I’m teasing, I know
03-May-2006 | FILED: Site Updates, Theme: Isla, Theme: Kurtina
I was reading through Terry’s ArenaWP and saw that he doesn’t have anything against releasing a theme entry to the public before he releases them in his site. Well, that’s good. If that’s the case, you guys will see my two entries sooner than you thought—sooner than WE thought.
Since the deadline for ArenaWP has expired anyway, I don’t see any harm in showing you guys the new themes in their full glory. They still won’t be available for download here at the moment though. I’ve submitted the themes to Jame’s Theme Viewer and Silkjaer’s WordPress Theme Park. To be honest, I don’t want my server to shoulder all the download requests. I’m being hosted here by SheeroMedia for free, and I might be pushing my luck too far if I do that hehe. I’ll just put up alternative download locations here when the themes are up in those sites.
I have installed Ryan Boren’s Theme Switcher plug-in on the side bar so you guys can easily preview the themes.
By the way, the newest theme I made is called “Kurtina,” which is translated in Filipino as “curtain.” The story behind it is pretty boring, I was just inspired by the nice texture and patterns of the curtain my mom made for me to put on my bedroom windows. I initially used this as a the main layout of my photo blog, Pixeliera. I’ll be changing the layout of that site soon to a more simplistic, photo-bloggy feel, so I just modified the theme a bit for general use. Enjoy!
May 3rd, 2006 at 4:34 am
Gail, I saw this Kurtina theme sometime ago and thought “Wow, now that’s a theme”.You are truly a gifted designer and this theme is just awsomely beautiful.
I am very serious about themes and I do not impress easily.During a time in which nearly every desugner is building dull white pages and passing them off as works of art, you are truly designing themes that WOW the senses.
May 3rd, 2006 at 4:38 am
Btw, the version of Kurtina on Pixeleria is beautiful as well.I hope you have future plans to release that version also.Both are theme competion worthy.
May 5th, 2006 at 2:34 am
DANA: thanks
I really appreciate it. I was honestly nervous about releasing it to the public… Kurtina and Isla were actually the themes that I haven’t gotten feedback from my dad before releasing them (he’s a great artist/photojournalist, and his feedback is always on target), and my fiance was in a hurry when i showed him. Thanks again 
Definitely very encouraging for me to do more free themes 
And yep, I am planning to release the Pixeliera version of Kurtina. Just a bit busy right now, but I will get to it
May 13th, 2006 at 6:11 am
Great work! Congratulations!
May 13th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
I think you’ve inspired me. The next project I work on will be titled in tagalog to leave readers guessing.
May 14th, 2006 at 6:37 am
DON: Thanks!
It’s a great way of showing you’re Pinoy to fellow Pinoys, and at the same time have the “mysterious” meaning behind the name to people who don’t understand Tagalog. Message me when you’ve released your Pinoy-titled theme!!! 
DEREK: YOU SHOULD!!!
May 17th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
CONGRATULATIONS GAIL!I KNEW KURTINA WAS A WINNER!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
Congrats twice.I knew Dapit Hapon was a winner as well
May 17th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANA. I really can’t thank you enough for the support you’ve given my work all the way through. It really means a lot to me
May 18th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Congratulations, Gail! May 17… Pinoys reached the summit of both Everest and the Wordpress 2.0 design world.
May 19th, 2006 at 2:19 am
MANUEL: Thanks!!!
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