed Brian Clark’s blog – so he actually has a hand in his success – not just the other way around.

Just thought I’d give my two cents. Peace.

By: mayank

mayank — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:47:35 +0000

@gib – thanks for dropping by and taking your time to leave the comment. There are many themes that can easily compete with Thesis theme -

I’ve already mentioned about Atahualpa theme and Raja mentioned about ISOTherm theme http://jaypeeonline.net/wordpress-themes/wp-theme-review-isotherm-news-magazine/

Apart from that, if we are talking about framework then various themes by http://www.plaintxt.org/ are pretty awesome and they focus on typography and if you know how to play around with the themes, you can surely come up with good results.

By: Gib Wallis

Gib Wallis — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:46:46 +0000

I Googled myself here because I’m looking for themes better than Thesis.

Which ones do you think are better but don’t have the branding or the marketing behind them?