Should I build my own WordPress Theme?

That’s the question I had in my mind since the beginning of the eBestAgent blog.  I was searching for the right theme for my blog for quite long time maybe too long, lol.  I thought that maybe it’s better to develope my own WordPress theme instead of searching.  After countless hours of searching and testing, I’ve found what I was looking for… it’s Mandigo theme..

But as I blog along, I feel the need for my own theme.  Theme that suit my blog subject well, simpler and lighter.  Mandigo theme takes little longer to load than other themes.   I want to add API blocks, better & more informative footer,  lighter widget columns and more.

It seems like the more I blog, the more I want to improve my blog.  How strange.  When I first started blogging little more than 2 months ago, I committed about an hour/day for my blog.  I didn’t know how long I could sustain that.  But now I’m spending little more than 16 hours/week on my blog.  It’s fun no doubt.  I’ve found my another hobby.  Maybe I’m addicted to blogging.

To satisfy my addiction, I strongly suggested myself that it’s time to have my own theme. It will be fun.  I get to learn more about XHTML, CSS, and PHP.  If it’s good enough, I’ll let other download and freely use it.

I know that it requires quite long hours to develop a new theme from scratch. But I’ll try and I’ll never give up until I develop at least a basic one.  I’ll get on it as soon as I publish this post.  If you can give some pointers, feel free to drop a line.  I’ll post updates on this WordPress theme development.