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It’s been a while that the WordPress 3 themes are present at TemplateMonster, and it’s not even a big surprise for someone to see a beautifully designed WordPress themes made specifically for WordPress ver. 3. We at TemplateMonster have started producing these themes last year, and today there are almost 200 themes available in a WordPress 3.0 section of our website. In addition to that, every new WordPress theme that you see on TemplateMonster is a theme made for WordPress 3 – this version appeared to be so good that there’s no point for us to produce themes for older versions.
Every theme of this type features tableless markup and W3C-validated coding. They’re compatible with all browsers, have a number of plugins and widgets pre-installed and have the improved semantics and SEO capabilities. In other words, it’s all you need for ultimate blogging experience. Our today’s post features some of the best looking WordPress 3 themes picked by our blog team, please go ahead and check them out. And be sure to share your thoughts about WordPress 3.x platform in our comments section. Enjoy!
Interior Showroom
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Pandora
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AGRO Blog
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It is hard to find a CMS software that would be more convenient and powerful than WordPress. Every minute hundreds of WordPress blogs are being created. WordPress software offers very extensive set of default features though often we need more unique options to improve blog’s performance. Currently WordPress plugins directory contains over 14K plugins. Of course some of these do not work properly or might have become obsolete, but even so it is hard to navigate through tons of useful plugins out there, especially if you’re new to WordPress.
In case you are new to it, and if you have everything else prepared, the hardest task for you would be to install decent plugins – we mean the plugins that really are worth your time and that will in fact improve your new blog’s functionality. Anyways, here is a list of essential plugins that you’ll need to install right after you WordPress blog goes live.
1. WP Super Cache
This plugin saves your web servers from crashing by generating static html files which are exact replicas of your dynamic pages. So, if your blog post hits the front page on Digg, Reddit or Slashdot, this plugin will be a real saviour for you. Technically this plugin delivers to your visitors html files instead of processing WordPress PHP scripts over and over again for every single visitor, that saves a lot of resources for your servers and your website doesn’t crash.
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2. Akismet
This is the most effective and powerful plugin that protects your blog from spam comments. You can receive special reports that would inform you about spam activities on your blog. Please notice that for activating Akismet plugin you need to have a special API key that is free for non-commercial blogs and paid for commercial and business projects.
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We’ve entered the mobile web era several years ago and now we can observe the rapid development of the technologies related to the mobile web sphere. There is a long road ahead and a huge number of important innovations must be embodied, but even now there is a lot of successful achievements that you may start using even today.
The blogosphere in general and WordPress software are the pioneers of the mobile web and today we are going to share with you some of the best plugins that would connect your cell, tablet or other mobile device with the world of WordPress. Here you’ll find extensions that would open mobile web for your blog and will let you control your website just by clicking several buttons on your phone. Perhaps some of you will say these are not exactly the WordPress plugins in a way that we’re used to, however we believe it’s not about how you call it – it’s all about functionality. We’re sure that all of the plugins and tools presented here will greatly simplify the process of converting your blog for mobile web. Please don’t forget to share your opinion in the comments section, we really want to know about your experience of working with mobile versions of blogs – either as an editor or a viewer.
1. WordPress Mobile Edition
WordPress Mobile is a great software that detects mobile web browser and shows an interface that is specifically designed for the visitors who browse via their mobile or tablet devices. Also you can customize the list of browsers supported by this plugin.
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2. WordPress Mobile Pack
This is a toolkit that helps you to prepare your WordPress-powered website for mobile web with original mobile themes switcher, specialized widgets, device adaptation and mobile admin panels for the users. So, basically you can post on your website by using your mobile device.
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3. Mobile Admin
Mobile Admin is about adapting WordPress UI to be more user-friendly on various mobile devices including iPhone and iPod touch. Among its most essential features we should mark out the dashboard section, “manage posts” page, “manage profile” page and plugins support.
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Today we’d like to explore some top alternatives to the default commenting system on WordPress. These are the solutions which will let you change the commenting module in your WordPress blog by disabling your default system and replacing it with a new one. So if you’re not satisfied with your current system of comments why not try to migrate from the ordinary to more powerful new ones that will enhance your blog comment interface with many advanced features? The only question is which one to choose. We will now hash out this issue, so you could pick the solution that you think perfectly matches with your objective and WordPress blog style.
