If you want to setup a blog using WordPress, or any of the other popular blog packages, you will probably get bored with the default template fairly quickly. However it’s not that hard to find an alternative template. There are plenty of them out there to cater for most tastes.
However, some people obviously are not content with the readily available designs. No no. They simply have to rip off other people’s work.
Personally I find that kind of conduct abominable and unacceptable.
Don’t get me wrong. Being influenced by a design is fine, but what I’m talking about is a pure rip off.
Rachel Cunliffe is a designer based in New Zealand. She is the lady behind the problogger (Darren Rowse) design.
Earlier this evening she posted that someone had ripped off the design!
The similarities between the two sites seem to be more than mere coincidence:
The original pro-blogger design:
Compare that to the copy (which seems to have vanished since I started writing this):
If I were her I’d definitely pursue the matter. Posting it over on Pirated Sites might not be a bad idea either
EDIT: Darren has posted on this and includes a screenshot prior to the “changes”
From Anthony:
That guy needs his ass sued. How blatant can you be about it?!
From michele:
For some really odd reason this Vince character seems to think it’s “ok” to copy other people’s work.. We’ve had it happen to us in the past.. It’s not nice