Instant WordPress Theme Creator

Ever wanted to make your own WordPress theme but you don’t know how to program? Well, you’re in luck! There’s a really cool WordPress Theme Generator where you can select how many columns you want, color scheme, text scheme, menu type, tag cloud, and more — all with just selecting a few drop downs.

Once you’ve decided on the layout and are ready to create your new blog template, just click the “save” button and you’ll get a link to download the zipped files. You don’t need any knowledge of HTML, JS, PHP, or CSS and just need to be able to unzip and upload files.

This generator is great for creating basic WordPress themes if you’re new to blogging or want a good framework to build on top of. There are only a few images which get created so you’ll likely want to spice up your blog (especially your header) with some cool graphics. You might want to read our post on “How to Easily Create Make Your Own Web 2.0 Blog Logo” and instantly add flare to your new WordPress theme.

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How To Easily Make Your Own Web 2.0 Blog Logo

It’s a question I get asked quite often and I figured it’s easier just to write a post about it. Many people who download Blogger templates or WordPress themes from our site would like to replace the default header image with one more personal and professional-looking. Some templates come with header logo or some with just plain text so it would be nice if you could spice up your blog with a cool Web 2.0 logo wouldn’t it?

There are a couple great free sites out there that allow you to instantly create a Web 2.0 header logo for your website. You don’t need any photo editing software experience or technical knowledge — just type in the text you want, select the style, font size, color, etc and voila — you’ve got a brand new Web 2.0 logo!

Two of the free sites I would recommend are http://cooltext.com and http://web2.0stylr.com which is actually how I first created the logo for this site. Here’s one I recently built in less than two shakes of a lambs tail.

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Free Live Blog Traffic Widget

Ever want to know things like who’s visited your web site, where they came from, and what they’re reading? Well, now you can with this cool free blog widget by FEEDJIT. They provide a simple page where you select one of four widgets which are: live traffic feed, live traffic map, live recommended reading, or live page popularity.

Here are my two favorites which will fit nicely in your blog’s sidebar.

It couldn’t be any easier for Blogger users to install. Just click on the “Add It” link and a Blogger icon will appear. Click on that and it will take you to your Blogger site asking to install the widget. Same goes for Typepad users. WordPress or other web site owners will need to copy the small bit of javascript and paste it somewhere on your site.

Having this widget on your blog makes it fun to look at your site each day and see who’s recently stopped by. Knowing that people from all over the world actually read some of your content is pretty rewarding. Also knowing what sites they came from provides some good data especially if you don’t have any blog analytics like Google Analytics running on your site.

Go and get your free FEEDJIT blog widget and get a better idea of who’s coming to your blog!

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Free Blogger Training Videos

Using Blogger can be confusing especially with the limited documentation available by Google. If you’re like me, you prefer visual tutorials vs the traditional documentation method which makes learning more enjoyable and interactive.

There’s a website called Recognized Expert which provides over 7 hours of free Blogger training videos covering the basics and also some more advanced techniques. It’s a very helpful way for those of you who are beginners looking to better understand how Blogger works.



The content is created by two brothers by the names of Bob and Josh Sommers who do a great job explaining Blogger step-by-step. I highly recommend you checking out their collection of videos as I’m sure you’ll learn something new just by watching a couple of them. Here’s the high-level list of the videos available on their site:

* Getting Started with Blogger
* Navigating Blogger
* Text and Links
* Uploading Images to Blogger
* Video In Blogger
* Post Options
* Managing Posts
* Page Elements
* Post Options
* Gmail Account
* Uploading Audio
* Working With Your Template
* Blog Settings - Basic
* Blog Settings - Publishing
* Blog Settings - Formatting
* Blog Settings - Comments
* Blog Settings - Archiving
* Blog Settings - Site Feed
* Blog Settings - Email
* Blog Settings - Permissions
* Google Gadgets
* Slideshows
* Credit Cards and PayPal
* Converting Your Blog Into A Website

Let me know what you think and if these videos are helpful for Bloggers of all levels. It’s really great of the Sommers brothers to provide all this content for free! Watch the videos now.

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