Aqua Decor
Latest Version: 1.00 Added on: 2015/04/30 Here, I brought to you an aquarium theme with the 3-D look. Due to the design limitation, you can’t change the blog title and description in the admin section. You need to download the header PSD file and change the info to your own one. For the details of changing it, please refer to the section “Blog Title and Description” below. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. Main Features – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are not showing. You can change the font style by following this instruction: – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use that is available free from dafont.com.) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop program – Add the title and description using your desired font – Save the image using this name: bg_header_new.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the /images folder View all my themes Change log 2009-07-30 v1.00 –...
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A sexy diva geek is featuring some of my themes on her site 🙂 Being one of the few female techies, she is a freelance web designer currently works for an email archiving and web hosting provider. Her site, Divageekdesigns.com, is powered by WordPress and you can find some useful WordPress resources so I think my themes fit well in the site. Divageekdesigns is a site where you can find free design resources for bloggers including free social networking icon sets, iPod themes, WordPress plugins and tutorials and Free WordPress...
Read MorePoll: Suggestions for Additional Theme Features
My designing skill for WordPress themes has improved a lot since I created my first theme last year. It’s time I contribute more to the community by incorporating more features to my existing and new WordPress themes. There are so many features that I could add but I will only add those that most of you want. Feel free to participate in the poll below and let me know which feature(s) you would like me to incorporate in my themes. What additional features would you like to see in my...
Read MoreGirly Nature
Latest Version: 3.00 Added on: 2015/05/17 Most of my themes are gender-neutral. This latest one that I release is the most feminine one. Hence, I named it “Girly Nature”. I have released 20+ themes over the last 10 months and my style has changed quite a lot. I am now planning for facelift for some of my themes. A plan is now in place to add new features and new look to some, if not all of the themes. Be sure to subscribe to this site for the next exciting changes! Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Grunge Style theme. Main Features – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the image using this name: bg_header.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the “/styles/grunge/” folder Part 2: Activating the Style – Login to your WP admin – Go to the options page of the Girly Nature theme under “Appearance -> Girly Nature” – Find “Theme Style” under “Layout Setting” – In the pull-down menu, select “grunge.css” – Save the setting and go to your site to see the changes. User Showcase The followings are a few examples of nice modification of this theme from other users. You can view all the nice design in the forum theme showcase. View all my themes Change log 2009-07-17 v1.00 – Release 2011-2-27 v3.00 – New – Added drop-down menu, ad-widget, Options page, advanced automatic thumbnails, custom style, custom menu (works on WP 3+ onwards) and enabled localization...
Read MoreGetting Started with WordPress.org
Once a while, I receive enquiries from users asking about some of the the basic WordPress related questions. I think it is good to write a post to put together questions for WordPress newbies here. What is WordPress? WordPress is the most popular web blog publishing software installed on the web server of the user. The open source software was released in 2003. It is written in PHP and makes use of MySQL database. It is primarily noted for its broad features. WordPress is a user-friendly software that can be used by both the beginner and the advanced programmer. It comes with an interface that is loaded with features. Users can also choose from a wide range of templates for their WordPress themes. On top of these advanced features, users can also enhance the site using dialogs like password protection, user feedback and user registration. What is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? WordPress comes in two forms: WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is the open source web blog publishing program. This means that the software is free to use and can be modified by users to suit their specific requirements and needs. However, these open source software present some limitation. On the other hand, WordPress.org provides users with the software in order to create your blog, but will not provide you with hosting service. The user will have to hire the services of another provider to get a domain name to host your blog site online. The advantage of WordPress.org over that of WordPress.com is that it provides customization and flexibility to its users. WordPress.org is basically a free web publishing software where bloggers can install plugins and themes, modify the database, run adverts, and change the PHP code. Anyone can download the software but the users must have it installed on a server before it can be used. Bloggers will have to pay for the web server and it will be their responsibility to host their own WordPress.org blogging software. This is where the difference lies. In WordPress,com, the blogger doesn’t have to do any software download, get the service of a hosting provider and manage your own web server. How to install WordPress.org? The popularity of WordPress is to a large extent can be attributed to the simple and easy to follow installation process. One only needs a web server, the WordPress software and a MySQL database in order to get start using WordPress. Here is the simple and quick 6-step to Install WordPress Step #1 Download and extract WordPress. You can do this by visiting http://wordpress.org/download/. Step #2 Set up the WordPress database including a MySQL user who will have the privileges in modifying and accessing it. Step #3 Change the filename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. Step #4 Open the renamed file wp-config.php in your preferred text editor and provide the information required in the database field which are described in Editing wp-config.php to create and use your password key. Step #5 Locate your file for WordPress in your preferred place on your web server. When doing this task, consider the following: * If you prefer to integrate the blogging software into the domain root then you have to upload or move all the contents of the extracted directory of your WordPress into your web server root directory. * If you intend to put your WordPress installation in its own web site subdirectory, then you have to rename the wordpress directory to the subdirectory name that you prefer and upload or move it to the web browser. For instance, if you prefer to have your WordPress installation...
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