Matt Mullenweg & Joseph Scott Theme Directory Interview @ Themeshaper

Tagged: SEO, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes

Matt Mullenweg & Joseph Scott agreed to do an interview over at Themeshaper regarding the return of the Wordpress Theme Directory

Definitely worth reading.

I was particularly interested in why they felt the need to bring back the directory.

Themes were scattered across the web, searching for them was frustrating, it was easy to miss good ones, and each site had its own UI for downloading and testing.

Many of the theme directories seemed more interested in promoting paid themes they got affiliate revenue from than highlighting the amazing free GPL themes out there.

There were some fake theme directories set up that were distributing malware, if you installed one of their themes (often copies of legit themes) it would hack your blog.

Themes were of varying quality, and it was difficult to tell which themes supported which WordPress features.

Read the rest of the interview here

Related Resources:

ThemeShaper
Wordpress Theme Directory

Go Daddy Web Hosting

Tagged: Wordpress, web hosting

I have been using Go Daddy hosting for 6 months now and would recommend it.

Unlimited domains, and practically unlimited bandwidth…

A good control panel system and cheap .com domains…

Its also great Wordpress Hosting

Jubbly Wordpress Theme Beta

Tagged: Wordpress, Wordpress Themes

Want to help Beta test a Wordpress Theme?

Visit the Jubbly Wordpress Theme hub @ Wordpress.com

The theme is designed using the 960px Grid for perfect viewing on modern monitors.

Wordpress.com promises 24 hour support response time

Tagged: Wordpress

Wordpress.com on their main blog have offered a promise to Wordpress.com users that they will answer the majority of support questions in under 24hours.

Blogging on WordPress is easy, but sometimes you need a hand. Enter the Happiness Engineers, a team of support staff dedicated to answering your questions and tackling any problems you may have.

A Wordpress.com hosted blog is a great way to make a first step into blogging.

The Wordpress.com (recently redeveloped) tagging system is a communal traffic and search engine juice sharing scheme that means if you blog about interesting topics you probably will get visits to your blog.

Wordpress Theme Directory

Tagged: Publishing, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes

Is this the long awaited re-launch of the official Wordpress Theme site?

Only 3 themes available at time of writing…

WordPress 2.6 Released

Tagged: Publishing, Technology, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes

The big news right now is the release of WordPress 2.6

It hasn’t been a long time since the release of the last update, and they do say that they were ahead of schedule with this one - but we still can’t wait to see how Wordpress 2.6 rolls out.

Here’s the video tour:

New Wordpress Themes RSS Feed

Tagged: Wordpress, Wordpress Themes, rss

Want to always stay updated to the newest Wordpress Themes - beyond even this site?

Subscribe to the New Wordpress Themes Feed < Click here

Below, the latest results preview:

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