{"id":658945,"date":"2013-05-20T04:19:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T08:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=151845"},"modified":"2013-05-20T04:19:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T08:19:05","slug":"sweet-official-new-themes-give-windows-8-a-global-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/658945","title":{"rendered":"Sweet! Official new themes give Windows 8 a global makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-151852\" title=\"windows_8_themes\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/windows_8_themes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"241\" \/>Desktop themes are so often catered for by third party tools that it\u2019s easy to forget that Windows has built in support for theme packs. If you\u2019re short of inspiration, don\u2019t trust your own photography skill, or just can\u2019t be bothered to browse Flickr for a new image, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windows\/b\/windowsexperience\/archive\/2013\/05\/17\/new-themes-and-wallpapers-alaska-new-zealand-sweden-and-sweets.aspx\" >a new batch of themes<\/a>\u00a0direct from Microsoft could be what you need to breathe new life into your desktop.<\/p>\n<p>There are five new themes in total, four of which have a travel connection. The <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/alaskan-landscapes-download-theme\" >Alaskan Landscape theme<\/a>\u00a0features photography from Kyle Waters &#8212; a total of fifteen images. There is more of a seasonal feel to two New Zealand Landscapes themes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/new-zealand-queenstown-download-theme\" >Queenstown theme<\/a>\u00a0is cool and wintery, while the <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/one-tree-hill-download-theme\" >One Tree Hill theme<\/a>\u00a0is far more summer inspired. Both themes showcase the work of photographer Ian Rushton. Continuing the seasonal theme, and completing a previous collection, is <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/swedish-spring-download-theme\" >Swedish Spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding off the new download selection is something rather more cartoony. The <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/delectable-designs-download-theme\" >Delectable Designs theme<\/a>\u00a0offers a tasty selection of desktop images inspired by snack time &#8212; cupcakes, cookies, coffee and more are all on hand to help you build up an appetite<\/p>\n<p>The new themes, and others, can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/themes\" >personalization section of the Microsoft website<\/a>, but you can find out more about the new releases at the <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/themes\" >Windows Experience Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=ZtLbY5syESc:7CHVqfQZRNA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=ZtLbY5syESc:7CHVqfQZRNA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/ZtLbY5syESc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desktop themes are so often catered for by third party tools that it\u2019s easy to forget that Windows has built in support for theme packs. If you\u2019re short of inspiration, don\u2019t trust your own photography skill, or just can\u2019t be bothered to browse Flickr for a new image, a new batch of themes\u00a0direct from Microsoft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1558,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}