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		<title>WordPress themes review: issue 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three weeks after our latest WordPress themes review, here is our 5th edition with WordPress themes that you should not miss in February! Zinmag Remedy Download / Live Demo Another Magazine style theme, but this one has a nice dark layout that some of you will love I am sure! Do not hesitate to have [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three weeks after <a title="WordPress themes review issue 4" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/wordpress-themes-review-issue-4/" target="_blank">our latest WordPress themes review</a>, here is our 5th edition with <strong>WordPress themes that you should not miss</strong> in February!</p>
<h1><span id="more-581"></span><a title="Zinmag Remedy" href="http://web2feel.com/zinmag-remedy/" target="_blank">Zinmag Remedy</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://web2feel.com/zinmag-remedy/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-582 alignnone" title="remedy" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/remedy-300x171.jpg" alt="remedy" width="300" height="171" /></a><a title="Download Remedy" href="http://web2feel.com/downloads/remedy.zip" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p><a title="Download Remedy" href="http://web2feel.com/downloads/remedy.zip" target="_blank">Download</a> / <a title="Remedy demo" href="http://web2feel.com/remedy/" target="_blank">Live Demo</a></p>
<p>Another Magazine style theme, but this one has a nice dark layout that some of you will love I am sure! Do not hesitate to have a look at the other Free themes on <a title="web2feel" href="http://web2feel.com/" target="_blank">Web2Feel.com</a>!</p>
<h1><a title="Irresistible WordPress theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/2009/02/irresistible/" target="_blank">Irresistible</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/2009/02/irresistible/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-583" title="irresistible" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/irresistible-300x168.jpg" alt="irresistible" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Download Irresistible WordPress theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/free-downloads/irresistible.zip" target="_blank">Download</a> / <a title="Irresistible Demo" href="http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=26" target="_blank">Live Demo</a></p>
<p>The name says it all. It is simply an irresistible Free WordPress theme, from the Woothemes team!</p>
<h1><a title="Cafe Press WordPress theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=207993&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">Cafe Press</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-584" title="cafe_press" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cafe_press-300x171.jpg" alt="cafe_press" width="300" height="171" /></p>
<p><a title="Purchase Cafe Press WordPress theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=207993&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">Purchase</a> / <a title="Cafe Press Demo" href="http://www.press75.com/demos/cafepress/" target="_blank">Live Demo</a></p>
<p>As described by its author, <em>Cafe Press is a small business theme built for small business owners tackling many customization and management activities with ease</em>. Give it a try!</p>
<h1><a title="Magazeen WordPress theme" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/23/magazeen-free-magazine-look-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Magazeen</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-592" title="magazeen" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/magazeen-300x165.jpg" alt="magazeen" width="300" height="165" /></p>
<p><a title="Demo Magazeen WordPress theme" href="http://demo.wefunction.com/?wptheme=Magazeen" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Magazeen WordPress theme" href="http://78.46.108.98/images/magazeen-wordpress-theme/magazeen-wordpress-theme.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p>Another amazing free theme from <a title="Smashing Magazine" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com" target="_blank">Smashing Magazine</a>! Check it out, this one is really stunning, in my opinion one of the best among SM&#8217;s Freebies! Do not forget to grab the <a title="Download Magazeen WordPress theme" href="http://88.198.60.17/images/magazeen-wordpress-theme/magazeen-psd-sources.zip" target="_blank">Psd Source files</a> if you want to customize the theme.</p>
<h1><a title="WGrey WordPress theme" href="http://www.skinpress.com/wgrey/" target="_blank">WGrey</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-593" title="skinpress" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/skinpress-300x171.jpg" alt="skinpress" width="300" height="171" /></p>
<p><a title="demo WGrey theme" href="http://www.skinpress.com/demo/index.php?wptheme=Wgrey" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download WGrey Theme" href="http://www.skinpress.com/downloads/download.php?id=91" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p>If you are looking for a simple yet fresh personal blog theme, this one is for you!</p>
<h1 class="entryTitle"><a title="Confy WordPress theme" href="http://www.gabfire.com/comfy-wordpress-news-theme-is-released/" target="_blank">Comfy</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-595" title="confy" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/confy-300x171.jpg" alt="confy" width="300" height="171" /></p>
<p><a title="Demo Confy WordPress theme" href="http://deluxethemes.com/comfy/" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Confy WordPress theme" href="http://deluxethemes.com/counter/click.php?id=8" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p>Here is another magazine WordPress theme full of interesting functionnalities. The Ajax tabs, the dropdown navigation and the ad spaces make it attractive and if you are looking at buying a magazine WordPress theme, you should definitely have a look at this one before to turn to a Premium theme!</p>
<h1><a title="Slurpie WordPress theme" href="http://www.blogohblog.com/premium-wordpress-themes/#slurpie" target="_blank">Slurpie</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-594" title="slurple" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/slurple-300x171.jpg" alt="slurple" width="300" height="171" /></p>
<p><a title="Slurpie WordPress theme" href="http://wpthemes.blogohblog.net/index.php?wptheme=Slurpie" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Purchase Slurpie WordPress theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&amp;i=201892&amp;cl=16050&amp;ejc=2" target="_blank">Purchase</a></p>
<p>This one has a nice grunge style a bit similar to Irresistible. That may be a personal taste but I love these themes! What about you?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for today! If you have other themes to suggest do not hesitate to mention them in the comments, I will happily edit this post!</p>
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		<title>WordPress themes review: issue 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the time for a new edition of our WordPress themes review! Let me know what you think about them in the comments! Urban Elements Live Demo / Purchase Jason Schuller has a brand new theme available on press75.com! And like all the others it is stunning: original, full of options and definitely not [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is the time for a new edition of our <strong>WordPress themes review</strong>! Let me know what you think about them in the comments!</p>
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<h1><a title="Urban Elements theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=199195&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">Urban Elements</a></h1>
<p><a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=199195&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609"><img class="size-medium wp-image-550 alignnone" title="urbanelements" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/urbanelements-300x92.jpg" alt="urbanelements" width="300" height="92" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Urban Elements Demo" href="http://www.press75.com/demos/urbanelements/" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Purchase Urban elements" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=199195&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">Purchase</a></p>
<p>Jason Schuller has a brand new theme <a title="Urban Elements Theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=199195&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">available on press75.com</a>! And like all the others it is stunning: original, full of options and definitely not common among all WordPress themes! From the admin panel you can manage your ads (in the sidebar and in content), your social links, your Google analytics account, and your post thumbnail options. Kind of complete, don&#8217;t you think?</p>
<h1 class="title"><a title="Vintage and Blues WordPress Themes" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/28/vintage-and-blues-wordpress-themes/">Vintage and Blues WordPress Themes</a></h1>
<p class="title"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-551" title="vintage" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/vintage-300x92.jpg" alt="vintage" width="300" height="92" /></p>
<p class="title"><a title="Vintage WordPress theme demo" href="http://dev1.agriya.com/wpthemes/?wptheme=wordpress-brown" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Vintage" href="http://78.46.108.98/images/blues-vintage-wordpress-themes/vintage-wordpress-theme.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p class="title"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-552" title="blues" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/blues-300x92.jpg" alt="blues" width="300" height="92" /></p>
<p class="title"><a title="Blues WordPress theme demo" href="http://dev1.agriya.com/wpthemes/?wptheme=wordpress-blue" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Blues" href="http://88.198.60.17/images/blues-vintage-wordpress-themes/blues-wordpress-theme.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p class="title"><strong>Smashing Magazine</strong> is now well known for its regular great WordPress releases: It is now time for two more: <strong><a title="Vintage WordPress theme demo" href="http://dev1.agriya.com/wpthemes/?wptheme=wordpress-brown" target="_blank">Vintage</a></strong> and <strong><a title="Blues WordPress theme demo" href="http://dev1.agriya.com/wpthemes/?wptheme=wordpress-blue" target="_blank">Blue</a></strong>. For more information do not hesitate to look at the details given <a title="Blues and Vintage WordPress themes" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/28/vintage-and-blues-wordpress-themes/" target="_blank">on Smashing Magazine</a>.</p>
