There’s thousands upon thousands of great premium or free WordPress themes available online, but sometimes you want something else, something personal. The easiest way to get something personal is to design it yourself. Unfortunately many of us do not always have the skills or time to do so.
Something I do every night is search for something innovative and intuitive that can add to the WordPress experience.
I’m happy to announce ARTISTEER:
Artisteer is the first and only Web design automation product that instantly creates fantastic looking, unique website templates and blog themes.
Artisteer is free to buy and it allows you to create fully functioning WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Website templates. WordPress templates, for example, can be created from pre-designed templates. You simply save the template and upload it to your WordPress theme folder.
You can also use Artisteer to create custom themes and make them available as a free download for your blog visitors.
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Posted by Icd on November 2nd, 2009
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Recently I’ve been very busy focusing on other business projects and consequently miss out on writing more for this blog. It’s a shame because the blog receives a constant stream of traffic. This is where you come in.
I will be adding two 125X125 ad buttons above the Twitter and Rss feed buttons in the sidebar. Every week you submit a post to Purple Hazard your ad will be displayed in either one or both of those spots. You will also be allowed to link back to your blog from the posts you submit.
If you would like to take part please register for an account and submit the post as a contributor OR join the forum and submit your post there.
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Posted by Icd on October 25th, 2009
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Ever wanted to run a site similar to Facebook or Orkut? Well, now you can with Elgg. Elgg is a free, fully functioning open source social networking platform.
Elgg is very easy to install and comes preloaded with a set of plugins such as :
1. Blogs (Users can open and run their own blogs)
2. Microblogging (Such as Twitter and Facebook status updates.)
3. Messageboard (Such as on Blogcatalog profile area)
4. Gallery
5. Groups ( Users can start groups)
6. Media Sharing (Users can upload images, videos and files)
If you’re not happy with the preloaded plugins you can download or request more plugins in the plugin community. You can also download and install new themes from the theme repository. You can do all this by simply uploading new plugins or themes to one folder and activating them.
If you would like to see Elgg in action visit this DEMO.
Feel free to register and share in our blogging community.
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Today we launched a new blogging social network, which intends to connect bloggers and give new bloggers the resources to make it big.
Some features of the site:
1. Start your own blog.
2. Upload/Share Media (Video’s and Pics)
3. Microblogging (Status Updates Etc.)
4. Message Boards
5. Start or join groups
6. Upload, share and download files (Eg. WP themes, plugins)
7. Promote your blogs for free.
The website is centered around a nice profile for each user and a activity stream. Everything is free and this is a great way to meet other bloggers and promote yours.
Join us here.
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Over the course of the last few weeks I’ve been comparing BuddyPress with Elgg. As many of you know BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. Basically a social network if you set it up correctly. Elgg is very similar is a Free Open Source Social Networking & Social Publishing Platform.
What I found is that BuddyPress and Elgg is different in so many ways and the limited time I spent on these two distinct products is a far cry from enough to lead me to a conclusive argument.
It comes down to your self. You will have to test both. So far Elgg is my favorite.
I enjoy using Elgg so much, I decided to setup a Social Network for Bloggers, called SonOfaBlog (SOB). If you have some time come over and join the community. I even plan on inviting some Elgg developers over to improve the user experience.
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Description : 3 fixed columns design, thumbnail covers style, Flickr, Twitter and delicious integration , not widget-ready (see the development-kit on SmashingMagazine’s Post)
Download at SmashingMagazine.com
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Description : Webbie is a two column, widget ready, very easy to use free WP theme.
Download At Zced.com
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Description: 2 Columns Magazine Style FreeWordpress Theme
Download at WpSkins.org
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A few weeks ago I finally got my 5000th hit, which really made me happy. Today I’m able to announce my 7000th hit, which makes me even happier, seeing as I only make a few posts a week. The blog is almost at 100 hits daily, which doesn’t seem like much, but is a sign of good things to come.
I’m also in the process of hiring a designer to setup a fully functional job board and free link directory.
The reason I’m making this post is to announce my joy to the world AND to invite any bloggers out there to join the forum or let me know about your latest posts. It would be even better if you’re able to make a few guest posts, exposing your blog to a growing number of readers each day.
Interested in taking up the offer, but to lazy to join our forum? Just post a comment and I’ll send you a mail.
Cheers
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CommentLuv Enabled
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Hi all you bloggers out there. We’re officially CommentLuv enabled, which means when you make a comment and enter your blog’s url, a link to your latest blog post will appear at the end of your comment.
It’s a thank you from us to everyone who visits our blog.
If you’re sharing the love with CommentLuv, please make a comment and tell me about your blog. If you are CommentLuv enabled I will add you to our list. Don’t miss out, comment now.
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