180+ Thesis Design Customizations You have to See to Believe

Summary

Thesis Theme for Wordpress has become one of the most popular themes for Wordpress, especially among professional bloggers. It has grown leaps and bounds over the past year and is now powering some of the most popular websites out there including, Copyblogger, Chris Brogan, Matt Cutts and of course this website.

Amazing Thesis Customizations:

To honor Art of Blog’s brand spanking new design we present to you some of the best modifications of Thesis skins we have found online:

1.) Abroadening – Passion, Adventure, Awesomeness

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Abroadening.com uses a somewhat dull gray-textured tile background to accentuate the colorful images that are part of the site’s theme of traveling and adventure.

2.) Weblog over Nieuws, Films, Muziek en het Leven – Aardling™

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Aardling.com is a Dutch website with a decidedly understated aesthetic. The website seems lack serious focus on any single subject, but touches on politics, games, and technology in various forms.

3.) Agent Solutions – Jennifer Wilson – Real Estate Virtual Assistant

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Agentsolutions.com is deceptively mild mannered looking site that appears unassuming due to its light color scheme. In fact, the site is very professional and its main focus is to offer listing services to real estate agents.

4.) Almost Frugal – Learning about frugality

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Almostfrugal.com is a white on blue website dedicated to the art of being frugal.

5.) Aperio Insights

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Aperioinsights.com offers insight and idea exploration to help bring interesting concepts to the market. The site itself is very attractive with light blues on white with orange accents.

6.) The Art of Manliness | Men’s Interests and Lifestyle

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The use of old-timey pictures makes Art of Manliness (artofmanliness.com) a very intriguing website. Add to this the off-white on burgundy background and content about all things manly, and it is easy to see why this site has hit the mark aesthetically.

7.) Authority Rules

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Authorityrules.com is a high-contrast black on white with angry red thrown in, which is perfect for its rants on authority.

8.) Bankling – Finance Tips

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An visual exercise in greens, browns, the blending of greens and browns, and off-white design aesthetics, bankling.com tackles life, money, and the world wide web in its opinionated but fact filled posts.

9.) BBQ Like A Pro

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With a site name like BBQ Like A Pro (www.bbqlikeapro.com), it is not surprising that the site features meaty browns on a white background. The site’s vivid images of grills looks so good viewers can almost smell what the site is cooking.

10.) Beautiful Pixels : Unhealthy lust for UI design

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The emphasis on UI design is clear at beautifulpixels.com. The site itself features graduated layers of gray, with off-white text.

11.) AU Interactive – Internet Marketing Tips and Observations

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Blog.auinteractive.com uses a well designed white on gray design with well-thought out text styles to offer opinions and insights on Internet marketing.

12.) Bronto Blog – Email marketing insights from Bronto Software

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Blog.Bronto.com features a green background to tie into its brontosaurus [sic - Apatosaurus] color scheme. The site focuses on e-mail marketing with an emphasis on Bronto software.

13.) The Tip’d Blog | News and thoughts from the Tip’d team

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blog.tipd.com features a mostly white and off-white design with a few soft beiges mixed in. The theme of the site is strictly finance.

14.) WordPress SEO & Website SEO Tips by SEO Blog – BlogHighlight

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bloghighlight.com features an assortment of colors that seem mismatched at best, and down right discordant most of the time. The site, however, is focused heavily on SEO techniques and blogging.

15.) Blogussion – Blogging Discussion, Tips & Tricks

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Blogussions.com uses a combination of webzine style art layout with different shades of gray and red shadowed separately. The theme of Blogussion is simple: anything and everything about blogging.

16.) Bread Making Videos – Bread Baking Instructional Videos

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Breadtopia.com uses browns reminiscent of wheat colors to drive home its main point: this is a site dedicated to bread.

17.) CatsWhoBlog.com

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Featuring cartoony elements and a white on blue motif with thick gray borders, catswhoblog.com is a site dedicated to helping visitors learn how to blog.

18.) Celeb Fickle

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Celebfickle.com uses a slightly graduated gray backdrop for a white palette with red highlights. The obvious focus of Celeb Fickle is the never-ending obsession with celebrities.

19.) chrisbrogan.com – Learn How Human Business Works

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Chrisbrogan.com features a well-executed white on blue site with a blue banner/menu. The focus of the site is community and social media with a humorous twist.

20.) Chris McGill – IT Search and Recruiting

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Christophermcgill.com is a somewhat subdued website as far as appearances go, but that may have to do with the IT/strategic management focus.

21.) Clarence Two Toes – Indian Country’s Favorite **** Disturber

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An exercise in stark contrast and mixed racial iconography, clarencetwotoes.com has a blog that is nearly as funny as Clarence Two-Toes is in person.

22.) American Butifarra – Claude Betancourt’s Blog

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Claude.betancourt.us is dedicated to all things technical, with a particular focus on the United States and laws regarding technology. This country-specific focus can be noted not only in the domain name, but also with the large American flag in the background of an otherwise modest looking website.

23.) Compute Live – Tips & Tricks for your Digital Life

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Computelive.com features red borders and menus on a coarse gray background that frames the white active portion of the page very well. The site is dedicated to tips and tricks for those living in the digital age.

24.) Copywriting Tips for Online Marketing Success From Copyblogger

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Coppybloggers.com features subtle color usage and understated backgrounds to bring the text of the site to the forefront. This site offers some of the best copywriting tips on the net.

25.) crisscrossed – Exploring the web for change.

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Crisscrossed.net explores the potential uses of the Internet as a vehicle for social and political change. The site itself features whites, blues, and off-whites that appear to have very small traces of blue in them.

26.) Cute Overload :D

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Cuteoverload.com is a white on pastel design that only underscores just how cute everything on the site is.

27.) Work Direct with Banks

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Distressedpro.com features an graduated blue on white design that is attractive without calling undue attention to itself. The site focuses primarily on banking, especially as it relates to the handling of distressed properties.

28.) Blog consulting and Blog coaching – Empty Cabin Media

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Emptycabinmedia.com is dedicated to blog coaching strategies despite the website featuring a rather simple all-white aesthetic with the exception of sectional divisions and the banner.

29.) Equity Marketing Solutions

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Equitymarketingsolutions.com is a professional website focusing on SEO, website design and social media marketing. The overall aesthetic is very clean and the multiple columns are laid out very well.

30.) Modernomics* – Daily Writings on Technology

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Erikkaiser.com is better known as Modernomics, and features an elegant green rimmed white on off-white design. The site itself focuses almost exclusively on technology.

31.) Fantasy Sports

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Fantasysportsdish.com is a fantasy sports themed website, which makes their color choice one of note. Which sports team(s) have a white on burgundy scheme?

32.) FuseBox Theatre: Richmond Improv Comedy

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Fuseboxtheatre.com is the stylish homepage of Richmond’s freshest improv and sketch comedy troop.