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<h1 class="title"><a title="Typebased WordPress theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/2008/11/typebased/" target="_blank">Typebased</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/2008/11/typebased/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-553" title="typebased" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/typebased-300x92.jpg" alt="typebased" width="300" height="92" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Typebased WordPress theme demo" href="http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=15" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Typebased" href="http://www.woothemes.com/free-downloads/typebased.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p>Woothemes releases lots of quality themes, most of them as Premium but sometimes they also happen to release Free themes like Typebased. It is a clean theme with all necessary functions for a persinal blog. Give it a try!</p>
<h1><a title="Hybrid News WordPress theme" href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2009/02/hybrid-news-wordpress-theme" target="_blank">Hybrid News</a></h1>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-554" title="hybrid-news-preview" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hybrid-news-preview-300x129.jpg" alt="hybrid-news-preview" width="300" height="129" /></p>
<p><a title="Hybrid News Demo" href="http://themehybrid.com/demo/hybrid-news/" target="_blank">Live Demo</a> / <a title="Download Hybrid News" href="http://themehybrid.com/downloads/hybrid-news.zip" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<p>Well, it seems that I got to speak about Hybrid evrery time I do a WordPress review! This time it is again a new child theme for the <strong><a title="Hybrid Framework WordPress theme" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/hybrid-wordpress-theme-framework/" target="_blank">Hybrid Framework</a></strong> theme. With a magazine style it shows once again that Framework themes are definitely an important opportunity for WordPress theme development!</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s all for me, I have noticed these themes since our last themes review. Do you have other themes in mind? Please let us know in the comments! You can also have a look at the <a title="WordPress themes reviews" href="http://www.werewp.com/tag/wordpress-themes-review/" target="_blank">previous reviews</a> for ideas, or at my articles treating about <a title="WordPress themes on WereWP" href="http://www.werewp.com/category/wordpress/themes/" target="_blank">WordPress themes</a>!</p>
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		<title>WordPress themes review: issue 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, back for a third WordPress themes review. I have to admit I have been away for a while, without giving any news on this website. It turns out starting a new business takes some time! But here we go, I have selected some themes I have come across since our 2nd WordPress [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are, back for a third WordPress themes review. I have to admit I have been away for a while, without giving any news on this website. It turns out starting a new business takes some time!</p>
<p>But here we go, I have selected some themes I have come across since our <a title="WordPress themes review: issue 2" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-theme-review-two/" target="_blank">2nd <strong>WordPress themes review</strong></a> and here they are!</p>
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<p>The first one is <strong>Elegant Grunge</strong>:</p>
<h1><a title="Elegant Grunge WordPress theme" href="http://michael.tyson.id.au/wordpress/themes/elegant-grunge/" target="_blank">Elegant Grunge</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://michael.tyson.id.au/wordpress/themes/elegant-grunge/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-509" title="Elegant Grunge" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/screenshot1.png" alt="Elegant Grunge" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>In a nutshell, a free WordPress theme, clean and simple, great for a personal simple blog, and it has nice colors for a photoblog too. Its is actually integrating lots of different functions for photobloggers, so if you are one <a title="Elegant Grunge WordPress theme" href="http://michael.tyson.id.au/wordpress/themes/elegant-grunge/" target="_blank">go grab this theme</a> right away!</p>
<h1><a title="Christmas WordPress theme" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Christmas WordPress theme</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-510" title="WordPress Christmas theme" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/full-preview-184x300.jpg" alt="WordPress Christmas theme" width="184" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Ok, I can hear you from here, <strong>I am too late for Christmas</strong>! All right, I know that, but have a closer look: a magazine-style theme, two sidebars, the psd file is available for all changes you want, and it is <a title="Christmas WordPress theme" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/24/christmas-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">brought to us by Samashing magazine</a>. Well I personally like this theme, I think it is worth to have a look at it!</p>
<h1><a title="Freemium WordPress theme" href="http://freebiesdock.com/freemium-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">FREEmium WordPress theme</a></h1>
<p><a href="http://freebiesdock.com/freemium-wordpress-theme/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-511" title="freemium" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/freemium_ss_01-300x234.jpg" alt="freemium" width="300" height="234" /></a></p>
<p>I guess the name of the theme says it all: a Free theme with Premium functions. If we add to that a fresh design it makes it a theme we will defintely hear about in the future: <a title="Freemium WordPress theme demo" href="http://demo.freebiesdock.com/" target="_blank">have a look at the demo</a> if you are not convinced!</p>
<h1><a title="myhomepro WordPress theme" href="http://simply-basic.com/myhomepro/" target="_blank">MyHome Pro</a></h1>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-512" title="MyHome Pro" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/screenshot.png" alt="MyHome Pro" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p>This one is a Premium theme but I wanted to speak about it as it is now how <a title="WereWP" href="http://www.werewp.com" target="_blank">WereWP</a> looks like! I really wanted to get a more <strong>professional look for WereWP</strong>, and I think <a title="myhomepro" href="http://simply-basic.com/myhomepro/" target="_blank">MyHomepro</a> is a good WordPress theme. It includes a lifestream which can be set easily through the admin panel.</p>
<p>And that will be all for this <strong>third WordPress themes review</strong>! Not that many themes but they are good ones! If you know of others that are worth mentionning here do not hesitate to add a comment!</p>
<p>You can have a look a the previous reviews here:</p>
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<h3><a title="WordPress themes review: issue 1" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-theme-review-one/" target="_blank">WordPress themes review: issue 1</a></h3>
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<h3><a title="WordPress themes review: issue 2" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/themes/wordpress-theme-review-two/" target="_blank">WordPress themes review: issue 2</a></h3>
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		<title>WordPress themes review: issue 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I started a new series here on WereWP, a list of the best WordPress themes releases (at least the ones I like!). Well there were quite a few good news since the first issue of WordPress themes review, so here comes the second round!   Coldstone You may remember elegantthemes.com from last week : [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I started a new series here on <a title="WereWP.com" href="http://www.werewp.com" target="_self">WereWP</a>, a list of the best WordPress themes releases (at least the ones I like!). Well there were quite a few good news since the first issue of WordPress themes review, so here comes the second round!</p>
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<h1>Coldstone</h1>
<p>You may remember <a title="Join Elegant themes" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=368" target="_blank">elegantthemes.com</a> from last week : a small <a title="WordPress Theme clubs" href="http://www.werewp.com/featured/are-theme-clubs-the-future-of-wordpress/" target="_blank"><strong>theme club</strong></a> proposing great and original themes. Turns out a new theme is out! Coldstone is a new theme quite multifunctional. With three different post layouts (blog, magazine, business) it can fit to everybody. If you have a look at all the small details added to the theme (widgetized areas, drop-down menus), that makes it a <a title="Coldstone WordPress theme" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=368" target="_blank"><strong>really good theme</strong></a> !</p>
<p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=368"><img class="size-medium wp-image-422 alignnone" title="coldstone-2" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/coldstone-2-300x204.jpg" alt="coldstone-2" width="300" height="204" /></a></p>
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<h1>Modularity</h1>
<p>This one is not as new as the others in this review but very interesting: if you own a portfolio or photo website <a title="Modularity WordPress theme" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/10/05/modularity-multimedia-theme-framework-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">Modularity</a> is a great choice thanks to a big centered image navigation panel. With more options for your photos and videos it has to be counted within the <a title="List of Portoflio WordPress themes" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/creating-your-own-outstanding-online-portfolio/" target="_blank"><strong>best portfolio WordPress themes</strong></a>. This theme is Premium and will cost you 75$.</p>
<p><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/10/05/modularity-multimedia-theme-framework-for-wordpress/"><img class="size-full wp-image-423 alignnone" title="modularity" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/modularity.jpg" alt="modularity" width="200" height="275" /></a></p>
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<h1>Revolution Vert theme</h1>
<p>Well I may be a bit early with this one, it is not released yet. However Jason Schuller <a title="Revolution Vert theme" href="http://www.jdidit.com/2008/12/11/taking-the-vert-theme-for-a-test-drive/" target="_blank">talked about it on his personal blog</a> and even offered us a <a title="Revolution Vert demo version" href="http://www.jdidit.com/demos/vert/" target="_blank">demo version</a>! From what you can see it looks like a great theme already, another one among <a title="Portfolio WordPress themes" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/creating-your-own-outstanding-online-portfolio/" target="_blank">Portfolio or photo WordPress themes</a>. So be ready! Within a few weeks we should be able to download it for free at <a title="Revolutiontwo.com" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=10214&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609" target="_blank">revolutiontwo.om</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/vert.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-424" title="vert" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/vert-300x114.jpg" alt="vert" width="300" height="114" /></a></p>
