Paid upgrades now available at Wordpress.com
WordPress.com users finally got their wish, as long as they're willing to pay for it. Like Typepad, Wordpress.com does not allow users full access to modify their CSS (and therefore themes) manually, instead forcing them to choose one of a number of pre-packaged themes. Typepad however offers users the ability to do so for $90 per year. This has been a sore point for many WordPress.com users for some time, but now they are being offered a choice. For $15 per year per blog, payable via PayPal, users can get access directly to the CSS that powers the theme of their blog. This is 1/6th the price being charged by Typepad, but not free like Blogger offers. But for users that are entrenched in their WordPress.com blog, this is welcome relief from the stock themes.
[Via Niall Kennedy]