33.) Gilles Peterson – searching for the perfect beat

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Gillespetersonworldwide.com may be one of the longest domain names around, but those willing to carpel tunnel syndrome will find the site full of useful insights on a wide variety of media related subjects. The site itself is done in a low-contrast gray on white and is very chic.

34.) Going Cellular -Wireless News, Reviews and Information

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Goingcelluar.com is a site dedicated to all things cellular, and has its own sense of visual pizzazz that makes it stand out from the crowd.

35.) Goodlife Zen

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goodlifezen.com uses green on white to help convey their message of practical inspiration for a happier life.

36.) Green & Gorgeous – All things eco-friendly & fabulous!

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Greenandgorgeous.net is a website dedicated to all things green. It uses an interesting banner with pastel yellows to white which eventually blends with the white background of the site itself.

37.) Green Your Decore – Eco-Friendly Home Decorating

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Greenyourdecor.com is a very well executed website is nearly as stylish as some of the eco-friendly décor that serves as the basis for the content of the site.

38.) PSD to Thesis | Greg Rickaby dESIGN

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With a very large portion of its main page dedicated to a very detailed banner explaining what the site does, covert PSD to Thesis. Overall, Gregrickaby.com is a professional looking website that offers the web design services of Greg Rickaby.

39.) Growing Up Green – Baby & Kids

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Growingupgreen.com.au is a colorful site dedicated to helping parents find environmentally friendly products that meet the needs of modern families.

40.) Harvest Eating – Seasonal Cooking Made Easy

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Using various shades of green and brown, harvesteating.com is a great example of how to use colors to tie into the central theme of a website. In this case, that theme is seasonal cuisine.

41.) High Speed Experts – High Speed Internet News

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High speed experts (highspeedexperts.com) features a white on tiled line theme with large pictures denoting each article. The theme of the site is everything related to high speed Internet, which also encompasses digital cable and digital telephone over broadband services.

42.) Lisa Firke | Wild Keys – Notes form the Field

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Hit Those Keys is the personal blog of Lisa Firke. Lisa is an accomplished artist in many different fields, and her site features a constantly evolving theme that is presently a white on assorted-greens affair.

43.) How To Make My Blog – What bloggers need to start blogging

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Despite having a somewhat cartoony logo on their banner, howtomakemyblog.com is a professional quality site aiming to help people make money from their blog. The zany graphics in the banner are toned down to a simple assortment of blues, grays, and black on white.

44.) Ideology Advertising & Design – Auckland, New Zealand

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Ideology.co.nz is an example of a magazine-like take on colors and shapes creating a virtual webzine about marketing and digital design.

45.) Search Marketing Blog from Cincinnati, Ohio

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Jaankanellis.com uses an eye-grabbing white on bright orange theme that seems appropriate for a site dedicated to rants & raves about SEO, social media management, and search marketing in general.

46.) Jeremy Anticouni – I’m the CTO of Make It Work

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Jeremy Anticouni (of Make It Work fame) has a blog with co-bloggers at Jeremy.am. The site is a decidedly gray affair with not less then 3 different shades of gray.

47.) Johnny Vagabond – Low-Budget Around-the-World Travel

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Johnnyvagabond.com is essentially a travel blog that uses a white and gray theme that acts to draw attention to the colorful pictures on the site.

48.) Ficta Eloquentia

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Jorgeledo.net features a white on gray design that cannot be called high-contrast, but nor is it technically a low-contrast design. It is more middle of the road, which does not reflect the political and philosophical nature of the website or its interesting photo galleries.

49.) JoshGard.com

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Joshgard.com is the official personal blog of Josh Gard. The site is very artistic and features many interesting self-observations backed by elegant pictures posted on a white and gray design.

50.) j.ronald.lee … photography / journal

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Jronaldlee.com is an elegant site dedicated to the photos of J. Ronald Lee. The high-contrast white on black theme really makes the vivid photographs stand out.

51.) Krispy Kreme doughnuts

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Krispykreme.co.uk is the official Krispy Kreme Doughnuts website for the UK. Its decidedly 50s inspired polka-dot background and soft color scheme are all part of the brand’s image.

52.) Kristarella.com

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Kristarella.com is as much a visual hodgepodge as its contents, that are generally tech-related. The site has everything from basic digital photography and gadgets to tech news and opinions. She also rocks at customizing Thesis.

53.) Latin IT Marketing

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LatinITmarketing.com is a simple white background design with a red banner, but the focus is what makes it unique. The site’s goal is to help those in Latin-America penetrate the lucrative U.S. software and IT markets.

54.) Laughing Squid

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Green borders separating the white foreground from the black background should give the viewer the idea that laughingsquid.com is a little different than most other websites. Laughing Squid is a resource for art, culture, technology, and it is even a web hosting company.

55.) Search Engine Marketing for Lawyers

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Legalppc.com is a site dedicated to helping lawyers make intelligent decisions regarding social networking. The site features a very professional design that uses whites, blues, and oranges to good effect.

56.) LetterCult – Custom Letter Culture

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Lettercult.com is dedicated to custom letters, and those who work with them. The interesting array of fonts and images are displayed on a suitably artistic high-contrast black on white design.

57.) LeVar Burton – Because 140 characters isn’t always enough

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Actor Levar Butron’s website (www.levarburton.com) has many posts about various subjects ranging from love to politics and social issues.

58.) Livit, Luvit

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Livitluvit.com is the result of a self-described Masshole. Massholes are people from Massachusetts who have yet to learn the finer points of manners…so pretty much people from the state of Massachusetts. The heavy use of browns seems appropriate for a site dedicated to the ramblings and rants of a particular Masshole.

59.) Solicitors Birmingham

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Gweneth’s blog on lp-uk.com covers many legal topics, but most of them revolve around housing in some way, shape, or form. The site itself uses a very wide banner with a wide pink/red menu. The same pink/red color is used on the white background but some additional menus are presented in very light blue.

60.) Lyndonology – Tales of a coffee addicted, internet junkie!

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Lyndonology.com is an example of a site that uses a single background picture with a white foreground featuring orange and white on black aesthetic elements. The site primarily deals with the rants and ravings of a self-described coffee addict/internet [sic] junkie.

61.) Mathew Packer | husband, father, blogger, & photographer

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Photographer and digital art enthusiast/professional Mathew Packer’s pictured packed site can be found at www.mathewpacker.com. The site features a rather bland background so as to not take attention away from the gorgeous photographs.

62.) A Man Obsessed with Food, Drink, and Everything Inbetween

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Mattbites.com features a seemingly simple site until one notices the elegantly hidden tabs that are uniquely placed. The site focuses on food-centric photography.

63.) MattFlies.com | Sarcasm, Tech, News, and More

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Mattflies.com is an outlet for Matt’s allegedly Jedi-like mind. The force seems to certantly be with this very clean orange on white design.

