here’s a lot of work still to be done, but we’ve built the foundation for themes in WPtouch 2.0. And the great thing about it is that you can toggle between them on the fly easily, without any FTP finagling.

There will be a few official themes to choose from when we launch, all of which will take advantage of the same settings and features of the original theme. But you don’t have to rely on just our theme releases, because we’ve built support for the ability to create your own custom themes and select them as well.

Developers?

So of course, if you’ve already modified WPtouch to your own liking, we want to hear about it. Get in touch with us and if we like what you’ve done, we’ll set you up to convert your theme to be WPtouch 2.0 compatible. In exchange for your hard work we’ll provide you with a free copy of WPtouch 2.0 when it’s released with free upgrades for life as well.

It’s really simple to create your own theme: copy the default folder to the /custom folder in the wptouch directory, and start editing! We commented lots in the template files to help guide you as to what’s editable and what’s not if you want to maintain the customization features and admin options. When you’re done, simply change the information inside the theme_info.txt file (theme description, author, URL) and it’ll be reflected in the WPtouch admin as a custom theme now selectable.

As we move along we’ll host the custom themes on the site for people to browse and download.

Don’t Overwrite Me!

We’ve also changed things around so that your custom themes and icons won’t get overwritten when you upgrade WPtouch. WPtouch will only overwrite itself and the official themes and icons, leaving your changes intact.

We’ll release more details and some screenshots & screencasts in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned.

Style Is Everything

While we recognize that many of you are content with the original “iPhone-application-like” design that WPtouch employs, we also recognize the opportunity to foster some really unique implementations by supporting and encouraging themes. We look forward to seeing what everyone can come up with!