Free Installation for NewsPixel — This Week Only!
I just wanted to let my readers know that for the remaining days in 2007, if your purchase my Premium WordPress theme, NewsPixel, you will get FREE INSTALLATION!!!
All you have to do is email me through my contact form letting me know that you purchased the theme before midnight, December 31st 2007 and you will receive free installation by yours truly. All I need from you is the ability to access your server.
So, head over to the purchase page and get your copy of NewsPixel, and we’ll remove any beginner’s barriers. If you’d like more details on the installation service, I’d be happy to answer any questions via email.
Get your copy today!!!
Respect Requires Altruism
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 back to the community? Continue Reading…
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 NathanRice.net. I then updated all the links at RockinThemes to reflect this new version.
However, to this day, I continue to see new incoming links from the older version, the buggy version, from RockinBizRed on the WordPress Theme Viewer, the official site for WordPress Themes, a site which continues to be closed to WordPress Theme authors and designers for updating their designs. Continue Reading…
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. Continue Reading…
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 seen way too many people devalue the work people like me actually do. He raved on Ben, and made it clear that he did not overpay for his design, but he didn’t get a steal either. But overwhelmingly, his redesign was worth the money.
But this is not the case with a small percentage of the potential clients who contact me. Continue Reading…
