Free monthly premium wordpress themes

I found this via a Twitter post and was thrilled that they had some beautiful premium wordpress themes which you can download for free. Follow the other links and you find AudioJungle free download of audios that you can use for podcasts or videos.

Wordpress 2.7 and Revolution Two Wordpress themes

I just went to load up a new blog via Fantastico and noticed that it is now at Version 2.7. This means that the theme I was intending to use was not going to be totally compatible. So my quick 5 min job of setting up a new blog now meant an hour or so looking around for a Wordpress 2.7 compatible theme.

To my delight, I found that Revolution themes which are by far the most professional Premium Wordpress themes around has now gone open source and they have all been updated to be compatible with Wordpress 2.7. What a find. Thanks Brian Gardner.

I downloaded the Revolution Lifestyle Theme to play with and was warned before hand that there was a lot of coding required to bring the theme up to speed. After just randomly investigating the options and code, I found that most of it was very obvious and quite easy to tweak.

You do need to use some simple graphic programs to tweak images to make 70×70 thumbnails, the header image, etc. But they provide a blank header image file which you then write over with text in MS Paint. That was the quickest way I thought of doing it. If you have GIMP, you could use that too but a bit overkill.

I got stuck when all the images in the Featured post was the same, when the demo site showed lots of different images. I then found this extremely useful blog post that detailed all the steps in tweaking this theme. Alternatively you can sign up for support at the RevolutionTwo site to get access to the forums for support on all their themes.

Now that I have done one, I am going to try out a few of their other themes for other sites. You can check out their open source wordpress themes here.

Click here to visit Revolution Theme website!

Sherman Hu’s TutorialU just launched

Sherman Hu of Wordpress Tutorials fame has just launched his new venture, TutorialU with a few great packages. His new site www.TutorialU.com is built with a new WP theme and somewhere down the line he is going to offer a package where you get to buy the theme and you get all Sherman’s tutorials on how to SEO and tweak this theme for the maximum impact. I can’t wait for that as it will be perfect for my new niche.

In the meantime, this is what TutorialU is about. At launch, he is selling 3 main packages:

Create a Video Studio For Less than $500

This 6 video elective course teaches you how to easily and cost-effectively setup your video studio with video, audio, lighting, tripod and backdrop equipment you can find in your local stores.

Generate $10k a month with Blogging

This comprehensive “blogging for profit” course includes 43 short-clip easy-to-understand-and-follow videos.

Learn 10 strategies to monetize your blog – combine a few or use them all – it’s all up to you.

5 real-world case studies and an interview give you examples of professionals and business owners who use these strategies for profit. Extra features include 7 videos that span strategy, tactics, tools and best practices for profit.

Generate $10k a month with Video

This elective “video for profit” course includes 9 short-clip easy-to-understand-and-follow videos.

Learn the 3 major styles of video you can use to profit with – use just one or use them all – it’s all up to you.

Includes 4 videos that span audio, lighting, software and camcorders to improve your video quality and profits.

I am waiting for his tutorials packaged with the purchase of a “One-Theme” wordpress theme. This looks clean and versatile and I am thinking of using it for one of my new sites.

Anyway, you can get these at a discount for short time, just use this coupon code, cuttheribbon.

Enjoy.