Kindle Publishing for Blogs. 40 Free High-Quality WordPress Themes - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement High quality free WordPress Themes have become harder and harder to find in the past year, with the influx of premium themes, more and more designers and developers are selling themes (and rightly so, they do amazing work). However, the quality of freely available themes has improved as well; in fact, some themes are very advanced and professional and can serve as a solid foundation for your next designs. There are a lot of choices out there for someone wanting to choose a WordPress theme for their blog. But, that aside, the quality is certainly there, and we are sure you will be impressed with this WordPress theme compilation. You may be interested in the following related posts: Free High-Quality WordPress Themes AppCloud Theme3 A nice e-commerce WordPress theme with a clean and professional look.
Berita4 (via ThemeCloset5) Berita is a minimalist corporate theme created for companies to prominently display their logo, but the theme could be used for any type of website. 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.9. This article will take approx 7 minutes to read. Gentlemen, start your engines! WordPress 2.9 is just around the corner. Unlike WordPress 2.8, which Mark Jaquith describes as the Snow Leopard of WordPress since most of the basis of the WordPress 2.8 upgrade was complete rewrites and optimization of the infrastructure that ran WordPress instead of providing lots of new features in the same way Apple’s new OS X release is a focus on improved performance instead of features, WordPress 2.9 brings major new “bling” to the table. As a reminder of WordPress 2.8, you can see the writeup that Jonathan Dingman brought us last time around. By and large, this release is a plugin developers release with lots of new APIs and abstraction.
However, there are significant additions for theme designers and users as well. Themes: the_post_thumbnail() Theme developers have a new piece of functionality that have become extremely popular in themes these days. Example: The concept is simple. Users: The Trash Can. WPBeginner - Beginner's Guide for WordPress. Beginners Guide to WordPress Plugins | Swank Web Style Blog. January 14, 2008 One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is the ability to use plugins to expand the capabilities of your blog or website. Since WordPress has such a large community of plugin developers, it means that you can make your WordPress website do pretty much anything you want it to.
If you’ve ever thought about a feature that you wanted in WordPress, chances are that if you look around, you’ll find someone who has created a plugin to integrate that feature. The problem is that many people don’t know how to go about installing plugin or think they are not technologically inclined enough to be able to. But these days most of the plugins available for WordPress only require one or two steps to get working so anyone can do it.
If you read my other tutorial about Upgrading WordPress then you will be familiar with the basics. To activate or deactivate a plugin, you just need to log into your WP admin and find Plugins in the top menu. Finding Plugins Installing Plugins 1. 2. 3. The Beginner's Guide to Tricking Out Your WordPress Blog - Blogs - Lifehacker. Another 10 Must-have Plugins for Your Wordpress Blog. WordPress Plugins: Part Two The past day or two has been a real eye-opener for me as I realised for the first time the full breadth and scope of the features available for WordPress. Here was me thinking that Blogger was not that bad but now I am starting to realise what I’ve been missing out on in the 3 years that I have been writing various blogs. Here are some more WordPress plug-in gems that I picked up today.
Again, I have tested some and others I have only looked at. Use them at your own risk. Show Top Commentators: this is just like the Recent Comments plug-in I discussed in the last post. This is more of an ego-boost for people to come back, keep commenting and stay on the Top Commentators board. Trackbackers – allows you to show in your sidebar the blogs that trackback to you the most. Subscribe-Remind – you may have a big orange RSS feed icon on your blog page but sometimes users need a gentle nudge to persuade them to sign up for your feed. 4 Websites for Great Wordpress Themes & Blogger Skins. As I’m starting up my own LAN-party, I’ve recently also created my own blog. WordPress in my case. Of course everyone wants their blog to look pretty. As pretty as possible because looks count. You want your site to look tempting yet professional. You’ll be represented by your site’s appearance.
Perhaps some of you will want to make your own themes. If not, read on. Free WordPress Themes Lets start out with the WordPress ones. WordPress is a great blogging engine, and one I would certainly advise to people who want to have a more advanced input. 1. 49 Most Downloaded WordPress Themes Of All Time (by HONGKIAT) This site has made a list of the 49 most downloaded WordPress themes of all time (at the moment of writing). You won’t be exactly original, but there’s a good reason these were downloaded this much. 2. 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes (by Smashing Magazine) Smashing Magazine looked at a few things while creating this list. “All themes offer quality and elegance.” Blogger Skins 2. A Beginner’s Guide To Building Your Own Wordpress Theme. No one can argue that one of the most popular blogging platforms these days is WordPress. The solid framework makes it the geek’s choice, but WordPress further gains its popularity among laymen because of its flexibility for expanding its functions and looks.
There are thousands of plugins and themes available to be downloaded and used for free from the official WordPress site alone which opens up unlimited possibilities of what you want your blog to be. After using numerous items, I (and I’m sure that most people too) have reached the point where I wanted to make my own blog. While developing your own WordPress plugins requires a certain level of programming knowledge, building the themes is not. So, before the CSS and PHP die-hard fans begin shouting their protests, let me assure you that these two free easy options to build WordPress themes are only for beginners and for those with basic knowledge.
Online WordPress Theme Generator Creating your own personalized theme is a snap. The 5 Free Wordpress Templates To Dress Up Your Blog. A personal blog says a lot about you, and depending on your career it can be a deciding factor of where you’re going. It’s no longer the year 2004 where having a blog was enough; now we must trick them out with themes that are flashy, modern and by no means basic. Is you blog ‘basic’? Many are. But then, downloading blog templates and installing them can be time consuming, not to mention expensive right? I recall laughing my head off when I seen the prices that some developers are charging for mediocre themes! Below are five of my favourite free WordPress blog templates that won’t cost you a single cent. Creative Art This theme is really attractive mostly because of that giant notebook-style posting area. This theme would suite your blog if you have a good following and blog about informal yet popular topics such as art, music, technology and the woes of life!
Modicus Remix The Modicus theme is a little more plain than the last but it is by no means basic. Aspire Reviews Theme Light Weight. 30 Wordpress Plugins To Help You Improve Your Sidebar | Graphic and Web Design Blog -Resources And Tutorials. Nowadays almost everyone has a WordPress powered website, but not everyone has a professional build blog. To build a professional blog you have to concentrate on few aspects.
One of the most important aspects is of course the design. The design of your blog is without a dub the one who decides if your blog is going to be a successful one or not. The design of your blog is based on the way you structure everything and the actual look. I will list here the most recommended WordPress plugins for your blog sidebar. 1. Is a simple yet very useful plugin for beginner bloggers. 2. The earnings from your website are pretty important, the most effective way of getting high profits from your website is of course by selling ad space. 3.
Is a wordpress plugin that displays twitter updates in a simple widget box in your sidebar. 4.WordPress Newsletter Widget 5. As I believe you figured out, the Recent Comments by Entry plugin will display the latest comments and also the entry where they were posted.