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<h1>Leviathan and Old School</h1>
<p>I have already talked about the <a title="Hybrid WordPress theme review" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/hybrid-wordpress-theme-framework/" target="_blank">Hybrid Framework WordPress theme</a>: a good iniative from <a title="Justin Tadlock" href="http://www.justintadlock.com" target="_blank">Justin tadlock</a> and a reference for the future in my opinion. From a parent theme composed of 13 page templates, you can build your own child theme very easily. While there was child theme released with the first versions of Hybrid, Justin now seems to focus on that and released two different child themes these last weeks: <a title="Old School WordPress theme" href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/old-school-wordpress-theme" target="_blank">Old School</a> and <a title="Leviathan WordPress theme" href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/leviathan-wordpress-theme" target="_blank">Leviathan</a>. Apart from being two good WordPress themes they can also be used as <strong>a reference to build your own personal child theme</strong>. I consequently advise you to have a look, the possibilities of the Hybrid framework are really amazing!</p>
<p><a href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/leviathan-wordpress-theme"></a><a href="http://themehybrid.com/archives/2008/12/old-school-wordpress-theme"><img class="size-medium wp-image-426 alignnone" title="old-school" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/old-school-224x300.png" alt="old-school" width="224" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>These two themes show a good example of how Justin has helped the WordPress community since last year. He keeps trying new things and showing the way to many other WordPress developers. <a title="Justin tadlock's thoughts about WordPress and GPL" href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/12/18/some-thoughts-on-the-wordpress-community-themes-and-the-gpl" target="_blank">His latest decision to release ALL his themes</a> as GPL will certainly make some noise within the community, as his <a title="Options WordPress theme" href="http://themehybrid.com/themes/options" target="_blank">Options</a> and <a title="Structure WordPress theme" href="http://themehybrid.com/themes/structure" target="_blank">Structure</a> themes were already important themes.</p>
<p>So go on Justin, WordPress fans are watching you!</p>
<p>Personally that&#8217;s all for the second issue of WordPress themes review, and hopefully I will have new themes to introduce new week, even in this calm Christmas period! tell me what you think of these 2 first issues or <a title="WereWP feed" href="http://www.werewp.com/feed/" target="_blank">subscribe to the RSS feed</a> for more!</p>
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		<title>10 steps for a perfect blog redesign</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I found out that Blog design Studio was hosting a Contest about Blog Design. Apart from the prizes one could win I thought the subject itself did worth a blog post. To be honest I thought it had to be developed within more than one blog post. But with all the other participants we can succeed [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago I found out that Blog design Studio was hosting a <a href="http://blogdesignstudio.com/free-wordpress-themes/free-custom-blog-design-contest-group-writing-project/" target="_blank">Contest</a> about <a title="Blog design" href="http://blogdesignstudio.com/" target="_blank">Blog Design</a>. Apart from the prizes one could win I thought the subject itself did worth a blog post. To be honest I thought it had to be developed within more than one blog post. But with all the other participants we can succeed in making a global summary for all blog designers.<br />
Oh, and I did not tell you about the prizes themselves! <strong>The winner will get a free custom WordPress theme, </strong>and there are some amazing prizes by <a title="Daily Blog Tips" href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Daily Blog Tips</strong></a> and <a title="Blogging Tips" href="http://bloggingtips.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Blogging Tips</strong></a> as well. So what are you waiting for? Altogether we can create a <strong>great resource for blog designers</strong>!</p>
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<p>Here on this blog, I will cover different aspects of blog redesign, from scratch until a perfectly running blog. Do not hesitate to add your comments whenever you feel it is necessary, they will provide an update on my post.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s split the redesign in 10 steps, from the first redesign thought until the feedback you get from your readers.</p>
<h1>1. Why should you redesign?</h1>
<p>As you start thinking of a new outfit for your blog you may wonder why would you need a redesign. As a matter of fact you should really be asking yourself this simple question, simply because a redesign is an important step in your blog&#8217;s life, and it can have important consequences on your readership.</p>
<p>Basically, a new design should either bring some changes to your blog, either correct mistakes you made with your previous design. If you are <strong>trying to reach a new audience</strong> then yes, a redesign can help. If you <strong>did not update your blog for a few years</strong> then yes, adapt your blog to the actual tools at your service can be useful.</p>
<p>All in all your <strong>redesign should </strong><a title="Benefits of a Blog redesign" href="http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/benefits-of-a-blog-redesign.php" target="_blank"><strong>bring some benefits to your blogs</strong></a>. If not then reconsider the redesign, it may not be such a great idea&#8230;</p>
<h1>2. What do you want to show with your blog?</h1>
<p>The first question that comes to my mind when we are talking about blog design is: &amp;quot;which kind of blog are we talking about?&amp;quot; Indeed in the last years blogging has changed and we can now find many different blogs: photoblogs, twitter-blogs (see <a title="Tumblr" href="http://www.tumblr.com" target="_blank">tumblr</a>), social bookmarking blogs, personal blogs, magazine blogs, &#8230; Well, you got it.</p>
<p>If we are talking about redesign, you should definitely find out what is it that you want to show to your readers? Will it be very personal with long articles, or rather a photoblog where the only text would be the picture title? Of course design will be totally different for these two cases. The color scheme has to be different, the page structure as well&#8230; And you may want to add less important things to share with your readers: links, tweets, other blogs, pictures, videos, &#8230;</p>
<p>If you plan on advertising on your blog you should also plan it now and decide what kind of ads you would like to display, the size of the importance it has for you.</p>
<h1>3. How will you share your content with your readers?</h1>
<p>As we have seen above, you have defined what you wanted to show on your blog. However you will have to consider the expectations of your readers as well. Indeed by examining what your readers were checking on your previous design you can get to know what they like, and consequently what they will expect to stay on the next design. If you find out most of them click on your social networking profiles you may reconsider your primary objectivesand decide to make it become more important on you blog.</p>
<p>Then again, your readers probably got used to your blog. If you were using a precise blogging software you should probably think twice before changing it. There are a lot of them all over Internet, and you may look around, some of them can propose lots of interesting  opportunities specific to your goals. Personally I use <a title="WordPress" href="http://www.wordpress.org" target="_blank">WordPress</a>. Do not hesitate to have a look at this <a title="Blog software comparison chart" href="http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm" target="_blank">Blog software comparison chart</a> if you need help choosing!</p>
<h1>4. 3 things to check before to start Photoshop</h1>
<p>Well we are doing great so far, you have defined your goals, the tools you will use according to your readers&#8217; expectations, it is now time for <strong>real design</strong>! But wait a bit before to start Photoshop or any other designing software you are using! There are a few important steps not to forget:</p>
<p>- Find out a <strong>good color scheme</strong> for your blog, fitting with your readers&#8217; expectations. The following <strong>links</strong> will help you to do so: <a title="Contrast and Meaning" href="http://alistapart.com/articles/contrastandmeaning" target="_blank">Contrast and Meaning</a>, <a title="Color codes and help" href="http://www.code-couleur.com/index.html" target="_blank">Code Couleur</a> (in French), <a title="Colorize Your Brand - How Color Builds Your Brand" href="http://www.seosmarty.com/brand-color/" target="_blank">Brand colors &#8211; Colorize Your Brand &#8211; How Color Builds Your Brand</a></p>
<p>- <strong>Look at what the others are doing</strong>! That may be the most important. Look at your competitors and neighbors, they are your inspiration: <a title="Webcreme" href="http://www.webcreme.com/" target="_blank">Webcreme</a> and  <a title="We Love WP" href="http://www.welovewp.com/" target="_blank">WeloveWP</a> are two spaces where you can find inspiration.</p>
<p>- Drawing a good layout design <strong>on paper</strong>. Illustrator and Photoshop are great tools but it is sometimes much easier to put down your ideas on paper. You will see immediately what is good and what is not, and you will be able to get a precise idea of what you want in your head.</p>
<p>And last but not least, reconsider yourself before to start doing everything on your own. You may have time, HTML/CSS knowledge and a few books in case of, you may not be good enough for a well designed blog. If you want to gather more opinions about this topic, Jeff Croft wrote a very good article about that, that got lots of interesting reactions: <a title="Tools do not a designer make" href="http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2007/sep/30/tools-do-not-designer-make/" target="_blank">Tools do not a designer make</a>.</p>
<h1>5. Designing a good layout</h1>
<p>Well I could help you find thousands of Photoshop tutorials helping you building your own layout by yourself but I think <a title="design a Website layout with photoshop" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=spell&amp;resnum=0&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;q=photoshop+tutorial+design+blog+layout&amp;spell=1" target="_blank">Google is a common friend</a>, there are so <strong>many tutorials</strong> you will be able to find by yourself! If you have any interesting resource however, please let me know!</p>
