Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform, similar to Twitter, but with all the functionality you wish Blogger and WordPress had. You can post photos, videos, text, quotes, audio, and more using the service, with a few simple clicks. You don’t have to navigate around a clunky dashboard or be inundated with plugins that need updating weekly.
Like Twitter, the service has been around for a number of years (since 2007), and there are millions of users posting daily. While there are great themes included with the service that can be used one-click activation, it is time to expand that collection. We will continue our tradition of providing some fresh, new themes. We review these themes and then provide you all the details, to help you separate the best themes from the ones that should be avoided.
All of these themes also work with Posterous, a service that lets you quickly post anything you want, similar to Tumblr, but with a slightly larger focus on bringing all your content into one place.
In addition, we will be mixing up the platforms that we focus on. The past few months, we have brought you a wide selection of WordPress themes. The platform isn’t decreasing in popularity, but users want more than just WordPress. Nearly four times as many visitors head to the “Blogger” category as WordPress, and this is huge, as it beats out the number of visitors clicking through to the Free Themes. Blogger themes have evolved over the past few months, and we hope to bring you a great selection of themes.
Finally, you’ll find it easier to get to the most recent themes for your desired platform. We’re testing out new, large-format images on the front page, which direct you to the latest themes in either the WordPress, Blogger, or Tumblr/Posterous categories. The standard navigation/showcase is still shown below, but we hope this makes it easier to browse through themes from these categories, rather than simply premium/free themes.
Please let us know what you think of these changes and what other improvements can be made – we’re listening!
