Aug 27, 2009 Posted by Judith

Vanity Magazine Premium WordPress Theme

What a fun theme! A fresh and flexible magazine theme with 2 different styles, Aqua and Pink. The theme is packed full of features with a Carousel Article Slider for Top Stories, Banner Campaign Management, Flickr, Video and Feedburner integration, ready for submission of stories to the most popular social network sites with plugin integration. This theme has it all if you want to start or update your... read more

Aug 20, 2009 Posted by Judith

Abstract WordPress Premium Theme

The rich colors and textures of Abstract’s fun yet professional layout, that is flexible enough to be used as either a business theme or a personal theme, is hard to resist.5 amazing color schemes to choose from. Brown, Blue, Red, Grey and Cream A custom home page to include specific page content and your latest “x” number of blog posts. A completely widgetized sidebar & two widgets... read more

Aug 19, 2009 Posted by Judith

Facey Pages and Tweety Books a Fad?

Whatever the polar opposite of a fad is — that’s what social media is! Maybe we have to review what the word social means to put things into perspective: so⋅cial  [soh-shuhl] –adjectivepertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club. seeking or enjoying the companionship of others; friendly; sociable; gregarious. of, pertaining to,... read more

Aug 13, 2009 Posted by Judith

Premium WordPress Theme: Edmond

If you had any doubt that you could take advantage of WordPress for your business site, wash those thoughts right out of your hair! The guys over at iThemes have done it again with a clean, professional and totally CMS theme that any business can use to enhance and improve their online presentation. This Web 2.0 business theme with four different color variations: Blue, Brown, Grey and Steel Bllue. Here... read more

Aug 11, 2009 Posted by Judith

Another Reason to Use Firefox: SEO Blogger WordPress Plugin!

One of the most talked about topics around The IStudio is SEO. That’s why I write about search engine optimization so often. I get questions, track what folks are asking and if I can help, offer tips or even a neato plugins, resources or applications to make the issue less confusing and a bit easier if possible. I’ve used FireFox for years — actually I make a concentrated effort to use... read more

Aug 5, 2009 Posted by Judith

3 Tweemendous Twitter Tools

Try and say that fast 3 times! Here are a couple Twitter tools, including a WordPress Plugin that I’ve discovered recently and are worth you taking a look at:TweetMeme Button: The TweetMeme retweet button WordPress plugin is meant to encourage your audience to Tweet your content on Twitter. And it works! You can see it in action on this site. The button shows a live count of the number of times... read more

Jul 30, 2009 Posted by Judith

Elegant eBusiness Premium WordPress Theme

eBusiness was created for those looking to use WordPress as a CMS. eBusiness uses a Page-Based layout, however, a normal Blog-Style mode is also available. eBusiness is great for business or personal bloggers looking to use WordPress to take their Web site to the next level. It comes equipped with an in-depth options page that gives you increased control over your site/Blog, as well as 3 unique skins and... read more

Jul 28, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Security 101

If your site has ever been hacked, you know it is a very unpleasant experience. The time it takes to remedy and recover is something you don’t want to have to deal with! Here are the three main issues any site owner can address right now:Once your site is up and running, delete the “admin” username account. Since that is the default setup that’s the first user that will be... read more

Jul 22, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Setup a WordPress Photo Gallery

WordPress plugins, thanks to all the dedicated and very talented developers out there, are the best thing since sliced bread when it comes to adding functionality to your WordPress site or Blog. Photo galleries and slideshows are commonly used to showcase products and events within a site or Blog. What used to cost literally thousands of dollars to integrate or create in Flash for a static HTML Web site,... read more

Jul 21, 2009 Posted by Judith

“If You Are Not Learning; You Are Falling Behind”

That my friends is the reality of doing business online! I’ve been at it 15 years now and still learn something new almost each and every day. Learning can at times be fun while at other times frustrating. But that’s how you learn. Don’t want to be on a continual learning curve? Then maybe you need to seriously consider if the online business environment is really for you. Based on my... read more