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Spirit of ‘98 Wordpress Theme Released

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Spirit of ‘98 is a Wordpress theme that borrows the hottest design techniques from a decade ago and makes them even hotter. The /images/ folder comes packed with buttons, bullets and animations, while custom control panel options allow for additional beveling and border thickness.

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  1. Austin said:

    Too bad. I was going to download this for April Fools’ day. :-)

    --April 1, 2008 @ 3:48 am
  2. Aditya said:

    April Fools!

    --April 1, 2008 @ 4:13 am
  3. Jaypee said:

    Haha..that’s a good one. Happy April Fool’s Darren! :D

    --April 1, 2008 @ 4:43 am
  4. Amy said:

    Sweet !!! Congrats Darren !!! You got me ! :)

    --April 1, 2008 @ 5:57 am
  5. yehonatan said:

    actually i was going to download it, could be a great retro theme

    happy April 1st :-)

    --April 1, 2008 @ 6:05 am
  6. cellobella said:

    Hilarious. Love it!

    --April 1, 2008 @ 6:34 am
  7. milo said:

    Now that is a good one =)

    --April 1, 2008 @ 7:26 am
  8. Chris said:

    Boy is my face red!

    --April 1, 2008 @ 9:15 am
  9. Adrian said:

    Whew! You had me worried for a minute there…Nice one!

    --April 1, 2008 @ 11:42 am
  10. tony said:

    Does it make me sick that at one point, I thought about designing a theme/site with a 1995 look to it?

    Good stuff!

    --April 1, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
  11. Tommy Day said:

    Hahahahaaha

    --April 1, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
  12. Maria said:

    Hey, I’ve seen plenty of sites that STILL use designs like that.

    Good joke, though.

    --April 1, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
  13. Daynah said:

    Awww.. memories! Happy April Fool’s Day to you! :D

    --April 1, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
  14. alafista said:

    Haha happy April Fools Day

    --April 1, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
  15. hoodlum said:

    damn..

    ;)

    --April 2, 2008 @ 7:18 am
  16. Raj said:

    I would have clicked the link if hovering on the button didn’t display the whole message in the status bar :)

    --April 2, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
  17. Tony said:

    April fools or not, it’s simply brilliant…I’d all but forgotten about the beauty that can only come from a marbled background.

    --April 3, 2008 @ 7:21 am
  18. Jenny said:

    HAHAH Funny. But seriously that woulda been awesome to use. xD

    --April 4, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
  19. _LP said:

    LOL!

    --April 5, 2008 @ 4:03 am
  20. Miriam said:

    So hilarious, and I just saw this now. I would have loved to have seen it live. Ah, the good ol’ days.

    --April 6, 2008 @ 6:55 am
  21. Benji said:

    if you dont make it someone will or even ill interested email me! :)

    --April 9, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
  22. Michelle said:

    damn, here it is a week and a half after April Fools and I’m just catching on. Would be a brilliantly hilarious theme, though!!

    --April 10, 2008 @ 12:53 am



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