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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Wordpress Video Tutorials

Now that I’ve figured out how to record my actions on screen, I plan on creating a few simple video tutorials for blogging and various other projects I’m involved in.
I probably won’t be able to start these until the second week of February because I’ll be in DC all of next week. But it [...]

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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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One final blog makeover

OK… I got it. Trying to run several different blogs on the site was a pain in the ass. Not just for me, but for you. Up until today I was running SE Tattler, Blogging Tips, and my “personal” blog on the same site and server, but on separate Wordpress installs.
The original logic was sound, [...]

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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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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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