What Makes a Premium WordPress Theme Premium?
May 8, 2009 by 1Cat.biz · Leave a Comment
Author: Marlon Burrows
WordPress has become a hugely popular open source blogging and publishing platform. The abundance of free themes and plugins as well as its ease-of-use have contributed to the attraction and popularity for using WordPress. While there are some great free themes for WordPress, many only offer basic functionality and simplistic designs.
Since late 2007 however an increasing number of WordPress theme developers have been offering premium WordPress themes – themes which are offered for a fixed price. These premium WordPress themes are usually sold for between $50 to $250. Originally only a small number of talented and well-known WordPress theme designers created paid premium WordPress themes which were well designed, highly functional, top-quality themes that transformed a WordPress installation from a simple blog into a powerful content management system. However as the premium WordPress theme business concept spread, more and more WordPress theme designers have hopped on the bandwagon trying to cash on the new trend filling up their portfolio with premium (paid) wordpress themes.
7 Benefits Of Business Blogging
April 24, 2009 by 1Cat.biz · Leave a Comment
Blogging has become a popular trend on the world wide web. And as business enterprises realize the potential of the medium, they are including blogs as an intrinsic part of their web presence. In fact business blogging has come to become an effective marketing strategy to engage industry audience and communicate with them directly. Apart from this, business blogging offers a plethora of other benefits as well.
Blogs act as a content management system that allows you to post content online easily and effortlessly. Here are some of the many business benefits it has to offer.
Free Magazine Theme with WP-Remix WordPress Theme
August 11, 2008 by 1Cat.biz · 4 Comments
WP Remix, the creator of perhaps one of the most versatile WordPress themes, announced their new magazine style WordPress theme today. Like the original WP Remix theme this is not just one WordPress theme. It’s actually 5 different styles built into 1.
The theme itself is $39, which is a steal for what you get, but they are offering it for free when you purchase the WP Remix theme for $75.
So, if you’ve ever wanted to try the WP Remix theme now is the time to do it. For $75 you’ll get more WordPress theme variations than you’ll know what to do with.
WordPress is one of the best tools you can use to grow your online business. Themes like this make WordPress even more powerful.
You can check out the original WP Remix theme and the new magazine style WordPress theme here.
WordPress on Steroids – Texas Custom Choppers
April 25, 2008 by 1Cat.biz · 13 Comments
Four months of hard work finally pays off! This week I launched pehaps the biggest WordPress project I’ve ever undertaken.
OK. I have to admit it. This was one of those projects that on several occasions I really wondered whether or not WordPress was the best platform to build on.
The client was very particular about how they wanted the pages to layout and it required a lot of customization of the theme. I actually started with the WPRemix theme but ended up with a hybrid of the WPRemix and my own customizations.
So why was I so insistent on making this work in WordPress?
The WordPress Dream Theme Goes to Church
April 23, 2008 by 1Cat.biz · 8 Comments
A friend of mine who is the associate pastor at a local church recently had an assessment done of his church’s website. The church had a static HTML site that he updated himself using Dream Weaver. When he got the assessment back he quickly realized that he was in over his head and needed help.
Some of the things that needed to be fixed other than the out-of-date design were; inconsistent fonts and colors, content scattered randomly throughout the site, poor navigation, and bad SEO. (Search Engine Optimization)
Another need they had was the ability for staff members to be able to login from any computer and change/update content without having to purchase and install additional software.
Using WordPress as a CMS for a Lead Gen Site
April 6, 2008 by 1Cat.biz · 4 Comments
I frequently talk about using WordPress as a content management system for building all types of websites. Well, this week I thought I would actually show you a project I’ve been working on for a friend of mine.
My friend is a local roofing and home remodeling contractor. He wanted a site that looked professional, was search engine optimized, could be set up quickly and managed easily. And, although their not doing it yet, he wanted the ability to add blog posts in the future. So, of course I recommended WordPress.
The first thing I did was purchase Ben Cope’s WordPress Dream Theme. I told Ben exactly how I wanted the design to look and within a day or two I had my website design.
WordPress – It’s Not Just for Bloggers Anymore
January 25, 2008 by 1Cat.biz · 10 Comments
I’ve been a webmaster for over 12 years. And in that time I’ve used just about every HTML editor, CMS and page generator that was ever released.
Today, I use WordPress to develop 99.5 percent of the website projects I work on. The SEO, Web 2.0 and content management features make it so easy to deploy and market websites there’s really no need to use anything else. Almost anything you could want from a website can be easily plugged into WordPress.