Though we might not mention all the features to each comment solution, you should pay attention to such important aspects as a tracking system for comments, comments moderation, the option to receive email when people post a comment in your entries, the presence of an archive feature, IP or keywords blacklisting, spam filters, multiple admins and many more. We are also interested in hearing your opinions. How do you like these systems? What other commenting options can you suggest? Please don’t hesitate to share your thoughts, we’d highly appreciate that.
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Disqus
Disqus is probably the first to consider comments platform that helps you build an active community from your website’s audience. This service has an automated installation for WordPress, but of course, you can insert its JavaScript code on any platform. Having a Disqus commenter profile you can take back control of what you’ve written by tracking and managing your comments all in one place. You can also use Disqus profile to follow and reply to what people are talking about, on and across different sites having Disqus installed. This comment system also provides the features like real-time comment system, notification and reply system, gravatar support, comment threading and pagination, mobile commenting, plus you can define a custom CSS for it. Disqus service as well lets you have full integration with Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, and media services such as Youtube, Flickr, and more.
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Intense Debate
What about IntenseDebate it’s a feature-rich comment system with automated installation for WordPress and many other blogging/CMS platforms. IntenseDebate offers numerous features that improves the commenting experience, like the reply by email functionality, open-id support, hardcore moderation and blacklisting, RSS readers and tracking, email notifications, an ability to integrate Facebook and Twitter accounts with your comments so that you can send your comments to your Facebook and Twitter profiles letting your followers know you commented on a post. In addition, IntenseDebate has recently added a few plugins such as Seesmic for video comments, smileys, embedding YouTube videos and enabling PollDaddy plugin to create polls in comments.
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Displaying code snippets in WordPress can be a real challenge. Anyone who has ever tried to include a line of code or any program code samples into WordPress post knows how tricky and frustrating it can be to get it display correctly. However, there are some very simple and effective ways to do this – with a range of WordPress code snippet plugins available you can maintain the original formatting of any code being inserted in WordPress and make your blog a lot more appealing to the readers. That’s especially essential for programming blogs and tutorial related projects since they deal with huge blocks of codes. In this case preventing WordPress modification and retaining original characters and symbols is vitally important. So, the plugins of choice right now are the following:
Snipplr
This plugin is basically a code pasting/sharing site on the surface. You will need to register an account to receive an API key, which is however very quick to do. After that, it is necessary to navigate to the bottom of the settings page and copy the API key to your clipboard.
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Preserve Code Formatting
With Preserve Code Formatting you can just paste code into code, and this plugin will prevent WordPress from HTML-encoding and modifying your code. The whitespace will be optionally preserved. This plugin does not make any claims about working when you create posts with the visual editor enabled. Yet the use of the visual text editor will pose problems as it can mangle your intent in terms of “‘ characters.
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Today we will talk about WordPress security which is very important topic for all whose blog has ever been hacked. Below you’ll find list of useful plugins that will help you to protect your blog from external intervention that may bring you some moral and financial damage. Of course these plugins can’t guarantee you 100% protection and maybe you’ll be lucky not to face with these problems but you know that there is nothing like being on the safe side. Please be attentive and carefully read information about each plugin to be sure that it will be compatible with your WordPress version. Now I want to wish you good luck and don’t forget about protection.
1. Secure WordPress
This multi-functional plugin offers a set of useful features including such features as removing plugin-updates and theme-updates for non-admins, hiding WordPress version in the dashboard for non-admins, removing error information (when you’ve entered wrong password at the login page) and many more.
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2. WP Security Scan
Wonderful monitoring tool that scans your WordPress installation and suggests your some possible ways to improve the security. This plugin would help you to make your passwords being more secure, to hide WordPress version at the front-end, to manage file permissions and so on.
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Our massive WordPress 20% Discount Promo is almost over. That means it’s almost your last chance to take advantage of a fantastic 20% discount and be gratefully rewarded for the purchases of our fascinating WordPress Themes.
These designs have not only premium layouts that you’ll certainly love, but also the awesome functionality. Built to fully utilize the extended capabilities of WordPress blogging platform, the WordPress Theme we offer introduces a set of useful features. The latest themes made for WordPress 3.x version even feature deep content linking and plugings/widgets included, to make your WordPress website extremely easy to manage even in its smallest elements.
