Twenty twelve themes

Since 2010 WordPress has been launching a new theme with each of their yearly releases. With version 3.5 coming by end of the year, we can now download the all new Twenty Twelve theme, a successor to Twenty Eleven. Before I talk about what's new in Twenty Twelve, I will be discussing the difference between Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve, and how the change will benefit working with the default theme of WordPress.Major Difference Between Twenty Eleven & Twenty TwelveHeader images are not activated by default anymore. In fact the theme has no default header images to choose from. When you activate Twenty Twelve, the header section is not shown.Sidebar is not visible if no widgets are set.New theme does not have a single image.Showcase template of Twenty Eleven is no longer present, instead we now have a static home page template with 2 widget areas.No theme optionsm utilizes the new Theme Customizer instead.Twenty Twelve will be shipped with each installation of WordPress 3.5. Being the default theme it could be used by a large number of WordPress powered websites and would also serve as the theme many new WordPress developers would study before they create their own themes. With so much responsibility, it becomes essential that the theme follows WordPress standards, is made easy to use for a beginner and sets a benchmark for theme development. With WordPress widely being used as a CMS and not just a blogging application, the new theme seems to deliver on all aspects.Created by Drew Strojny and many others, here are some of the highlights of Twenty Twelve:1. Front Page TemplateIn case you wish to setup a static home page, Twenty Twelve comes with a special template for the home page. Geared towards those who are using WordPress as a CMS, this template

The users language.5. Post FormatsFive post formats (Aside, Image, Link, Quote and Status) are enabled by default along with the general standard format option. Each post format has been given a custom styling which is consistent across the individual blog post page as well as on the blog index page.The team responsible for this theme seem to have done brilliantly and taken this default yearly theme tradition of WordPress in the right direction. The theme follows the best practices of WordPress and follows new standards of being responsive and content oriented without being bloated. Twenty Twelve comes with no images and the style.css is also smaller compared to the last default theme.As theme designers have started using a variety of WordPress frameworks for developing their projects and themes, Twenty Twelve can definitely be used as the base to build your next WordPress project or you may also create child themes for it to enhance and customize the look and deliver a responsive site design faster.Feel free to share your feedback and comments about this theme below.

Barely a few months have gone by since the release of the awesome Twenty Twelve theme and Twenty Thirteen is already knocking on our door. Late last night WordPress lead developer Mark Jaquith announced the arrival of a “first draft” of the next official WordPress theme. The question is, what does it look like and does it represent a step in the right direction?The Goals for Twenty ThirteenIf you read our recent post on the upcoming version 3.6 of WordPress you will know that one of the main focuses of the core development team is on improved post formats. Twenty Thirteen is set to capitalize upon this with “great support for post formats” along with “a focus on blogging.”This is curious, given that WordPress in general seems to be a maturing as a fully-fledged Content Management System (CMS). Then again, the official WordPress theme is intended to act as an introduction and key features showcase rather than a full-blown song and dance routine, so perhaps a more “bloggy” theme is the way to go.First ImpressionsAlright, I won’t hold back any longer — here’s a screenshot of the first draft of Twenty Twelve:My first impression was something along the lines of, “Yikes.” That’s a lot of color! It’s the kind of theme that looks pretty fantastic but surely would only be suitable for a certain style of blog. In the same way that Twenty Twelve is all-embracing without being overly bland, this iteration of Twenty Thirteen is brash, bold and fearless. I don’t know whether to like that or rail against it.As I consider the design further I can’t help but feel that this might be a step in the wrong direction for many WordPress users. I don’t think this is the kind of theme you can easily build child themes upon (like previous “Twenty X” themes) — to me it screams, “Take me or leave me.” In my opinion that rather defeats the object of the theme in serving as a testing ground for enthusiastic WordPress newbies.The conflict for me in the fact is that I really like the design for what it is, but I am not convinced that it serves well as a “Twenty X” theme. There is a lot to like — from the color-coded post formats to the slick full-width, fully-responsive mobile friendly design.Having said all that, it would seem that the WordPress development team expect