Month: April 2013

100 Free WordPress Themes From 2013

The official WordPress theme directory continues to be one the most popular places for WordPress users to find good designs for their website. There are currently around 1,750 designs in the directory, yet the total number of theme downloads is close to seven million. At the current download rate, this …

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Making Money VS Gaining Readership

The ultimate goal of most authors is to make money. Money is, afterall, what makes the world go round. For every J.K. Rowling out there, there are thousands upon thousands of authors who are just trying to make ends meet. Authors are passionate about what they do, though loving your …

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50 Free Smiley & Emoticon Icon Sets

Smileys, Smileys, Smileys! Those little funny faces have been a major part of the internet since the early days. The first time I came across them was the old Yahoo chat rooms. Then I would regularly see them in chat clients such as MSN Messenger and Yahoo Chat. They are …

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A Preview of WordPress 3.6

11 days ago, Mark Jaquith announced the release of WordPress 3.6 Beta 1, the first beta release of the next version of WordPress. Being the curious ape that I am, I decided to take it for a spin to see what we can expect to see in the future. Mark …

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Do NOT Delete Your FeedBurner Feed

Last month I spoke about the inevitably of Google’s Feedburner service being closed down within the next year. It’s the main reason why I started delivering my RSS feed through FeedBlitz. Through the week, FeedBlitz founder published a warning to bloggers to not delete their Feedburner feed. Phil warns that …

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The Most Dangerous Countries in the World

I came across an interesting article last week entitled “The Most Dangerous Countries for Tourists, in Maps“. The article referred to an interactive map on CBCNews which showed which countries to avoid whilst travelling. It was based on travel safety advise from Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs. I find it …

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50+ Beautiful & Informative Infographics

The growth of social media over the last few years has seen more and more websites produce infographics. The concept is simple: produce a large graphic that is packed full of information, a graphic that is so informative that thousands of people will want to share it through Facebook and …

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Download the RichWP FrameWork & 12 Child Themes for FREE

Through my old blog WPMods, I got to know hundreds of WordPress theme and plugin developers. One of the theme companies that I reviewed on a number of occasions was RichWP. Ran by a nice guy called Felix, all of their themes were created using their self-made RichWP FrameWork. Felix …

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How to Style the First Letter of Your Articles

Online and offline magazines frequently style the first character of an article. It’s a simple yet effective way of making your content more attractive. The technique is sometimes referred to as “Drop Caps” or “Initial“. Styling the first character of your content is very simple. You can do this manually …

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