Sunday, March 14, 2010

WordPress Themes


WordPress is a powerful blogging and website platform.  It’s flexibility will allow anyone to create a site that is professional, easy to navigate and that appeals to the targeted traffic you are seeking.  Honestly though, the free WordPress themes are pretty …  Pretty Ugly, that is.  Remember that as you market YOU on the internet it’s important to stand out and be different.  You may have already guessed but The MLM & Network Marketing Resource Center is a WordPress theme.  I’ll point out to you below which one it is.  With all the time you’ll be putting into creating great content for your site, it’s important to invest a few dollars to be sure your site looks professional and unique.

Here’s a few of the better theme sources available.

StudioPress.com

I used the LifeStyle Theme from StudioPress to build this site.  StudioPress makes about a dozen themes that are all simply first class.  The themes are powerful, very classy looking and have the flexibility to serve any purpose you have in mind for your site. auto responder providers.  Their extensive experience, extensive online training and video tutorials, and their very powerful back office makes them the first and best choice for the serious online marketer.  Entry-level program is just $19.95/mo with the first month free.

All of the themes at StudioPress include

  • Professionally Search Engine Optimized
  • Easy to Use Theme Options Pages
  • Fully Widgeted Sidebars
  • PSD Files for Image Customization
  • Support and Detailed Theme Tutorials
  • Auto-sized Thumbnail Management
  • Developed for Localization
  • Ready for Advertising and Monetization
  • Threaded Comment Functionality
  • And much more…

You can purchase a single theme or for a real value do what I did, get that package they offer and you can get all of the themes.  This gives you great flexibility to have additional themes available to make other sites as your business grows.

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DIY Themes

The Thesis Theme from Chris Pearson and DIYthemesDIY Themes offers the Thesis Theme.

Thesis is one of the most popular Wordpress themes around. It has everything you need in a theme to create a super blog fast. It’s highly flexible and SEO friendly. And best of all, it comes with a load of options in the backend that you can use to customize your blog and optimize it as you wish.

The backend has been reorganized to help you get more done without getting confused with all the options available to you.   A few more SEO options have been added to help you manage your link juice and other factors more effectively.

You can also change the font and change the look and feel more easily on Thesis. Whether you want to change the font of a section of your blog or just add a teaser, you can do it all in the back-end.

Here’s a peek into the back office showing how simple the back office is to work in Thesis.

Here is what I like about thesis. These guys are not trying to short-change you by offering you multiple packages without giving you the option to upgrade. You can always get a single license for $87. If you like what you see and are ready to upgrade to a developer license, you only pay an extra $77. Or you can just buy the developer edition from the get go for $164. What I like about the developer edition is the fact that it allows you to deploy Thesis on your clients’ sites for only $40 per site. That’s great news if you are a Wordpress consultant. And if you don’t feel like linking back to Thesis’ homepage, you can remove the footer link as long as you get the developer license.

Overall, Thesis is a killer Wordpress theme that is designed for bloggers who are looking to get more out of their blogs. It’s easy to use, well-designed, and SEO friendly. If you have the budget for only one premium blogging theme, Thesis is one to consider.

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