Speaking of the WordPress templates featured below, we’ve compiled this variety to show you the most interesting and multifarious WordPress layout solutions that utilize prominent design trends. Our team of expert designers has developed these solid layouts to make a tedious process of site building easy for you. Along with blog designs that are totally essential on the internet today, we also develop WordPress themes for web galleries, design studios, professional architecture studios, and other kinds of businesses. In here, we may see bold and contrasting design choices which however do not make the layout feel any cluttered. Besides, there’s a wide variety of minimal designs that focus on awesomely rendered lapidary style. With just enough variety of WordPress designs you are sure to find the best one for your website! The only thing left is to hurry up and take advantage of a marvelous 20% discount – and better do it sooner as in a day our promo is over!
Gyoen Web and UI Design
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WebDesign
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Hey folks, we are delighted to announce the launch of new Free WordPress Theme for Design Company that can be a superb solution for your design studio website. In terms of style and execution this freebie is a wish for everyone. The flexibility of a WordPress CMS plus clean and clear design created by our professional designers give solid background for your online project.
We know quite well that all designers are striving to create something really eye-catching that features usability qualities. Well-done WordPress theme helps to achieve the desired results in this process. While creating this theme we have analyzed a number of WordPress designs with their advantages and disadvantages and now we offer you this attractive theme in minimal stylish design. You are welcome to download it to make your online project stand out from the hundreds of others. Please feel free to see the live demo of this free WordPress theme.
Free WordPress Theme:
As you remember, you can get this free website template in two ways: with PSD source files included and without them. If you need only HTML source files, download them from this post (just click on the image above and save the ZIP file). To get the full package with PSD source files included visit the TemplateMonster Free WordPress Theme download page and type an email address that you want the free template package to be delivered to (make sure to uncheck the newsletter subscription checkbox in case you’re already subscribed). Feel free to use this template for your business, but you are not allowed to resell it.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: TemplateMonster does not provide support services on free templates – including this one. We only provide support for the products that are being purchased from TemplateMonster. Our free templates are produced according to the latest web standards and we’ve been trying to make the process of working with them as easy as possible, so for people with minimum web development experience it should be easy to work with them. However, if you don’t have any experience, we recommend you to refer to the tutorials or community forums on how to work with platforms that each respective template is made with, or to hire someone to do the job for you.
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Web designers, artists, photographers and other creative professionals know the real value of beautiful and visually appealing online portfolio. Even though WordPress CMS is one of the most popular kinds of software ever used on the web, it still doesn’t have any efficient default functions that will help you to create your portfolio within the few clicks. But thanks to the WordPress community there are tons of excellent plugins for WordPress that can fix this situation. So, we’ve compiled a collection of 7 WordPress plugins that can be called true time-savers – without having any specific programming skills you will be able to create stunning WordPress-based portfolios. Let’s start.
1. NextGEN Gallery
NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin with a bunch of useful features. You can add custom templates for your theme, copy or move images between the galleries, use galleries in as sidebar widget and many more.
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2. Flash Rotator Gallery
Flash Rotator Gallery creates 3D galleries or menus by using images from your WordPress image directory. Clean, simple and effective – should we say more?
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It ain’t that easy to get a revenue from your WordPress blog and everyone who has tried to do that knows that without a good software it is a real nightmare. Just imagine that you need to have tools that will allow you to analyze clicks and impression counts, integrate third party ads, rotate ads and many more. It is obvious that such kind of tools will help you build most effective marketing strategy, improve revenues and many other benefits. Monetizing is an inevitable process which occurs in a life of any blogger so you must be ready to do everything in a right way, and successfully. Of course there are many premium ad plugins which might be interesting for you due to an improved support and constant updates, however we believe that free WordPress plugins are one of the best things that can be found on the web.
1. WP125
This plugin will help you display your 125×125 banner ads in professional manner. You can easily manage the specific days for displaying ads and they will automatically be taken down. This plugin has simple and efficient interface with many various useful features.
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2. BuySellAds
BSA is one of the most popular marketplaces for selling and buying ad banners. So, this is an official BSA plugin that easily inserts BSA code to your blog. You can use Widgets or manually insert a single function that returns your desired Ad Zone.
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3. Wp-Insert
Surely this is one of the most powerful WP ads plugins nowadays and it impresses with tons of useful functions. It supports Multiple Ad Network Support, ten various ad widgets, twenty custom ad areas and so on. Without a doubt this is a leading software for the WordPress advertising.
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4. OpenX WordPress Widget
OpenX WordPress Widget provides a simple, straightforward way to place ads from an OpenX AdServer on a website. But you should know that you must be signed in as Open X publisher for displaying their ads on your blog.
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