by Gavin Donnelly

We rolled out two shiny new families of themes with the release of Zapd 2.0, Grid and Marquee. Now you can choose from a total of 46 themes in three different style categories to personalize your Zaps. Grid and Marquee each have 6 new themes each. Not only do these new themes have great designs, they automatically optimize their formatting when viewed on a mobile device, tablet, or computer. Totally cool! Here’s a breakdown of the different styles:

• Grid layout (new): image thumbnails and other posts are displayed in a grid of either two or three columns.
• Marquee layout (new): one large cover image at the top with other posts displayed in a grid below.
• Vertical blog style: traditional blog style with a single column display of photos and other posts.

When you create a new Zap, the first thing you’ll be prompted to do is select a look for your site from our list of themes. Scroll through the thumbnails to get an idea of how each one displays on different devices. You can change the theme of a Zap anytime if you decide that you don’t like the look you first landed on. Here’s a quick video to show you how to select or change a theme and what the different styles look like:

Which theme do you like best? Why? Let us know what you think and keep on the lookout for new themes in the coming weeks. We’ll do another post soon with data on which themes are getting used and how much.

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Gavin Donnelly
Zapd Team