There are literally thousands of WordPress themes currently available online, spanning over dozens of genres, so it is generally easy to find a theme that will fit your site’s needs. However, there are times when a custom theme may be absolutely necessary. For someone with very little web experience building a WordPress theme from scratch can be quite a daunting task. However there are ways to do this without any special knowledge or experience whatsoever. The following three methods are the easiest ways to get a custom theme for your site.

Hire a Freelance Designer

OK, this isn’t creating it yourself but it is perhaps the easiest way to get a custom theme made. Hiring a WordPress designer from one of the many freelancing forums online can actually be very reasonably priced. (more…)

If you use Joomla as your CMS of choice, I’ve come up with a list of five of the best Joomla themes. Click on the screenshots for the download/demo page. These themes can be used for a variety of purposes from personal to business, so go on and customise away!

#1 Manifolio

This theme will do well for those looking to build a product based site. You can put a picture of the product on the right and a short write up on the column to the right which then leads to the full post. Beautiful, clean and simplistic design. (more…)