Coming soon: a way to completely customize your Posterous theme

Hundreds of thousands of people have found Posterous to be the smartest and easiest way to blog. I switched a couple years ago after becoming frustrated with the hassles of maintaining a self-hosted Wordpress blog.

While people love Posterous, a pain point has been theme choices and customization. While Posterous has been busy beefing up the selection of themes (see here and here), I am constantly asked questions like "How do I change the date format of my posts?" to "How can I upload my own background image?" and "How can I add my Twitter feed?" Up until now, these changes have required digging into code. But not anymore.

Today, I'd like to present my solution: My own easy-to-use theme editor with a bajillion options that will let you tweak the heck out of your theme without dealing with any code. Oh, and it will be free! =]

This editor is a perfect complement to the built-in theme editor provided by Posterous. And with new changes Posterous has made for developers, you can install these themes in one simple click, without having to copy and paste code whatsoever.

Oh, and along with this editor will be coming a whole slew of new themes, both free and premium.

Over time, all of themes I've ever built will be offered through my new editor. While I'm busy putting the final touches on the system, you can sign up to be the first to find out when I launch. Sign up for updates at http://themes.posterous.com or follow me on Twitter.

Comments

Wow, this is going to be awesome! How much are you going to charge for it?
Free!
awesome!
No way! You rock! :)
Now, how cool is that? Thanks Mr. Watilo. Again, you've take Posterous to the next level of awesomness ;)
I just drop onto your site to contact you about making a change to the "vintage" theme and this post was waiting for me. This is a much needed service for posterous. I have learned a hell of a lot about HTML just by looking for patterns and replicating/changing things, but it takes a long time if you have no idea what you are doing.

Turn this sucker on ASAP. Thanks.

Seriously awesome. Love Posterous but find many aspects limiting. Was just about to go down the whole Wordpress blog thing but I think I will be holding off. How much longer? Can't wait. Thanks for doing this Cory.
I love posterous anyway, but with this you are the man...
Great. Thanks a lot ! I'm looking forward to using this !
I very like this Post , good infomation.
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You da man.
Will I be able to use javascript for Intense Debate commenting?
I am not sure I accept it for free. ;)
Hope it will solve all the problems, which are not really 'problems'. Where is the donation button? ;)
This is AWESOME! Can't wait. *u*
Cory, you are pretty dam awesome.
Thanks! You are the MAN :D
Just epic
Great news!! Can't wait :) I was just going to email you to ask how to show tags in my posts in the Back to School theme, and how to add social media icons on my blog!
great! ;)
This is great news, please make a BIG noise as soon as it's done!! I need this in the worst way.
this is truly great!
Waiting!!
Great news. I love your Wild West theme but just need to be able to change the background photo. Apparently I'm a bit Posterous-challenged but am totally in love with the ease of use. Thanks, Cory!
This is one piece that Posterous is missing out. And I'm glad you're going to provide it.
How's it coming? You have over 1k followers now...
I just discovered this...Is this available? Thanks for leading the charge on Posterous customization. I love your work. Keep it up!
when will this feature be available? im desperate for a new theme!
When????
Coming soon, eh?
I cant wait....great idea!

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