WordPress SEO and Blog Marketing

It’s all about the color people.

The day has finally arrived…After playing around with it and letting it sit in my dev folder for a couple months, the Supr Preppy WordPress theme is now available for download.

Here’s a basic overview and gotchas: Continue reading »

The official WordPress Theme Viewer has been the place to find WordPress themes for years. Recently, there was a flurry of activity when it was thought a blogger had faked some screen shots of a new redesign.

It spurred an entry at Weblog Tools Collection entitled Where You Download a Theme Matters. In that flurry, one major fact was overlooked while dolling out advice for readers to only download themes from the Theme Viewer or the theme authors’ websites. That’s good advice in general, except that part about downloading from the theme viewer.

Since the theme viewer was taken over by Automattic, and after the flurry of activity to remove all the sponsored themes and those which violated copyrights, the site has seen no more love; it’s been well over 7 months and counting. Continue reading »

The date is almost upon us; WordPress 2.5 (remember, 2.4 was skipped) is almost ready to make its official debut come March 10, 2008. The release date has been pushed back, but it should be released by the end of March, 2008.

Right now, it’s still quite rough and is currently undergoing some final rounds of testing and tweaking; but it’s solidified enough to give you a quick overview of some of the feature changes and additions, along with how they compare to the WordPress 2.3.x branch. Prepare yourself for a change. Continue reading »

Your readers will take the time to tell you that your blog is unreadable or leave altogether. Continue reading »

A little while I ago, I was struck by inspiration to create a new WordPress theme. It had been a while since I released a theme and for some odd reason, I was itching to do it.

So, I started doodling in Photoshop, but I wasn’t liking anything I was coming up with. Suddenly, a few elements began congealing into something more – something I could definitely live with. Continue reading »