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How to translate WordPress Themes to your language the easy way

WordPress is popular around the globe. It is the perfect content management system regardless of nationality or language. Its default installation is available in almost any language you can imagine. Knowing that, we put emphasis on easy translation of all our themes and plugins. So translating your WordPress Theme is really easy. While the English [...]

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How to install WordPress Themes with sample content: Extended beginner tutorial

Complex, professional WordPress themes can be hard to understand. Especially if you are a WordPress beginner, written setup instructions may soon ask too much of you. That’s why REAL premium themes like ours come together with a sample content xml file. This will give you the exact copy of the theme demo (preview). From there, [...]

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WordPress is Worth Making a Change

Do you remember when you first started blogging why you chose your current blogging platform, like Blogger, Serendipity, TypePad or Moveable Type? Was it because it was what your friends used? Did it seem like the easiest one? The cheapest? Did you grab the first one you came to and stuck with it because change [...]

Why WordPress Theme Generators are NOT the best way to get a great Template

When you launch a WordPress site, one of the items you will need is a WordPress theme. Sure, you can go with the default WordPress themes but if you want to make your site unique, this is hardly the way to go. So does it make sence to use a WordPress Theme Generator? There are [...]

How to find and install other than default themes in WordPress

Starting with WordPress 2.8, users will be able to install WordPress themes out of the official repository with one click. This may sound nice but why limit your chances of styling your blog in a unique and individual way? The WordPress theme directory isn’t very big compared to the millions of users. There are about [...]

How to start your self-hosted WordPress Blog

Starting your own blog based on WordPress is NO. BIG. DEAL. Don’t hesitate because you don’t know anything about WordPress, installation, web hosts, themes or functions. You’ll learn it all very quickly! First of all, your self-hosted WordPress blog is your own blog. There is never a need to worry about being controlled by or [...]

Twitter: Personal Versus Professional Tweets

So, you have decided that you are going to tweet your blog posts in order to drive some more traffic. That’s great, now before you being tweeting you have only one decision left to make. Will you be using your own personal Twitter account or will you start a separate account for your site? It [...]

How to Choose a Niche for Your Site

In an earlier post we took a look at what exactly a niche is, and how you should define what a niche is. Now, it is time to show you how you can figure out what your sites niche is going to be. At first this may seem like it is an easy task, but [...]

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Which type of Web Hosting is best for me?

Are you just starting a new blog or personal website? Maybe you’re interested in setting up online sales for your business. No matter what your particular situation is, securing your own private webspace through Web Hosting is not only a good choice for controlling your own content, but for establishing and maintaining a long term [...]

The Importance of Choosing the Right Theme For Your Blog

When creating a blog, it’s important that you get the look of it right. The first thing anyone is going to notice when they come on your page before they even begin reading is the theme, and if it’s an unattractive/undesirable one then there’s a chance that the person will leave the page before they [...]

Professional WP Themes

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I'm Jay Buckmaker. I've started with WordPress Themes in 2007. In 2008 my design "Aeros" was featured and the #1 design at wordpress.org. Here at TheBuckmaker.com I'll show you how to begin with WordPress, as well as style your Wordpress website.

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