TemplateMonster Now Offers GPL WordPress Themes

TemplateMonster have been actively selling website designs since 2002. The company have always been known for selling a high quantity of products on their website. As I write this, they have a total of 1,768 WordPress themes for sale in their store. Maintaining such a high volume of designs is …

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Adaptation WordPress Theme

9 Good Blogging WordPress Themes

Those of you with an eye for detail may have noticed that I changed the design of this blog recently and returned to using the Genesis framework. This is a framework I used for many years on this blog. Rise Forums regulars will know that I have not been too …

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Packaged WordPress Plugins Need Automatic Updates

In 2014, Sucuri noticed a major security hole in the WordPress plugin Slider Revolution. The problem did not lie with the developers of the plugin as they quickly addressed the issue. Problems arose because Slider Revolution was packaged with so many WordPress themes. When a WordPress plugin is packaged with …

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50 Great WordPress Blogging Themes For 2015

Just about every WordPress theme that is released has a blog template so if you are looking for a blog template, you literally have thousands of free and premium themes to choose from. The majority of themes are general purpose themes that can be used for businesses, for galleries, for …

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100+ Actionable Tips to Help You Be More Productive

Being more productive can save you time and money. Yet it is something that which many people do not give enough attention. In this article, I give you over 100 ways of using procrastination to your advantage, to be productive, and to get work done without it causing stress or …

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Grow Your Email List with Bloom

Elegant Themes caused a stir in 2014. They strolled into the year off the back of the launch of Divi, which is now regarded as one of the best WordPress themes in the market. Later in the year they expanded their range of plugins by releasing the stylish social media …

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6 Ways to Improve Your Blog Posts

Every blogger wants to improve the quality of their writing. It is something which I strive to do every week. Last week, for example, I was discussing grammar books with blogger Heather Ash as we did not agree whether a particular way of using commas was grammatically correct. Today, I …

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How to Write the Perfect Newsletter

Your email list is gold. When your readers trust you with their email, you want to honor that trust with a newsletter they’ll eagerly open, read, and enjoy; and not quickly delete. Imagine… Jane, your newsletter subscriber, quickly scans her inbox. She’s glad to see an email from you, and …

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A FreshBooks Review for Freelancers

As a freelancer, what system do you use to invoice your clients? By postal mail? By phone? Paypal? What about pigeon carrier? Client Invoicing When I first started working as a freelancer, I had no idea of the best or most efficient way to send invoices to my clients. I would generally create …

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Gimp Review – A Great Free Alternative to Photoshop

Gimp, if you’re unfamiliar with the name, is an image manipulation program, designed for photo editing, touch ups, animations, and image creation. It’s basically the red-headed bastard child of the photo editing world who found himself on the throne after displacing just about every photo editing program on the market. …

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