Is there a theme that does what I am looking for?

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  cathyscholl · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 11:00 pm

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  Hi,

  I am getting frustrated with my search for the perfect theme. Please help if you can!

  I am very happy with the look of my (journalist 1.3) blog
  http://cathyscholl.wordpress.com/
  EXCEPT for the fact that I want the images to be larger.

  One of the theme wranglers recommended Fusion which has a wider single column. I just started testing it here: http://nagababas.wordpress.com
  but already I see that only one post shows at a time. I would like BIG PICTURES where many posts show on one page. Is there such an animal? I would appreciate any suggestions.

  Thanks in advance,
  Cathy

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  cathyscholl · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 11:04 pm

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  Very strange…twice I looked at my test blog

  http://nagababas.wordpress.com

  and only one post showed with an arrow to the previous post.
  Now I just pulled it up and both test posts are showing on the home page.
  I’m not sure what’s going on here but if I can keep many posts “stacked” (is there a better word for this?) on the same page perhaps Fusion will work for me after all.

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  cathyscholl · Member · Jan 18, 2011 at 11:18 pm

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  Okay, Fusion seems to be working the way I want. See what you think.

  Since I’ve posted a question and gotten your attention let’s put this space to good use…

  Is there another theme you would recommend over Fusion based on what I am asking for?

  AND/OR if you are familiar with Fusion I’d appreciate tips for setting up the footer with my present sidebar info.

  Thanks again.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 19, 2011 at 1:05 am

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  I’ve been blogging for 6 years and IMHO you will never find “the perfect theme”.
  Please see here > Maximum displayed image width for all themes > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/maximum-image-width
  See also the Themes Showcase which has a demo site > http://theme.wordpress.com/

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  cathyscholl · Member · Jan 19, 2011 at 1:16 am

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  Perhaps “perfect” wasn’t a good word choice…how about “best available” theme that will fulfill my needs? :)

  timethief thanks for the maximun image width info. That is a big help to point me in the right direction. Now at least I can narrow down my choices from a manageable group.

  The themes showcase is not extremely helpful imho. (In case WordPress is reading this.) Yes, there are stats for each theme but I like to see a visual example and the sample blogs never seem to feature the stats which interest me.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 am

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  All wordpress.com blogs have wordpress.com stats. See here please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

  In additiopn to the wordpress.com stats program if we wish we can use non-Javacript 3rd party stats program. See also:
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/10/02/visitor-tracking-on-wordpress-com-blogs/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/10/24/real-time-visitor-tracking-non-javascript-for-blogs/

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  cathyscholl · Member · Jan 20, 2011 at 2:56 am

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  Sorry timethief, another misunderstanding based on my choice of words.
  I am new here so don’t have the “lingo” down yet. Sorry!

  You were suggesting I use the Themes Showcase and I was saying that I don’t find it helpful because for each theme there are specs (SPECS is the word I meant, not STATS.) I mentioned that I like to see visual examples and usually the SPECS I am interested in are not shown in the sample blog. I can read about the largest image size the blog can use but I would prefer to see an example.

  I didn’t mean to mention stats at all. Don’t care about them.