Magazine style blog themes seem to be all the rage right now - with sites like TechCrunch moving to more of a magazine/newspaper style approach for their main blog pages.

Even Chris Pearson has a new magazine style theme coming out soon to complement his successful Thesis Theme.

So when is the right time to use a Magazine style blog theme?

Smashing Magazine took a look earlier this week and offered some advice along with some key descriptors of what makes up a Magazine-style theme: read more

Watched a wonderful screencast and wondering how to make some for your own blog or website?

Smashing Magazine has a fantastic new guide posted on Screencasting that will walk you through the basics, including tool selection, a tutorial, and other how-to information.