Some themes are so ubiquitous it’s easy to forget their eye-candy potential. Pilcrow, a popular workhorse of a theme, is a case in point. Used by almost half a million blogs, it’s near-impossible to miss its out-of-the-box look: Dig deeper into the theme’s many customization options — both free features …
10 Comments on One Theme, Three Ways: Customizing Pilcrow, last added: 10/22/2013
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Love the clean, streamlined look and custom header. I look for alternatives all the time, but Pilcrow fits my blog best.
These blogs are awesome. Great design and use of the pilcrow theme.
The theme looks great and have many different features. I have browsed this theme before but after reading today’s article, I got to know more about its features and details. I’ve changed one of my blogs to this theme.
I’m new to blogging. I have a long way to go before mine looks this eye-catching! Exciting though, to see what can be done.
I really like the customized elements on Great Smitten. I’m still trying to nail down my template and it’s so helpful to see all of the possibilities that come from one theme.
Wow! these are great. I’ve been experimenting will all sorts of themes on my three blogs to see which ones fit best. Sometimes they have little hidden gems that you just never see while browsing. You have to actually activate a theme and play around with it. Thanks for telling us about this one.
I love the hand-made look and wonder if this can be overdone. Maybe not, eh? Thanks for highlighting these and helping us imagine more and better for the future.
i like this theme and i had used it for one of my earlier blogs—that blog is pretty much retired at this point but seeing it again make me think twice. I may revise the old work-horse
I always enjoy seeing the incredible contrasting results of the same theme among different bloggers.
Many of these tweaks are very straightforward and can be done relatively quickly. If you’re looking for hands-on customizing advice for new bloggers, check out this tutorial.