WordPress.com is a wonderful platform and it provides users with an option to create free blogs without spending a single cent. However, a time comes when you might want to move to your own domain name which is a continuance of your WordPress.com blog. A few days ago Jeff posted some links on steps to move from the Blogger platform to WordPress and now Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspiration has written a comprehensive guide on moving from a WordPress.com domain to a WordPress.org domain. You will find lots of posts which are similar to this one, but I found this guide to be comprehensive and to the point, so if you are planning to move to your own domain now or in the near future, don’t forget to bookmark the article. How to Migrate your Blog from WordPress.com to a Personal Domain

Pure A simple two column WordPress theme that does not require any images. It supports widgets and gravatar. Crafty Cart A WordPress theme that has been designed to provide users with an easy way to create online shops. This theme neatly integrates with the e-commerce plug-in to create a highly practical e-commerce solution. Crafty Cart features a spanking new retro style that is one of the best to sell out various handmade items such as t-shirts, etc. from an online shop. Crafty cart is a two column SEO optimized WordPress theme available in soft pink shades. This theme has 2 widget ready side bars and Gravatar support which makes it completely advertisement ready. NBA 3C NBA 3C is a three column, fixed with theme for NBA game lover. It has two widget-ready columns, and it is compatible with the latest WordPress and has been tested with in Firefox, Internet Explorer, […]

New Plugins WP Google-buzz This plugin automatically displays Google Buzz button for every post and pages. Receive Links Integrate a WordPress site with the Receive Links Link Exchange Network. This plugin works with widgets or in the footer. You need a Receive Links account. WP Sitemap A HTML sitemap with both post and pages. Easy to implement, just add a shortcode tag in a page. [wp_sitemap] You can add parameters to change the sitemap, exclude, include, sort and paging and so on. Taxonomy Images The Taxonomy Images plugin allows users to associate images from the Media Library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies. Flickr Digest A simple to use WordPress plugin based on Flickr API which digests all your photos posted in last X days in a single post periodically. Page.ly MultiEdit The MultiEdit plugin creates tinyMCE editable regions or “blocks” inside a page template. This is great for creating […]

Back on January 22nd, Google notified its Blogger users that effective March 26th, support for publishing via FTP would be discontinued. This announcement prompted at least one individual who relied on this feature to switch from Blogger to WordPress. However, the journey from one platform to another presented some obstacles. Kent Newsome has published a six part series that describes the trials and tribulations of the move including export/import, file size limitations, retaining the URL structure, theme hacking, and more. Congrats to Kent for having a successful move and welcome to the WordPress community. Parts 1 and 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

I’ll cut right to the chase… I have a love/hate relationship with the GPL model. Ok, perhaps “love/hate” is a bit strong, but I do choose to look at the GPL as objectively as I can.  In doing so I see the tremendous benefit the WordPress community has derived because of the GPL. But  I  also recognize the risk to traditional business models that lie within. The goal of this is not to dissect the GPL or to call it as “good” or “bad”, but rather to have a discussion which uncovers business models that are able to thrive within the legal framework the GPL provides. And you can’t have a thoughtful business discussion without also addressing risk. First and foremost, the GPL is the reason we are here, that you are reading this and that so many of us have had an opportunity to make a living doing things […]

WordPress as a platform has invented numerous businesses, including both themes and plugins, however, I am neither a pro or against both of these, because, I use themes which I develop myself most of the times to run my site.

Malleable Hybrid child theme that offers news-type functionality that features a configurable slider and address (with microformats). Intrepid Two-column with a right sidebar, compatible with WordPress version 2.8 upwards, with threaded and paged comments. 3 styles of pastel shades to choose from – blue-green, green-brown and purple-gray as default… You can also replace the header completely with your own image. TweetPress Two column theme designed for easy integration with Twitter. Brave Zeenat A portfolio & blog theme with sliding content on homepage and support for widgets and category and service page templates GreenishBlue Theme has three sidebars a 120px, 300px (Adsense) Sidebar and a Sidebar at the Bottom under the Postings, and Widget Support. There is an Option Page to populate the Footer. Supports localisation.

If you do a quick Google search for, “without a plugin”, you’ll find a gazillion results for how to accomplish simple to complex tasks for WordPress without the need of a plugin. With so many articles about not using WordPress plugins, it just begs the question: “What’s wrong with WordPress plugins in the first place?” I personally love my installed plugins. I have 25 installed on my personal blog, and I couldn’t live without a single one of them. If you venture off to Jeff Chandler’s site, he has 31 installed. Are we freakin’ nuts, or what? So what’s the deal with all these “without a plugin” posts? I mean, you don’t see plugin authors posting, “How to accomplish ‘xyz’ without a WordPress theme” do you? Okay, I’m slightly kidding, but this question needs to be asked: “What benefit is there to integrating a plugin into a theme?” Does the […]