64.) Matt Hodder – Freelance Web Design

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Matt Hodder is a freelancer web designer who happens to specialize in Thesis skins and designs. His site, matthodder.com is an example of an elegant blue on white Thesis design with gray menu items and subtle off-whites accented by different hues of blue.

65.) Your Portland, Oregon Real Estate Broker – Mellisa Reeves

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Mellisareeves.com is an elegant example of how a real estate agent can serve people moving to and/or from city. In this case, the city is Portland.

66.) fixing the world, one mind at a time – MindTWEAKS

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Self-described as a “Pimp my brain blog”, mindtweaks.com uses subtle variations of blue on white to create an effective communications platform to discuss the human mind.

67.) The Future of Mobile Communications – MobileBeyond

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Mobilebeyond.net uses a simple, straight forward design but that only underscores the straight talk they give about their views and opinions of the mobile future.

68.) Mobile Orchard – The iPhone App Developers’ Blog

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Using a handful of greens on a white background, Mobileorchard.com has created an attractive iPhone-centric website.

69.) Motorcade Audio Magazine

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Motorcademag.com is an online audio magazine that focuses on the music industry. The tiled background and high contrast design are certainly eye-catching.

70.) The Nerdist

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Actor, writer, and blogger Chris Hardwick’s blog, the nerist.com, is a simple blue and black on white design. The site itself is devoted to just about anything that Chris finds interesting. The site is often funny and satirical, but rarely cynical.

71.) Nicholas Reese – Passionate, Committed, Bliss Chaser

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The website of Nicholas Reese features a tiled background in different shades of gray on a darker gray background. The main portion of the site is white with understated margin delineations.

72.) Tech News, Reviews and Guides – PaulStamatiou.com

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Paulstamatiou.com is a website dedicated to all things technical, and includes numerous useful guides. The entire site is presented in a harmonious array of blues and whites that is quite attractive and soothing.

73.) The Phoenix Real Estate Guy – Phoenix Real Estate

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Focusing on the real estate market in Phoenix, Arizona is the main focus of phoenixrealestateguy.com The site features mellow off-whites with a slightly blue-ish hue.

74.) Eric Scouten – Photography Portfolio

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Eric Scouten’s website is a combination blog/photo blog highlighting his photography skills. The white/gray/black contrast theme is at once elegant and artsy.

75.) Pickup Podcast – Weekly Free Podcast

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Pickuppodcast.com is a website dedicated to the timeless art of wooing the opposite sex. The site features a black on blue sillohoute of a New York skyline, but the main portion of the site is white with blue and black highlights.

76.) The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness

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Positivityblog.com is a motivational self-help website with an uplifting arrangement of blues and other positive colors on a white background

77.) postgreen – modern – green – affordable – development

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Postgreen.com features generous use of green on gray and white colors to inform its readership of environmental issues. The site is particularly focused on creating green communities through green building designs.

78.) Quick Sprout – I’m Kind of a Big Deal

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Quicksprout.com’s basic green on white design may not win any beauty contests, but the advice the site dispenses to entrepreneurs is priceless.

79.) Rich Lazzara

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Richlazzara.com is Rich Lazarra’s self-titled blog, and it is the very definition of slick. Everything from the professional graphics to the overall shades-of-blue-on-white theme are very well executed to say the least. The site is dedicated to helping its readers learn how to use the web as a marketing vehicle.

80.) Robswebtips – Blogging tips

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Robswebtips.com is a very slick website with various shade of off-white under a black and red banner. The site is focused on helping bloggers and web designers make the most out of the web.

81.) Blog of Ronnestam

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Innovative Communication from Sweden with Love is a blog by Johan Ronnestam and has been voted an AdAge Power Blog.

82.) Rowboat Media – Thesis Designer

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Rowboatmedia.com features a layout that is easy on the eyes, and is focused on designing solutions for those need website design and assistance.

83.) Roanoke Valley’s Free Clinic

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The Roanoke Valley Medical Ministries Clinic maintains the site rvmmc.org, and the entire affair is done in a soothing blue on white scheme

84.) The Official Website of Comedian Ryan McMahon

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A high contrast website, ryanmcmachoncomedy.com features a lively blog about any number of subjects.

85.) San Diego Mommy Spot – where parenting meets fun in the sun

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Sandiegomommyspot.com’s name pretty much says everything about the site: it is a site dedicated to being a mother in lovely San Diego. The brown, beige, and orange color scheme are well-executed.

86.) Sarah Klass – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

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Sarahklass.com is a low-contrast white on off-gray website that is focused on the many things that Sarah Klass is interested in. It seems that stamps are something she is particularly fond of.

87.) Scott H Silverman

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Scott Silverman is the author of “Tell me no. I Dare You!” and this is his personal site.

88.) Secure Loans – We match you with lenders

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secure-loans.com contains many shades and hues of blue, but uses an off-white foreground. The site is dedicated to financial issues, specifically work, credit, and loans.

89.) Simple Mom – Live simply, stay sane.

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Simplemom.net is a website designed to help overstressed mothers cope with the challenges of parenthood and life in general. The site has a slightly subdued look due in large part to the white background.

90.) Raleigh Catering

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Smokin’ Man BBQ (smokinmanbbq.com) is a great example of how color matching to a theme can create a very professional website. In this case, the colors are all pinks, reds, and browns-colors that one would probably associate with a BBQ.

91.) Social Media Explorer – Jason Falls

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Exploring the potential business applications for social networking and media is the focus of socialmediaexplorer.com. The site itself uses partially muted ‘loud’ colors such as oranges, yellows, and greens on a white background with a high-contrast black menu to create visual pop.

92.) The Center for Healthcare Reform

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Stjoechr.org is St. Joseph Health System’s main page, and it features a basic blue on white design with modest use of pictures of backgrounds. Instead, the site uses text to convey their serious messages about health care reform.

93.) Streko(dot)com

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Though it has not been updated in what seems like ages, the high-contrast black on white design of streko.com goes well with the various profanity-filled rants that are capable of making sailors blush.

94.) Sugarrae – Never Mess With a Woman Who Can Pull Rank

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Sugarrae.com promises SEO consulting with a touch of attitude. The site itself is a perfect execution of what Thesis is capable of.

95.) Teenius – Make Money Online With A Teenager

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Teenius.com is a very well designed and graphically rich blog run by Simon Rogers. The theme is making money online, and Mr. Rogers sure seems to have a wealth of valuable knowledge for someone so young.

96.) The Coveted

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The-coveted.com is a fashionable website that is all about fashion.

97.) THE OPPORTUNEUR.COM -The Blog of Jimmy LaRose

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Theopportuneur.com is a site dedicated to the ‘new rich’ who have or want to make a killing off of the Internet and/or other tech related trends. The white on gray design is capped with a cartoony green banner which does tend to detract from the serious nature of the site.

