I like the free word press themes they have on this site. Some very plain and others very eye catching. http://www.freewpthemes.net/wordpress-themes/

I agree, it is nice to have various themes on hand for blogging. To each blog its own theme. I use blogger and I think they could add a few more to their inventory.

I never knew such themes exist. I had been having problems with my wordpress blog because I don't like their defaut themes.

Yeah word press themes are mostly simple and attractive. However I personally feel that they have to add much more default templates to their inventory.

are people using wordpress for building basic websites as well, or is the platform only used for forums and blogs?

Not only for Blogs. I have my Portfolio done in Wordpress...

Its great for SEO and really quick...

Blogger definitely needs more options. They don't have much of a selection at all. What they do have is so recognizable as them that there is no originality.

Some of the Wordpress themes are SEO friendly in that you could optimize your blog using these themes in order to increase your page ranking.

Isn't there an exploit of some sort going on right now with word press themes, or maybe its just one certain theme? The last I heard it was a really big thing.

Is Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com the same? The logos appear to be the same. I hear Wordpress.org has a better platform as far as making your blog appear more like a website instead of a blog.

Wordpress.org is a blogging software which requires to own server or a 3rd party provider and which allows to upload themes, plugins and costs from $7 - 12 or more according to the traffic to the website. On the other hand, WordPress.com provides web hosting, unlimited database storage with redundancy and backups, automatic software upgrades, community support forums, multi-lingual administration and themes, real-time traffic stats, comment tracking, blog and post rankings and other features not available anywhere else.

I happened across a huge site recently that had pages and pages of themes for all kinds of situations, from business to sports to personal. I knew there were a lot, but I had no idea it was this broad.

Wordpress themes have come to suit various disciplines such as photography, blogging, magazine and art.

I agree, some of those themes are wonderful. It really offers the chance to look different from all the other blogs out there and to make it more your own personality. Or you can have it a little more plain if you need it that way. I wish Blogger had some more options out there like this, that would be great.

By taking up wordpress themes as a website address, one can really start working on one's own website with content. While the fees to own the themes may differ for the available features, WP themes are sure to help naive person.