iThemes Cyber Monday – 25% off EVERYTHING
The Monday following Black Friday has come to be know as Cyber Monday. Online retailers offer deep discounts on their products, and iThemes is no exception!
So if you’re in the mood for a high quality Premium WordPress Theme for 25% off, head over to iThemes and go nuts. That’s 25% off your entire order, no limits … and yes, that even includes the Theme Club … a full $100 off!!!
Just use the coupon code CYBERMONDAY at checkout to receive the discount.
Act fast … the deal ends at 12am (midnight) tonight.
Community, Self-Respect, and Free WordPress Themes
If you would like to know more about Elevate Themes, or would like to stay up to date with the launch schedule and FREE theme releases, please follow @elevatethemes on twitter
I’m convinced the worst feeling in the world is when you know you could have done something, yet you chose to do nothing. Over the last several months, it has become increasingly clear that my self-respect was waning, and an intense desire to do something special was overwhelming me.
You see, I’m grateful for the community that supports free software like WordPress. It’s that community that has given me the ability to work full-time from home, enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, and make some of the best friends I’ve ever had. WordPress has dominated my life for the better part of two years, which is shocking conisdering WordPress is just blogging software. The fact that it supports hundreds, if not thousands, of people is shocking as well.
And to that end, I’ve been feeling dissatisfied with ONLY releasing themes that cost money. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no zealot. I’m as capitalist as they come. But something has been bothering me lately — it just didn’t seem right that a free program, supported by a team of volunteers, was severely lacking in quality themes that were also available for free. It seems wrong — you can get a great piece of blogging softare for free, but almost all the good themes cost money. Continue Reading…
Ultimate Guide to WordPress SEO – Deep Linking
You might have noticed that throughout this series on WordPress SEO, I’ve been doing something rather peculiar. I’ve been linking to my own content far more than I’ve been linking out. Now, this isn’t because I’m a stingy linker. I just happen to have a goal in the methodology I’m using in this series with links. That strategy is called deep linking, and it is one of the best ways to not only increase SEO, but also drive visitors deeper into your blog or website.
Deep linking is the art of linking relevant keywords to related content within your own site. Essentially, you are leveraging your own site’s equity for gain. What gain? In order to understand what is to be gained, one must first understand how links affect SEO. Continue Reading…
Premium WordPress Theme – Proximity News Theme
Over the last several months, evenings and weekends mostly, I’ve been quietly working on what could be the most advanced WordPress News Theme available. The product of well over 100 hours of development time by yours truly, I’m happy to finally announce the launch of Proximity News Theme!
The Short Version
Yes, Proximity is a news theme, and yes, there is already an overabundance of news themes available, but as I looked at the choices available, I knew that I could do better. There are several features of Proximity that I simply couldn’t find in any other available news themes, so I decided to just make my own! :-) Continue Reading…
iThemes Developers Package
I just wanted to give a quick heads up for those of you who enjoy using my themes. I’ve been doing some work with Cory Miller over at iThemes.com to develop and update some pretty awesome WordPress themes, and recently Cory has put together an awesome package of 10 Premium WordPress themes for over 50% off the original price.
If you’re in the market for some really solid Premium WordPress themes, but don’t want to overspend, then this is definitely the package you want to pick up.
Also, as the name of the package implies, if you are a developer looking for a stock base of quality WordPress themes, you can’t find a better product for the price. These are multi-use themes, so feel free to use them for custom client work you have lined up.
Also, if you’re looking for a GREAT deal on single use Premium WordPress themes Continue Reading…
Designers Wanted!
Are you a Photoshop genius? Does Illustrator bow to your every whim? Can you create website mockups that would make the Apple design team salivate? Have you benefited from open source and free software like WordPress? Have you been wanting to contribute, but never had the chance?
During the last few weeks, an idea of mine has been stewing and is finally coming close to fruition. So I have a proposition for you, if you choose to accept it.
Without revealing too much, I am asking talented designers, dedicated to the idea of free and open source contributions, to consider helping me with a ground breaking project that we will launch in the near future.
So if you are a designer oozing with talent and itching to contribute to the WordPress community, please contact me and we can discuss the details. I can’t wait to hear from you!
WordCamp Dallas, 2008
I’m currently in laid over in Memphis waiting for the next available flight to Dallas, on my way to WordCamp Dallas 2008!!!
If you’re going to be there, I want to meet ya! So here, the best way to hook up …
Follow me on Twitter and just send me @replies. That’s the best way to communicate, I think.
I’ll also be at the Dave & Buster’s meetup this evening with Cory Miller, so I look forward to seeing some of you there as well!
The Problem With “Theme Options”
Since the release of ElegantBlue in October of 2007, I’ve seen quite a few free and premium themes using the “theme options” code I included in that theme. But with the widespread adoption of “theme options” has come a tidal wave of complicated and unmanageable themes. Continue Reading…
