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		<title>3 Free Memberships Available to Elegant Themes Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theme Clubs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two years the premium themes market has continued to innovate and prices have steadily declined to the point where you can find a nice premium theme for a very affordable price.   With that said, there still is not a better premium themes deal available than the Elegant Themes club, which gives you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past two years the <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/">premium themes market</a> has continued to innovate and prices have steadily declined to the point where you can find a nice premium theme for a very affordable price.   With that said, there still is not a better premium themes deal available than the <a href="http://elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes club</a>, which gives you access to all of their premium WordPress themes for <strong>only $19.99 a year</strong>.</p>
<p>Thanks to a generous offer from Nick Roach, the founder of Elegant Themes, I have been given three free memberships to give away to WordPress Hacks readers.  Before I give the details of the giveaway, here are the three most recent premium WordPress themes released by <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/elegant.php">Elegant Themes</a>:</p>
<h3><strong>Lumin Theme</strong></h3>
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		<title>Elegant Themes Announces New Custom ePanel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Premium Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control Panel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year the premium themes market has continued to grow and expand, causing designers to search for ways to separate themselves from the competition.   Because many buyers choose to customize the design to meet their personal needs, it only makes sense for the focus of designers to instead turn to building custom settings [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past year the <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/">premium themes market</a> has continued to grow and expand, causing designers to search for ways to separate themselves from the competition.   Because many buyers choose to customize the design to meet their personal needs, it only makes sense for the focus of designers to instead turn to building custom settings pages that allow for a ton of flexibility.</p>
<p>These settings pages have become very complex in many cases and can offer a variety of features, including selecting where you want your sidebars placed, how many sidebars, which color/design style sheet should be used, or it can also offer simple things like places to enter your custom RSS feed, twitter feed, and Google Analytics code.    As I&#8217;ve watched these control panels evolve over this past year, it has been truly amazing just how much can be changed without changing a single line of code!</p>
<p>Nick Roach, the founder of the popular <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">Elegant Themes theme club</a>, has been offering complex settings panels on his themes for as long as I can remember, but earlier this week I was given a peak at the new revamped settings panel named ePanel.  This new settings panel is extremely complex and will eventually be added to all of the themes included with an Elegant Themes club membership.   As of today&#8217;s date, <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/theme-changesbug-fixes/epanel-released-batch-1/">ePanel is already integrated</a> into the following themes and available for download: eBusiness, eNews, ePhoto, PureType, Bold, and CherryTruffle.  Nick promises that the remaining themes will receive the same treatment over the coming month(s) and all themes will include this new ePanel.</p>
<p>So, what exactly is ePanel?   Here is a screen shot of the updated design:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2363" title="ePanel" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ePanel.jpg" alt="ePanel" width="525" height="815" /></p>
<p>As you can see from the screen shot above, there are a few bonus tabs under the General Settings tab alone, and there are a total of 8 tabs down the left sidebar.   The General Settings has the following 3 tabs:  General, Homepage, and Featured Slider.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="epanel-settings" src="../wp-content/uploads/2009/09/epanel-settings.jpg" alt="epanel-settings" width="175" height="303" />After loading up the theme to see how the settings panel works, I have to say I am very impressed!   It looks like the General tab (under General Settings) allows you to select the style sheet color you want to use, enable/disable blog formatting on the homepage, Feedburner integration including all your Feedburner settings, and selecting the date format (dates are displayed differently depending on what part of the world you live in).   In the Homepage tab you&#8217;ll get access to category display, as well as the ability to exclude certain categories of your choice.  Of course the Featured Slider tab allows you to control how the featured slider works.</p>
<p>That is just the beginning though, as on the left there is also a series of tabs which include a large number of other settings.   You&#8217;ll find Navigation options, Layout Settings, Ad Management settings, Colorization, and you&#8217;ll even be able to control certain SEO settings on the SEO tab (mostly meta information similar to how All-in-One SEO Pack works).</p>
