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1. George - LogoDesign.org

   21st October, 5:59 pm GMT

   Those are some very nice themes. I'm actually a Joomla fan but have been considering using WordPress for a couple of upcoming projects as it seems to becoming more and more versatile. I really like the Ecommerce theme, I'll definitely be referring to this list in the future, thanks for sharing!

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• WP Cult

  14th December, 3:28 am GMT

  Very nice collection..
  -I must have hit reply, oops, nice thread though..

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2. dinu

   21st October, 6:14 pm GMT

   quiet !!! I am waiting for brian's new set of FREE revolution themes I will come back and look at it this list again, after that ...

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3. Mark

   21st October, 7:02 pm GMT

   Nice set. Although I won't be buying any of these, they are a good inspiration to create my own.. Nice find.

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4. matt

   21st October, 9:30 pm GMT

   May I make a suggestion. Why not add a more option before displaying the website captures? This way if people are not interested in this topic but are feed subscribers they won't have to look at all 55 pictures they are not interested in

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5. Michael Martin

   21st October, 10:08 pm GMT

   George,
   I've never used Joomla before. I remember choosing between it and WordPress as the CMS for a site about 2 or 3 years ago, and WordPress just about won out. And since then I've been a WordPress addict, using it for everything.

   Dinu,
   Hehe - I'm looking forward to that as well! I think Revolution has been succeeded slightly by various themes since then, but it was the original, so it couldn't not be in here!

   Mark,
   Haha, I know the feeling! But actually finding the time to sit down and create...

   Matt,
   Sorry, I know you feel. I've thought the same thing about a lot of my feeds. But there's no real way around it. The "More" option you mentioned means that only part of my feeds are sent to the feed reader. I want the whole thing sent so that if someone wants to read the post, they can read it there and then, and they aren't forced to click through to my site. I'll see if I can do something with smaller images next time so it's easier to scroll past.

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6. Sumesh

   22nd October, 2:00 am GMT

   Many of those themes look nice - I recognize Our Community being featured on ThemeForest blog as one top seller.

   I really liked Arthemia and Thesis. Revolution looks a bit dated, doesn't it?

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7. Simon

   22nd October, 5:41 am GMT

   I don't think anyone would have judged you for using affiliate links on these Michael...very cool collection anyhow.

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8. Sakib

   22nd October, 7:03 am GMT

   great collection at all. thanks

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9. Amelia Smith

   22nd October, 7:11 am GMT

   I love the Magazine News theme. Gorgeous layout. I've been looking for a new blog theme for my blog and this would just be perfect to attract people into reading more about the blog and what stories I've added.
   I would definitely make the investment and purchase this one!

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10. lovetheme

    22nd October, 10:04 am GMT

    So many nice premium wordpress theme. I think you have taken a lot of time to collect that themes. Thank you for your collection. Here is some Beautiful wordpress theme, too. http://www.wontip.com/?page_id=122

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11. pablopabla

    22nd October, 10:13 am GMT

    I have contemplated buying the Thesis theme

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12. John

    22nd October, 3:54 pm GMT

    Wow, some of those themes REALLY aren't good enough to be 'premium'. It amazes me how many themes are knocked together with less care than most free themes and are sold for hard cold cash! Woothemes is at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I bought one premium theme for them and was so impressed I bought 3 more - they really really put a lot of hard work into them and it shows.

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13. Armen

    22nd October, 4:45 pm GMT

    John hits the nail on the head.

    Many premium themes are worse than freebies, which is why I said what I did in my latest post.

    However, in answer to your question, I'd take Thesis if it was going free.

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14. Graphic Entrepreneur

    22nd October, 6:54 pm GMT

    Hi,

    Amazing list!

    I agree that Woothemes is one of the best premium themes out there - 3 extraordinary WP designers - I don't expect it to be less than perfect in quality!

    Cheers!

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15. Susan

    22nd October, 9:19 pm GMT

    This is the first I've heard of Communizine...it looks nice!

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16. Chris

    23rd October, 4:17 am GMT

    Most of these are 'magazine' style themes... would love to see a list for premium personal blog themes. Keep up the good work!

