There are many different websites you can search to find themes available for download. Many theme developers offer their themes for free, whereas some charge a small fee. Of course, if you cannot find a free theme that fits your needs, you can always hire a theme developer to create a customized theme for you, or you can be your own theme developer (see Chapter 6).
The first place you should always go to when looking for a theme is the official WordPress Theme Directory at http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/. This is where everyone in the WordPress community uploads their free themes and tags them with keywords that describe the basic look, layout, and function of their theme. Look at this screenshot:
By looking at the list of popular themes on the right, you can see which themes are chosen most often.
To get a better idea of what a theme will look like than what's offered by the thumbnail, just click on the title of the theme. You'll be taken to the...