<p>The best part is that all this new functionality is available for all Elegant Themes club members!   Currently a membership to Elegant Themes is <strong>only $19.99 for an entire year</strong>, and stays at that price in order to renew your yearly membership.  You can learn more about the Elegant Themes club <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Free WordPress Theme Framework: Biblioteca</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Denning</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theme Frameworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblioteca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog Theme Framework]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After redesigning WPShout a couple of months ago, I decided to add some advanced features to the theme, package it up and release it into the wild. The result? Biblioteca. It&#8217;s a mix between a magazine theme, a tech blog theme, a bloggy theme and a theme framework &#8211; it looks quite nice out the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After redesigning WPShout a couple of months ago, I decided to add some advanced features to the theme, package it up and release it into the wild. The result? <em>Biblioteca</em>. It&#8217;s a mix between a magazine theme, a tech blog theme, a bloggy theme and a theme framework &#8211; it looks quite nice out the box but has a solid library of advanced features including an advanced theme options page, widgets all over the place, in post SEO options, the lot. The features list is as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>A practical theme framework that offers a solid starting point for any WordPress theme.</li>
<li>Plug and play – works out of the box, with an extensive options page.</li>
<li>Awesome SEO. Everyone talks about their theme having ‘awesome SEO’, but Biblioteca doesn’t just let you believe it, it has options for setting the post title and description.</li>
<li>Featured content gallery – Biblioteca uses Chris Coyier’s jQuery slider.</li>
<li>Extensive options page – pictured below, the options page lets you change a ton of options, from the width of the sidebar to the contents of the footer to the ads in the sidebar to your Analytics tracking code.</li>
<li>Magazine look – you want a fancy featured content gallery? Biblioteca has one. Enable/disable it from the opions page.</li>
<li>Tech blog look – you want a couple of posts featured below the main featured content gallery? Biblioteca has got one of them; it’s widgetised too.</li>
<li>Bloggy look – you just want a blog? Biblioteca can do that as well. Just set the options in the options panel.</li>
<li>Drop down navigation – Biblioteca has some rather nice drop down navigation.</li>
<li>A ton of widgets &#8211; Biblioteca has an ever expanding number of widget ready areas in all sorts of places that allow you to easily pop text just about anywhere.</li>
<li>Fancy footer – the three column footer here on WPShout is often complimented and you too can have one – Biblioteca has one which you can enable/disable from the options page.</li>
<li>Auto image resizing – set an image to display on the homepage and it’ll automatically resize itself.</li>
<li>Multiple layouts – through the options panel you can change the layout, having a thin main content area, a slightly larger main content area or an even bigger main content area.</li>
<li>The list goes on – just download it and see for yourself!</li>
</ul>
<p>When creating Biblioteca I wanted to make something that would allow me to rapidly develop future themes, something I&#8217;ve done. Whether that makes it a &#8216;framework&#8217; or not I don&#8217;t know. What I <em>do</em> know is that if you&#8217;re a designer looking to create an awesome WordPress theme but you don&#8217;t want to start from scratch, you could do worse than base your theme on Biblioteca. If you&#8217;re not a developer, then by no means are you alienated from using Biblioteca; the advanced theme options and in-post SEO options make it a great choice for any blog &#8211; take a look at <a href="http://wpshout.com">WPShout</a> and you&#8217;ll see; pretty much all I&#8217;ve done is change the background on the theme.</p>
<p><img src="http://nometech.com/wpshout.com/wp-content/uploads/images/jehdb7.png" alt="" width="100%" /></p>
<p>As in accordance with WordPress itself, the theme is GPL, although offered &#8216;as is&#8217; with no free support. You can see the theme live <em><a href="http://wpshout.com/themes">here</a></em> and grab the download it <em><a href="http://wpshout.com/free-wordpress-magazineframeworkbloggytech-blog-theme-biblioteca">here</a></em>. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>CustomTheme.com Officially Launches</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buy WordPress Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Custom Designs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Custom Theme]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year I&#8217;ve had the privilege of getting to know Leland through his excellent WordPress resource, Theme Lab.  While most designers have turned their attention to building premium WordPress themes, Leland is one of the few who has continued to release quite a few completely free WordPress themes which are of a comparable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past year I&#8217;ve had the privilege of getting to know Leland through his excellent WordPress resource, <a href="http://themelab.com/">Theme Lab</a>.  While most designers have turned their attention to building <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/">premium WordPress themes</a>, Leland is one of the few who has continued to release quite a few completely <a href="http://wphacks.com/50-best-free-wordpress-themes-gallery/">free WordPress themes</a> which are of a comparable quality.  Through his work with the WordPress community, he has been able to build a nice reputation as a coder and also build a loyal following.</p>