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17. goldfries

    23rd October, 9:44 am GMT

    I tried free themes, they leave much to be desired but they're free for many reasons.

    I wanted to make free themes since last year but it's coming to end of this year and I've yet the time do to so.

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18. Олег Хамутовский

    23rd October, 3:23 pm GMT

    Некоторые из этих видел в инете бесплатно.

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19. Salwa

    24th October, 12:37 pm GMT

    Awesome stuff. Great list. Thanks!

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20. alart

    24th October, 3:04 pm GMT

    most liked to me "The Other Blog" )

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21. Dainis Graveris

    25th October, 11:42 am GMT

    man that's amazing - nice inspiration also..:) Appreciated list -thanks!

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22. Jeremy Newton

    25th October, 11:52 pm GMT

    Awesome job on going through and coming up with a great list of premium themes, it was actually cool to see some elegant wordpress themes cause you can just sign up for their club and get some good themes. I've been looking into buying a premium theme so this will help me, I just have to get the money to do it, I don't make any money blogging just cause I don't want to hassle the readers with adsense and ads.

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23. Mustardamus

    26th October, 2:06 am GMT

    Thanks for featuring PicPress!

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24. Jeremy Newton

    27th October, 9:33 pm GMT

    @ goldfries: I agree alot of free themes have a lot of stuff lacking but for me it's also been fun cause I've gotten to learn about how wordpress is coded and works. I've only used free themes on my blog for the purpose of not having money to buy premium or have someone design for me and it's been a good experience. I've been able to take arthemia and totally change it to my tastes, like adding a different background, adding twitter, i actually added adsense but i hate adsense so I took it off.

    I think if you first start blogging you should go with a free theme just to learn how wordpress works and if something isn't there that you want you know how to add it instead of spamming up the internet asking a billion questions when you never took the time to learn.

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25. Jeremy

    30th October, 1:08 pm GMT

    Great list, having worked with several of these themes in the past I can vouch for at least a few saying they are at the top of their game for both design and code. You also opened my eyes to several new themes that are well worth having a look at for both inspiration and future projects.

    This is definitely the type of research that needs to be put out there when it comes to a booming market like this because as mentioned in the comments above there are several lurking around out there that cost a lot more than they are worth.

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26. Arjen

    30th October, 1:58 pm GMT

    Nice list of really amazing themes. I might buy a premium theme in the future, but I rather design my own theme from scratch, but I don't have the skills for that yet.

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27. Umar

    1st November, 2:28 pm GMT

    I love the wood world theme buddy, this collection is very nice.

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28. Dainis Graveris

    1st November, 6:11 pm GMT

    Wow, this is really amazing list - first five themes..jumm...:))) thanks

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29. Sarah

    2nd November, 1:45 am GMT

    Thank you for featuring "The Other Blog"

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30. dawnprofies

    2nd November, 3:20 am GMT

    I've recently used the Vibrant CMS theme to build http://www.rebekahkeat.com. So I can vouch for this as a quality theme, with sound coding, multiple colour options and a modern, not-too-bloggy feel.

    This is a great list of themes you've put together Pro Blog Design. Good job. I've found a few new themes here that I'm really keen to try out.

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31. rizzy

    3rd November, 3:07 am GMT

    This was an amazing list, I wish I could buy one.

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32. Danh ba web 2.0

    7th November, 6:21 pm GMT

    Great collection. Thanks you very much !

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33. Jeff SEO Scotland

    19th November, 8:22 pm GMT

    I really appreciate the designs here I think i will be tempted to purchase a few.

    Jeff

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34. Brian D. Hawkins

    15th December, 1:22 am GMT

    The only problem with your list is there is no way to pick one. I really like Arthemia but then there are about a dozen other themes I like a lot. When I'm ready for my next blog I'll definitely be back here to find the theme. This post is going on our next issue's 'Great Reads' section.

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• Michael Martin

  15th December, 7:03 pm GMT

  lol - That's a good point. Still quite a lot of sorting and choosing to do within the list!

  Thanks in advance for the link though!

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35. Ralph

    4th January, 8:18 pm GMT

    Thank you for this great list about premium wordpress themes. .Ralph

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