If you are a newcomer to setting up your own website, choosing a company to host your site can be somewhat intimidating. There are so many aspects to consider and deciding which one is best for you may be rather overwhelming at first. Where do you start? Some web hosting sites may seem full of …
Inspiration or Lack of Creativity
As I browsed the WordPress themes released for February 25th 2008, on WeblogToolsCollection.com, I came across a theme that had everybody raving. It was called Options and was created by Justin Tadlock, the same theme author who created Structure. As I browsed the theme, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities in terms of the icons that were being …
Beware of Careless Paid Theme Authors
Do you know exactly what you’re buying? Where does everything within that paid WordPress theme come from? Of course, you don’t have those answers. Theme authors (people you’re buying from) are responsible for answering those questions and making sure everything you’re buying was licensed for commercial use and redistribution. Unfortunately, some theme authors simply don’t …
Raising Personal Standard for Paid WordPress Themes
Keep in mind that the information below is a personal list. I didn’t put it together to say what everyone else should do. —- Recently, I’ve been reading quite a few articles about what makes a premium theme… premium. First, let me say that the word “premium” bothers me. Mainly, it’s misleading because other theme …
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WordPress Guide to Livelihood Without Central Marketplace Dependency
Out of the all the two cents already published about WordPress.com upcoming premium themes marketplace, my own thoughts are best described by the following: You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on. – George W. Bush What I think of WordPress.com marketplace: It’s a …
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Premium, but illegal themes?
Currently, the premium themes market is all about magazine-like layouts and nifty Javascript-based features like DOMtab. While there should be no problem with the magazine-layout movement, did anyone bothered to question the premium theme authors about whether they have permission to resell or commercially redistribute scripts like DOMTab? For example: “DOMtab is provided as-is and I don’t …