<p>About a month ago, Leland made me aware of a new project he was working on, building a business around the outstanding domain name <a href="http://customtheme.com/">CustomTheme.com</a>.  As you&#8217;d expect, this new project is a service building custom WordPress themes.  While speaking with Leland, I was given the opportunity to be among the first to give the CustomTheme.com service a try (before it officially launched).  I jumped at the opportunity and ended up having him build a custom design for a new website I&#8217;m working on, <a href="http://blogtuts.com/">Blog Tutorials</a>.   Blog Tuts is similar to WPHacks.com, but will be expanded to cover SEO techniques, blogging tips, etc.</p>
<p>As far as the new design goes, here is a screen shot of the new custom design which was built specifically for Blog Tuts:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2283" title="blog-tuts" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/blog-tuts.jpg" alt="blog-tuts" width="500" height="1478" /></p>
<p>Last night I got the new design loaded on Blog Tuts and today I received word that Custom Theme was finally ready for the official launch, so I wanted to take a moment and let our readers know about this new service.   According to the <a href="http://customtheme.com/services/">services page</a>, Custom Theme is able to accommodate just about any type of WordPress design you may need, including blog themes, magazine themes, gallery themes, and even CMS themes.</p>
<p>As of the publishing of this article, right now the beginning rate for purchasing your own custom design is <strong>as low as $299.00</strong>, which you&#8217;ll find is very competitive within the custom theme market.</p>
<p>Want to learn more about this new service?  Check out <a href="http://customtheme.com/">CustomTheme.com</a>!</p>
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		<title>WordPress Theme Frameworks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theme Frameworks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thematic Framework]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over a year ago, I was among those that speculated on custom widgets and their role in the future of WordPress themes.   One thing that wasn&#8217;t speculated on, however, was the rise of WordPress theme frameworks.  Now, just over a year later, many of the leaders in the premium themes market are building their own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over a year ago, I was among those that speculated on custom widgets and their role in the <a href="http://wphacks.com/what-is-the-future-of-premium-wordpress-themes/">future of WordPress themes</a>.   One thing that wasn&#8217;t speculated on, however, was the rise of WordPress theme frameworks.  Now, just over a year later, many of the leaders in the premium themes market are building their own internal frameworks which are used as the backbone to design their <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/">premium WordPress themes</a>.  For example, Woo Themes now has their own Woo Framework.   Brian Gardner of StudioPress also recently informed me that he is also developing a framework for his StudioPress themes.</p>
<p>Premium theme designers are not the only ones using frameworks these days, however, and a few can actually be used by anyone in the development of their own personal themes!    As with traditional WordPress themes, WordPress theme frameworks have free options, as well as paid alternatives.    In the post below, I&#8217;ve collected the five major theme frameworks, and I intend to update this post as I learn of more WordPress theme frameworks.</p>
<p><em>Note:</em> If these theme frameworks look a little plain, that is intentional.  Frameworks are designed for someone to use as a building point, so they lack a lot of images and design elements.   Once downloaded (or purchased), you can then build upon the framework to make your design.   Many of these frameworks also include child themes, which allow you to quickly convert your framework into a ready to use design.</p>
<h2><strong>Thematic WordPress Theme (FREE)</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2259" title="thematic-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/thematic-theme.jpg" alt="thematic-theme" width="500" height="657" /></p>
<p>Thematic is a free, open-source, highly extensible, search-engine optimized WordPress Theme Framework featuring 13 widget-ready areas, grid-based layout samples, styling for popular plugins, and a whole community behind it. It’s perfect for beginner bloggers and WordPress development professionals.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/">Thematic Framework</a> | <a href="http://themeshaper.com/demo/thematic/?wptheme=Thematic">Live Demo</a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>WP Framework (FREE)</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2260" title="wp-framework" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wp-framework.jpg" alt="wp-framework" width="500" height="605" /></p>
<p>WP Framework is a blank WordPress theme framework by Ptah Dunbar, which aims to cut down on your theme development time. It gives you a solid theme foundation to build your project on top of so you can focus on project-specific features right from the git-go.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/wp-framework">WP Framework</a> | <a href="http://wp-themes.com/wp-framework?TB_iframe=true&amp;width=1144&amp;height=484">Live Demo</a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>WP Unlimited Framework (Single-Use $59.00 | Developer&#8217;s Pack $150.00)</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2261" title="wp-unlimited-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wp-unlimited-theme.jpg" alt="wp-unlimited-theme" width="500" height="465" /></p>
