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Over the last couple of weeks we've been through the process of creating a stylish blog design in Photoshop, coding it up into a static HTML and CSS concept, and now we'll put the whole thing together as a fully working WordPress theme. Follow this step by step walkthrough of the various WordPress theme files, and see how the HTML is split up and injected with PHP tags to provide the complete blogging functionality.
In this article we'll take a look at a combination of tutorials, plugins and themes that can help you to use WordPress in non-traditional ways. Hopefully you'll find something that you can use, or at least something that will be a valuable learning resource for extending your knowledge and skills of working with WordPress.
Automated blog posting for AdSense income is perhaps one of the most common questions I get from customers and blog readers. Reality is- there are several solutions that will do that for you without a need to scrape other people's blogs for content and steal it.
I hate scrapers with all my passion and will never advise anyone to get involved into this activity. What I will share in this post is a result of research and personal experience and each solution provided is designed to provide your with automated blog content without stealing it. It will not help you build authority blog, make no mistakes about it, but it might help you increase your AdSense income.
Checkmate 2.0: A Free Premium WordPress Theme
The Perfect Building Block for Your Blog
Checkmate has been a very popular WordPress theme with thousands of users worldwide. Now it is has been made even better. I've learned a thing or two from the users of Checkmate, listened to the feature requests and I've decided it is time to release Checkmate 2.0. Checkmate 2.0 is built on the original version of Checkmate, but could almost be considered a completely new theme.
The interface has gotten a huge and much needed update. The layout is still simple and clean but now is more polished and modern. Customizing the CSS and the look of theme is even better, the entire site was coded with the end user customizing the site in mind.
Growing your blog beyond publishing can be done quite easily by using WordPress Forums Plugins. Community growth greatly depends on ongoing communication and forums integrated into your WordPress blog through plugin or as an add on should be an option to consider.
Article Marketing is one of the best and most affordable ways for one way link building campaign. It combines all the benefits of one way backlinks and cost you nothing more then time involved to write article and the time it will take to submit them to article directories.
"Hybrid is more than just a WordPress theme. It's about pushing the limits with what WordPress can do. It's a framework. Something you can use to build anything from the smallest family blog to a powerful site that handles thousands of visitors a day."
BENEFITS - THE SHORT LIST:
* Developed with child themes in mind, so you'll never lose your customizations.
* SEO optimized. No need for plugins to handle this anymore.
* Theme options that are about content/information.
* Templates for everything.
* 13 page templates.
* Actively developed for WP 2.7 but backward compatible down to 2.5.
* 15+ plugins supported within the theme.
* Attachment handling like you've never experienced.
* Advanced breadcrumbs beyond any other theme.
* Ability to run just about any type of site.
* And over 20 tutorials to start.
lets discuss how we can make our WordPress blog to follow the standart above…
No matter how small you want to make a footprint of your blog to increase its speed it will still require a few things to be optimal and profitable. WordPress is great platform for publishing but its maximum benefits realized through usage of plugins and proper themes to create unique look.
Free professional WordPress themes always come in handy. Whether you are looking for some design inspiration or professional coding solutions - in both cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them and you can build customized designs upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time.
If you intend to use Blueprint to build a design, it's best to decide this before you start working in Photoshop (or your design tool of choice). You can retrofit a design with Blueprint HTML and CSS, but it's much simpler to plan it from the beginning.
Video Tutorial provided in this post will discuss how to get Targeted Traffic using couple methods I have previously described in my posts and will rely on building backlinks to get higher authority to your blog.
Wordpress is a great software package for building sites that range from a personal blog to a full blown corporate website. It is easy to use and comes with