Bonsai Studios LLC

Spoke v1.0: Free WordPress Theme from Bonsai Studios

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:28:29 +0000

Today we are proud to announce that we have developed our first full-featured WordPress theme that we are offering free to the public for download. Our theme “Spoke” is designed with zero images and a simple, type-based layout that puts the focus on the content of the blog, not some over-designed, swirly, shiny, trend-a-licious header.

Spoke’s color scheme is completely editable, by you, from the WordPress admin panel. The theme uses a three color set: a main color, a secondary color, and a highlight color. Set the colors to match your personality, show your uniqueness, or your school/team/organization pride. If you are feeling especially uninspired, Spoke allows you to choose from a changing set of color schemes from kuler.adobe.com.

Spoke’s feature set:

Lightweight and fast loading: Zero Images!
Fully widgetized sidebar
Completely editable colors
RSS 2.0 feed support

Tested compatible browsers:

All versions of Mozilla Firefox
All versions of Safari
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6 (some things are a bit different but everything is still functional)

These are just the browsers we have had a chance to test the theme on, if you are using a different browser please let us know how the theme performs, good or bad! Check out the screen shots and live preview!

Our goal with our free WordPress themes is to please you, so if you have any comments or critique please let us know!

Download Spoke v1.0

Firefox 3 Released Today

Josh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:58:12 +0000

While I might sound slighty partisan in saying that Firefox 3 is one of the best browsers available on every operating system, I do feel that if you haven’t tried Firefox yet, now is the time to do so. The release of Firefox 3 marks a huge improvment over the aging Firefox 2 in both back and front end of the browser.

Either way, it would be awfully nice of you to go try Firefox 3 out today and help Mozilla reach a world record of downloads in the first 24 hours of release.

If you’re looking for the top improvement and just other information about the browser you should check out a helpful round up presented by Life Hacker.

Bonsai Featured Across the Web

Andy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:44:41 +0000

Bonsai Studios was recently featured on Most Inspired, We Love WP, Web Design is Art, Screenalicio.us, and Light on Dark. We would like to thank each of these sites for featuring our work and congratulate them on having tremendously awesome taste in websites.

Jennifer Maestre Website

Bonsai — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:07:42 +0000

www.jennifermaestre.com

A complete portfolio website for sculptor Jennifer Maestre. Her work, inspired by “animals, plants, other art, Ernst Haeckel, Odilon Redon, and mythology,” makes use of pencils and nails, among other things, to develop interesting and dynamic textures and shapes.

OPENeCTD Forum Website

Bonsai — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:29:26 +0000

www.openectd.org

A simple and clean web identity for the OPENeCTD Forum based out of Germany. This important international conference convenes in June to discuss electronic submission management processes.

StepUP Consulting Website

Bonsai — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:45:33 +0000

www.stepupconsultinggroup.com

Custom, Wordpress powered website for StepUP Consulting Group, whose logo we also designed from scratch. This is our first Wordpress powered site using the newly released Wordpress 2.5.

theCORPSER Website

Bonsai — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:10:06 +0000

www.thecorpser.com

A netART project we designed featuring php powered image upload and randomization. Used for playing the exquisite corpse game worldwide.

GLNN Website

Bonsai — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:49:44 +0000

www.girlslooknicenaked.com

A completely custom Wordpress theme, logotype, and identity for GirlsLookNiceNaked.com, an outlandish comedy blog (with no inappropriate content).

Montana Allergy Website

Bonsai — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:00:41 +0000

www.montanaallergy.com

A simple website with hundreds of pages of downloadable content for The Allergy and Asthma Center P.C. based in Montana.

Bonsai Studios Lauch

Bonsai — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:19:12 +0000

After months of hard work re-designing our website, both in aesthetics and functionality, we are proud to launch our brand new, Wordpress powered website. Our new site will keep us on the cutting edge of design as well as allow us to more easily update and showcase our work. The re-design features updated content, new portfolio items, and a blog dedicated to the latest Bonsai Studios news as well as articles on design, coding, and web development.