<p>The WP Unlimited theme has a fairly simple design but a very complex control panel, allowing the user to set up their blog without touching any code.    Once the functionality is in place, then you can easily customize the design to meet your personal needs.  Here is a screen shot of the control panel:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2262" title="wpunlimited-layout-options" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wpunlimited-layout-options.jpg" alt="wpunlimited-layout-options" width="500" height="473" /></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wphacks.com/go/wpunlimited.php">WP Unlimited</a> | <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/wpunlimited.php">Live Demo</a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>Thesis Theme Framework (Single-Use $87.00  | Developer&#8217;s Pack $164.00)<br />
</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2263" title="thesis-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/thesis-theme.jpg" alt="thesis-theme" width="500" height="951" /></p>
<p>The Thesis theme framework is the most popular theme framework which has a cost associated with it and has built a loyal cult following.   Among those followers are some very high profile WordPress sites built upon the Thesis framework, then customized for their personal needs.  You can look through a list of these clients on their homepage.</p>
<p>Among the reasons people love Thesis is their attention to SEO techniques and the complex control panel:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2264" title="thesis-options" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/thesis-options.jpg" alt="thesis-options" width="500" height="369" /></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wphacks.com/go/diythemes.php">Thesis Theme</a> | <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/diythemes.php">Live Demo</a></strong></p>
<h2><strong>One Theme Framework + One Panel (Single-Use $60.00 | Multiple-Use $110.00+)</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2265" title="one-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/one-theme.jpg" alt="one-theme" width="500" height="826" /></p>
<p>By default, One Theme offers a variety of styles/looks to choose from and a complex control panel to get your site setup without having to hard code anything.    The One Theme also features several child themes to give the user more customization options.</p>
<p>In addition to the design, you get their comprehensive control panel which they call One Panel:</p>
<h3><strong>One Panel Control Panel</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2266" title="one-panel" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/one-panel.jpg" alt="one-panel" width="500" height="343" /></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wphacks.com/go/onetheme.php">One Theme Framework</a> | <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/onetheme.php">Live Demo</a></strong></p>
<p>Know of a WordPress theme framework we are missing?  Please leave a comment or <a href="http://wphacks.com/contact/">let us know about it</a>!</p>
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		<title>WordPress Now Launches with Fresh New Designs</title>
		<link>http://wphacks.com/wordpress-now-premium-wordpress-themes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Premium Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloom Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements Theme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Triumph Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vintmint Theme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Now]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The premium Wordpress themes market has continued to grow and evolve over the past two years, so much so that we&#8217;ve started seeing a few complaints that all of the premium themes seem to generally look the same.  It seems a few designers are setting the trends while the rest of the designers just follow and release [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes/">premium Wordpress themes</a> market has continued to grow and evolve over the past two years, so much so that we&#8217;ve started seeing a few complaints that all of the premium themes seem to generally look the same.  It seems a few designers are setting the trends while the rest of the designers just follow and release similar themes, causing many of them to just look like variations of the others.</p>
<p>One of the theme designers that recently caught my eye is a team of WordPress theme developers who launched a new website called <a href="http://wpnow.com/">WordPress Now</a>.  Since the website has launched, they&#8217;ve already got three themes released, and the have two more which are in their final development stages.</p>
<p>Here are the three designs that WordPress Now currently has for sale:</p>
<p><strong>Bloom Theme</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2115" title="bloom-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bloom-theme.jpg" alt="bloom-theme" width="500" height="1047" /></p>
<p><strong>Triumph Theme</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2116" title="triumph-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/triumph-theme.jpg" alt="triumph-theme" width="500" height="596" /></p>
<p><strong>Elements Theme</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2117" title="elements-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elements-theme.jpg" alt="elements-theme" width="500" height="1098" /></p>
<p>To see the true flexibility of these themes, you can view the live demos of each theme <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/wpnow.php">here</a>.</p>
<p>As an added bonus, I spoke to the developers at WP Now and was able to land a couple sneak previews of upcoming premium themes that <em>haven&#8217;t been released yet</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Vintmint Blog Theme (Not Yet Released)<br />
