Busy Bee – Now Available!

WooThemes December 9, 2008 6 comments

It’s been a few weeks since I first sat down to doodle up something in Photoshop and walked away with a brand new theme concept. During that time I’ve been on holiday in Florida playing some golf and visiting my sister. I was supposed to be travelling to South Africa last friday, but on the last day of my stay in the US, I woke up feeling dizzy and almost fell over on my way to the bathroom. Turns out that it was case of vertigo, which led to cancelling my trip to SA, where I would have been caddying on the European Tour and visiting Adii in Cape Town. My balance is almost back to normal, and I don’t look like Ozzy Osbourne when I walk anymore.

busybeeAnyways, the cancellation gave me some extra time to finish up Busy Bee, and it is now available over at WooThemes. According to the feedback I’ve gotten on my blog and on the official release post, it looks like the design is to most people’s liking, which I’m really thankful for. I tried to replicate all the things that has made Fresh News the most popular theme on WooThemes by far, so that is why I didn’t try to do anything experimental with this, but rather improve on both the design and the features available in the theme.

Check out the demo and grab a copy if you like it!

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6 Responses

  1. Dustin
    Dec 17, 2008

    I would agree with the people who really enjoy busy bee. It’s become the design I use on my blog and I really enjoy the look and feel of it.


  2. Jimmy
    Dec 19, 2008

    Hey Magnus!

    First, I want to tell you that your designs are inspiring. Love Busy Bee. It’s excellent.

    How hard would it be for me to get a job working for you helping you design?

    I want to learn the ropes your way.

    I’m self taught thus far and my plan has been to design, code, and give away free CSS templates. I don’t really have anyone to evaluate my code or designs.

    Does mentoring interest you? I’d do my best to learn.


  3. Magnus
    Dec 19, 2008

    Thanks Jimmy!

    I’m self taught myself, and my advice to you would be to just keep on doing your thing in Photoshop. Look at the techniques others use and try to emulate that whilst still making it your own.

    I’ve never had anyone evaluate my coding, but you learn as you go, and can then go back and correct your mistakes.

    I don’t have time for mentoring unfortunately ;)


  4. james
    Dec 21, 2008

    hello there, what a lovely template. can you please kindly tell how the middle background width can be made wider in style css.thanks alot


  5. Magnus
    Dec 21, 2008

    James – We only answer theme support in our forum -> http://forum.woothemes.com


  6. Hasanga
    Dec 29, 2008

    Amazing design!
    Truly it’s more than beautiful!


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