98.) Thesis Children

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Thesis Children is a website run by Neysan Zölzer out of Berlin. He does professional Thesis customizations.

99.) Thesis Sharp

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Thesis Sharp is a free Thesis skin that is quite well designed with a white on graduated gray background with off-white and light-pastel highlights.

100.) ThesisThemes.com – Thesis Skins

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Thesisthemes.com is a website completely and totally dedicated to the Thesis theme. They have some stellar free and paid Thesis skins

101.) Thesis Tutor – Tutorials For The Thesis Wordpress Theme

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Thesistutor.com is a high contrast website dedicated to Thesis themes.

102.) Trucking News, Jobs, Reviews, Forum, Ads

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thetruckersreport.com features a blue on white theme and covers serious issues regarding the transportation industry as a whole but obvious focus is on trucking.

103.) Dave Wilkinson – PSD to Thesis Services

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Thinkdave.com is a website dedicated to PSD to Thesis/Wordpress, and features a tangy deep orange on white theme.

104.) Training Social – Social Media Training and Resources

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trainingsocial.com is a blue on white website layout with an off-white/gray background. The site is dedicated to social media training and resources.

105.) Try Handmade

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The white/off-white design of tryhandmade.com servers to keep the focus of the reader firmly on the many handmade crafts and wares that the site discusses.

106.) How to Create A Unique Blog

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Uniqueblog.net is a white on gray website that is dedicated to helping bloggers improve their writing skills and web design techniques.

107.) vaviblog – A voice for N.I. Vavilov

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Vaviblog.com uses an old-timey travel theme to attract the attention of readers to the main purpose, retracing the exploration of N.I. Valivov’s voyages.

108.) Virtual Sports Network

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With screenshots from modern video games gracing an elegant white on gray/black theme, it is hard to distinguish virtualsportsnetwork.com from a site dedicated to real sports. This is primarily due to the quality of the site, but it certainly helps that modern video games generate incredibly realistic images.

109.) Willie Jackson

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Willie Jackson is a twenty-something technology ninja residing in Atlanta, GA. His simple blog accurately showcases what a personal site should feel like.

110.) Michael Gray – Graywolf’s SEO Blog

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wolf-howl.com is Michael Gray’s SEO-oriented blog site. The site design features a simple black on white design but the content is the real value of site. Also check out the sweet header on the post pages.

111.) Memoir Writing

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Featuring a tiled flower background and a journal motif, womensmemoirs.com is just what the name implies: a writing/blogging site for the fairer sex.

112.) Write to Mean

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Writetomean.com is the personal blog of Chase Reeves and highlights his ideas of what it takes to be a better person, father, and husband. The site features a very relaxed contrast aesthetic.

113.) XYZ Barter

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XYZbarter.com is a white on off-white site with black and green highlights. The site is dedicated to helping organizations save money by bartering.

114.) 3 Dog Media

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3 Dog Media is a clean, elegant site dedicated to web marketing services, particularly SEO, social media management, and reputation monitoring.

114.) Peppermint Bliss – Follow your bliss… what’s yours?

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Peppermint Bliss uses a tiled picture background supplanted by a white foreground and peppermint and blue text to draw readers in. The wonderful digital photography and home decorating/wedding themes often keep them coming back.

115.) Man Vs. Debt — Sell your crap. Pay off your debt. Do what you love.

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Man vs. Debt is a web site that tackles the serious issue of debt in an often humorous or quirky way. The site features a clean white on gray background with a black menu separating the gorgeous picture-banner from the main portion of the site.

116.) Pfc. LaVena Johnson

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The search for the truth behind the death of PFC LaVena Johnson has led to the professional development of a wonderful looking website. Too bad it took such a tragic loss of a brave young woman’s life to create such an amazing-looking site.

117.) MissyWard.com — Affiliate Marketing, Social Media & Other Geeky Stuff I Dig

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Primarily dedicated to affiliate marking and social media, Missy Ward’s site uses a number of colors

118.) berchman.com — First things first but not necessarily in that order. (Topics may shift while in flight)

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Berchman’s site is dedicated to WordPress and Thesis topics, but also touches on other subjects that interest the New York native. Berchman’s obvious interest in colors is well represented by the wide array of incredibly well chosen colors on the site, few of which are ever repeated.

119.) Atlanta Insurance Live!

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Atlanta Insurance Live is home of Atlanta’s only live Insurance agent, Chris Jordan. OK, well there may be other ‘living’ insurance agents in Atlanta, but they aren’t live (cool in modern lingo) like Chris is, and his trendy web design complete with chic dark red to white graduated graphics prove it.

120.) Scrapper’s Guide

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Digital scrap-booking is the focus of scrapper’s guide, and the artistic banner and off-white page frames orange and brown text in a way that looks amazingly similar to a holidays-gift card.

121.) shatterboxx media — we’re gutsy

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Shatterboxx Media specializes in creating visually appealing and brilliant websites that captivate all who see them. Their own site mixes colors so well that Lead Designer Jamie Varon’s knowledge of color theory and typography is readily apparent.

122.) theChrisJordan – Business, Life, Baby

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Chris Jordan’s attractive, multi-contrast site focuses on issues close to Chris and his family as well as social media. The site uses a reverse white on black theme that is very intruiging.

123.) Scobleizer – Exploring the 2010 Web

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Scobleizer still focuses a great deal on startups, but has branched out to cover other subjects using a very online-newspaper-esque black on white design that is nothing if not elegant in its simplicity.

124.) keoniStudios — all about Thesis!

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A leading developer of quality Thesis WordPress skin, Keoni Studios use a very eye-catching yellow on black theme.

125.) Serradinho

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Serradinho Blog uses white and blue on black and gray to convey tips about blogging.

126.) Darwin’s Finance

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Darwin’s Finance uses a unique deep green on white design to educate and discuss finance and related topics

127.) Adam Barber

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Adam Barber is a web-marketing specialist who has a stunningly artistic site dedicated to many of his various projects, including Thesis WordPress skins. The yellow backgrounds broken by white are a nice touch that give this site a one of a kind look.

128.) Stretching man. One at a time….

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Melvin Neo might claim to lack political correctness, but his blog is quite astute and his web design is top notch. Artistic use of graduated grays and whites with blues proves that a site does not have to feature every color of the rainbow to draw attention to critical elements and be very attractive.

129.) NotEasyToForget.com

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Not Easy to Forget specializes in integrating social media and small businesses. The site uses a very unique black and white design that blends newspaper-like visual themes with how-to-guide elements.

130.) Lissowerbutts.com

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A gentle pastel background and laptop-on-the-beach picture-banner underscore the relaxed lifestyle and nature those that develop a passive income can achieve.

131.) Miller Mosaic

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The black and white Power Marketing page of Miller Mosaic (LLC) is broken up by reds and blues to highlight links and other important sections. The images also stand out in such a polarized background.

