Archive for WordPress Themes

Web 2.0? How about WordPress Themes 2.0?

Monday, December 28th, 2009 cathy 5 Comments »
We've all heard about Web 2.0 - it's all about community.  Now IThemes has taken WordPress themes to a whole new level with their Builder theme.  It's all about flexibility. Here's what IThemes has to say about their new Builder theme: Here are some of the awesome benefits of using Builder Theme: [...]

The Wizard Teleseminars is Back

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 cathy No Comments »
The Wizard Teleseminars is back and better than ever! I have a lot of great things in store for you - great training, some special guest speakers and a whole lot more. The next Wizard Teleseminar will be this Thursday, November 12 at 9PM Eastern, 6PM Pacific. I'll be sharing some of the strategies [...]

The WordPress Wizard on Installing Themes

Saturday, July 25th, 2009 cathy No Comments »
  Here is a short video on instaling WordPress Themes in WordPress version 2.8 or greater.  Watch and see how easy it is!    

The WordPress Wizard Announces a Contest

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 cathy 4 Comments »
It's a first - a contest for The WordPress Wizard. You know how much I love WishList Member - the ONLY membership plugin I recommend for WordPress. One reason it's so good is its versatility.  There are at least 5 models that can be accomplished with this plugin.  AND - your membership site doesn't need to be paid - that [...]

Mike Stewart, The Internet Video Guy, converted the WordPress Wizard!

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 cathy 3 Comments »
When you hear that Mike Stewart is the Internet Video Guy, you can take that to the bank!  I just finished his most excellent S3 Media Player tutorials and I think I'M an S3 expert! If you haven't already,check his video.  HIs tutuorials that come with S3 Media Player are so packed with information about videos - [...]

The WordPress Wizard's New Theme Gallery

Monday, May 18th, 2009 cathy No Comments »
  The WordPress Wizard has a brief but important announcement.  Last Wednesday I announced the new contracting arm of my business.  I had LOTS of e-mail about how difficult it was to remember the domain names so I've made it easier for you. Everything is now housed at http://TheWordPressWizard.com.  You can find the Theme Gallery with Design [...]

The Wizard Presents (Free) The Internet Video Guy!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 cathy 6 Comments »
  The WordPress Wizard is so excited to present Mike Stewart, The Internet Video Guy this evening, Sunday April 26 at 9PM Eastern! I can't wait for this!  Mike is going to teach us how to put audio and video on our blogs faster, better, and with less effort than we ever thought possible.  I know I'm [...]

Fear, Self-Esteem and WordPress

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 cathy 3 Comments »
Kelly Rudolph has a great post on her Your Personal Safety Blog about fear and self-esteem.  I know people are afraid to go into their blog files and make changes but read what Kelly had to say about that: I was just working on a new safety blog for a large client today and realized how [...]

WordPress Themes Has A New Home

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 cathy 10 Comments »
The WordPress Themes repository has a new home.  While themes.wordpress.net is still there, it is no longer active.  The new theme directory is at wordpress.org/extend/themes/ which is where you also find the plugins directory, the forums, the WordPress blog and everything else related to WordPress. This is a good move for WordPress.  They are slowly but [...]

WordPress Themes: Don’t Be Forgetful

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 cathy No Comments »
When I switched themes to this In Business theme I forgot something - my newsletter subscription box. It's back now so please sign up for the WordPress Guru Newsletter! Just look to the right and down a bit - it's right there in the sidebar. This is a good lesson in itself. When [...]

Tweaking a New WordPress Theme

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 cathy No Comments »
When you deploy a new theme on a site that already has content you will probably need to modify it to personalize it for what you want to appear.  Notice that I changed Page 1 to About and inserted the path to my page in the href section of the code. You can see [...]

Another New Wordpress Theme

Sunday, November 19th, 2006 cathy No Comments »
Here is our new theme. Check everything carefully to see if it looks ok and the links work. Let me know what you see that needs to be fixed. BTW - This theme was installed by following the instructions in this post. The theme is called In Business.

WordPress Themes - New Theme

Friday, November 17th, 2006 cathy 1 Comment »
Has everyone had time to check out the problems you might encounter when installing a new theme? I'll leave this theme up for another day to give you more time to see what I mean. Let me emphasize that this will NOT be a problem if you are putting up a new blog and don't [...]

WordPress Themes - Problems

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 cathy No Comments »
Who spotted the problem with the new theme? Remember that we switched from the default theme to a new theme after several posts were already here. This theme has a narrower center column for posting which is fine for text but notice the screenshot images. They are too big for this theme [...]

WordPress Themes II

Monday, November 13th, 2006 cathy 1 Comment »
It's time to think about making your blog look good. Let's explore other than the default theme. If you are hosting your blog at WordPress you have a limited number of themes to choose from. If you are hosting your WordPress blog on your host, your choices are nearly unlimited. For hosting on [...]