</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2118" title="vintmint-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vintmint-theme.png" alt="vintmint-theme" width="500" height="1064" /></p>
<p><strong>Simplista Lifestream Theme (Not Yet Released)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2119" title="simplista-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/simplista-theme.png" alt="simplista-theme" width="500" height="1234" /></p>
<p>So, what all is included with the purchase of a WordPress Now theme?  Your purchase includes a number of features (features differ with each individual theme), a large FAQ for answering questions, tutorials for getting started, and of course theme support!</p>
<p>WordPress Now also offers some impressive price options, offering their themes for as low as $49.00 to start, as well as offering a few WordPress developer options for designers.   Their two unreleased themes (shown above) will be available at even lower prices ($29.00 and $39.00 respectively).</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about Wordpress Now, you can read more about the features and support information <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/wpnow.php">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>New eBusiness Premium Theme by Elegant Themes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Premium Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business CMS Theme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eBusiness Theme]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much of the WordPress themes market continues to move towards the premium (paid) model, it can sometimes be a chore for the consumer trying to find the best value for your dollar.   There are certainly a few overpriced themes out there, but with a little effort you can also find a few premium themes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As much of the WordPress themes market continues to move towards the premium (paid) model, it can sometimes be a chore for the consumer trying to find the best value for your dollar.   There are certainly a few overpriced themes out there, but with a little effort you can also find a few premium themes you can find which are often undervalued.</p>
<p>When it comes to value, I usually recommend people start by looking at the various theme clubs available.   Of the theme clubs out there, there is no doubt the best overall value is with the <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com">Elegant Themes</a> club.  To give you an idea of what I&#8217;m talking about, lets take a look at their latest release, the new eBusiness theme:</p>
<h3><strong>eBusiness WordPress Theme</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2068" title="ebusiness-wordpress-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ebusiness-wordpress-theme.jpg" alt="ebusiness-wordpress-theme" width="500" height="647" /></p>
<p>You can view the live demo of the eBusiness theme <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/eBusiness/">here</a>.</p>
<p>The eBusiness theme also includes a very impressive control panel, of which the author lists the following features:</p>
<p><strong>Design Layout</strong> &#8211; The layout tab houses some of the major overlying options that effect the structure and appearance of your website.</p>
<ul>
<li> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Color Schemes</span> &#8211; eBusiness comes with three skins, and each skin comes in three colors. You can switch between these <strong>9 different variations</strong> at any time from the drop-down menu.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Website Structure</span> &#8211; The essence of eBusiness is to act as a CMS, creating a page-based layout. I have, however, included the option to bypass the page-based homepage in favor of a normal blog layout. You can switch between Page Structure and Blog Structure at any time.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Footer Options</span> &#8211; You will notice that each page has a widgetized footer on the bottom.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Homepage Options</strong> &#8211; The homepage tab allows you to manage your homepage. If you are using blog style then most of these options do not apply, but if you are using the Page-based system then you will have to use this area to set up your homepage.</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Slider Control</span> &#8211; You will notice that the demo features 3 sliding elements on the top of the homepage. These are managed via the Homepage tab. Here you can customize the content text, the title of the tab, the text used in the button, the thumbnail image (which is automatically re-sized) and an optional read more link, which can be pointed anywhere. You can also choose how many sliding elements to display (up to 3).</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pages Control </span>- The content on the homepage is made up of WordPress pages. You will create a page in wp-admin and then define the page to be used in the Homepage options tab. Simply input the page id of the pages you want to use and they will appear. You can also choose how many pages you want to use (up to4).</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Blog Scroller</span> &#8211; Even if you are using the page-based system you can still have a blog area on your site. For this reason I have included a blogroll on the homepage with a link to your most recent posts. This can be turned off if you don’t plan to have a blog section. You can choose how many recent posts to display. You can also customize the RSS link if you want to point it towards your feedburner account.