132.) Arch City Homes

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A colorful and professionally executed site dedicated to real estate and life in St. Louis.

133.) Synchronize Clipboards

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White on black augmented by judicious use of blue makes AGYNAMIX a great example of a site that is simple but capable of getting its point across: in this case the point is business, and the fact that AGYNAMIX deliver agile dynamic software solutions.

134.) Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyers

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Focusing primarily on issues such as debt and bankruptcy, Arizona Legal Advocacy uses a high-contrast white and black design to illustrate the polarity of legal issues.

135.) Bankruptcy Lawyer in Milwaukee

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Maxwell Attorney LLC uses a burgundy on off-white/light-beige design that is both comforting and professional while still seeming traditional and strong. This color scheme is perfect for consumer advocates that protect and advise Wisconsin consumers regarding bankruptcy and debt collections.

136.) A-List Blogging Bootcamps

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Orange and gray on white creates a memorable and attention-grabbing website, which is perfect of A-List Blogging bootcamps considering their titular subject material.

137.) Dunaway – Attorneys at Law

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Bankruptcy law requires a very conciliatory tone in general, and the official web page of the Matthew Dunaway law firm is a great example of how color selection can accomplish this. A very slightly off-white background backed by light blues and deep green framing quality stock photos showing happy people alternating with those apparently in reflection makes for a site that is likely to appeal to those who find themselves beset by creditors.

138.) Mobile Alabama Attorney Angela Cooper

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A tall banner prominently featuring a flowing handwriting font on a medium-contrast design create a website that shows that Angela M. Cooper, Esquire is an attorney that is willing to defend those who have suffered from an auto accident or are contemplating bankruptcy.

139.) Orange County Bankruptcy and Tax Relief Strategies

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An arrangement of marble- and leather-like golden browns creates a majestic appearance which is only appropriate for a law firm that handles sensitive financial matters.

140.) Southern Louisiana Bankruptcy Lawyers

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The light blue to white graduation of colors helps make the swamp-inspired site of Harrington & Myers (Bankruptcy attorneys) very artistic while peaceful. This is not the ‘Swamp Thing’ swamp, but rather a peaceful if cartoony depiction of a more realistic swamp bordering rural areas.

141.) Long Island New York City Bankruptcy Lawyers

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A very handsome blue and gray on white design makes The Bankruptcy Firm a professional looking website without going over the top.

142.) likeomg (dot org) — smells like flowers, tastes like awesome

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Like OMG is a uniquely chic website that covers a wide variety of topics with black text (blue links) on white background topped by a large picture-banner that might lead one to conclude that the site was dedicated to fashion. While fashion does come up frequently on the site, so do discussions about boyfriends, dogs, and a myriad of other topics.

143.) Blogging Tips for Beginners

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Thou Shall Blog uses a white background bordered by an interesting gray pattern that does not detract from the green and red highlights on the blog that covers many topics but focuses on Internet marketing more than anything else.

144.) Jay Styles

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A comic-book inspired orange on blue art theme borders a white and gray main-page which makes the blog of Jay Styles truly unique. Learning how to make money online has never been so visually appealing, and the random photos menu at the bottom is amazing.

145.) Capt. C.A. Richardson

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Captain C. A. Richardson’s site is very professionally executed, yet simple and down-to-Earth, just like the Captain. Captain Richardson is a professional fishing guide and speaker and host of Flats Class TV. His site features a very well conceived design that is understated, drawing attention to photos, especially with backgrounds being drained of color to focus attention on the subject matter in the foreground.

146.) Marks Auto Service

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Mark’s Auto Service has a very professional design, including a first-class main page as well as a well-integrated off-white and red blog. Red is the color of passion, and Mark’s passions, especially for family and automobiles, shows through well in the design elements and color choices.

147.) Captain Clay Fishing Charters – Tampa Bay Area Inshore Fishing Charters

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Captain Clay offers fishing charters within the Tampa Bay area, and his white on blue background decorated with a large fish is not only professional, but it demonstrates great use of subtle color graduation. Augmented by excellent photographs, the black and white portions of the page look amazingly sharp and nearly newspaper-quality.

148.) DigitalDoyle — A completely blatant attempt at self-promotion

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Doyle Calvert’s obsession with digital graphics, animation, and programming are made crystal clear with his amazing artwork on display, most of it integrated directly into the site itself. The interplay of energy waves is simply amazing to behold, and looks like something straight out of the latest big budget sci-fi thriller.

149.) Thesis Theme World

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A German site dedicated to the Thesis WordPress theme. The gorgeous banner is reasonably sized, but the interplay of different ultra-light beige and off-white colors in the main portion of the page is the main visual attraction, even if it is understated. This type of artwork is common in print magazines, and this adds an amazing amount of personality and depth to Thesis World.

150.) A Healthy Kitchen

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Vibrant natural colors with a white foreground and farm-fresh vegetable backgrounds collaborate to make A Healthy Kitchen one of the premier healthy cooking blogs. The recipes are almost as delicious as the amazing site design.

151.) Richer Image

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Richer Image is a web/print/media & marketing site featuring a tasteful white-backed banner featuring cute prairie dogs is offset by a light marble background featuring deep blue on eye-grabbing orange.

152.) Expand2Web

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Expand 2 Web is dedicated to helping small business get in the fast lane using the Internet. The vibrant bullet-train banner and white on gray theme are both professional and provocative.

153.) ShoutMeloud

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Shout Me Loud is all about blogging, and the site design itself speaks volumes. Alternating grays mingle with white only to be offset by vibrant social media buttons and blue links and partitions. The culmination of these colors works together in a way that has to be seen to be believed, as it is truly far more than the sum of its parts.

154.) The Second Glass

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With a graduated gray background and a white foreground casting a digital shadow, The Second Glass is easily as visually intoxicating as the fine vintages that serve as the site’s primary focus. A graduated red theme for titles is also very well executed and looks nearly good enough to drink!

155.) The Lost Jacket

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The Lost Jacket focuses on many different aspects of social media, p.r. and marketing, as well as brand management. The site uses a medium contrast white on gray theme with muted colors as well as a slightly higher contrast banner to draw viewers in.

156.) Union Park Press

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Union Press Park’s site uses a combination of old-timey images that cast a slight shadow on the off-white/gray background. The color choice and imagery are perfect for the site of an independent publisher for books related primarily to New England.

157.) Essay Coaching

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Preparing college admission essays have always been a stressful process, but Essay Coaching offers a variety of services and advice on the subject. The use of a golden hue and purple on an otherwise white background offset by a light-gray border results in a site that has plenty of pop but still looks professional.

158.) The Front Page — Blog of the American Meteorological Society

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The American Meteorological Society maintains a low-contrast website replete with amazing meteorological-themed photographs and a stellar banner.

159.) Sports Fan Four

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Sports Fan 4 is a Boston-centric sports site with a very attractive white/off-white low-contrast theme.

