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How to Set Up a Killer WordPress blog (like this one) pt 3
Hello there!!. This is the third post from a series of 4 post where I`m going to show you how to set up your own Killer wordpress blog (like this one). In part one we`ve decided to have our blog in our own hosting and in part two we saw requirements and installation of wordpress. In part 3 we`re going to pick our theme according to our needs.
Off course if you are an experinced web designer/developer you already know all this things, but it`s a good opportunity to refresh your knwoledge, and why not to pick something new. This been said
It`s time to pick our theme:
The first thing you need to think, it`s the proupose of having your own blog???, Come on, Think!!!, I`ll give you a couple of minutes to do it …, just kidding,You can use it in a number of ways, a portfolio site, a magazine site, a personal blog, etc etc, so we`r going to take a glance at some of this.
Portfolios themes:
Wp Fholio
Folio Elements
Infinity
Sharpfolio
Matatag
Magazine Themes:
Gamezine
Scarlett
MegaNews
Pinnacle Theme
Equilibrium
Galleries Themes:
Snapshot
CSS Gallery Theme
Photo Madness
Gallery
Well those are some very good themes, and of course they are all free. If you still don`t know wich one to use you can find over 200 free wp themes in this 2 posts:
- 100 Amazing Free Wordpress Themes for 2009Â | Smashing Magazine
- 140+ Brilliant Free Wordpress Themes Around | Instant Shift
And last but not least the theme wich we`ll be using for our own awesome blog :
Wp Christmas V1.1
Features:
- Modern and beautiful web typeface.
- Tableless design and 100% CSS-based layout.
- 2 different styles selectable from theme options page.
- 2 columns of fixed width.
- Widget Ready.
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid.
- CSS 2.1 valid.
- Delivered with source .PSD file.
- Well-commented CSS and theme PHP files for flexible customization.
- Multi-browser compatibility. Tested under modern w3c compliant browsers. Firefox 3 , Safari 2 and IE7.
For more info check Wordpress Christmas V1.1 at Instant Shift. Well in next part I`ll be showing you how to customice this theme, I`ll only be covering Css, xhtml and php aspects as the themes comes with the full .psd source. Â So until next time, Enjoy!!
About Franco Averta
Hi!, mi name is Franco Averta, i`m from Argentina. Currently I`m studying to become a Graphic Designer. I`m the founder of Concept Dezain, my design company. Contact me via email or follow me in Twitter or Facebook.
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HI, the one I`m using is the last one, the christmas theme V1.1 by Instant Shift, I`ve modified it a littll bit. All the themes posted are free
I like the series. Great job!
Wow, great post! can´t wait for the next one in the series!
Nice post, thanks much for sharing.
Great tutorial!
Thanks a lot for yet another super article. I am always trying to find good articles. Thanks for creating this article. It’s just what I was trying to find. Truly wonderful post.
Some great themes here…is it my imagination or did you leave off the one you use?
Is this a premium theme? I see you did the modifications yourself, is there a new theme on the horizon? One designed exclusively by you?
Off to check out a couple of the themes here. I often make recommendations to my clients so I am always on the lookout for new great themes.
Thanks!