I receive emails every day from people who want to make their websites look awesome. After all, that’s what I do! But many of the people who contact me are also concerned about the cost of a full website design. It’s a big investment, especially if you’re just starting out and can’t justify spending.

Most of my readers know that I tout the Weaver II theme (especially Weaver II Pro) as the easiest way to get started with WordPress. If you want a highly customizable site without coding, it simply doesn’t get any better than the Weaver theme. However, I also get a lot of questions from readers about.

  If you’ve visited the site in the last week or so, you might have noticed that the pagination was broken. The homepage showed up just fine, but clicking “Older Posts” at the bottom resulted in a 404 error. And since I’ve been slacking on posting, I didn’t notice until two days ago. Yesterday as.

A reader emailed me last week and asked for some tips on selecting a theme for self-hosted WordPress. Rather than just respond to the email, I thought it would be much more fun to do a post in case it helps someone else make a decision. There are literally thousands of WordPress themes to choose.

Let me preface this post by saying that I am a huge fan of iThemes. Some of their plugins are the best I’ve ever used, and they have top notch support. That said, I’m not thrilled after my experience with Builder, for reasons I’ll outline below. What is iThemes Builder? Builder is a WordPress platform that.

With the recent update to WordPress 3.4 (now 3.4.1 as of this writing), many WordPress theme creators also released updated versions of their themes. I received quite a few emails from clients who wanted to update to the latest versions but were scared of losing all their customizations. While that fear is understandable, there are.

  If you’ve been blogging for very long, you probably realize that I just committed blogger blasphemy. You might have already clicked away in fear of your monitor bursting into flames. And while I understand, I still feel compelled to share this message: The Thesis framework for WordPress SUCKS. Why I Hate Thesis Even if.

There are a million WordPress themes you can choose for your blog. Each offers different options for customization - some require a lot of coding, while others have a really simple user interface that lets you make changes without knowing any coding at all. I use the Weaver II Pro theme for every one of.