160.) Apple, Bicycles, Boston, Dot and Web Media | Dot Boston

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An exceptionally low-contrast site, Adam Pieniazek’s Blog covers a wide variety of technical subjects.

161.) TechCrank

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Tech Crank focuses on a number of technologies, including blogging, WordPress, Facebook and Windows. The white on gray creates a slightly polarized design but it allows the color images that accompany the article to sizzle.

162.) Zombies Uncensored — I hear dead people

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Using various shades of green to create a slightly cartoony faux-scary theme, Zombies Uncensored tackles the topics of the day with slightly skewed sense of humor.

163.) Marketing From A Woman’s Point of View

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Filled with chic art-design on a white background capped by a decidedly feminine banner, Market Like a Chick takes on marketing from a Woman’s point of view.

164.) MLBRumorBlog

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A white foreground bordered by gray and strong red and blue elements make MLB Rumor Blog a very effective website from an aesthetic/design point of view. Of course, design can only take a site so far, and the content of MLBRB is what keeps it going strong.

165.) Kenny Hyder – Marketing Consultant — Marketing, SEO & Social Media

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A bottom-line approach to marketing, SEO & social media is what drives Kenny Hyder, and it is present even on his blog. The background art done in white and grays looks like it was taken off of a bill, while the foreground is clearly delineated with shadowed dividers.

166.) Thesis Skins by ThesisReady

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Thesis-ready offers a variety of attractive Thesis skins and can even custom make Thesis WordPress to meet any need. The site uses a combination of typewriter-effect fonts and high contrast black on white augmented by bright red to attract attention.

167.) World’s Strongest Librarian

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World’s Strongest Librarian is a site dedicated to helping its readers become stronger, smarter, and live better. The medium-contrast white on gray background with black borders keeps attention on the subject matter, and the colorful cartoony banner featuring kettle bells being used as bookends is so well done that it can nearly serve as a mission statement in an image.

168.) CloudTrance

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Cloud Trance is Parkash Rangarajan’s site, and it uses a medium contrast white on gray theme to draw attention to its images and text. The site focuses heavy on blogging and social media, but occasionally touches on other, often-related, subjects.

169.) Triumph Dining’s Gluten Free Blog

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A very artistic orange banner than segues into a burgundy backdrop supporting a white background serves the gluten-free oriented Triumph Dining site very well from an aesthetic standpoint. The digital photography and other design elements are also top notch, and probably makes more than a view readers wish that someone would invest a way to taste food over the Internet.

170.) RedHead windscreens for your Zoom H4n

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RedHead windscreens is a site dedicated to windscreens for Zoom H4n handheld recorders. The medium contrast white on gray theme is punctuated by amazing pictures and videos that will make readers wish that they were there.

171.) San Diego Wedding Photographer

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Photos by Rowell shows that a classy brownish/gray tiled backdrop for a reverse white-on-dark-brown foreground with soft blue menus is the perfect design for a wedding photography studio that specializes in upscale wedding services.

172.) girliegeek — I’m not really a geek, I just play one on the internet.

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A coyishly funny yet brilliant website dedicated to many aspects of blogging and website design, specifically Thesis & WordPress, is the content basis for Girlie Geek. The site uses a black backdrop with a pink outline separating the off-white foreground with stylish pink links.

173.) Thesis Terracotta

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Thesis Terracotta is a site dedicated to the WordPress Thesis Terracotta skin, which is exceptionally sharp. A mixture of a two-tone banned with an integrated menu and subtly marbled background is impressive enough to catch the eye of anyone visiting the site, but the overall layout of the site is sharp enough to keep eyes wandering and viewing for a lot longer.

174.) Retro Renovation

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A startling realistic looking wood-grain background serves as the perfect backdrop for a white on pink/blue theme with elements taken from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. It is nearly impossible to imagine a better way to execute a stunning site to discuss mid-century kitchen and bathroom ideas with a modern twist.

175.) The Clearing Sight

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A tranquil blue background soothes and reassures, and is an excellent choice for a picture-banner capped site dedicated to self-improvement.

176.) Victory Blog Designs

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Victory Blog Designs helps those looking to either establish a new blog or give their existing blog a stunning makeover that will guarantee that traffic sticks around longer. The stunning mirrored images that integrate ever-so-slickly with the yellow on black theme are obviously a testament of their design prowess.

177.) Spice Mogul

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A stunning dark red backgroun with an off-white/gray face makes Spice Mogul a website with an ample amount of visual flavor.

178.) Scott Wyden Imagery

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Scoot Wyden Imagery is a stunning site that uses off-whites and greens mixed with other colors to highlight an assortment of images. Some images are for sale, as are the services of Scott Wyden himself.

179.) Untemplater

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Untemplater uses a unique blend of off-whites and soft near-pastel pink and slightly deeper off-pastel blue as a launching pad for discussions on self improvement and business.

180.) Baha’i Jugend

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An extremely colorful banner separating higher-contrast portions of the site makes Bahai’I Youth an interesting site even if the contents are not in English.

181.) DESIGN THE FAITH

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Design the Faith serves as a low-contrast, elegantly executed showcase to that will hopefully inspire the next generation of creative minds within the Baha’i community.

Comments Welcome:

  • Drop a comment below if you think a site should be on here and it isn’t.
  • Have a favorite site? Let us know why!

These aren’t ranked in any particular order, the numbers are just there to make it easier to reference. :)

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Written by Nick Reese

Nick Reese is a full time internet marketer living in Austin Texas. When Nick isn't managing web properties he enjoys biking, shooting video, and drinking tea. You should follow Nick on twitter here and check out his side project Becoming Bold.

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{ 83 comments… read them below or add one }

Rich Staats December 18, 2009

Wow! some real nice customizations.

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Noah Rainey May 6, 2010

WOW! This is a very diverse and interesting list. Must have taken a LONG time to create. Thanks for this awesome list and keep posting!

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Greg Rickaby December 18, 2009

Great list, it’s awesome to see just how many quality customizations there are.

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Have Pack, Will Travel December 18, 2009

I spend all day creating Thesis sites and there were quite a few on here I haven’t seen. Lots of great work! Thanks for putting this great list together.

Of course I’d encourage people to check my Thesis site out :)

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Chris Jordan December 18, 2009

WOW! There are some really impressive customizations here. As someone fairly new to Thesis, I’m definitely bookmarking this to refer back to as I try different customizations.

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Willie Jackson December 18, 2009

For someone new to Thesis, you’re cranking out some solid designs Chris—I think your site should be on here instead of mine!

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Neysan Zolzer December 18, 2009

Fantastic list!

Forgot about this one though: http://www.designthefaith.com/
Clean design showcase.

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Willie Jackson December 18, 2009

I really like that one. Super-clean.

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Matt Langford December 18, 2009

Nick, Thanks for including MattFlies.com. And I guess rumors of my alleged jedi powers are beginning to spread… Haha. Thanks again, man!

