Wordpress Theme

I rarely come across elegantly designed Free Wordpress themes so when I happen to stumble upon  Simple Balance 2.0, I couldn’t help but write a post about it. I’m so impressed with its simple yet elegant design, and flexible customization that I’m confident you’d like it.

Simple Balance 2.0 is the work of Alex Cristache of Blogsessive.com, a 27 year old freelance web designer who has been in the online business for over 9 years. [click to continue...]

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To those who are planning to buy a Premium Wordpress Theme, make sure you take a look at Citrus Wordpress Theme. This fantastic Wordpress theme is the latest creation of Unique Blog Designs (UBD) and because it’s from UBD, you’re guaranteed of its top-notch quality and performance. [click to continue...]

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Remember when I told you that Chris Pearson, the guy responsible for the Thesis Wordpress Theme, is doing some great improvements for Thesis? Well, Thesis 2.1 is now out and it has all the features of a great Wordpress theme you don’t wanna miss.

Apart from the current features of Thesis Wordpress Theme, Chris Pearson listened to the Thesis Community and gave in to their requests. Here are the added features of Thesis 2.1. [click to continue...]

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While traffic is important to increase your revenue from Google Adsense, it’s also crucial that the Adsense are placed strategically on your blog to further enhance its “clickability”. And what better way to do this than to use a Wordpress Theme specifically designed for Adsense.

The common problems that bloggers find with Wordpress themes for Adsense is the simplicity of their designs. What they’re missing is the fact that the simplicy of Adsense Wordpress themes makes all the difference. Adsense Wordpress themes are suppose to be simple but should allow sufficient exposure and strategic placement of Adsense ads. [click to continue...]

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Buying a premium Wordpress theme is the way to go when you get serious with blogging. However, with the numerous number of Wordpress designers out there, choosing the right theme for your blog becomes a challenging task. To be able to choose the right theme, it is essential that we understand what to look for in a Wordpress theme. Here are some of the most important things to consider when purchasing a Premium Wordpress Theme.

Search Engine Optimized Wordpress Theme

Is the Wordpress theme optimized for search engines? Is the designer of the Wordpress theme knowledgeable of SEO? A search engine optimized WordPress theme should have excellent search engine readability, must emphasize on content, pass HTML validation, should display post excerpts on archive and category pages, and do a lot more.

Wordpress Theme Should Support The Major Web Browser

In case you haven’t noticed, some Wordpress themes don’t work well with other internet browser. This is one thing you need to pay attention to as it could become a major turn off to your visitors. As the number of internet browsers grow, compatibility will always be an issue but at least you make sure that your Wordpress theme works well with the major internet browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

Wordpress Theme Layout and Structure

A good Wordpress theme should have a good layout and structure. With layout I mean; it should have a user friendly interface and it should be easy to navigate. A good Premium Wordpress Theme should also have a pleasant layout, such that the color combination, font style, font size and over-all design should not become an impediment for your visitors to appreciate your content.

Updates and Support

Does the Wordpress theme designer offers updates and technical support? Think twice when support and updates are not part of the package. Take for instance Thesis Wordpress Theme, the one I’m using on my blog, Chris Pearson offers a lifetime free access of the future developments of his Theme. The updates and support serve as a warranty and assurance that you will have the best out of it.

What else do you think should one consider important when buying a Premium Wordpress Theme? Do share them in the comment.

Thank you for your time.

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Check out the LATEST VERSION OF THESIS WORDPRESS THEME and find out the list of additional cool features that will enhance and improve your blogging experience!

When I started to take blogging seriously, the first thing I had in mind was to find the best Wordpress theme to match my blog. And I don’t just want any Wordpress theme. I wanted a Premium Wordpress theme for the reasons that most free Wordpress themes lacked search engine optimization, are not well designed and makes branding more difficult.

Because of the too huge selection of Wordpress theme available online that are claimed by their designers to be of top quality, choosing a Wordpress theme has become even more difficult. In my experience, I bought three Premium Wordpress Themes but ended up not using any of them. Instead, I found Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme designed by Chris Pearson and have used it ever since. After using it for quite awhile, I am most certainly satisfied with its positive impact on my blog.

What’s with Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme? What makes it different and powerful from from the rest? And why should you buy your own copy and use it in your blog?

Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme

Thesis Premim Wordpress Theme is designed by the Wordpress god… Chris Pearson. His unparalleled expertise in Search Engine Optimization, which were taken into consideration while making Thesis, ensures that you’re getting only the best Wordpress theme for your blog.

After over a month of using Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme, I’ve noticed that my blog has a better search engine index rate (more pages are indexed by Google now). I’ve also started to receive a noticeable increase in the number of traffic from search engines. That’s when I realized the big difference of using a search engine optimized Wordpress theme.

Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme is very flexible and user friendly. You don’t have to be knowledgeable of html codes in order to use it. Its friendly interface and great design compliment each other to give your readers a pleasant experience with their every visit to your blog.

Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme is also equipped with additional features and innovative options panel that makes it easy for anyone to run a professional, customized blog or Website without being a code geek. Here are some of the added features that will help spice up your blog and every post you publish.

Thesis’ Other Features And Advantages

1. Robust Multi Media Option

Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme let’s you use the multimedia box (located on top of the right side bar) in a variety of ways. You can:

• Use the new, automated image rotator
• Embed a video
• Embed custom code
• Disable the box by default
• Override the default settings and display an image, video, or code on individual posts and pages via the use of custom fields.

2. Customizable and Automated Navigation Menu

With Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme, you can easily customize your navigation menu. This means you can add any of your site’s pages, any category archive page and any external link that you like to the menu, and best of all, you can do these from within the Thesis options panel. No coding hassles!

3. Publish Like A Pro With Thesis

One thing I love with Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme is that it lets you publish like a PRO. With Thesis, you can use a Drop Cap to style your posts. Here’s a screen shot of Drop Cap in action.

Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme also lets you highlight important notes in your posts. Here are screenshots of these highlighting capabilities in action which is now copied by other Wordpress Theme designers.

And to make your images look better, you can frame them like the one shown below.

Read the Thesis Theme User’s Guide to know more about the styling capabilities of Thesis. Or read “Everything You Need To Know About Thesis” written by Chris himself.

Free Thesis Life Time Upgrade And Helpful Support

Upon purchasing Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme, you will be entitled to a free lifetime access to future upgrades. This in itself is a cool deal because you don’t have to purchase a new Wordpress theme compatible to the latest Wordpress version. Other Premium Wordpress Themes don’t have upgrades. And if they do, they often ask you to pay more to access the latest updates. (i.e. Revolution by Brian Gardner and WP Remix by R.Bhavesh). Fortunately for Thesis, the upgraded Thesis version is FREE and this deal lasts a lifetime. How’s that for a deal?

Want more reasons to buy the Thesis Wordpress Theme? Well, Thesis has got one of the most helpful SUPPORT. Chris has set up a Forum where Thesis users can ask for help in customizing and tweaking their Thesis theme. Through the forum, you can also add requests that you would like Chris to incorporate in the future Thesis updates.

What are you waiting for? Do yourself a favor, make your blogging better and easier with Thesis Premim Wordpress Theme. The perks and benefits of buying a Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme is more than the small amount you need to purchase a copy. Thesis is available for Personal License ($87) and Developer’s License ($164) or you can update your personal license to developer’s license for an added cost of ($77).

Also check Search Engine Optimized Wordpress Themes and Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes for more great themes.

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Google Adsense to this day still remains as one of the most reliable way to monetize your blog. And to help you better monetize your blog with Google Adsense, these Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes are here to help.

1. 18 Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes

Maki of DoshDosh.com compiled this useful list of Wordpress themes that are guaranteed to improve your earnings from Google Adsense. The key features of these Wordpress themes are their placements and easy Google Adsense integration. Maki’s list includes a link to the Wordpress theme’s preview and download. Some of the themes included are Prosense, Bluesense, SEO Adsense among others.

2. Ultimate List of Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes

Don of AffiliateWatcher.com compiled another list of 24 Wordpress themes optimized for Google Adsense as an addition to Maki’s earlier compilation. This additional list should give you more options to choose from. Among the themes included in the list are Adflex Wordpress Theme, AdsMinded and WP Colors.

3. Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Theme Gallery

This is another list of Wordpress themes designed to help you boost your Google Adsense earnings. Although some of the themes included in this list appeared on the earlier lists, there are still other Wordpress themes that are included that Maki and Don weren’t able to include. This list was compiled by Kyle of HackWordpress.com.

Above are lists of pages where you can download free Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes. Below is a list of other Google Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes (single Wordpress themes).

• StudioPress Wordpress Theme
• Weblogger Wordpress Theme
• SEOAdmax Wordpress Theme
• Tigopedia Wordpress Theme
• Adsense Blogpod Wordpress Theme

You might also want to check out these search engine optimized Wordpress themes or these websites that offers free Wordpress themes.

Any other Wordpress Themes optimized for Google Adsense that I’m missing? Do share them through the comment. Thank you.

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With the success of Wordpress Plugin Directory, Wordpress decided to extend their service and has now officially launched the Wordpress Theme Directory. The Wordpress Theme Directory will be a valuable resource for Wordpress users because all the themes showcased there can be downloaded and used for free. At the same time, the creation of a Wordpress Theme Directory presents a great opportunity for theme designers to showcase their talents and market themselves.