<p>Yet, I wanted otpoint you to another design &amp;quot;issue&amp;quot;, <strong>choosing your font</strong>! Have a look at <a title="Choose a good font for your website" href=" http://www.werewp.com/links/typechart-choose-font-live-download-css/" target="_blank">one of our latest articles</a>, you may be interested!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hervedesign.com/2008/10/07/fontpark-a-new-addictive-game-for-font-lovers/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-277" title="fontpark" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fontpark-300x175.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a></p>
<h1>6. Coding your blog from your .psd file</h1>
<p>As I said above I chose to use WordPress for my blog and I have to say I am happy with it. This step will be different depending on the choice you made. Here below I selected a few important links to help you build your own blog template from your .psd file:</p>
<p>- <a title="Building Custom WordPress Theme" href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/building-custom-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank"><strong>Building Custom WordPress Theme</strong></a></p>
<p>- <a title="So you want to create WordPress themes huh?" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/" target="_blank"><strong>So you want to create WordPress themes huh?</strong></a></p>
<p>- <a title="Designing a WordPress Theme From Scratch" href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/09/28/designing-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/" target="_blank"><strong>Designing a WordPress Theme From Scratch</strong></a></p>
<p>- <a title="Complete WordPress Theme Guide" href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/complete-wordpress-theme-guide/" target="_blank"><strong>Complete WordPress Theme Guide</strong></a></p>
<p>- <a title="100+ WordPress Video Tutorials, from Basic to Advanced " rel="bookmark" href="http://speckyboy.com/2008/11/17/100-wordpress-video-tutorials-from-basic-to-advanced/" target="_blank"><strong>100+ WordPress Video Tutorials, from Basic to Advanced</strong></a> <a href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/complete-wordpress-theme-guide/"></a></p>
<p>You can of course choose to base your template on a Framework like <a title="Hybrid WordPress Theme Framework" href="http://www.werewp.com/wordpress/hybrid-wordpress-theme-framework/" target="_blank">Hybrid Framework WordPress theme</a>. That is another possibility to adapt your idea to this blogging software.</p>
<h1>7. Add the tools you need</h1>
<p>One of the great things about WordPress (and other blogging softwares) is that you can build almost everything from the software core. By adding plugins and extensions you can fit your website to your needs. We were speaking about social networking in the lines above. That is when <strong><a title="Sociable WordPress plugin" href="http://push.cx/sociable" target="_blank">Sociable</a></strong>comes in! This great plugin will allow you to finish each of your posts by a Social links line.</p>
<p>Of course it is just one plugin among hundreds. I invite you to read this post for <a title="10 mandatory WordPress plugins" href="http://www.werewp.com/featured/ten-mandatory-plugins-for-a-good-wordpress-start/" target="_blank"><strong>further information about some mandatory plugins</strong></a><strong>for your WordPress blog</strong>!</p>
<h1>8. Communicate about your redesign</h1>
<p>We have talked about the advantage of redesigning in the beginning of this article: one of them was the buzz: people discover your new design, talk about it around them, and you get more and more visitors.</p>
<p>That is of course if you communicate about it! Imagine some of your readers are not even coming to your website anymore. They are fine with their RSS feed reader and can read all your posts easily. To let them know about the changes, <strong>write a post about it and invite them to come have a look</strong>. That is the first step you need. You could even describe your redesign through a tutorial!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276" title="welovewp" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/saw6-welovewp-300x203.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="203" /></p>
<p>Then the second step would be to <strong>spread the word on a much wider range</strong>. CSS galleries will help you in that if you respect a few rules in order to get published. Read carefully the posts below to get to know more about CSS galleries:</p>
<p>- <a title="Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/12/21/creme-de-la-creme-of-css-list-of-css-galleries/" target="_blank"><strong>Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries</strong></a></p>
<p>- <a title="Permanent Link to Promote Yourself Through CSS Galleries" rel="bookmark" href="http://designreviver.com/inspiration/promote-yourself-through-css-galleries/" target="_blank"><strong>Promote Yourself Through CSS Galleries</strong></a></p>
<h1>9. Ask for feedback</h1>
<p>You may have worked on this design for days, but there will always be small issues left. <strong>Ask your readers to give you feedback</strong> about that and help you finish your redesign smoothly! They are your best testers!</p>
<h1>10. Monitor and stay open for changes</h1>
<p>Within a few weeks you can quickly discover what your readers like, what are the tools they use and what they do not use at all. It may be useless for your readers, they may not find it through all your content. In any case you can make a few more changes to put this part of your content in the front, or simply delete it from your website if nobody used it.</p>
<p>That is also how your design should grow up time by time and that is how you will keep it updated <strong>until the next redesign</strong>! Until then, do not hesitate to come back here time by time to check for other articles about WordPress for WP lovers! You can also <a title="WereWP RSS feed" href="http://www.werewp.com/feed/" target="_blank">subscribe to my RSS feed</a><a href="http://www.hervedesign.com/2008/10/07/fontpark-a-new-addictive-game-for-font-lovers/"></a>!</p>
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		<title>10 mandatory plugins for a good WordPress start</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have installed a few WordPress blogs since I know this blogging platform. I have tried and install many different plugins as all blogs were different and had different aims. WordPress has the power to provide you tools for all kind of websites, from the traditional blog to the online shop. However there are a few [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/"></a><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/"></a>I have installed a few WordPress blogs since I know this blogging platform. I have tried and install many different plugins as all blogs were different and had different aims. WordPress has the power to provide you tools for all kind of websites, from the traditional blog to the online shop.</p>
<p>However there are a <strong>few plugins that I always install at first</strong>. I believe them to be the core of WordPress. Who knows, maybe one day we will find them included in every WordPress installation!</p>
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<p>So what is important for a website and for its webmaster? At first I&#8217;d say <strong>monitoring</strong>, don&#8217;t you think?</p>
<h1>1. Monitoring</h1>
<p>Knowing who comes, when and from which browser is something important to me. And of course, what feels better than seeing your number of visitors growing after an interesting post? For that reason I always install two monitoring plugins with every WordPress installation.</p>
<h2>Feedburner</h2>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-190 alignnone" title="feedburner-stats" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/feedburner-stats-300x229.png" alt="" width="195" height="145" /></p>
<p>Yes, RSS feed is important. Even more if you have a blog. Of course you could let it as it is and check the amount of subscribers in Google reader, but FeedBurner will tell you so much more about your readers. So I always <a title="Create a Feedburner account" href="https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/register;jsessionid=D5342B499B89D5ABFEFB3CE240D4B01A.app1" target="_blank">set up a Feedburner account</a><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dashboard.gif"></a>, and then I install <a title="Feedburner Feedsmith download and instructions" href="http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=78483&amp;topic=13252" target="_blank"><strong>Feedburner Feedsmith</strong></a>, the plugin by Feedburner.</p>
<h2>Google Analytics</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/"><img class="size-full wp-image-191 alignnone" title="Google Analytics" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dashboard.gif" alt="" width="196" height="95" /></a></p>
<p>For the rest of the monitoring, Google analytics does a great job for me! Clear, complete, it offers varieties of settings to know everything about your readers. The last update the google team offered us brings again <a title="New Google Analytics" href="http://analytics.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-enterprise-class-features-added-to.html" target="_blank">more functionalities to a good web stat software</a>.</p>
<p>Thus for your website you will need a <a title="Create a Google account" href="https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount" target="_blank">Google account</a> <a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/feedburner-stats.png"></a>and a Google analytics plugin. There are many and I personally use <a title="Google Analytics plugin" href="http://www.semiologic.com/software/marketing/google-analytics/" target="_blank"><strong>a simple one</strong></a>, but you can <a title="Google Analytics plugins for WordPress" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=Google+Analytics" target="_blank">have a look at the other possibilities</a>, it looks like some of them have real advanced settings.</p>
<p>For stats fans there are other possibilities than Google analytics out there. For more information check the <a title="Web statistics softwares" href="http://outlawdesignblog.com/2008/8-super-sexy-web-statistic-software/" target="_blank">8 super sexy Web statistic software</a> presented by <a title="Outlaw design blog" href="http://outlawdesignblog.com/" target="_blank">OutlawDesignBlog</a>.</p>
<p>So you can now see who is coming to check your website, who is subscribing to check the updates. Nobody came yet? Why not <strong>spread the word</strong> about your new great website?</p>
<h1>2. Spreading your website</h1>
<p>Once your website is ready, you may want the whole world to know about it. A few plugins will help you to do that.</p>
<h2>Google sitemaps</h2>
<p>Creating a sitemap of your website will obviously help the search engines to crawl the whole website content. <a title="Google sitemap generator plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/" target="_blank"><strong>Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin</strong></a> does more: every time you create a post or edit an existing one your sitemap is changed and all major search engines are informed about it. That will definitely help your website to <a title="WereWP Google results" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.werewp.com&amp;meta=lr%3Dlang_en" target="_blank">appear among Google results</a> faster.</p>
