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Kind of off-topic, but somehow I've found that blogs that use that particular template (with the blue top header and all) pretty much always have content that I

Kind of off-topic, but somehow I've found that blogs that use that particular template (with the blue top header and all) pretty much always have content that I find interesting or useful. Often they contain niche information that's hard to come by elsewhere. Has anybody felt similarly/know what might cause this? EDIT: Trying to remember examples of it; here's one I can recall: http://www.nynaeve.net/?p=180 http://www.nynaeve.net/?p=180

HeckFeck 6y ago
I believe it is a WordPress default template. Perhaps it is because these authors are so focused on quality writing they have no time for frivolous nonsense like 'templates'.
tesseract 6y ago
It was the default Wordpress theme from ca. 2005-2010 which at least in my mind was basically the peak era of "the blogosphere" especially on technical topics.
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walrus01 6y ago
As others have said it's a default wordpress theme, so often used by people who install wordpress in its default configuration because they want a reasonable https GUI to type content into a blog, but don't care about making it pretty or special looking (As you would if you were to use wordpress to build a company webpage).
robenkleene 6y ago
This theme is called "Kubrick". It was the default Wordpress theme from ~2005-2010. It was designed by Michael Heilemann (https://twitter.com/Heilemann https://twitter.com/Heilemann), here's a nice article about it https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-secret-history-of-kub_b_415050 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-secret-history-of-kub_b_4...
- jonnycomputer 6y ago
  The golden age of blogs
  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    It’s a rare moment on HN when a commonly maligned CMS written in a commonly maligned language gets such high praise for its default behavior. Just commenting here in hopes I can come back and reflect on the weird disconnect between UX and nerd preference.

HeckFeck 6y ago

I believe it is a WordPress default template. Perhaps it is because these authors are so focused on quality writing they have no time for frivolous nonsense like 'templates'.

tesseract 6y ago

It was the default Wordpress theme from ca. 2005-2010 which at least in my mind was basically the peak era of "the blogosphere" especially on technical topics.

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walrus01 6y ago

As others have said it's a default wordpress theme, so often used by people who install wordpress in its default configuration because they want a reasonable https GUI to type content into a blog, but don't care about making it pretty or special looking (As you would if you were to use wordpress to build a company webpage).

robenkleene 6y ago

This theme is called "Kubrick". It was the default Wordpress theme from ~2005-2010. It was designed by Michael Heilemann (https://twitter.com/Heilemann https://twitter.com/Heilemann), here's a nice article about it https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-secret-history-of-kub_b_415050 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-secret-history-of-kub_b_4...

jonnycomputer 6y ago
The golden age of blogs
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  It’s a rare moment on HN when a commonly maligned CMS written in a commonly maligned language gets such high praise for its default behavior. Just commenting here in hopes I can come back and reflect on the weird disconnect between UX and nerd preference.