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In my previous post about the Options Wordpress Theme, I mentioned how I always thought Fret Feed would work better in a magazine-style format, and I was considering using Options as a basis for the re-design. Well, it’s been done. Now I’d like to talk a little a bit my thoughts & processes for the [...]

Developers and Designers have an old saying: “Don’t reinvent the wheel”. People shouldn’t waste their time re-coding things that have already been done. I toyed around with the idea of making a “Press++” theme for Wordpress, which would be a theme that would turn Wordpress into a more robust CMS, and add a lot of [...]

Magazine style looking blogs have been all the rage lately, and one of the best ways to enchance the look of your blog and give it this look is by adding thumbnails to your posts.  As you can see, I’ve added the functionality to this blog, and now I’ll show how you can make a [...]

Everyone who blogs talk about how much they want to get links to help them climb up the SERPs.  One way of doing this is by giving out links generously to other bloggers you like. Sometimes you get a link back.  If you don’t, it’s still good karma.

Time to show some more love, and show what’s going on around the web this week:
Build a mini-net in 2008 (John Cow) - Interesting article on how to use other websites that allow you to post content to help market your own.

Make your Wordpress Theme (cyberhackz.net) - Excellent tutorial on making your own website theme.
78 Essential SEO Resources (SEOptimize) - Great collection of reference material that’ll surely keep you busy for hours.
Direct Ad Sales on Your Blog (Lost Art Of Blogging) - Great article about selling ads on your blog directly, instead of using affiliate deals [...]

When I mention to people that I work in web development/design, A common conversation comes up. People tell me they have a cool idea for a website, and it becomes apparent that they really have no idea what it takes to start a website. This is the way people think websites work:

The main thing that made me want to move my site over to Wordpress was all the different plug-ins you can install. I’ve got a number of them running now, and I wanted to give you all a little insight into the ones I’m using, how they work, and what they do.