WordPress Themes
October 22, 2008
By: Denny Oh
Author's Website: http://www.sandiegoh.com
If you’re currently blogging on a WordPress based blog, then read this! For those of you who aren’t familiar with WordPress, here’s they say about it – “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.” This ingenius platform began in 2003 and has since become one of, if not the largest blog applications in the world.
Here’s what you may not know. Since WordPress is open source, meaning free and free to change and study, people everywhere are creating their own applications that you can download and use – plugins. What I didn’t realize is that people are also creating themes for WordPress. These themes are basically layouts and designs for your blog.
There are tons of sites where you can download free and premium(pay) themes. Once you download them, you can then go in and alter colors, fonts, etc. I haven’t actually downloaded anything yet, but I’m looking and am excited to try them.
There are all kinds of themes and by simply Googling “wordpress themes,” you’ll find more than enough to sort through. This is perfect for those of you who want to start blogging, but don’t like the basic layout of most free blogsites. This way, you can just download a theme you like and make it your own. You can also save a lot of time by either using one of these themes, or modeling your own after one. And for those of you who manage your own sites, this will give you some cool ideas on how to make your site more appealing and user friendly. Good luck.
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Drew Meyers on October 22, 2008 8:51 pm
Do you have one or two favorites?
Kathy Drewien on October 23, 2008 7:36 am
Be careful where you dowload the free themes from!Start the search on WordPress.org.
Many free downloads have hacker code built-in and you don’t even wanna go there.
Martin Bouma on October 23, 2008 8:47 pm
I love the usability of WordPress and feel it is far superior to other blog platforms I have tried for my real estate blog! I actually got the design for my blog done through the graphic skills at DaknoMarketing.com and avoided the worry of encountering hacker code built into some of the free WordPress themes you can encounter. My advice would be to avoid free downloads because you won’t know if there are viruses or hacker code written in until it is too late and for affordable costs you can have a professionally done look and set up in no time at all.
Jamey Prezzi on November 2, 2008 2:04 pm
I used typepad for some time for a personal blog, switching to wordpress was not easy but I am so glad I did it. If you are going for the full version with finding your owner server, etc, etc, it’s a little bit of a challenge if you are not tech savvy or patient. I referred it to a colleague of mine and soon realized that that was probably not the wisest choice for his IT level. Although I there is so much info online, it’s worth the learning curve and I am so surprised by the forum efforts.
Have patience, a little IT knowledge: go for it
Not for the impatient or faint of IT heart.
Michael Salas on November 12, 2008 7:42 pm
I have been blogging for just a few months. I host my blog on http://www.Bluehost.com. Those folks are terrific for support. So friendly and very helpful. I use the Thesis Theme. Check them out at: http://diythemes.com?a_aid=massites. Chris Pearson, the creator is doing an amazing job with this theme. Besides the theme, he has created a Forum for people to learn and solve problems with the use of the theme. For a beginner, like me, it has been a great experience. Thesis Theme does cost a few dollars, but it is well worth the price.
Denny Oh on November 13, 2008 10:25 am
Glad to hear you found a service you like Michael. I’ve found that the actual look of your blog isn’t always that important. Obviously you want it to be appealing and user friendly, but I’ve seen some sites that I think are terrible, that generate lots of leads due to content. Just keep that in mind.
Acmeous on December 23, 2008 11:16 pm
I also love designing wordpress themes myself and developing some small but cool functionality for better blogging experience. Since the release of wordpress 2.7, the platform has been drastically improved.