The WordPress.org site team has just unveiled the brand new WordPress Theme Directory, and it looks hot! Way better than the old theme directory which stopped accepting new themes a long time ago due to excessive spam and other issues.

I’m going to start hosting my WordPress themes at the new theme directory. If you’re interested in hosting at the new site as well, here’s some stuff you’ll want to know.

By themes, I mean complete themes. My Sandbox designs (Potassium and Bromine) will not be available there. EDIT [7/19]: At least, not yet, until what Adam hypothesizes in his comment comes to light.

And along with this piece of great news, I have also put together Thistle 1.0.2, ready for download now. EDIT [7/19]: It will be available in the theme directory It is now available in the theme directory, and of course it’ll remain hosted here at NOVALISTIC as well.

Here’s what’s new from 1.0.1:

Changelog

  • WordPress 2.5 visual editor CSS classes are now present, and thus:
    • The visual editor will be happy.
    • I’ll be able to host Thistle at the new WordPress Theme Directory.
  • Thistle 1.0.1’s static Meta widget was not updated to reflect the credit to me. Ouch.
  • Images now overflow the left column if necessary and are now visible over the sidebar.
  • Corrected inconsistencies in a couple other templates.
  • The theme’s PHP code has been edited to adhere to WordPress’s coding standards.

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