Comments on: Save $87 By Making A Free ‘Thesis’ WordPress Theme Clone

By: Marc Beneteau

Marc Beneteau — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:05:36 +0000

Much better option is Free Thesis look-a-like that I made:

http://wordpressacademy.biz/2010/02/free-thesis-theme-lookalike-based-on-atahualpa/

The reason is that it is based on a very powerful theme framework called Atahualpa and therefore it’s totally customizable (including adding or removing the top right rotating image or video).

If you like please comment to the original article.

By: Matthew Langford

Matthew Langford — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:18:33 +0000

While this may LOOK like a standard Thesis install — 99% of the power of Thesis is not in the design, but in what’s behind it.

By: Matthew Langford

Matthew Langford — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:04:40 +0000

Ha, I was about to say the same thing! Chris Pearson developed both the NeoClassical and Thesis themes. As well as the Copyblogger theme and Pressrow.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:05:57 +0000

You know, the Neoclassical theme looks a lot like Thesis because it was, in fact, developed by the same guy.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:45 +0000

As long as you have some coding ability, a free theme works just fine. Some premium themes, like Thesis, are great to have when they offer unique tools or a complex design that you’ve fallen in love with it.

By: Joey Buddha

Joey Buddha — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:34:59 +0000

Sweet theme! I agree that Thesis, along with Frugal, or any other premium WordPress theme, is a worthwhile investment. Unfortunately, not everyone has that money to spend, which makes this theme a great alternative.

There are more than enough free WordPress themes to choose from, including this one, but I always find myself wanting to tweak them “just a little bit…..”

Great info! Rock on!

By: Daniel H

Daniel H — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:09:10 +0000

You can get a lot of the features of Thesis by using the comparable, but FREE WordPress framework: Thematic.

I successfully migrated a WordPress theme to Thematic child theme on my own blog.

By: Costa

Costa — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:08:18 +0000

Hi Dean,

Thanks for the mention.

The Theme is a modification of the 3 Column Neoclassical Theme which in fact already carries some resemblance to the Thesis Theme. I only removed one of the sidebar, widened the other one and customized the navigation links. Both Thesis and the Neoclassical Theme are from the same designer.

Like you mentioned, please be reminded that the Theme is just a clone in the basic looks of the Thesis and is nothing close when it comes to the actual framework and codings.

By: Baker

Baker — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:03 +0000

Thanks for the reference in the article. Thesis has been wonderful for me in terms of making things easy and simple to change and edit.

One of the biggest benefits for someone who is coding-ignorant is the support forums. I’ve been able to find quick and easy solutions to any custom changes I want to make, etc…

Thanks again!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:01:33 +0000

The Developer License lets you use it on as many of your own blogs as you like. If you’ve got a few blogs it is terrific value, plus don’t forget free updates for life. So anyone who bought it a few years ago has gotten great value out of it already.

The $40 Client License was introduced so that developers could buy a license on behalf of their clients, instead of asking their clients to signup as a customer themselves and buy the theme. You then simply on-charge that $40 in your development price. Much the same as commercial fonts or stock imagery that you might purchase on behalf of a client.

I agree with the first comment, the “look” of Thesis is easily replicated and if thats what you’re going for then use tricks like this by all means. It is the functionality and development power that most people buy Thesis for and that is something you simply can’t reproduce with a bit of CSS.