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!

Jeff Johnson’s new video on getting more traffic

It’s not too late for you to grab more than your fair share of the Holiday Shopping Traffic, and make tons of affiliate sales…. or even sell your own products.

Here’s what I’m talking about:

Jeff Johnson, who is a super affiliate and one of my internet marketing coaches, just posted a quick video on his blog that reveals…

1. How to quickly and easily tap into the tons of free holiday shopping traffic and earn huge commissions… you can even get started today… it’s not too late.

2. Even without Jeff’s special “triple your click-rates” wordpress theme layout… you could still see a 62.9% increase in ad revenue… just watch the video to see how.

3. How Jeff generated 100k in affiliate commissions in the last few weeks… and how you could too… just follow his simple advice in the video.

Visit Jeff’s blog and watch his new video.

It’s totally low-key and you don’t need to optin or anything to watch it; just click the play button.

Here’s Jeff’s “Grab Some Holiday Shopping Traffic” video: http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/
Enjoy!

P.S.

The websites in Jeff’s new video are built using his special SEO Blog Software.

You can download the free version just by clicking the bright orange button on his blog. I have used this software to build quite a few affiliate sites and it works very well in getting you loads of traffic. No risk to try it out as you don’t have to pay for it.

How to add life and fun to your blog posts

I came across this great tool Zemanta via a post on Twitter and is also featured on TechCrunch. It allows you to find contextually relevant links, pictures, related content and tags from the net that you can add to a Wordpress blog post you are writing with one click. Zemanta uses an internally developed semantic analysis engine and will only suggest Creative Commons content so there are no issues with legality of using the content on your site.

Currently it is works with Firefox and TypePad, self hosted Wordpress, wordpress.com and Blogger blogs although they are looking at adding Movable type and also LiveWriter to the mix.

I have been testing it on some of my blogs and so far it has been great for adding some color to my posts with image suggestions and also the automatic tagging is my favorite feature of this. You can download Zemanta for free now. It was a winning startup idea at Seedcamp and has just raised more funding this year so I am looking forward to seeing what other great functions they come up with. This has made blogging much more fun.

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.

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