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Blog Setup</strong> &#8211; If you are using the Blog Structure, or if you plan to include a blog within your Page-based website, you can customize your blog here.</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Post Format </span>- You can choose between “Blog Style” mode or “Default” mode. The Blog Style mode displays your posts in full on index pages, while Default mode automatically truncates the post to create a short preview with a “read more” link.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Categories Bar</span> &#8211; The categories bar, with links to your various blog categories, only appears on blog pages. However, if you are using the blog as simply a recent news section, and don’t plan to have several categories, you can turn off this categories bar.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Further Post Preview Control</span> &#8211; In addition to editing the length of the post previews you can also adjust the size of the thumbnail, as well as enable/disable the “read more” link and post info bar. All thumbnails are automatically re-sized, cropped, and cached, via TimThumb which means you can change the size of your thumbnails instantly at the click of a button.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Navigation Options</strong> &#8211; The navigation options allow you to customize the navigation bar. You can use this to exclude pages from the navigation, adjust the order of the links, add a link to your Blog section (if you are using one) and so on. Both the categories and pages navigation bars can be edited here.</p>
<p><strong>Advertising Management</strong> &#8211; As with the rest of my themes I have included a banner management system. You can add 125×125 and 468×60 banners and choose how many 125×125 banners you want to display (up to 8). You can also choose where you want banners to be display. You can add them to your pages sidebar, blog sidebar or both. You also have the option to disable them completely.</p>
<h3><strong>How To Get a License for the eBusiness Theme</strong></h3>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to give the eBusiness theme a try, it isn&#8217;t free, but it almost is.  Currently this theme, along with <strong>ALL</strong> of the themes released by Elegant Themes (close to 20 available currently), is available for <strong>only $19.99</strong>!  Nick, the web designer behind Elegant Themes, has also upheld a pretty impressive release schedule, offering up a new theme just about every month (which should give you close to 12 new themes each calendar year), many of which can be viewed in their <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/">theme gallery</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://elegantthemes.com/">Learn More About the Elegant Themes Club</a> | <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/join.php">Sign Up for Membership</a></strong></p>
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		<title>WPZoom.com Releases Custom Zenko Magazine Theme</title>
		<link>http://wphacks.com/wpzoomcom-releases-custom-zenko-magazine-theme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Premium Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine WordPress Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News WordPress Themes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a couple years now, the premium themes market has been growing steadily and the competition has been elevated.   Designers are pushing each other to be more innovative trying to earn your dollar, which is great for potential buyers like us, but can sometimes be difficult to for a new theme designer to jump [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a couple years now, the <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/">premium themes</a> market has been growing steadily and the competition has been elevated.   Designers are pushing each other to be more innovative trying to earn your dollar, which is great for potential buyers like us, but can sometimes be difficult to for a new theme designer to jump in and hold their own.</p>
<p>One guy that has successfully done this, in my opinion, is Pavel Ciorici of <a href="http://wpzoom.com/">WP Zoom</a>.    Earlier this year he released his first premium WordPress theme, the <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/yamidoo.php">Yamidoo theme</a>.   The title of the theme is interesting enough that it grabs your attention, then when when you look at the theme, it is hard not be impressed!</p>
<p>Now, Pavel has <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/zenko.php">released his second premium theme</a>, the Zenko theme, which I wanted to mention here.  With this new magazine theme, the homepage design is a traditional magazine theme layout, but is designed in a way to feature the most important content in areas where readers will see it.   Here is a default sample of how the homepage features your top content:</p>
<h3><strong>Zenko Magazine Theme Homepage</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1993" title="zenko-magazine-theme" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/zenko-magazine-theme.jpg" alt="zenko-magazine-theme" width="500" height="1247" /></p>
<p>The homepage is also very image intensive, which is an important part of a magazine-style homepage to draw the readers attention.   For the internal pages, the Zenko theme switches to a more traditional blog page layout with the sidebar on the right side:</p>
<h3><strong>Zenko Magazine Theme Post Page</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1996" title="zenko-post" src="http://wphacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/zenko-post.jpg" alt="zenko-post" width="500" height="1193" /></p>