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Amit December 18, 2009

Hi tell me something more like that…

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Stijn December 18, 2009

“The website seems [to] lack serious focus on any single subject [...]“. That made me smile a little there. :) Thanks for the mention, Nick.

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Nick Reese December 18, 2009

I totally love the design. It is understated and still elegant. Keep killing it man! Your stuff rocks. I gotta use Google Translate to read it ;)

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Stijn December 18, 2009

Thanks. I’ve been playing with a featured posts slider, but just can’t get that to work properly. There’s also the fine balance betweence style, usability and speed. Argh, let’s just leave it, for now.

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Nick Reese December 18, 2009

Just noticed the hover image effect. Totally adds class. I like that! My marketing mind is like… wonder what that would look like on an advertisement ;)

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Chris @ ThesisTheme.Net December 18, 2009

Nick – That’s a huge list. I’m also looking for great Thesis sites but I had only seen about half of these. Nice job putting the list together and taking the time to tell the readers a bit about each site. Thanks for including my Thesis Sharp skin too!

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Streko December 18, 2009

Thanks for the mention. Credit for my design actually goes to the thesis man himself. Chris Pearson helped with doing the CSS and the color layout.

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Steffan Antonas December 18, 2009

Nick,

Thanks for the shout out at #87. Scott’s a client of mine. Great list btw. Just shows you how versatile Thesis is.

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LiLu December 18, 2009

Thanks so much for the shout out! I designed it myself on Blogger, actually, and then moved it to Wordpress with the greatly appreciated help of Thesis. :-)

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Bob February 12, 2010

That footer is cute as hell!!!

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Johnny Vagabond December 18, 2009

Thanks for including me, Nick! Made my day.

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Erika Jurney December 18, 2009

Thanks for including Try Handmade!

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Willie Jackson December 18, 2009

Heh, my site completely doesn’t deserve to be on here but I appreciate it! A Thesis gallery is sorely needed; I’m glad you took the time to pull this together.

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meleighsmith December 18, 2009

What a great list to be a part of! We’re ridiculously happy with the Thesis Theme overall – and have several exciting projects up and coming that use it. I’m testing it daily to find the outer limits of what it can do, and I have to say, I’ve been hardpressed to reach those limits!

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Tim Griffin December 18, 2009

Awesome and huge collection!
Here’s one you may want to look at – I like it personally!
http://www.scrappersguide.com – The Adobe Official Digital Scrappers’ Guide by Linda Sattgast and team.

Truly a pleasure to work with this theme and incorporate custom functions, design and more ;-)

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Joia December 22, 2009

I posted 2 minutes ago a question: Is it possible to use Thesis Theme to create a website instead of a Blog?…And now that I visited the link you posted, I can see it is possible… My question now is: Does anyone can do it or it is required some expertise, because I would like to manage my own site, but I am essentially an oil painter…And also, it that possible using the “personal option” or must I get the “developer´s option”…Thanks in advance for the reply

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Markus Urban December 22, 2009

With everything Wordpress can do these days there’s practically no difference between a website and a blog. Those words are interchangeable. The Thesis personal option would be sufficient for your needs. Also you can use Thesis and photo blogging plugin (made specifically for Thesis) to create a portfolio of your oil paintings.

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chase December 18, 2009

How awesome our little web community is… Saw a tweet from @marshallk about the 7day blog deal, went through that content… then came into this thesis list (i build all my sites with thesis) only to find two of my sites in here (mellisareeves.com & writetomean.com)!

Thanks man! Great list, great looking site too. Cheers!

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Bill Bolmeier December 18, 2009

This is awesome. Great resource for those wanting some ideas on thesis designs as well as some new blogs to check out and subscribe to. Thanks.

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Victory Blog Designs December 19, 2009

Awesome List! It is inspiring and makes me want to do more thesis customizations!

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Dave Wilkinson December 19, 2009

Hi Nick, great list. It’s nice to see that people are finally starting to see the potential for Thesis to be more than just a plain blogging theme.

It’s also nice to see my own site and some I’ve coded in the list.

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Joia December 22, 2009

Hi.
I am looking for a new way to reorganize my website. I am not really a blogger…I am an oil painter that have a website (traditional html) and I am looking for an easier and more versatile way to reorganize that website.
I have heard a lot about this thesis theme …but I have a main doubt that I am sure you can clarify: Is it possible to use Thesis theme to create a “website” instead of a blog?…Thanks

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jan December 22, 2009

Jowzers. This overview is exactly what I needed while busy customizing the Thesis theme for a new site I am launching.

Your efforts for gathering these beauties much appreciated! Came here via the mention by @pearsonified, so the master is pleased too! ;)

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Jay Thompson December 22, 2009

Thanks for including me! It’s an honor to be listed alongside these great looking sites!

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Compute Live December 23, 2009

Hey, Thanks for including computelive.com..Really appreciate the efforts…

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Ricky December 23, 2009

You missed some of my favorite blog. Have a look at http://serradinho.com you will be surprised to see his theme. http://shoutmeloud.com and http://steppinoutblog.info also runs on thesis(Few days back only I got thesis theme. I am still working on it. It is not active yet. Exploring your website to find some valuable content)

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Adam Pieniazek December 23, 2009

Wow….epic gets used way too much these days but this really is an epic list.

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Goobi December 23, 2009

Couldn’t you have made a shorter list? It kind of takes away the attention the real special ones deserve. 25 would have been a good enough number to give the general impression of what’s possible (and beyond) with Thesis.

Lists should have a purpose, a story, other than just being lists.

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admin December 23, 2009

Opinions are opinions. Thanks for your input. Luckily we will be doing a follow up post with at least 40 more. :)

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Bryan December 29, 2009

Lists should have a purpose?? My, my, That’s like saying all we need are 25 songs
I’ve got 470+ Thesis Customizations on display on my website and I add 10 per week. The more you see, the more ideas you get.

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Bob February 12, 2010

It is laid out so nice that you really don’t have to “visit” each site. Just the ones that catch your eye. I could have gone through 2 or 3 hundred! LOL.
Great list. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

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Lyndon December 30, 2009

Just wanted to say thanks for featuring my site in your list :)

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Ashwin / Thoughts Unlimited January 1, 2010

Very nice collection. What do you thing of my Blog? ;)

http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog

A great inspiration to switch to Thesis…

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so January 4, 2010

My site should be on this list!! Ok, it is written in spanish but has a great design!! ;)

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Wolf-Dieter Grabner January 5, 2010

Hello,

another one for your list: http://www.giuliabarbini.com

Thanks, Wolf

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Harsh Agrawal January 6, 2010

Another one on the list
http://www.themepremium.com
On thesis platform for Wordpress Lovers

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Chris @ ThesisTheme.Net January 7, 2010

Love the expanded list. Glad to see two my free Thesis Skins (#99 and #173) made the cut!

