Title: Which theme/platform? :-(
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Which theme/platform? :-(

 *  [soulgeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soulgeek/)
 * (@soulgeek)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-themeplatform/)
 * Folks,
 * Am a non-techie looking ofr theme/framwwork selection help.
 * I have spent more than one month seleting which platform/them eshould i use.
 * I have even bought Hybrid Framework, Genesis and even Striking framwwork. 🙁 
   But none has all the features i am looking for.
 * I need buddypress, wiki plugin, Q&A plugin and so on….. So mine is more of a 
   colloborative project.
 * I have all these plugins but all of these together do not work with any of the
   platform i mentioned above.
 * Then i shifted to twenttythen default theme, there all plugins work, but you 
   see, there are almost no theme options.
 * My questions is, should i stick with twentyten?
 * How is TwentyEleven?
 * THe reason i think default theme is best because i think all plugins out there
   work with WP default themes. NO?
 * Any help plz?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-themeplatform/#post-2135263)
 * The thing is, for specific situations such as yours… you will most likely need
   to learn to do some customizations.
 * You won’t find any particular theme or framework which does everything you need
   out of the box.
 * I prefer to stick with the default twentyten (soon I will switch to twentyeleven)
   and make a custom child theme
    [http://vudu.me/child](http://vudu.me/child)
 * But the frameworks are great too. You need to decide what gets you closest to
   your starting point.
 * What doesn’t work about your plugins with the frameworks? Do they fail, or just
   not display correctly?
 * Themes may need some customization to display plugins properly as well.
 * I doubt I answered your questions well, but just trying to give you some stuff
   to consider
 *  Thread Starter [soulgeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soulgeek/)
 * (@soulgeek)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-themeplatform/#post-2135301)
 * Thanks Voodoo.
 * You were right in many things you said.
 * When i installed many plugins with most of thoese frameworks, few plugins loose
   their functionality or some conflicts Plus CSS distorts.
    So for Nontechies like
   me, its a Nightmare to everytime modify CSS after installing a new plugin.
 * Which is why, i think Twentyten or Twentyeleven are the good option, i assume
   most of the plugins are optimised for them. So all the plugins will work with
   these default themes NO?
 * I am sorry, but i am still confused and shoooting in dark. 🙁
 * Which way to go?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-themeplatform/#post-2135358)
 * Well, either way your in a bit of a bind without the knowledge to fix the problems
   yourself.
 * If you truly need a certain look, and functionality, you may need a pro.
 * Or you can continue your search.
 * Each of the framework sites should have their own support forum, especially if
   you are a paying customer. They may be able to give you more specific help on
   your compatibility issues.
 * A lot of us volunteers don’t have the specialized knowledge you need. Personally,
   I am very familiar with twentyten, but have never touched those frameworks, so
   I have no idea how they work.

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