<p>To finish with Google, there is one last thing I do on Google pages when I set up a blog: I sign it on <a title="Google Webmaster tools" href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/" target="_blank">Google Webmaster tools</a>. There you can set all Google results preferences and see when and how Google bot crawls your website.</p>
<h2>Sociable</h2>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-193" title="Social Bookmarking" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/social_bookmarking-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Nowadays another way to look for information or to browse good articles is social bookmarking. Digg, Delicious, Technorati and many other social bookmarking websites allow every user to &#8220;vote&#8221; for articles and websites they like. If they appreciate browsing through your websites content, why not helping them to share it with the other members of their favourite social bookmarking network?</p>
<p>With <a title="Sociable WordPress plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/" target="_blank"><strong>Sociable</strong></a> you can choose between dozens of different bookmarking websites to display at the bottom of your posts or everywhere on your website. I personally install it on all blogs as it is a useful service to offer to your readers at the bottom of the posts. I also install <a title="WordPress related posts plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/" target="_blank"><strong>WP related posts</strong></a> on some blogs, as it is again a useful tool to propose to your readers after they read a post entry. It is important to remember that a lot of your readers arrive to your blog on a post page and not on the welcome page. Consequently it is always better to propose them something else to do after they read your post; sharing it with others, go read another post or comment are three different choices for different readers. You can also add a link to your RSS feed as it can be a third opportunity!</p>
<h2>All In One SEO</h2>
<p>As you are at it, why not optimizing your website for all search engines? The first thing I do after setting up a WordPress installation is changing the permalink structure to something more &#8220;pretty&#8221;: I personally use the following structure: /%category%/%postname%/ You can <a title="WordPress permalinks" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks" target="_blank">check the codex</a> for more information about permalinks.</p>
<p>Then I always install the very same SEO plugin, <a title="All In One SEO pack" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/" target="_blank">All In One SEO Pack</a>. It helps you optimizing your titles, your META tags, &#8230;</p>
<p>So it is done, you are now ready to welcome visitors!</p>
<h1>3. Security</h1>
<p>It is great to be well known but it also has its consequences. If you don&#8217;t pay attention you will quickly find out that a successful website attracts all kinds of spammers, hackers, &#8230; Luckily WordPress can protect us (knock on wood!) with regular updates to avoid any possible hack.</p>
<p>But as you can never be too careful, a few plugins help you look after your website.</p>
<h2>Akismet</h2>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-198" title="akismet" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/akismet-300x257.png" alt="" width="300" height="257" /></a><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/"></a></p>
<p>Installed by default on every WordPress installation, it has worked great for me so far. You can find some others around but <a title="Akismet" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/" target="_blank"><strong>Akismet</strong></a> does the job I am sure. I always activate it with my WordPress installations.</p>
<h2>Database Backup</h2>
<p>You never know what can happen to your blog. Backup your database every day is a must i my opinion. It can avoid you many problems the day your website goes down.</p>
<p><a title="WP Database Backup WordPress plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/" target="_blank"><strong>WP-DB Backup</strong></a><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/"></a> does the job by proposing either an immediate backup or scheduled backup that can be sent by mail or stocked on the FTP.</p>
<h2>WP Super Cache</h2>
<p>On high traffic pages or in cases when there can be some high dugg pages, I always install <a title="WP Super Cache" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/" target="_blank"><strong>WP super cache</strong></a>. It is in my opinion a good insurance that the reader will never suffer from low speed loading pages. After all, isn&#8217;t it the main reason for all of us to leave a page?</p>
<h2>WP Security Scan</h2>
<p>Another great tool to protect yourself from hackers is <a title="WP Security Scan" href="http://semperfiwebdesign.com/plugins/wp-security-scan/" target="_blank"><strong>WP Security Scan</strong></a>. This great and indispensable plugin will scan your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions. That is another &#8220;Must&#8221; for every WordPress installation.</p>
<p>Now you know what are the mandatory plugins to me? Have I missed something? Let me know your opinion!</p>
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		<title>All you wanted to know about WordPress 2.7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WordPress 2.7 is going to be another huge improvement of our favorite blogging software. This new release will include important changes, especially with the comments. To tell the truth this point of WordPress has in my opinion been neglected in the latest releases, but the next version will definitely get WordPress back on track. But WordPress [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="WordPress 2.7" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7" target="_blank">WordPress 2.7</a> is going to be another huge improvement of our favorite blogging software. This new release will include important changes, especially with the comments. To tell the truth this point of WordPress has in my opinion been neglected in the latest releases, but the next version will definitely get WordPress back on track.</p>
<p>But <a title="WordPress 2.7" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7" target="_blank">WordPress 2.7</a> is not just about comments. Let&#8217;s see more about WordPress improvements:</p>
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<h1>WordPress 2.7: improvements</h1>
<h2>Threaded comments</h2>
<p>In this latest release you will be able to have threaded and paged comments, like on <a title="Digg" href="http://www.digg.com" target="_blank">Digg</a>. Well, you got it by yourself, that means a bit of work for developers while adapting your own WordPress theme to the new comment system. Can you do that? Yes, <a title="WordPress 2.7 comments tutorial" href="http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2008/09/29/wordpress-27-comments-enhancements/" target="_blank">thanks to the <strong>great tutorial by Otto</strong></a>! Justin Tadlock has also proposed us a method to <a title="WordPress comment template for 2.6 and 2.7 theme" href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/11/01/making-your-themes-comments-compatible-with-wordpress-27-and-earlier-versions" target="_blank">create a WordPress 2.6 and 2.7 compatible theme</a>!</p>
<h2>New Admin panel design</h2>
<p>The admin panel has been <strong>redesigned once again</strong>. You can already have a look at it in this <a title="WordPress 2.7 final visual design" href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/10/the-visual-design-of-27/" target="_blank">WordPress blog post</a><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dashboard.png"></a> by <a title="Download WordPress 2.7 Beta" href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7-beta1.zip" target="_blank"><strong>downloading WordPress 2.7 Beta</strong> </a>version, or <a title="WordPress 2.7 wireframes" href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/10/wordpress-27-wireframes/" target="_blank">have a look at the wireframes</a> that were used as a base for the redesign work. You can also log in to the WordPress test blog and see for yourself: the login name is admin and the password demo.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/newpost.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-179" title="newpost" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/newpost.png" alt="" width="499" height="336" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dashboard.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-180" title="dashboard" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dashboard.png" alt="" width="499" height="630" /></a></p>
<p>As you can see the admin navigation menu will be located on the left side in the next version. We can also notice the introduction of colors and <a title="WordPress introduces icons in the WordPress admin panel" href="http://www.werewp.com/featured/do-you-feel-like-a-experimented-web-designer/" target="_blank">new icons</a><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wordpress-27-big-icons.png"></a> that make this admin panel a little bit more alive than before.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wordpress-27-big-icons.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-182" title="wordpress-27-big-icons" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wordpress-27-big-icons.png" alt="" width="500" height="391" /></a></p>
<p>This new organization also gives you more space to write and manage your blog, as the menu bar can be minimized easily.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wordpress-27-icons.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-181" title="wordpress-27-icons" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wordpress-27-icons.png" alt="" width="415" height="411" /></a></p>
<h2>Download and install plugins from the Admin panel</h2>
<p>That is another huge improvement with this WordPress 2.7 release, you can download and install plugins without ftp client or even the <a title="WordPress plugin directory" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/" target="_blank">WordPress plugin directory</a><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/quick_edit.png"></a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/plugins.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-183" title="plugins" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/plugins.png" alt="" width="500" height="204" /></a></p>
<h2>Quick Edit Post</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/quick_edit.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-184" title="quick_edit" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/quick_edit.png" alt="" width="500" height="231" /></a></p>
<p>From one single screen you can edit all the important properties of your document: category, tags, status, comments, &#8230;</p>
<h2>Keyboard shortcuts</h2>
<p>Along with WordPress 2.7 the ability to use keyboard shortcuts to browse and moderate comments was introduced. <a title="WordPress 2.7 keyboard shortcuts" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts" target="_blank">Here is a summary for all these shortcuts</a>.</p>