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James Ball January 8, 2010

I appreciate being included in your list…and an AWESOME list it is! I come here often to add some “Wow” to my day. Great work Nick!

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Rachael Acklin January 8, 2010

What an AWESOME list of great designs! I’d like to recommend my own Thesis design skillz as well, lol. ;)

Some of my recent Thesis designs:
http://antithete.com
http://thecaffeinateddesignstudio.com
http://thatgirlblogs.com
http://unconventionalist.com

:)

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Chris January 16, 2010

Love your work, especially your refreshing color choices..

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Lisa Wood January 8, 2010

Very nice! It’s a testament to the unlimited potential that thesis sites have :)

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Dixie Vogel January 9, 2010

Nick – Thanks so much for including Zombies Uncensored (#162) in the roundup. I did the design with creative input from the hubby and we had a lot of fun putting it together.

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Susan Bilheimer January 13, 2010

Is there a list of Thesis designers somewhere? I’m going to get the theme, but still am clueless when it comes to design! Thanks

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Nick Reese January 16, 2010

Susan,

Right now there Double Mule Manages a great list of designers. Definitely worth checking out.
http://www.doublemule.com/category/thesis-designers/

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Jennifer Wilson January 15, 2010

Wow…what a great list! It is so great see the flexibility of the Thesis theme. This group is oozing with creativity.

I am honored to have been included. Thank you!

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Sarah Klass January 16, 2010

Thanks for adding my blog to the list (#86)! Had to laugh at “It seems that stamps are something she is particularly fond of”. That’s pretty much the whole reason for me blogging, so yep, I guess “particularly fond” covers it ;-)

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Xbox mania January 18, 2010

OMG!! Awesome list.. I wonder why ppl customize thesis… loved most of the grunge type sites.. damn! Gotta go with thesis now :/

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Harry January 18, 2010

wow – i’m using thesis too and i’m looking for a designer who can create a nice fashion theme – can anybody help me?

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Paul Stamatiou January 21, 2010

Thanks for including my blog!! Great list.

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Mn January 22, 2010

Thanks for including me!

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Pascal February 6, 2010

Nice customization list.

Hi Nick, I love the way you create tutorials as videos. I am also doing that.

Check our blog http://www.fourblogger.com which is dedicated to thesis tutorials. You can check in our youtube channel for 60+ customization tutorials.

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George Serradinho February 8, 2010

Wow, this list is massive and I’ve already gone and visited some of the sites. Thanks for also listing my Serradinho Blog, nice to see my blog listed with so many other blogs/sites.

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Bradley Davis February 10, 2010

Awesome list of Thesis examples!

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Rob February 13, 2010

Great list you have here! Thanks for featuring my site, I just found your site today and I’ve bookmarked it. Great tutorials.

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Khandakar Mujahidul Islam February 16, 2010

Thanks for such a wonderful list of Thesis website.

Some of recent Thesis design
http://amrra.net
http://bsauofm.co.cc/

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Lisa Angelettie February 19, 2010

Wow – those were really some cool customizations. One of the designers on your list is Kristerella and she designed two of my sites: http://Girlshrink.com and http://ArticleMarketingIncome.com. Thesis is the best!

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Gary Grant February 23, 2010

Great list! I could (and have) spent hours looking through it and picking out ideas.

While http://thegarageblog.com isn’t as visually exciting as some of the others, I’m very proud of it for one reason…for the first time ever I did the complete visual by myself thanks to Thesis. An amazing tool for a non techie like myself.

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James March 5, 2010

Hey, just checked my backlinks and found this article. Thanks for including j.ronald.lee. I have to give props to Kristarella, for her Mini skin is what I started with on my photo blog.

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Thesis Theme Design March 9, 2010

WOW! A superb collection i have ever made. Actually thesis theme is highly customizable and if anyone wants to do experiment with theme for applying any personal touch on it; Thesis can be a great Lab for him/her.

thanks for this awesome post.

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Willie Jackson March 18, 2010

My screenshot needs to be updated ;)

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Coree Silvera March 24, 2010

I am pretty stoked that you picked MY blog for your list!! Wow…

I’ve done everything myself (including that sweet header banner that took me HOURS to create!)…and it has been a loooong learning process.

But, you may not like this…it’s not made from a Thesis theme. It’s using the NeoClassical theme which was originally created as a 3 column by Chris Pearson, then modified by Costa as a 2 column.

I believe the NeoClassical was the beginning of what then became Thesis because of the similarities. But this one was free. Only thing about free is that you don’t get the awesome support and tons of user suggestions like you would from Thesis.

One day when I’m brave enough to tackle changing my theme again it will be Thesis that I change to.

Thanks again for noticing my blog design & including me with this awesome list!

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DigitalDoyle April 14, 2010

Wow! An honor to be included among so many amazing sites! But credit for the new design needs to go to Amy Stewart of Stewart Design http://stewartdesign.com. Amy took my ideas and brought them vibrantly to life and I couldn’t be more pleased.

Once again, thanks so much for including my new site in this distinguished list.

Very much appreciated!

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architects April 15, 2010

Guys there is a lot a information that was very usefull for my new project that Im working on!

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Brendan Wenzel April 21, 2010

What an extensive and great list of Thesis customizations. No doubt this will be bookmarked for inspiration when working on clients’ sites.

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Norcross May 5, 2010

Great list, but perhaps a refresh / update? I count no less than 8 sites on here that have been redesigned. Some have been moved off Thesis completely.

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Nick Reese May 5, 2010

That is the nature of the beast. ;) An update will be coming in future months.

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Smith May 9, 2010

Another one worth checking out: http://www.bravereach.com/ — Thesis? Sure is!

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ad May 21, 2010

I’ve got three installations. Feel free to add them:

http://www.admartinator.de
http://www.apfelquak.de
http://rockymountaimnstreet.de

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Car Dealer Blogs May 24, 2010

This was a great list of examples of Thesis themes, but I’ve yet to find anyone who’s added an ecommerce thesis theme to their collection. Any reason why that might be?

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rob | atlanta homes May 26, 2010

Check out my cool Atlanta Real Estate site and please feel free to add it to the list here.

There’s 70 community pages, each with a RSS feed of homes for sale.

Also, a nice little custom navigation at the top right side.

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Wilson Usman-Fun Lifestyle June 2, 2010

All of my favorite Blogs have Thesis Theme I am jealous now….I will have it one day!!!!

All these themes look pretty sexy.

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Prakash Rangarajan June 3, 2010

Wonderful list you have here…Glad to find my blog in the list. Thank you

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Travis June 3, 2010

Wow, now thats what I call a list. I’m a thesis user as well and I gotta say there is nothing else like it. Even Matt Cutts uses it.

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Avi D June 10, 2010

So basically I have like a year or so to get on this list…. :-P

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