Good portfolio/gallery themes are surprisingly hard to come by in the WordPress theme world. Sure, there are a few that are downright awesome–but they cost money. In the free arena, finding a site for you to display your (or someone else’s) works of art can be a real drag. If you’re already a web designer, sure, you can just build your own WordPress theme. But if you’re a photographer or a graphic artist, or a t-shirt designer, or something else along those lines, you’re stuck with ready made themes or finding a developer to create one for you for a hefty price.

As far as free themes go, you’re limited just to those which display one massive picture at a time–or something similar.

Now, however, you have a chance to display multiple pictures all at once in true gallery style. Inspired by the countless CSS galleries we see floating through the web, CSSEY is a theme designed for people who: 1. like free themes 2. like minimalist themes 3. want to show off their wares. And that’s it. If you can’t fit yourself into all three of these categories, CSSEY is not the theme for you.

Thanks to Best WordPress Themes for bringing this theme to the limelight.

Let me get something out in the open here. I despise Internet Explorer 6. There. I said it.

Is it the lack of security? Is it the fact that a third of the internet using populace still embrace it? No, it’s the fact that it is annoying as hell when it comes to web design because the Microsoft engineers were too lazy to make their browser obey common standards.

So where does this leave me? I know about all of the bugs and annoyances built in to IE6, but I’m a Mac user, so I don’t really get to see where the problems are until I’m able to use a friend’s laptop running XP. What do I find when I look at Contented Niche? Garbage–all thanks to Internet Explorer.

If you’re looking at this site through Safari, Firefox, Opera (and likely even IE7, though I’m not entirely sure), you’ll find something that I consider stylish. Transparent PNGs, an attractive background, well laid out columns and images. None of that is present in IE6. Well, the background is, but that’s about it.

I implore you, if you’re still using Internet Explorer’s previous model, upgrade now. It doesn’t hurt. I know you can see that spiffy Javascript drop down designed by Save the Developers. Click it. Read about how much better the other browsers are. Make the switch. Stop wasting your time on a shoddy browser. In five minutes, I guarantee you’ll have a better browsing experience if you upgrade to Firefox, Safari, Opera, or even IE7.