The articles listed below cover views and reviews of WordPress themes, and how they can affect your site’s performance. Click the headline to read the full article.
I read a post on the Warrior Forum the other day bemoaning what the poster saw as the design limitations of WordPress. While WordPress, which is a Content Management System, does have some functional limitations, it does not have any design limitations. The reason is simple: WordPress itself doesn’t touch the design aspect of the [...]
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I’ve seen quite a lot of questions recently asking how to change the appearance of a WordPress site. Unless you’re using a premium theme, or a free theme that offers some site design controls, the answer is you’re going to need a bit of CSS. And one absolutely wonderful tool: Firebug (which I wrote about [...]
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Thesis 1.8, released last week, brings some nice new functionality and a missed opportunity. Affiliate alert: I’m an affiliate for Thesis, which means that if you buy it by clicking one of the links on this site I get a bit of beer money. See my disclosure for more details. I discussed Thesis in more [...]
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‘I can’t find any WordPress themes I like so I’m going to build my own’ is a statement I see a lot on places like Twitter. If you’re an ace coder (really ace) with a good understanding of SEO (really good), that’s a great route to follow. There’s also the option of using Artisteer, a [...]
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Yes – my getting-rid-of-plugins crusade just got another boost, thanks to the latest version of Thesis. Please note: I give you both the good and the bad in my reviews (including this one), but I’m an affiliate for Thesis and that means I will get some commission if you were to buy Thesis through the [...]
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Yes, it can is the short answer. I used to think of a theme as nothing more than a nice colour scheme when I first started blogging. As long as I liked the colours, and as long as it had enough sidebars, I was a happy camper. How wrong I was. WordPress themes have progressed [...]
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A question that I see quite often is how to install a WordPress theme. WordPress themes, particularly Premium Themes, are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Themes like Thesis are more than just themes – they’re platforms that enable you to maximise the power of WordPress. If you’re a serious blogger, but not a PHP wiz, you should [...]
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