So I am excited to announce another theme release from WPCult and Frosty Web Designs. A few days back, I came across this post at Smashing Magazine.

Just recently we asked you to let us know what theme you would like us to release next. Among numerous comments we found many request for a gallery-theme that could be particularly useful for portfolios and showcases. At the very same time Christopher Wallace has been designing an advanced gallery-WordPress-theme for the design community and Smashing Magazine’s audience. And today finally we are proud to release it – for free, of course.

Well, I liked this theme, and while I am a big fan of the Thematic theme, I know there are many out there who love Hybrid. Hybrid is Justin Tadlocks theme framework, which can be downloaded for free at http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid.

So…

I contacted Chris and told him of this theme port I would be doing. After a few days of modifications, bug fixes, and styling, the theme is ready for public release.

While Galleria shares a few qualities with his sibling, the differences are notable in the style, color, and layout throughout the theme, including the theme options.

More info

For more info and documentation, refer to the readme.html file included in the download or visit the Galleria theme page.

Some features

• dynamic image re-size on a single page.
• WordPress 2.7 compatible
• Built on the Hybrid framework
• jQuery hover effects
• jQuery scrolling effects.
• ‘Save to Delicious’ link
• ‘Tweet This’ link
• Flexible footer widget area

Download [download#5#format=2]

So after some time playing with many options and idea’s I’ve finally released a premium theme. This theme, which I am calling CULT[i]VATE is a child theme.

Unfamiliar with child themes? You may want to check out this post Ian Stewart wrote.

CULT[i]VATE is a child theme of the Hybrid:

Hybrid is a user-friendly, search-engine optimized theme framework, featuring 14 custom page templates and 9 widget-ready areas, allowing you to create any type of site you want.

CULT[i]VATE includes four new widget-ready area’s and one custom accordion widget for one of the area’s. It also includes two front page templates.

This theme is for sale for $12.00 which you can purchase here. Looking for a demo?

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I’ve had some time the last few days while my XPS computer has been having difficulties and the Dell replacement parts didn’t fix, what I know now to be a faulty LCD screen.

So I’ve made a few updates and changes to my WordCult theme. The new version is: 0.3.