With the launch of the Wordpress Theme Directory, rest assured that all the Wordpress themes available for download are of good quality because certain requirements have to be met before the Wordpress theme gets published in the Wordpress Theme Directory. For those who are planning to submit their own Wordpress theme designs, here are the requirements that must be met.

1. A single zip file, with all of the files themes file included.
2. There must be a style.css file containing:
3. Name (which must be unique to the directory)
4. Tags
5. Version (in the format of x.x or x.x.x and must be unique to the theme)
6. Align classes: .alignright, .alignleft, .aligncenter (see http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS for more details)
7. The screenshot file name must be screenshot.png, and be a real screenshot of the theme, not a splash screen.
8. Licensing must be GPL compatible.
9. No hidden, paid or sponsored links in the theme. Links back to the author’s site are fine.
10. The theme must be your own original work.
11. Adult/mature themes are not allowed.

If you think your Wordpress theme met all the aforesaid requirements, you can now submit it for possible inclusion. Thank you for your time and good luck!

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You’ve landed on the right page if you’re looking for free Wordpress themes that you can use on your blog. You might also want to take a look at my post on Free Search Engine Optimized Wordpress Themes for the best SEO’d Wordpress themes designed by Chris Pearson.

Here are my top 10 choices of the best sources of free Wordpress themes.

1. BlogOh!Blog

Offers a collection of free Wordpress themes neatly designed and optimized for monetization. all of the Free Wordpress Themes available for download are compatible to the latest Wordpress version. If you have a budget for a theme, BlogOh!Blog also offers some Premium Wordpress themes that are top of the line in quality. A link to the demo and download page is readily available for your convenience.

2. ThemeLab

ThemeLab prides a large collection of well-designed free Wordpress themes. Also, the Wordpress theme gallery is added with newly designed Wordpress themes from time to time so make sure you check it often. ThemeLab also provides an active support forum where users of their Wordpress themes can ask for help in case they come across some technical problems.

3. SkinPress

With over 50 free Wordpress themes to choose from, SkinPress is another “must-check” website if you’re looking for professionally designed Wordpress themes. Whether you’re blog is personal, MMO, business related etc., I’m pretty sure you’ll find a free Wordpress theme to match your it. A demo and download link is available for your convenience.

4. FreeWPThemes

FreeWPThemes boasts one of the largest collections of free Wordpress themes available on the internet. Currently, there are more than 100 free Wordpress themes to choose from and the number is going up as new Wordpress themes are added. For your convenience, a link to download and demo site is readily available. The Wordpress themes are in .ZIP file format and many of which are also available as CSS templates.

5. Kate’s Theme Viewer

If you have lots of time to browse free Wordpress themes, Kate’s Theme Viewer is for you. Kate’s Theme Viewer offers one of the largest galleries of free Wordpress themes for your disposal. You will most certainly find a Wordpress theme that will match your blog topic given the huge variety of designs.

6. TemplatesBrowser

TemplatesBrowser lets you download free Wordpress themes with simple to complex designs. It also has a huge selection of Wordpress themes to choose from with demo and download links included for your convenience. Just be patient browsing to find a theme that suits your blog.

7. TopWPThemes

What makes TopWPThemes different from other websites offering free Wordpress themes is its collection of well-designed themes adorned with interesting cartoons. You can also find Wordpress themes that can be used for more serious niches (i.e. MMO, SEO, Blogging etc.), just take time to browse the gallery.

8. Fresheezy

Fresheezy is another website that lets you download interesting and professinally-designed Wordpress themes for free. Its gallery is huge so you might need more time to find a theme that tickles your fancy. There’s only one problem I noticed with some of the Wordpress themes. Some of the themes don’t look good when used with Wordpress 2.5+.

9. WPSkins

Talking about the largest collection of free Wordpress themes. WPSkins probably offers it. But then again, since the collection is large, you will have to spend more time browsing. Also, I’ve noticed that some of the themes especially the older ones, don’t work well with Wordpress 2.5+.

10. ProWordpressThemes

Looking for simple yet elegant free Wordpress themes? You might find one at ProWordpressThemes. The themes look the same but the color combination differs giving you with more option. A link to demo sites and download is available for your convenience.

In the coming days, I should be compiling more websites that offer free Wordpress themes. The next post will be all about Wordpress themes that are optimized for Google Adsense and are guaranteed to boost your Adsense income. Watch out for that post.

As always, your comments, suggestions and recommendations are most welcome! Thank you.

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