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WordPress Theme – PedroLaboy.com

One of the most creative clients to work with Pedro did all the graphic design. With Ignition we were able to use our ingenuity to help the client create a website that would stand the test of time. We created the ability for the client to create content for separate landing pages, and the ability to easily update the landing pages for fresh content.

Creating WordPress Themes With Artisteer

theimclub.com members adopt artisteer to create stunning fully customized WordPress themes in seconds. The students at http say it is the best software for making unique customized WordPress themes on the market.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

SEE THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS TUTORIAL HERE: www.youtube.com This Intermediate-level WordPress tutorial shows how to change your theme when your site is hosted on wordpress.com. It also shows you how to find a new theme on a site like themes.wordpress.net, download it to your computer, unzip and upload it to the wp-content – themes folder on your web hosting server, and activate it using Dashboard – Presentation. If you need help with using FTP software (required for this tutorial) just send me a comment.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

What Makes a Premium WordPress Theme Premium?

What Makes a Premium WordPress Theme Premium?

WordPress has become a hugely popular open source blogging and publishing platform. The abundance of free themes and plugins as well as its ease-of-use have contributed to the attraction and popularity for using WordPress. While there are some great free themes for WordPress, many only offer basic functionality and simplistic designs.

Since late 2007 however an increasing number of WordPress theme developers have been offering premium WordPress themes – themes which are offered for a fixed price. These premium WordPress themes are usually sold for between to 0. Originally only a small number of talented and well-known WordPress theme designers created paid premium WordPress themes which were well designed, highly functional, top-quality themes that transformed a WordPress installation from a simple blog into a powerful content management system. However as the premium WordPress theme business concept spread, more and more WordPress theme designers have hopped on the bandwagon trying to cash on the new trend filling up their portfolio with premium (paid) wordpress themes.

However with greater variety and numbers of paid premium WordPress themes also comes varying levels of quality. So what specifically makes a premium WordPress theme premium? Some characteristics that should set a premium wordpress theme apart from a free theme are listed below:

Quality and Unique Design
Premium WordPress themes should be just that – Premium. They should look better and be of a much higher quality and unique design than compared to those available for free.

Features
While all themes are different, in general premium WordPress themes should have more “Features” than their free counterparts. What that means depends on the theme in question. However some features may include: “Featured Posts” areas, Multiple layout options for the home page, drop down menus, multiple customs templates for pages, custom field options, print style sheets etc.

Customization Options and Fexibility
People want options, so Premium WordPress themes should be customisable. Buying a premium theme will set you apart from the crowd significantly, but since other people will still be using the same theme, premium themes should be able to be easily customized further, whether it be for the layout, colours, images, or all of the above.

Live Preview or Demo
There should be a live demo or preview of the theme so you can test it and check it out before buying. If there is no live preview or demo that should be a warning sign. You should ask why don’t they want you to test the theme first? All reputable premium theme sellers will have a live demo full of content for you to test. Explore the live demo thoroughly, testing all pages to see that the theme works properly and there are no errors or mistakes.

Full Support
If you’re buying a premium WordPress theme it should also come with a certain degree of support from the designer. The level of support can vary however and will range from personalised individual support from the designer, to the provision of forums or blog comment sections for asking questions and obtaining support from the designer and other people who have purchased the theme.

Supporting Documentation
Premium WordPress themes should come with an instruction manual or document. This should explain how to upload and install the theme and how to manage any of the options that are built into the theme.

Free Updates
Wordpress is continually being updated and improved and a premium WordPress theme developer should be offering you free updates of the theme when required.

Well Coded and Error Free
There should be no coding errors, misspellings, X images, etc in a premium WordPress theme. The theme has cross browser compatible and been tested to work properly on all the major browsers, plus the theme should have clean and valid code and adhere to strict XHTML and CSS standards.

A comprehensive showcase of premium WordPress themes can be found at Premium WordPress

This beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows 1. How to make a “child” page or subpage of another page (a “parent” page) using the WordPress 2.7 editing interface. And 2. How to hide a link in the Pages sidebar widget, in other words, how to keep a link to a page from showing in the Pages sidebar widget by putting the page ID number into the “Exclude” box in the Pages sidebar widget dialog box. Making “child” pages (subpages) is useful because you may not want all your pages to show in the main page navigation of your WordPress theme. In most themes, only “main” pages (pages that don’t have a “parent”) show up in the main page navigation. In some newer WordPress themes, child pages show up in a popup menu that appears when you roll over the main page link. And in some themes, sub-subpages show up in popup menus as well. These are sometimes called “cascading” navigation menus: sub-subpages show up in a popup menu when you roll over a subpage link. The second part of this tutorial shows how to hide (or “exclude”) a link to a page that would otherwise appear in the links of the Pages sidebar widget. This is useful for a number of reasons. One is that when you make a static page your Home page in WordPress, some themes will show the link to this static page as a second home page link in your main navigation. By making the Home page a subpage and excluding that link from the Pages sidebar navigation, you can eliminate the double Home page link.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Uploading WordPress Themes

www.wordpressblogincome.com IN this video, I show you how easy it is to find a wordpress theme and upload it to your server. Brought to you by bloggingforriches.com
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Free Premium WordPress Themes

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go.tagjag.com – If you have a blog, you have a theme. Chances are, you downloaded a theme off the web somewhere. It’s okay that you don’t know how to code your own customized theme from scratch! Very few people are capable of doing this. You want your blog to say “YOU”, but you don’t want to pay a designer a ton of money to accomplish this. It’s a good thing Artisteer now makes it simple for you to create and customize your own WordPress theme with just a few clicks of the mouse. twitter.com – chris.pirillo.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Mariehosting.com WordPress theme

Project: Created Managed Webhosting website with WordPress
Website: mariehosting.com
Skills used: CSS, WordPress, RSS, adwords, web and graphic design
Programs used: WordPress, Dreamweaver, MySQL Admin, Google Adwords, Chatstat, Photoshop.

wp-beta.com free wordpress themes

Project: Create free wordpress theme for our cheap wordpress themes store.

Skills used: CSS, W3C Validated, WordPress, WordPress Widgets, RSS, adwords, web and graphic design
Programs used: WordPress, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Popassault.com WordPress theme design

Project: Design, layout and SEO for new WordPress blog for pop culture.
Website: popassault.com
Skills used: CSS, WordPress, RSS, adwords, amazon advertising, web and graphic design.
Programs used: WordPress, Dreamweaver, MySQL, Admin, Google Adwords, Amazon advertising, Photoshop.

midlifedog.com wordpress theme design

Project: Create wordpress template fer rentacoder.com client
Website: midlifedog.com/blog
Skills used: CSS, WordPress, web and graphic design.
Programs used: WordPress, Dreamweaver, MySQL Admin.

adwordseditorvideos.com wordpress theme design

Project: Update WordPress template for rentacoder.com client
Website: adwordseditorvideos.com
Skills used: CSS, WordPress, web and graphoc design
Programs used: WordPress, Dreamweaver, MySQL Admin.

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