You’ll notice that I’m currently running the “Default” theme for WordPress. There is a reason for that, and I guess that now is as good a time as any to tell you why….

So here’s the reason…

I haven’t had time to create a theme for this site yet. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have had time, but I wanted to do something a little different, or better…

There’s an interesting conversation going on over at Weblog Tools Collection in the comments regarding copyright infringement on WordPress Themes. It’s something that has been discussed quite a few times in the past and probably will be discussed many more times in the future.

The question, as I see it, is: Is it ok, or not, to create a theme based on the work of someone else?

Last year I created Wordpress Mania because I really enjoy working with the software and I thought that I’d have something to contribute. As sometimes happens, I just didn’t have time to really work on the site and keep it updated. Not to mention that at the time, there were tons of people out there that had infinitely better design skills, coding skills, and working knowledge of WordPress…