Using a static homepage for a Wordpress site

A friend of mine recently asked me about creating a static homepage so that his Wordpress site had a main page that worked more like a static website. I think he was able to get it all set up and functioning properly, but at the time I didn’t have a web page to direct him [...]

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Arena Magazine powered by Wordpress

Without question… the growth of Wordpress is in no way slowing down. In fact, the reach of Wordpress grows leaps and bounds with each new day.
Thanks to the heads up over on the Wordpress Publishers blog, I see that Arena Magazine is now powered by Wordpress.
Arena Magazine, from what I understand, is a fairly well [...]

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Blue Dream Wordpress Theme Release

It’s a cold and snowy Monday morning here in Chicago, so nothing could start the day off better than a good cup of coffee and the discovery of a new Wordpress theme.
Meet Blue Dream.
Blue dream is a clean and revenue ready Wordpress theme with a three column layout and a top navigation that gets right [...]

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Girly Blog Designz Custom Wordpress Themes

I’ve been meaning to get this post up, but thanks to time constraints and a very busy week I simply haven’t had the chance until now. So here goes…
Did you know you can actually get a custom Wordpress theme designed for less than $100? Believe it.
If you’re on the constant look out for a solid, [...]

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Phil Hughes of the NY Yankees now blogs at Wordpress.com?

Believe it.
Phil Hughes, pitcher for the New York Yankees, recently started a Wordpress.com blog. His blog is kind of cool because it shows more personal side to Hughes compared to what you would get with the media or the Yankees PR machine.
Hughes has yet to edit his about page, so you won’t find much there, [...]

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Join Brian Gardner in the fight against Breast Cancer

I’ll be honest here… I wouldn’t have written this post if I hadn’t read WPCandy’s Wordpress Hoodie contest post. Not because I’m only in it for the Hoodie, which would be super cool to win, but because I had no idea that Brian Gardner was involved in the Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk.
Before getting to [...]

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Wordpress Plugin: Theme Test Drive

Last Saturday night I installed Wordpress in one of my sub-directories to work on a few themes I’m using on other blogs. It was sort of a pain because I had to change permissions, flip back and forth to grab sidebar code from existing themes, and it just wasn’t a smooth process over all.
Then, yesterday [...]

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Top five modern Wordpress themes

Well, not necessarily my “top five picks” of all time; Rather, my top five picks from the Smashing Magazine 100 Excellent Wordpress Themes list.
#1: WP-Polaroid
I was pleased to see Adii release a public version of his own theme late last year. I’ve always been a fan of his blog design and it’s good to know [...]

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