<h2>Sticky posts by default</h2>
<p>Along with many other WordPress plugins, <a title="Wp Sticky" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-sticky/" target="_blank">WP-Sticky</a> won&#8217;t be necessary with the latest WordPress release. There are many other plugins that will have the same future. Here below is a list of some of them:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Comment Timeout plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-timeout/" target="_blank">Comment Timeout</a> (automatically closes comments on blog entries after a user- configurable period of time)</li>
<li><a title="Paged comments WordPress plugin" href="http://www.keyvan.net/code/paged-comments/" target="_blank">Paged comments</a> (allows comment paging)</li>
<li><a title="Threaded comments WordPress plugin" href="http://meidell.dk/archives/2004/09/04/nested-comments/" target="_blank">Brian&#8217;s Threaded Comments</a> (allows comment threading)</li>
<li><a title="Plugin manager WordPress plugin" href="http://www.drunkadmin.com/projects/plugin-manager" target="_blank">Plugin manager</a>(allows you to install plugins from the admin panel)</li>
<li><a title="WordPress automatic upgrade plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/" target="_blank">WordPress automatic upgrade</a>(upgrades to the latest WordPress version)</li>
<li>And some others I have forgotten!</li>
</ul>
<p>As you can see that is a lot of newbies for our favourite software and then lots of work to do to upgrade your theme to all these possibilities. So&#8230; We have work to do! :)</p>
<p>If you have any opinion or information to add to that article <strong>feel free to comment</strong>! And if you want more information about the upcoming WordPress releases <a title="WereWP RSS Feed" href="http://www.werewp.com/feed/" target="_self">subscribe to the RSS feed</a>!</p>
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		<title>Creating your own outstanding online portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your portfolio is your online avatar. it represents you, your work and your experience. It should consequently be unique and show what you can do. That is what potential clients want to see, and they should see it quickly as in general a reader will make his mind in the first seconds he discovers your website [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your portfolio is your online avatar. it represents you, your work and your experience. It should consequently be unique and show what you can do. That is what potential clients want to see, and they should see it quickly as in general a reader will make his mind in the first seconds he discovers your website and get a perception about after a few pages.</p>
<p>You should consequently find a way to <strong>push your best content to the front</strong>, make it accessible, simple, and still unique and eye-catching. Can you do that, and more important, <strong>how will you do it</strong>? Will you choose a Flash design, impressive and showing all your creativity ? A simple single-page portfolio getting to the point quickly? Or rather a CMS styled portfolio displaying your work and all your coding knowledge?</p>
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<p>All these questions do not always have easy answers. By showing too much you can ruin your chances and drive away the potential clients due to complicated navigation? By not showing enough you are not attractive anymore.</p>
<p>A way to choose a simple design with good navigation can be to turn to WordPress. There are new portfolio themes every day, made for that. Thus you avoid diving onto code and concentrate on your words and the work you want to display. However there are many portfolio WordPress themes around here, how to choose the best?</p>
<p>Here below is a <strong>complete list of Portfolio themes</strong>, Premium and free. You will find your among them, for sure!</p>
<h1>Free Portfolio WordPress themes</h1>
<h2><a title="Black canvas WordPress theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=160236&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609&amp;ev=1a8f8e9770" target="_blank">Black Canvas WordPress Theme</a></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=160236&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609&amp;ev=1a8f8e9770"><img class="size-medium wp-image-131 alignnone" title="blackcanvas" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blackcanvas-300x165.png" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Black Canvas</strong> is a 2-column Widget-ready theme created for WordPress. <a title="Preview Black Canvas WordPress theme" href="http://www.revolutiontwo.com/demo/blackcanvas" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Download Black Canvas WordPress theme" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=160236&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=39609&amp;ev=1a8f8e9770" target="_blank">Join the WordPress Revolution</a></p>
<h2><a title="Sharpfolio WordPress theme" href="http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio/" target="_blank">Sharpfolio</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-137" title="sharpfolio" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sharpfolio-300x284.png" alt="" width="300" height="284" /></a><br />
<strong>Sharpfolio </strong>is a WordPress theme designed to enable Web Designers, Graphic Designers, Photographers, Motion Designers, Artists or any creative professional to showcase their work in a simple, clean, beautiful portfolio. Sharpfolio aims to focus primarily on your work, because after all, this is what’s most important. <a title="Preview Sharpfolio" href="http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio-demo/" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Download Sharpfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.webrevolutionary.com/Sharpfolio.zip" target="_blank">Download</a><a href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/"></a></p>
<h2><a title="Portfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.dailywp.com/portfolio-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Portfolio WordPress theme</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-139" title="portfj" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/portfj-300x131.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="131" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Porftolio WordPress Theme</strong>is a WordPress theme designed for web portfolios and (for now) just for web portfolios. It is coming with an administrative panel from where you can edit the head quote text, you can edit all theme colors, font families, font sizes and you can fill a curriculum vitae and display it into a special page. <a title="Preview Portfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.sponsoredwp.info/portfolio/" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Download Portfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.dailywp.com/themes/Portfolio_Pack.zip" target="_blank">Download</a><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/06/02/f8-portfolio-theme-for-wordpress/"></a></p>
<h1>Premium Portfolio WordPress themes</h1>
<h2><a title="Artsee WordPress theme" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/artsee/" target="_blank">artsee wordpress theme</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/artsee/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-132" title="preview-artsee-1" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/preview-artsee-1-300x142.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="142" /></a><br />
<strong>ArtSee</strong> is an <em>artsy</em> design that was made for those looking for a simple and elegant theme. This template is perfect for portfolio websites, or blogs that seek a design that will accentuate visual imagery rather than overpower it. <a title="Preview artsee WordPress theme" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/ArtSee/" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Join elegant themes club" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/join.html" target="_blank">Join Club for download</a></p>
<h2><a title="Wp Folio XL" href="http://www.storelicious.com/wp-folio-xl/" target="_blank">WP Folio XL</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.storelicious.com/wp-folio-xl/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-133" title="default_wp-folio" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/default_wp-folio-217x300.png" alt="" width="217" height="300" /></a><br />
<strong>WordPress Portfolio XL</strong> is the perfect solution to mount your portfolio online in just a few minutes, with a small tutorial for installing and configuring what you ready to fill all the jobs you want. <a title="WP folio XL" href="http://www.storelicious.com/wp-folio-xl/" target="_blank">Download</a></p>
<h2><a title="Proudfolio" href="http://www.woothemes.com/2008/06/proudfolio/" target="_blank">ProudFolio</a></h2>
<p><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/amember/go.php?r=3206&amp;i=b0"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-135" title="proudfolio" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/proudfolio-300x223.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="223" /></a></p>
<p class="theme_title"><strong>ProudFolio</strong> is most definitely aimed at aspiring designers, developers, artists and photographers who’d like a framework theme which incorporates both a great-looking portfolio and a feature-rich blog. <a title="Preview Proudfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=8" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Buy Proudfolio theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/amember/go.php?r=3206&amp;i=b0" target="_blank">Join WooThemes &#8211; Premium WordPress Themes Club</a></p>
<h2 class="theme_title"><a title="Freshfolio WordPress theme" href="http://www.woothemes.com/2008/09/fresh-folio/" target="_blank">Fresh Folio</a></h2>
<p class="theme_title"><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/amember/go.php?r=3206&amp;i=b0"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-136" title="freshfolio" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/freshfolio-300x223.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="223" /></a></p>
<p class="theme_title"><strong>Fresh Folio </strong>is created to help you promote your skills on a clean, sophisticated design. <a title="Preview Freshfolio" href="http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=10" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Buy Freshfolio" href="http://www.woothemes.com/amember/go.php?r=3206&amp;i=b0">Join WooThemes &#8211; Premium WordPress Themes Club</a></p>
<h2 class="theme_title"><a title="Permanent Link to PortfolioPress" rel="bookmark" href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/">PortfolioPress</a></h2>
<p class="theme_title"><a href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-138" title="portfoliopress-preview-big" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/portfoliopress-preview-big-300x234.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="234" /></a></p>
