7 Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme

April 15, 2009 | Vinatips

7 Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme

Doing some WordPress theme-hunting? Here’s a checklist of things to look for in a good WordPress theme that’ll hopefully help you narrow down the choices: 1. Does It Use Header Tags Correctly? An SEO fine point: see tip #14 from my WordPress SEO post. 2. Does it Have Valid Code? If possible, validate a default setup of the theme. If the theme itself has errors, the designer probably hasn’t taken the greatest care in its development. 3. Is It So 1990s? A theme that uses tables, font tags, excessive inline styles, etc. (as opposed to external style sheets) will bloat the file

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Choosing the Right WordPress Theme

April 1, 2009 | Vinatips

Choosing the Right Wordpress Theme

With thousands of free Wordpress themes available for download, how do you decide which one is right for you? Rather than base your decision solely on looks (ooh, that one’s purdy), take a look under the hood and examine the CSS, custom functions, and more. Having just switched themes, here are some tips on choosing the right Wordpress theme for you: Looks Although you shouldn’t base your entire decision on looks alone, I still don’t recommend running a butt ugly theme. Give your visitors something pretty to look and they’re more likely to stick around. Your bounce rate will than

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Blog Hosting Guide

March 30, 2009 | Vinatips

Blog Hosting Guide

Nowaday, Blogging is widely increasing in popularity. People write blogs for either personal interests or business reasons. And considering the important of a reliable hosting to the success of your blog, it's worthwhile to take some time to find out what hosting is the best for it. Server Type The most popular and powerful blog software is WordPress, an open source application developed by php and running against MySQL database. So, from techinical viewpoint, Linux web hosting solution is the best choice for your blog, and it's relatively cheaper than a Windows one as well. When choosi

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