<p>A full live demo of the Zenko theme can be viewed <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/zenko.php">here</a>.</p>
<p>The Zenko theme also includes a number of great features.   Some of my favorite parts are the featured content and popular posts on the top of the homepage, the built-in navigation designed to function like the WP-PageNavi plugin, and of course the footer area, which was designed to provide a place for you to put your less important content (footer is a great place to put categories, archives, etc. so they are available for readers that want to find it, but is also out of the way for people not looking for it).</p>
<p>Other features included with the <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/zenko.php">Zenko theme</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Built in support for Google Analytics and Feedburner</li>
<li>Integrated Banner Management System</li>
<li>Custom templates for categories, archives</li>
<li>Auto-resizing and cropping for images</li>
<li>Threaded Comments for WordPress 2.7+</li>
<li>Built-in widgets</li>
<li>Support for WordPress 2.7.1</li>
<li>Cross-Browser Compatible &#8211; tested on IE (6,7), Opera, Firefox, Safari, Chrome.</li>
<li>Flickr<strong> </strong>widget</li>
<li>Theme Documentation</li>
<li>Integrated Theme Options</li>
<li>Tabbed Widgets</li>
<li>Widgetized Sidebars</li>
<li>Built-in Gravatar Support for Authors &amp; Comments</li>
<li>Drop-Down Menus</li>
<li>Integrated social bookmarking in posts</li>
<li>Photoshop Files (.<strong>psd</strong>) included</li>
</ul>
<p>I also had the privilege of digging through the backend of this theme and was glad to see the code structure is very SEO friendly and well setup for someone who prefers to manually hack their code.  Another thing that I really liked was the fact that this theme doesn&#8217;t require any WordPress plugins or custom fields to function properly.   I always try to find at least one thing missing, and the one feature that I couldn&#8217;t find was the option of a traditional blog template for the homepage, which has become a pretty common addition with most premium themes.</p>
<p>Pavel also has a very competitive pricing structure, which allows just about any WordPress user to be able to acquire one of his themes.   Currently, the Zenko theme can be purchased for $69.00 (single-use license), $119.00 (for 5 site license), or $149.00 (developer&#8217;s license).</p>
<p>Have questions?  Want to learn more about this theme?  Check out the official <a href="http://wphacks.com/go/zenko.php">Zenko theme page by WP Zoom</a>.</p>
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		<title>What Makes a WordPress Theme Premium?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Eslick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Themes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elite Themes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently our friend Andrew of WP-Fun.co.uk wrote an interesting post titled A New Name for Premium Themes:  Themes.   In his post, Andrew attempts to define what a premium WordPress theme is, then compares that definition with the most downloaded themes at the Free WordPress Theme Directory.   In my opinion, blog posts like this are great [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently our friend Andrew of WP-Fun.co.uk wrote an interesting post titled <a href="http://www.wp-fun.co.uk/2009/05/05/a-new-name-for-premium-themes-themes/">A New Name for Premium Themes:  Themes</a>.   In his post, Andrew attempts to define what a premium WordPress theme is, then compares that definition with the most downloaded themes at the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/">Free WordPress Theme Directory</a>.   In my opinion, blog posts like this are great because they really spark some thought on the part of the reader.   After reading his post, I felt that the point Andrew is making is that if you look at the designs, feature sets, and quality of the most downloaded free themes from WordPress.org, they are all comparable to at least a few of the <a href="http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery">premium WordPress themes</a> being sold on the market today. </p>
<p>For those of us that have been using WordPress for at least 2-3 years, the evolution of the WordPress theme is simply amazing.  Back in 2007 themes weren&#8217;t necessarily even standards compliant, and the idea of widgets was still new and many themes didn&#8217;t support them.   Now the idea of a control panel being included with your theme, having your theme be widget ready, and having several color options included with the theme have almost become standard, (even with the free WordPress themes available).  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure there will always be some free themes available, but you have to wonder if at some point premium themes will become the standard.  I suppose if this is the case, then my next question is, if premium themes simply become themes, then what is next?   The top designers begin to release elite themes?  If premium is a fancy word for better, it seems that designers will just come up with a new fancy word for best like &#8220;elite&#8221; and use that as the word for next level of themes.  It may never end! </p>
<p>There are also things like <a href="http://themeframeworks.com/">Theme Frameworks</a> to consider as WordPress themes continue to evolve.   Give us your thoughts in the comments!</p>
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		<title>Free (Highly Customizable) WordPress Theme: Introducing NomeBlog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Denning</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free WordPress Themes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Alex Denning, a Twitter fan who has finally got around to launching his own blog, Nometech.com!
