Well, two weeks ago I decided that I will do a custom theme for the first two winners of the contest. And I am pleased to say that it’s done! The second winner was very pleased with the design. I am still in the talks with Mark, THE winner, and will be releasing a theme for him soon.

It took a lot out of me, but I finally completed it. The client was great to work with since he had a lot of ideas and knew exactly what he wanted. That’s the good news… the bad news is that, me being generous to the WordPress community, I told him that I will be releasing this theme for free to the WordPress community, and here’s what happened:

DeafMusician: I want this theme to be free for public since it came out really good.
TechGuyTales: What’s your paypal account?
DM: Why? It’s *********@******.com
DM: (5 mins later) Uhm… Hello?
TT: How about now?
DM: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh. Never mind!!!! Thank you, sir.

So, I regret to inform you that I won’t be releasing that theme since it was purchased for exclusive use. It doesn’t mean I can’t make another similar one and then release it!!! So, look out for that soon.

The Website & Logo

There are some pages still under construction, but TT was really eager to get the site up, so he released it prior to being it finalized. This was my first office type of website. The directions were very clear: posting memos on a board and in the sidebar some stickies and stuff. I didn’t want crumbled paper style memo, I wanted a professional looking memo, yet still make it look like a paper. I think I achieved that. I also added the twitter updates on the top, since he wanted something quick he could post. The logo was already done, but I gave it a little boldness to it. The design is very clean and easy to read. So, without further ado, here it is:

Tech Guy Tales Screenshot

Go see it live. Please, please… let me know how you guys like it! I always appreciate feedbacks.

5 Comments: “Office Type of Wordpress Theme for TechGuyTales.com”

MyAvatars 0.2 rmaspero
October 22, 2007 @ 5:13 am

Wow that is one nice theme i love it

MyAvatars 0.2 david
October 22, 2007 @ 1:47 pm

it’s a great theme, lolz but i still wait for my price :-D

MyAvatars 0.2 DM
October 25, 2007 @ 4:30 pm

Hey David, sorry just been a little busy lately! I’ll contact you soon about your header!

MyAvatars 0.2 Zac Davis
October 28, 2007 @ 6:42 pm

That makes me really really really wish I had won that contest, such a beautiful theme…

MyAvatars 0.2 Thomas Barber
December 13, 2007 @ 7:56 am

I just dropped Mark a line telling him I liked the layout. You did an AWESOME job on keeping it clean, light, easy, fun and yet it does have a professional feel to it, as though it’s something you would find in a coffee break room or literally on the wall of someone’s cubicle. Perfect. It’s not easy creating custom WP themes that are 100% functional in the way a client specifically wants but it appears you pulled it off on this one.

Keep up the good work,
-T

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