A Great New Thesis Skin: Thesis Play

by Matt Langford on January 29, 2010 · Comments

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If you haven’t learned that I’m in love with Thesis, then you don’t have a clue who I am and you’ve never visited this site. And I’m thinking that’s probably not the best way to start off this post. But my backspace key is broken. (Take that, English 101 professor! I started consecutive sentences with conjunctions. Booyah.)

For the past year or so, this blog has been run on the beautifully designed and coded Thesis Theme. I’ve customized quite a few looks on top of it over that time (including the one you’re currently viewing).

In that timeframe a new market for Thesis Skins (think of them as custom-customized layouts) has developed. I even listed a few back in the day (and even sold one for a while). There have been a few good ones, and a whole bunch of really bad ones. I’ve never been completely lured in by one. That is, until now.

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