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On the Vine Food + Wine + Restaurant + Garden WordPress Theme

Jennifer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:47 +0000

I’ve put together a new clean WP theme that’s great for food & drink sites like wine sites and restaurant sites, but general enough to work on a personal blog or a garden blog too – On the Vine:

On the Vine WordPress Theme

It’s widget-ready, Adsense-ready, 3-columns, and has a custom header and supports gravatars.

Comes in shades of green, white, and burgundy.

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How to Install a WordPress Theme

Jennifer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:01:42 +0000

Installing a WordPress theme can be quite easy once you have the right tools in place. First, you need to have WordPress installed on your site. Sometimes hosting sites make this easy by offering pushbutton WordPress installations. For instance, if you have a cpanel with your hosting company, you will typically find a link to “Fantastico.” Click on the Fantastico link, then click on WordPress and it will give you the instructions for installing it on your site.

To install a WP theme, you really need to have an FTP program. My favorite FTP program and the one I’ll be demonstrating with there, is SmartFTP.

Log into your FTP with your site’s IP adress, username, and password, and then on the remote host side (your web host) click on the folder where WordPress is installed. This should open your WordPress folder, then click on the “wp-content” folder, and then click on the “themes” folder.

On the local side (the files on your computer) of your FTP program, click on the folder containing your WordPress theme, and move the entire folder into the themes folder on the remote host side. Note: some themes have nested folders, so you may have to open up one or two to get to the folder that needs to be moved over. The folder that contains the files and the image directory (for most themes) is that one that needs to be moved.

Once the theme has been transferred, log in to your dashboard by going to [yourWordPresssite]/wp-admin. Once logged in, click on Appearance > Themes to select a new theme.

And voila! You should be set with your new look!

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New Free Dog WordPress Theme – Pug Time

Jennifer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:12 +0000

Here’s a theme that’s great for any dog or pet site – Pug Time!

This solid WP theme is widget-ready, Adsense-ready, 3 columns, and supports gravatars. Retro, vintage, art deco look with blue, brown, white, and more colors.

Graphics 100% unique.

Pug Time WordPress Theme

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New Free Retro WordPress Theme – Tiki Time!

Jennifer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:38:46 +0000

This retro tiki WP theme is unique and colorful!

It’s Adsense-ready, supports gravatars, widget-ready, clean, and has a vintage vibe.

White, brown, blue, pink, green.

Tiki Time WordPress Theme

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New Free Coffee WordPress Theme: Coffee Time

Jennifer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:43:03 +0000

Here’s a coffee WP theme: Coffee Time.

Widget-ready, supports gravatars, Adsense-ready, 3-columns, retro, brown, white, blue.

Coffee Time WordPress Theme

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Magical Christmas WordPress Theme

Jennifer — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:46:36 +0000

Looking for a theme for the holidays? I’ve just put together a new, snowy Christmas WP theme with red, white, and blue.

It’s widget-ready, supports gravatars, and Adsense-ready. Enjoy!

Magical Christmas WordPress Theme

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Polka Dots WordPress Theme

Jennifer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:08:23 +0000

I just created a new theme for WordPress – Polka Dots!

It’s clean yet colorful and can be used on a variety of sites. It’s also Adsense-ready, 3-columns, supports gravatars, and widget-ready.

Cute, indie, green, brown, pink, aqua, yellow, orange, and white.

Polka Dots WordPress Theme

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Featured Section Doesn’t Work Quite Right with WP 2.8

Jennifer — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:22:30 +0000

I was eager to download the latest WordPress update – 2.8 – only to realize that the featured section I’ve added to the recent templates no longer works in 2.8.

The section will show the same image for every featured post rather than showing post-specific images, and the featured section on single pages doesn not show up correctly.

To remove the featured section from the new templates, simply go into the sidebar.php file and remove the section.

I will let you know if & when I get a chance to update the themes.

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Cafe Candle – Another Candle WordPress Theme!

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:47:25 +0000

I’ve been tweeking Candles Cafe a bit to come up with this variation (more brown, lighter pink) – Cafe Candle…

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It’s SEO-friendly, Adsense-ready (you can insert ads in three different spots of your choice), and “feature-ready.” To have something show up in the “Featured” section, just categorize the post as “Featured.” To have images appear in the featured section automagically, just install the Thumbnails for Excerpts Plugin.

Cafe Candle:

Cafe Candle

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Candles Cafe – New Candle/Spa WordPress Theme

Jennifer — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:55:07 +0000

Here’s a new candle/spa WP theme - Candles Cafe.

Candles Cafe:

Candles Cafe

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