• WordPress Themes by Category

    1718 days ago by mjackness:

    WordPress Themes is pleased to announce that we will be offering lists of themes made available to the public based on category. You will see category lists in the sidebar of our website that will link to various WordPress theme categories – we hope this will become a huge resources too anyone looking to download …

  • Copyblogger Theme GOES Public

    1721 days ago by mjackness:

    Thanks to Ed for the heads up right before I saw it pop up in my feed reader. Chris Pearson and Brian Clarke have made the old Copyblogger theme public. Check out the release post over at the site, and be sure to check out the features of the blog. As a WP designer, I …

  • Installing WordPress Locally – Mac and Windows

    1726 days ago by mjackness:

    A while back, I was working on a client’s WordPress theme, and out of nowhere, my internet went down! I was pretty screwed, as it was down for hours. For a WordPress theme developer, internet down time can cost you some serious cash. A couple weeks later, my web host went down because of a …

  • WordPress Releases Version 2.2

    1729 days ago by mjackness:

    Just saw a story pop up in my feed reader … the guys at WordPress just released version 2.2 Some long overdue new features: Integrated Widgets Full Atom Support New Blogger Importer To see the release announcement, head over to the WordPress Development blog and check it out. More details from WordPressThemes.com to come. I’m …

  • Validating Your WordPress Theme

    1729 days ago by mjackness:

    One of the first things a blogger will look at before deciding to use your WordPress theme or not is whether or not the theme pass XHTML validation. Aside from those who may potentially use your theme, other WordPress theme designers may check your validation as well. One of the imple ways to ensure that …

  • Copyblogger Theme Going Public

    1734 days ago by mjackness:

    I just saw this morning that the old theme from Copyblogger will be released as a public WordPress Theme. Chris Pearson will be making some edits to make it more customizable, and will release it in the next few weeks. So if you were a fan of the old theme, be sure to check over …

  • WordPress Releases Stats Plugin

    1737 days ago by mjackness:

    A while back, I wrote on my addiction to stats on my personal blog. I’m kind of a nut about it. I want up-to-the-minute statistics on who is visiting my site, where from, total uniques, pageviews, incoming links, outgoing links, etc. I guess you could say that I’m a stat-a-holic. In fact, I use 3 …

  • WordPress Theme Design is 75% CSS

    1740 days ago by mjackness:

    I was chatting with Liz Strauss today, and amidst our conversation, I made the point that WordPress theme design is 75% CSS. What exactly does this mean? You might be asking yourself this question. Well, we all know that WordPress themes are comprised of various parts, such as the loop. (You can read all about …

  • Getting Exposure Through Releasing Free WordPress Themes

    1741 days ago by mjackness:

    As a WordPress blogger and designer, who released his first theme on February 14, 2007, I personally seen and experienced the amazing benefits of releasing free themes to the WordPress community. Here are a couple of specific benefits I see for Intenet entrepreneurs, website owners, and bloggers: 1. Links Just check out the inbound links …