Recently WordPress has had a huge popularity surge, with the rise of &#8216;magazine themes&#8217;. At the same time that WordPress&#8217; popularity has soared, people have forgotten about what WP is all about: fundamentally, it is a blogging system. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Written by Alex Denning, <a href="http://twitter.com/AlexDenning">a Twitter fan</a> who has finally got around to launching his own blog, <a href="http://nometech.com">Nometech.com</a>!</em></p>
<p>Recently WordPress has had a huge popularity surge, with the rise of &#8216;magazine themes&#8217;. At the same time that WordPress&#8217; popularity has soared, people have forgotten about what WP is all about: fundamentally, it is a blogging system. Trying to keep that in mind, I&#8217;m releasing my first WordPress theme, NomeBlog.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.nometech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/themescreenshot.png" alt="NomeBlog" width="100%" /></p>
<p>NomeBlog is as simple or as complicated as you&#8217;d like it to be; those of you who don&#8217;t have much experience coding or don&#8217;t want to edit your theme files, you can just install the theme and leave it at that. However, those of you who are into theme customization, you&#8217;re going to <em>love</em> NomeBlog! Why? I&#8217;ll run down some of the features:</p>
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<li><strong>XHTML valid</strong> code</li>
<li><strong>Auto-image resizing</strong></li>
<li>Breadcrumbs</li>
<li>Awesome jQuery navigation</li>
<li><strong>Widgetised sidebar</strong></li>
<li>Author info at the bottom of posts</li>
<li>Related posts automatically displayed</li>
<li><strong>iPhone support</strong></li>
<li>&#8216;Login&#8217; option displayed on the navbar to those logged in</li>
<li><strong>Customised default gravatar </strong>(+gravatar support)</li>
<li>Support for WP-Pagenavi</li>
<li>Sidebar blog</li>
<li>Built in archive</li>
<li><strong>125&#215;125 ad ready</strong></li>
<li>Feedburner subscribe by email ready</li>
<li><strong>Homepage thumbnail support</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NomeBlog prides itself in ease of use</strong> &#8211; I originally built the theme, or at least what I based NomeBlog on for one of my other sites, <a href="http://nometet.com">Nometet.com</a>. Why did I build it? It was taking me too long just to post something on Nometet, resizing images, inserting custom fields; I needed something that did the hard work for me. The solution was to build the NomeBlog theme.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve already said, NomeBlog is as simple or as complicated as you&#8217;d like it to be, so I&#8217;ll quickly run through some of the more advanced features:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.nometech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/screenshot.png" alt="iPhone" align="right" /></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>phpthumb built in</strong> &#8211; the script that timthumb was built off, phpthumb is the image resizer to end all image resizers; it is great! Check out the getting started guide (link below) for details of how to use it in posts, alternatively, you can create the custom field &#8216;Image&#8217; and on the homepage will be displayed a thumbnail of the image you&#8217;ve input.</li>
<li><strong>iPhone support</strong> &#8211; as <a href="http://wphacks.com/how-to-create-a-slick-iphone-interface-for-WordPress/">I wrote here</a> a short while ago, iPhone support is becoming increasingly a necessity. NomeBlog supports the iPhone through the use of the iWPhone plugin, which I&#8217;ve customized. You can download the customized version of the plugin (which looks great!) <a href="http://www.nometech.com/blog/how-to-create-an-iphone-version-of-your-blog/">here</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Customised default gravatar</strong> &#8211; fed up with random monsters and boring silhouettes being displayed next to Gravatar-less-comments? NomeBlog has built in support for your own customized Gravatar. Just upload your own image file (again, see the getting started guide) and you&#8217;re done.</li>
</ul>
<p>It is hard to show off all the features briefly, so <strong>for the full, complete list of features and details on how to get started, </strong><a href="http://www.nometech.com/blog/free-wordpress-theme-nomeblog/"><strong>check out my new blog, where there is a lengthy getting started guide</strong>.</a> To keep updated, make sure you grab the <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Nometech">Nometech RSS feed</a> too!<a href="http://www.nometech.com/blog/free-wordpress-theme-nomeblog/"><br />
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<p>And of course, you can view a <a href="http://nometech.com/wp">live demo here</a> or <a href="http://www.nometech.com/blog/free-wordpress-theme-nomeblog/#download">download the theme</a>. It is free, but please keep the link back. Any comments would be appreciated.<a href="http://www.nometech.com/blog/free-wordpress-theme-nomeblog/"><br />
</a></p>
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