I've been noticing a trend as of late with some of my fellow WordPress developers. Many of them have all but abandoned the idea of releasing free WordPress themes to the community. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, sometimes money can make you forget about innovation. I think it also makes you forget that WordPress is, at its core, a community program ... driven by the community ... supported by the community ... and sustained by the community. So how is it that we sometimes forget to give …
WordPress Theme Viewer — Still Crippled
It's been 5 months since WordPress decided to close access to theme designers uploading and updating their themes on the official WordPress Theme Viewer, and the longer it stays closed, the worse the entire situation gets for WordPress Theme users and designers. Every once in a while, I check out the sites that use my themes, both the ones I've released here, and the ones I did at RockinThemes.com. I recently updated one of my most popular themes, RockinBizRed and I released it here at …
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Talking WordPress: Not Bad At All!
As I've expressed before, I'm disappointed with the quantity of good podcasts out there that talk about WordPress. Obviously, with only one podcast out there, it's hard to get good quality content in podcast format on the topic of WordPress. But I recently discovered a podcast that looks like it has some serious potential to be a hit. TalkingWordPress.com is host to a great little podcast! I listened to all 3 episodes so far in a single sitting, and I REALLY liked what I heard. …
Do You Value a Good Designer?
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to participate in a group chat with Darren Rowse of Problogger.net. I got to watch as bloggers from all over the place asked him questions about blogging and making money online with their blogs. Although I asked him a few questions, I asked him a question that particularly interested me ... did he think it was worth it to pay for his recent redesign??? His answer really made me happy ... not just because I'm a WordPress designer, but because I have …
Make Money, Get Busy, and Forget to Innovate
I just got an email from Brian telling me that he just got listed on Automattic's WordPress Consultant's list. Congratulations to him for this, for sure! But one of the things that disappointed me about this list was the fact that most of these sites, individuals, and companies, despite being on Automattic's approved list, rarely, if ever truly innovate in the field of WordPress development. For most of us who started out in the theming business, it was a hobby ... something we did in our …
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NewsPixel – A Newspaper WordPress Theme that Rocks!
After eluding to it a couple of days ago, I'm happy to announce the completion of NewsPixel, a premium WordPress theme that we are releasing through RockinThemes.com. This theme goes beyond what any of my free themes do ... this newspaper WordPress theme makes starting a news blog a breeze! I've included a homepage that is more of a portal than a blog, including featured posts, asides, featured video, easy adsense integration, and javascript tabs that display your most popular posts, recent …
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