<div class="gmail_extra">Hi Bob,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">My go-to theme for creating quick, effective and good looking child themes is Thematic, a free WordPress framework that&#39;s perfect for rapid modification. You can find it here - 
<a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/">http://themeshaper.com/thematic/</a>. I&#39;ve used it for <a href="http://masonvotes.gmu.edu/">http://masonvotes.gmu.edu/</a> and <a href="http://nightmaremode.net/">http://nightmaremode.net/</a> and others. There&#39;s a great guide to using it to make themes, available at <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/books/wordpress1/">http://www.sitepoint.com/books/wordpress1/</a>.</div>

<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I&#39;ve not yet used it (though I plan to for my next project) but the WordPress-sphere is pretty abuzz about Reverie - <a href="http://themefortress.com/reverie/">http://themefortress.com/reverie/</a> - a WordPress theme framework build on ZURB&#39;s Foundation, which is a framework for rapid HTML5 responsive web prototyping. It uses HTML5 Boilerplate, hNews microformat, and is fully responsive, allowing you to create a theme that looks good on all devices. If you do use it, shoot me an email to say how it goes. </div>

<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_2299"><div style="font-size:13.3px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
                        <div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span style="font-family:&#39;arial black&#39;,&#39;avant garde&#39;">-Aram Zucker-Scharff</span><br> <a title="Aram Zucker-Scharff" href="http://bit.ly/aram" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/aram</a> <br>

<br>Assistant Director for Marketing and Communications<br>Office of Student Media<br>George Mason University<br><br>703.829.0532<br>Fax: 703.993.2948<br><br>Have a GMU.edu email? Sign up with <a title="onMason" href="http://onmason.com" target="_blank">onMason.com</a> for your own optimized website. </p>

<div style="clear:both"></div></div><span style="color:gray">My profiles: </span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/aramzs" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Facebook" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/facebook.png"></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aramzuckerscharff" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="LinkedIn" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/linkedin.png"></a> <a href="http://www.delicious.com/AramZS" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Delicious" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/delicious.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/Chronotope" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Twitter" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/twitter.png"></a> <a href="http://aramzs.me/gplus" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Google Plus" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/googleplus.png"></a><br>

<div style="max-width:469px;padding:0.5em 0 0.5em"><span style="font-size:90%"><span style="color:gray">Hack Text:</span>  <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ReadWriteView/~3/tipuqECXUvE/"><span style="color:#00e;text-decoration:underline">My Presentations from College Media Association’s #NYC12 Conference</span></a></span><br>

</div><div style="max-width:469px;padding:0.5em 0 0.5em"><span style="font-size:90%"><span style="color:gray">Connect2Mason:</span>  <a href="http://www.connect2mason.com/george-mason-mens-volleyball-princeton"><span style="color:#00e;text-decoration:underline">Men&#39;s volleyball falls to Princeton on senior night</span></a></span><br>

</div>
                        <div style="width:auto;padding-top:2px;font-size:70%;border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;margin-top:10px">
                                <a style="color:#6f6f6f;text-decoration:none" href="http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=19&amp;dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_19">
                                        <span style="color:#6f6f6f">Get a signature like this.</span>
                                </a>
                                <span style="color:#3f48cc"><a style="color:#3f48cc" href="http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=19&amp;dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_19">CLICK HERE.</a></span>
                                <img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://pr1.wisestamp.com/p.gif?promo=19">
                                 
                        </div>
                <img src="https://wisestamp.appspot.com/pixel.png?p=chrome&amp;v=3.11.16.0&amp;t=1335195769797&amp;u=d11edfec126330d9" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Bob Marteal <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rtm9@cornell.edu" target="_blank">rtm9@cornell.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div style="word-wrap:break-word">
Hi,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I&#39;m looking for recommendations for a rock-solid plain vanilla wordpress theme. I want something that has all the latest WP tricks, great mark-up and expandability. I also need to be able to skin it 100% to my liking. </div>


<div><br>
</div>
<div>A google search is fruitful, but I&#39;m hoping for some real life, &quot;I&#39;ve used this one...&quot; feedback.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>~bob</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<div><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;;word-spacing:0px"><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;;word-spacing:0px">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:&#39;Lucida Grande&#39;;word-spacing:0px">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Bob Marteal</span></div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Websites</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">College of Arts and Sciences</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">College of Architecture, Art and Planning</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Cornell University</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="tel:607.254.6026" value="+16072546026" target="_blank">607.254.6026</a></div>
</span></font></div>
</div>
</span></div>
</span></span></div>
<br>
</div>
</div>

<br>_______________________________________________<br>
wp-edu mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu" target="_blank">http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>