I’m kind of old school. When I get a WordPress theme I go through all the hassle of creating and/or adding new graphics, add any Adsense or other ads I might want and THEN mess around with the CSS to get the background, nav bars, colors and fonts right.
If it’s a free WordPress theme then is it new enough to handle widgets, pingbacks and trackbacks? I have to use the trial and error method to find out.
There’s a new breed of WP themes now that is starting to eliminate all of the headaches I’ve experienced for years and I’d like to share one I just discovered called the Socrates Premium WordPress Theme and boy is it a time-saver.
All you do is upload it and everything is done from within WordPress. Here’s just some of the stuff it will do, all with a click of your mouse:
- Built-in header generator with 200 headers (or use your own)
- Built-in background graphics
- Custom nav bars
- Custom colors and fonts
- Multiple layout (sidebar) options
- Affiliate program integration
- HTML rotator
and that’s just the beginning. They also include Sales and Squeeze Page templates and training on how to use the theme. The only drawback I’ve found is that it’s fixed at 960 pixels wide, but that’s is what I recommend to my clients, anyway. They seem to update it regularly so that may be fixed in the future.
A single domain license is $47 and an unlimited domain license is $77, one of the best prices I’ve seen for this type of WordPress theme. Check out the video on it here..
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A recent release from ZDNet says that outdated versions of WordPress are susceptible to attack from a worm.
It only affects those with WordPress installed on their own servers, not wordpress.com blogs, and it’s only for versions 2.8.2 and earlier.
WordPress 2.8.4 is out now and all you have to do is log into your WP admin area and at the top of the Dashboard choose “Please update now” as shown in the picture below…
I recommend that you backup your blog prior to the update as a matter of caution prior to the upgrade, then after selecting “Please update now” choose “upgrade automatically” and you’re done.
WordPress has made it much easier to update and now is the time to use it to your advantage..
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I recently ran across a problem moving my WordPress blog to a new web host. The problem arose when I tried to login to the WordPress dashboard (wp-admin) on the new server using the IP address.
WordPress rewrites the URL to the domain name rather than using the IP address. You need to go into your web host control panel, access PHPMyAdmin and change the WordPress database to the IP address.
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