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Free WordPress Themes from freewpthemes.net


Anyone who does much development in WordPress will quickly find that not all WP themes are the same when it comes to licensing. There are a some sites out there that offer great themes that are true open source. Freewpthemes.net is one of those sites.License info from the site: "Are 100% free for personal or commercial use, since they’re released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributions 2.5 license. You don’t have to pay me (or anyone else) anything to use them, regardless of what you want to use them for."

Robust WordPress Form Plug-in


Every once in a while I find the right solution that truly meets my need and delivers on what it promises. Today, that solution was the cforms WordPress plug-in from deliciousdays.com. I’ve used a number of other forms, but this one offered extensive customization, multiple form instances, anti-spam protection, email notification and drops contact to a database. The data reporting feature is nice as well with downloadable report based on submission criteria you select. Very nice indeed.

Some Pretty Cool WordPress Theme Hacks

Finding the right plug-in for your blog or CMS site can be challenging. Many times I find it easier to tweak some code to get the desired results for a site. If you enjoy doing some custom coding, WordPress Theme Hacks from Webdesignerwall.com is a post worth reading and bookmarking.

 

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Scheduled WordPress Backup Emailed to You

Ever lay awake at night with the gnawing feeling that you really need to backup your blog? Put yourself at ease and install this handy WordPress plug-in that you can set to auto-email a copy of the database tables each week. WordPress Database Backup provides this scheduling mechanism. Sure, you’ll want to pull the images every once in a while, but by backingup the database you significantly reduce the liability of the hours you’ve spent writing being lost forever.

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WordPress 2.3 Release is Imminent

The release of WordPress 2.3 is most likely going to be launched on Monday. If you are like too many folks, this provides you a good reason to perform a much neglected back-up of your current install. Check out Preparing for 2.3 on the WordPress blog and be sure to read through the instructions. Upgrading also provides a good opportunity to drop plug-ins that under perform for your needs and to reconfigure to maximize the features for your your site goals.

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