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DecisionMatrix

Weighted Decision Matrix - Which Wordpress Theme?
									Date last saved: Oct-20 2011
Decision Factors		Status Quo (2010)	Woothemes 'Canvas'	Studiopress 'Genesis'	Thesis 1.8	Headway 2.0		Which Wordpress Theme do I buy? Thesis has been a favorite of many big name bloggers due to its inherent SEO-goodness and flexibility, but Headway's advantages to someone starting out are very alluring. With Headway there is little or no coding required to achieve significant layout changes, whereas in Thesis anything beyond the simplest change seems to require coding. Although both communities are vibrant, it appears that Headway's appeal is to the blogger who doesn't want to spend hours coding a site or pay a designer/developer to do that. u Winner: Headway 2.0
Criteria	Wt.	1	2	3	4	5		Criteria	Definition
Page load speed	2.0	0	0	0	2	2		Page load speed	How fast does a typical page load in each theme
SEO support	2.0	0	0	0	2	2		SEO support	How much flexibiity and support is provided in the area of Search Engine Optimisation
Ease of customization	2.0	0	2	2	2	4		Ease of customization	How quickly can I customize the site design without resorting to CSS and PHP code
Font support	1.0	0	1	1	2	1		Font support	How many built-in fonts are available and how much guidance is available on typography
Layout possibilities	1.0	0	2	2	2	4		Layout possibilities	How much flexibility of site layout is possible without CSS and PHP code
Cost	1.0	0	-2	-2	-3	-3		Cost	Up-front costs and ongoing costs (e.g. payment to developer)
Support	1.0	0	3	3	3	3		Support	How good is the support community at answering tricky questions about using the theme, is the theme upgraded regularly to keep up with changes to Wordpress
Weighted Scores		0.0	8.0	8.0	16.0	21.0		Note on calculation The formula for weighted scores uses a Sumproduct formula and has conditional formatting applied. Please check that the formula and conditional formatting includes the correct cell ranges if you add or remove any rows or columns.
Instructions: Select and insert a score of -5 to +5 for each criteria. The score will be multiplied by the weight to arrive at the total weighted score.
Keep the first column for status quo (i.e. no change) and score the options against the status quo.
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