The next Geek Build 2012 decision to be made is choosing a WordPress theme framework to build participants’ new sites on top of. There are obviously thousands and thousands of free themes floating around out there — but the support, code quality, and updates from the premium theme providers are worth their weight in gold considering the headaches of working with free themes.

Here are the leading premium theme framework candidates:

Would love to get your feedback on these various theme frameworks from your personal experience(s) in the comments. Have you used any of these frameworks? If so, what do you like about each one?

If you’d like to write a comprehensive overview with pros and cons for one of the specific frameworks you’ve worked with, leave a comment or shoot me an email at drew at esmexecdesigns dot com.

Note from the Editor: Not sure what Geek Build 2012 is? It’s building a few real estate websites from scratch publicly with the help of the Geek Estate Community and overseen by an experienced steering committeeRead more about Geek Build 2012 here, or view all posts related to Geek Build 2012 here.

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