<p class="theme_title"><strong>PortfolioPress</strong>is aimed at being a portfolio blog for web/graphic/print design. It was designed in Photoshop and uses the Georgia font as standard. <a title="Preview Portfoliopress WordPress theme" href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/?preview_theme=PortfolioPress" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Buy PortfolioPress" href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/" target="_blank">Buy this theme</a><a href="http://wp.jepson.no/wordpress-themes/portfoliopress/"></a></p>
<h2 class="theme_title"><a title="F8 portfolio theme" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/06/02/f8-portfolio-theme-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">F8 Portfolio theme</a></h2>
<p class="theme_title"><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/06/02/f8-portfolio-theme-for-wordpress/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-140" title="f8-theme" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/f8-theme.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="275" /></a></p>
<p class="theme_title"><strong>f8</strong> is a unique theme that can transform your Web site or blog into a fully functioning photography or multimedia portfolio Web site. <a title="Preview F8" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/demo/f8/index.php?wptheme=f8" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Buy F8 portfolio theme" href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/06/02/f8-portfolio-theme-for-wordpress/" target="_blank">Buy this theme</a></p>
<h2 class="theme_title"><a title="Vizbiz Portoflio theme" href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/viz-biz-portfolio-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Viz Biz Portoflio theme</a></h2>
<p class="theme_title"><a href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/viz-biz-portfolio-wordpress-theme/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-141" title="vizbiz280" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/vizbiz280-265x300.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Viz | Biz</strong> is a premium portfolio theme for creative professionals to showcase their work online. <a title="Preview Vizbiz portfolio theme" href="http://portfolio.ithemes.com/" target="_blank">View demo</a>. <a title="Buy Vizbiz Portfolio theme" href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/viz-biz-portfolio-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Buy this theme</a></p>
<p class="theme_title">Well, I think that is a start for your portfolio! As a conclusion I would advise you a few blog posts for advice before <strong>starting your own portfolio</strong> :</p>
<ul>
<li>
<h3 class="title"><a title="Creating A Successful Online Portfolio" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/04/creating-a-successful-online-portfolio/">Creating A Successful Online Portfolio</a></h3>
</li>
<li>
<h3 class="title"><a title="Single page Portfolio pages" href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/single-page-portfolio-sites/" target="_blank">Single-Page Portfolio Sites</a></h3>
</li>
<li>
<h3 class="title"><a title="Add blog to your portfolio" href="http://freelanceswitch.com/blog-writing/add-blog-to-portfolio/" target="_blank">How to Make Your Portfolio Site More Effective by Adding a Blog</a></h3>
</li>
<li>
<h3 class="title"><a title="5 tips for a better portfolio" href="http://freelanceswitch.com/finding/5-tips-for-a-better-online-portfolio/" target="_blank">5 Tips For a Better Online Portfolio</a></h3>
</li>
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<h3 class="title"><a title="Creating the perfect portfolio" href="http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_perfect_portfolio/" target="_blank">Creating the perfect portfolio</a></h3>
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		<title>THE Complete collection of original RSS icons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were you ever looking for an original feed icon for your blog? Something flashy, fresh and easy to remember for your readers? There are actually a lot of Free icon sets all over Internet, and we will collect the best here at wereWP! Outstanding RSS icons Standard Feed icons All the standard feed icons in [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Were you ever looking for an original feed icon for your blog? Something flashy, fresh and easy to remember for your readers? There are actually a lot of Free icon sets all over Internet, and we will collect the best here at <a title="wereWP" href="http://www.werewp.com/" target="_self">wereWP</a>!</p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.werewp.com/links/complete-collection-rss-icons"><img class="size-medium wp-image-104" title="007" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/007-300x120.jpg" alt="Apple RSS icons" width="300" height="120" /></a></dt>
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<h1><a title="Free Standard Feed icons" href="http://www.feedicons.com/" target="_blank">Standard Feed icons</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_98" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.feedicons.com/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-98" title="feedicons" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/feedicons-300x114.jpg" alt="Feed icons" width="300" height="114" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Feed icons</p></div>
<p>All the standard feed icons in different sizes and colors which are compatible even with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.webhostgear.com/cheap-dedicated-server-hosting.php">cheap servers</a>. Boring, isn&#8217;t it? ok, these ones are the standard, you have seen them everywhere, on every blog. Do you want the same? They are free to download! But here below is a <a title="Ultimate collection of RSS icons" href="http://www.werewp.com/links/complete-collection-rss-iconscomplete-collection-rss-icons/" target="_blank">list of really original RSS icons</a>!</p>
<h1><a title="4 free Glossy feed icons" href="http://garcya.us/blog/4-glossy-rss-icons/" target="_blank">4 Glossy RSS icons </a></h1>
<div id="attachment_99" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://garcya.us/blog/4-glossy-rss-icons/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-99" title="4-rss-icons" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/4-rss-icons-300x182.jpg" alt="4 Glossy feed icons" width="300" height="182" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">4 Glossy feed icons</p></div>
<p>These one have a glossy look and are original enough to fit perfectly with a tech-designed blog.</p>
<h1><a title="3D RSS icon" href="http://alperesin.deviantart.com/art/Rss-Dock-Icon-65975386" target="_blank">3D RSS dock icon</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_100" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://alperesin.deviantart.com/art/Rss-Dock-Icon-65975386"><img class="size-medium wp-image-100" title="rss_dock_icon_by_alperesin" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rss_dock_icon_by_alperesin-300x300.jpg" alt="3D RSS dock icon" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">3D RSS dock icon</p></div>
<p>You can also find great icon resources on <a title="DeviantArt" href="http://deviantart.com/" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a>, and this great 3D RSS icon is a perfect example!</p>
<h1><a title="RSS box icon" href="http://grafon.deviantart.com/art/Free-RSS-Icons-83135885" target="_blank">RSS box icons</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_101" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 148px"><a href="http://grafon.deviantart.com/art/Free-RSS-Icons-83135885"><img class="size-medium wp-image-101" title="free_rss_icons_by_grafon" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/free_rss_icons_by_grafon-138x300.jpg" alt="RSS box icon set" width="138" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">RSS box icon set</p></div>
<p>Another icon set available on <a title="DeviantArt" href="http://deviantart.com/" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a>.</p>
<h1><a title="RSS characters" href="http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/" target="_blank">Cute characters RSS icons</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_102" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://comingupforair.net/2008/01/rss-icons/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-102" title="ojingogo" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ojingogo-300x269.jpg" alt="Cute characters holding RSS icons" width="300" height="269" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cute characters holding RSS icons</p></div>
<p>Because RSS icons do not always have to be simple and reduced to the icon by itself.</p>
<h1><a title="Smashing magazine RSS icon set" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/01/fresh-free-and-gorgeous-rssfeed-icons/" target="_blank">Smashing RSS icons</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_103" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 308px"><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/01/fresh-free-and-gorgeous-rssfeed-icons/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-103" title="rss" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rss-298x300.jpg" alt="Smashing original RSS icons" width="298" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Smashing original RSS icons</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_110" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/28/feed-me-animals-a-free-rss-feed-icon-set/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-110" title="release" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/release-300x300.jpg" alt="Animal RSS icon set" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Animal RSS icon set</p></div>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Same as for the previous set, your blog will be much more original look with these RSS icons! Smashing magazine also published <a title="Alien Icon set" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/23/smashy-the-alien-icon-set/" target="_blank">another icon set</a>, and releases <a title="Smashing Freebies" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/freebies/" target="_blank">Freebies</a> quite often!</div>
<h1 class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a title="Glossy RSS icons" href="http://www.design-freak.com/2008/05/06/rss-icons-campaign/" target="_blank">Glossy 3D RSS icons</a></h1>
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<div id="attachment_104" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.design-freak.com/2008/05/06/rss-icons-campaign/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-104" title="007" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/007-300x120.jpg" alt="Apple RSS icons" width="300" height="120" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Apple RSS icons</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_105" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.design-freak.com/2008/05/06/rss-icons-campaign/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-105" title="010" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/010-300x120.jpg" alt="3D RSS icons" width="300" height="120" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">3D RSS icons</p></div>
