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Free WordPress Theme: ‘Simple’

June 24, 2011 — 30 Comments

I’m pleased to announce the release of my second free GPL WordPress Theme for download! Following very closely with the previous WordPress Theme that focused on your content in an easy-to-read and view format, this one’s a flexible, minimal theme focused on great typography.

An invisible design to let you and your users focus on your content. Based on the design ideas of Jan Tschichold, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Dieter Rams, and other modernists. Supports widgets, SEO optimized, clean and documented code, fast to load, no plugins required.

Works in WordPress 2.7 and superior. Works in IE 6 & superior and all versions of Chrome/Safari/Firefox/Opera. Includes CSS3 buttons.

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Smashing Magazine Guest Post: WordPress as a Business

June 15, 2011 — 41 Comments

I had the pleasure of guest posting over at Smashing Magazine today covering a topic that is near and dear to my heart: WordPress!

It was a 4,000+ word post which highlights how some of the better known WordPress Theme Shops use a model of service and support to engage their existing audience as well as attract new clients and buyers.

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Best Photo Blog for Bloggers Released!

June 1, 2011 — 25 Comments

Yesterday the team I work for announced the release of a new WordPress Theme for Photographers and Photo Bloggers that really kicks the pants off of really any other WordPress Theme out there.

If you’re looking for a slick, SEO-friendly (and super-optimized, it’s based on the same framework that powers Standard Theme), and customizable theme for you, your image enthusiast friends, or even your clients you should check it out.

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Free WordPress Theme: ‘Content’

April 21, 2011 — 96 Comments

A clean WordPress Theme for you!

Since we’re right smack dab in the middle of walking through a series that highlights how to best create great blog content I thought it would be time to release the first TentBlogger WordPress Theme!

This one is simple called ‘Content’ because that’s what it’s all about: Showcasing your content prominently with little distraction. Continue Reading…

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Tron-Inspired WordPress Theme! [20% Off Standard Theme]

February 9, 2011 — 14 Comments

Gotta love Tron!

My team over at Standard Theme has released a 20% off with a copy of the Tron-Inspired WordPress Theme that is currently running on my personal blog (check it out here).

TentBlogger.com runs using Standard Theme and I’m obviously a huge fan.

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The Right (and Safest) Way to Install a New WordPress Theme

January 23, 2011 — 14 Comments

Commercial Themes Directory

[This post is part of the Ultimate Guide to Launching a WordPress-Powered Blog series. Check out the rest here!]

I can remember the very first time I managed to figure out how to get a new WordPress Theme installed on my blog (without it blowing up). At the time it wasn’t really possible to just simply up wander through the Theme Repository and one-click-install them into my blog – I had to find one that didn’t completely annihilate my install and do it all manually!

Since then the process has been made much more easy and finding (and installing) new WordPress Themes (both free and “Premium”) is a breeze.

Yet, I still get emails, tweets, and Facebook messages asking for help because a new theme “broke” their WordPress blog!

Why is this? It’s because people aren’t taking the time (which isn’t that much) to adequately prepare their blog system for a new theme in a safe and secure manner.

Here’s what I counsel people to do:

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Using Live Theme for Weekly Live Broadcasts (WordPress Theme)

November 11, 2010 — 46 Comments

My team over at 8BIT has recently announced the release of a fantastic WordPress Theme for live events and live broadcasting!

Of course, I had to use it for my weekly live broadcast here on TentBlogger Live!

You can learn more about Live Theme here!

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Standard Theme: A WordPress Theme Made by Bloggers for Bloggers

October 29, 2010 — 125 Comments

**UPDATE** After (or before) you read this you should know that we’ve updated Standard to Version 3… and it’s nearly an entirely new product! Check out my thoughts here.

I realized that I haven’t explicitly mentioned to this growing community of TentBloggers the fact that I use Standard Theme to power this blog and that it is, without question, my WordPress Blogging Theme of choice.

Sure, I’ll admit it – I am 100% biased since this Blogging Framework is something that I built with my own hands!

But it has grown so much and has been so well received (Mashable noted it to be one of the Top 8 WordPress Themes out there!) that I’ve been forced to build an amazing team around it so as to support the growing interest from bloggers who simply demand excellence and quality when it comes to their blogs and the blogging themes that they use.

I built this WordPress Theme simply because there was no other theme out there that was able to meet my exacting needs, which were many:

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