Why you should not search for free WordPress themes on google

4 Posted on: August 7, 2011

If you own a WordPress blog chances are you want to install a custom theme. Most of you will probably want a free theme to start and you will look for free wordpress themes at wordpress.org. A major drawback of the wordpress.org themebase is thats it’s not easy to find a theme, and the quality of themes is most of the time not really good.

A way to still find a good and free theme is by entering something like “free wordpress themes” into your search engine of joice (google, bing, yahoo, you name it). And i will now tell you why this is a really bad idea.

Earnings of 5 blogs in July 2011

1 Posted on: August 6, 2011

Ever wondered how much blogs earn? Well nobody can tell for sure, as not all blogs are reporting their income. But some do and every month i will list them here to prove that blogging can get you an income and in some cases can make you a living.

smartpassiveincome.com | $28,584,61 (-5,8%)

smartpassiveincome.com shows really impressive incoming reports every month – it’s the best earning blog i know. While income was a bit lower then last month (-5,8%) i don’t think this is to worry about.

Monthly Income Breakdown:

Products (eBooks): $2,979.90
Niche Site (SecurityGuardTrainingHQ.com): $1,171.2
Google Adsense: $410.43
InfoBarrel: $3.83
Affiliate: $24,823.72
iPhone Apps: $4,267.23

Pat’s blog is a really informative one, in his earnings report, he tells you exactly how he earned his income.

The ultimate WordPress beginners guide

2 Posted on: July 28, 2011

This time I take the challenge and want to write the ultimate WordPress beginners guide. I want to aim at absolute WordPress beginners here, on how to set up a WordPress powered website, how to install and configure wordpress plugins and widgets, how to install and configure WordPress themes and just the very basics. Just enough to build and operate a good blog but not that much that beginners may be overwhelmed with information.

This article is dedicated to the self-hosted version of WordPress from WordPress.org, not the hosted service from WordPress.com!

Let’s take a quick look on what you will find in this guide:

Installation requirements
Getting and installing WordPress
Overview of the WordPress Admin Panel
Configuring WordPress
Installing WordPress themes
Installing and configure Plugins
Widgets
WordPress Menus
Setting up Categories
WordPress Pages
WordPress Posts
Managing Comments
Media files in WordPress
WordPress Users
WordPress Links
WordPress Tools
Take Action!

What is WordPress?

0 Posted on: July 27, 2011

To my surprise I receive this question quite often: What is WordPress?

A few years back when the first versions of WordPress where released, this answer was quite simple: A blogging software. Today the answer is not that simple, as WordPress has evolved and now is much more than “just” a blogging software.

First we have to make clear what we are talking about, as we basically have two different “versions” of WordPress:

WordPress.com – A service for the hosted version of the WordPress software similar to Blogger.
WordPress.org – The WordPress software itself; Installable on your own webspace/server.

When I write about “Wordpress”, I almost all the time refer to the WordPress.org software itself and not to the hosted WordPress.com version. If I write about the hosted version I rather will write WordPress.com instead of just WordPress.

5 WordPress Plugins every blog should have

0 Posted on: June 22, 2011

Welcome to the fifth and last article in our new article series “Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins”. Today i present you 10 WordPress plugins every WordPress powered blog should have installed. I have said it before and i say it again: WordPress has so many plugins it seems just not possible to find the best ones of them. While almost all plugins are good for something, there are a whole bunch which are tailored to a specific need most bloggers will never have. So here i will list only plugins of which i think are usefull for everyone, regardless if the blog is about computers or tomatos!

SEO Plugins for WordPress

0 Posted on: June 21, 2011

Welcome to the fourth article in our new article series “Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins”. In this post we will take a look at some plugins for WordPress regarding SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

To make your website or blog successful you need one thing more then everything else: visitors. You need a lot of them, you need them steady, and you want every visitor to check back. While the main thing you want to take care of your website is writing content and making it beautiful, you just need to lay an eye on Search Engine Optimization.

Social Plugins for WordPress

0 Posted on: June 20, 2011

Welcome to the third article in our new article series “Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins”. In this post we will take a look at some plugins for WordPress regarding social media.Nowadays social media got really important. Not only for it’s users who communicate with others, but also for businesses around the world. And it doesn’t matter if you sell sausages, eBooks or a service, social media is a great way to reach your customers, find new ones and strengthen your brand. Even if Facebook might be the biggest, and probably the most important social media service out there, there might be scenarios where twitter or linkedIn is the better way to go.

WordPress Themes

0 Posted on: June 19, 2011

Welcome to the second article in our new article series “Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins”. This whole post is about WordPress themes and designs. If you want to give your blog a different look and feel, keep reading!

Making your own WordPress design

WordPress is built in a way that makes it very easy for everyone to create their own template.
So if you are a designer, or know a designer, or you are good with Photoshop or The Gimp (or whatever graphics program you use), i would always recommend to make your own design. This gives your blog some uniqueness and your visitors will remember you more likely than a blog with the standard WordPress theme.

The WordPress Platform

0 Posted on: June 18, 2011

Welcome to the fist article in our new article series “Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins”. In this post I will show you what WordPress is and why it is one of the most used blogging platforms.What is WordPress?

In the beginning of WordPress this question had a pretty easy answer: It is a blogging platform.

Series: WordPress – Themes – Plugins

1 Posted on: June 17, 2011

This post is starting a new article series on chlog.net : WordPress – Themes – Plugins. Just how the name says, this series will be about WordPress – one of the worlds best blogging platform – and great themes and plugins for it.

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