<p>There are many more RSS icons with this style on <a title="Design Freak RSS icons" href="http://www.design-freak.com/2008/05/06/rss-icons-campaign/" target="_blank">Design Freak</a>!</p>
<h1><a title="Round RSS icon" href="http://icontexto.deviantart.com/art/IconTexto-WebDev-84413719" target="_blank">Round RSS icon</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_107" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://icontexto.deviantart.com/art/IconTexto-WebDev-84413719"><img class="size-medium wp-image-107" title="icontexto_webdev_by_icontexto" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/icontexto_webdev_by_icontexto-300x300.jpg" alt="Round RSS icon" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Round RSS icon</p></div>
<p>Also available on <a title="DeviantArt" href="http://icontexto.deviantart.com/art/IconTexto-WebDev-84413719" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a>.</p>
<h1><a title="Fire RSS icon" href="http://barrymieny.deviantart.com/art/NewsFire-55219003" target="_blank">Fire RSS icon</a></h1>
<div id="attachment_108" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://icontexto.deviantart.com/art/IconTexto-WebDev-84413719"><img class="size-medium wp-image-108" title="newsfire_replacement_icon_by_barrymieny" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/newsfire_replacement_icon_by_barrymieny-300x171.jpg" alt="Fire RSS icon" width="300" height="171" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fire RSS icon</p></div>
<p>You may also be interested in other posts with more RSS icons:</p>
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<li><a title="Classic RSS icons" href="http://www.designbliss.com/2007/09/27/over-25-different-styles-of-rss-icons/" target="_blank">Over 35 different Styles of RSS icons</a></li>
<li><a title="60 Feed icons" href="http://www.designbliss.com/2007/09/27/over-25-different-styles-of-rss-icons/" target="_blank">60 Feed icons</a></li>
<li><a title="50 Feed icons" href="http://www.problogdesign.com/resources/50-more-free-rss-feed-icons/" target="_blank">50 More Feed icons</a></li>
<li><a title="Free RSS icons" href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/free-rss-feed-icons-the-ultimate-list/" target="_blank">Free RSS icons, the Ultimate list</a></li>
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<p><strong>And you?</strong> Do you have any other great resources to share with everybody? Do not hesitate to propose links!!</p>
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		<title>Are Theme clubs the future of WordPress?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember last January, a big buzz spreading in WordPress community? Small Potato had just launched his 5$ Theme club. In a nutshell, a ridiculous amount of money for a bunch of Premium themes from one of the most famous WordPress designers around. Well 10 months have passed, but Theme clubs have become something [...]<hr /><a href="http://wpne.ws/templatic"><img src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/themes/werewp/images/ads/templatic_468x60.png" alt="templatic" /></a><hr />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Do you remember last January, a big buzz spreading in WordPress community? <a title="WPDesigner" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/" target="_blank">Small Potato</a> had just launched his <a title="5$ Theme club" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/themes-club/" target="_blank">5$ Theme club</a>. In a nutshell, a ridiculous amount of money for a bunch of Premium themes from one of the most famous WordPress designers around. Well 10 months have passed, but Theme clubs have become something more and more popular. It is now time for an overview of the best of them.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a title="WPdesigner 5£ Theme club" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/themes-club/" target="_blank">1. WPDesigner 5$ Theme Club</a></h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/themes-club-sign-up.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-59" title="themes-club-sign-up" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/themes-club-sign-up-300x107.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="107" /></a></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;">I first spoke about <a title="WPdesigner" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/" target="_blank">WPDesigner</a> as he was the first to <a title="WordPress 5$ Theme club" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/2008/01/24/launching-themes-club-happy-5-year/" target="_blank">introduce the idea</a>. After a few weeks he even launched a big campaign to <a title="Wpdesigner 20,000 Accounts Giveaway" href="http://www.wpdesigner.com/2008/02/23/wpdesigner-20000-accounts-giveaway/" target="_blank">give away 20 000 club accounts</a>for free. It turned out to be a big success and the first themes he published definitely worthed the 5 dollars. However in March Small Potato sold his website, and since then no new article was posted, and nobody heard about new themes releases for club members. I personally regret to see such a great website go away like that but we can still hope that the new owner will give us a sign some day&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Speaking of that, if you  spent 5 $ and became a member of this club, Small Potato <a title="Refunding your 5 $ investment" href="http://wpcandy.com/articles/small-potato-refunds-themeclub-members.html" target="_blank">started refunding everybody</a> as he promised. No doubt now that he was and still stays trustworthy and should be respected among WordPress community. It is a pity we cannot say the same about the new owner of WPdesigner&#8230;</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a title="Woo Themes club" href="http://www.woothemes.com/the-woothemes-club/" target="_blank">2. Woo Themes Club</a></h1>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/woothemes_club.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-60" title="woothemes_club" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/woothemes_club.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a title="Woo themes club" href="http://www.woothemes.com/the-woothemes-club/" target="_blank">Woo Themes club</a> was created by <a title="Adii" href="http://www.adii.co.za/" target="_blank">Adii</a> in July of this year and proposes Premium like themes for different prices. You can either buy one of them individually or become a club member and get themes, support and source files. However the prices are a bit higher than Small Potato&#8217;s 5 bucks: you will spend 250$ for a 6-month single membership. But the themes are really advanced, I invite you to <a title="Woo Themes" href="http://www.woothemes.com/category/themes/" target="_blank">have a look for yourselves</a><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/theme-hybrid-themes.png"></a>, some of them could be interesting.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a title="Theme Hybrid Theme Club" href="http://themehybrid.com/" target="_blank">3. Theme Hybrid club</a></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/theme-hybrid-themes.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-61" title="theme-hybrid-themes" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/theme-hybrid-themes-300x76.png" alt="" width="300" height="76" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This Theme club was <a title="Theme Hybrid theme club launch" href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/08/05/wordpress-theme-club-launch" target="_blank">launched by Justin Tadlock</a> in August and makes good use of the Child themes (if you are not clear with these ones, go have a look at <a title="WordPress child themes" href="http://themeshaper.com/blog/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-theme-against-upgrades/" target="_blank">Themeshaper&#8217;s post</a> about it). The result can be compared to the Woo Themes, although there is a free membership option.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a title="Elegant Themes" href="http://elegantthemes.com/" target="_blank">4.  Elegant Themes</a></h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/logo.gif"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62" title="logo" src="http://www.werewp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/logo.gif" alt="" width="297" height="49" /></a></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a title="Elegant themes" href="http://elegantthemes.com/" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a> also started this year and delivers great themes for a much cheaper price than most of the other theme clubs. The latest one, <a title="Studio Blue preview" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/StudioBlue/" target="_blank">Studio Blue</a>, has been <a title="Studio Blue Theme review" href="http://wpcandy.com/themes/studio-blue-theme-review.html" target="_blank">reviewed on WP-Candy</a> and it shows well the high quality of these themes. Like most of the Premium themes released lately it makes great use of theme options.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">To conclude all these theme clubs are one good option to choose between a bunch of great quality WordPress, for a reasonable price. If you consider buying a Premium theme you should definitely have a look at these websites and consider all the offers. By the way if you know any other theme club do ot hesitate to let me know in the comments!</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">5. Now there&#8217;s more&#8230;</h1>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Now that said, what about other opportunities, and the future of all this theme club market? Indeed the Premium themes themselves do not fit much with the Open source model of WordPress. It has been criticized many times, and there seems to be something coming up to <strong>shake up the whole Premium market</strong>in November (dixit <a title="Theme revolution" href="http://ma.tt/2008/10/theme-revolution/" target="_blank">Matt</a>). This has been announced by the very same person who started the whole Premium WordPress theme idea, <a title="Brian Gardner" href="http://www.briangardner.com/" target="_blank">Brian Gardner</a>. In the beginning of October he announced that his <a title="Revolution theme" href="http://www.revolutiontheme.com/" target="_blank">Revolution theme club</a> <a title="Revolution going open source" href="http://www.briangardner.com/blog/revolution-going-open-source.htm" target="_blank">would end</a>. Along with that breaking news we also got to know that he will work on <a title="Brian gardner and Jason Schuller start a new WordPress concept" href="http://www.wpelements.com/2008/10/01/revolution-is-going-open-source-and-im-going-to-join-him/" target="_blank">a totally new concept</a>with Jason Schuller, who runs <a href="http://www.wpelements.com/">WP Elements</a>. Well that sounds promising I cannot wait to see what is coming for us, but seeing who are the 2 men behind this idea I expect some great changes to help WordPress expanding!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What do you think of this idea? What are your opinions about the future of WordPress themes?</p>
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