Wordpress Theme Tweaks

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Wordpress Theme Tweaks for Internet Marketing

As I learn more about using wordpress blogs I have been spending more time on tweaks to the themes. As far as SEO and Internet Marketing are concerned, most blog themes need some adjustments to make them search engine friendly. It’s not always fun but I must say I now have some bitchin’ modified themes to use whenever I set up a new Wordpress blog for Internet Marketing purposes.

Usually I just upload the blog, try a few of the many availble themes and then I start tweaking away! Usually I figure things out by trial and error but I am sure there has to be a better way… but in the end it works and I have some nice blogs to show for it!

I just modified a free theme Wuhan and put my own little touches on it. It’s at Topica Articles if ya wanna see it in action.

If you are really fond of it and wanna use it on one of your sites, simply drop me a line and ask for the Topica Wordpress theme & I’ll send the theme to ya in a zip. Since I didn’t code it from the ground up I am not sure about whether I can freely distribute it, but hey, if my friends ask for it - what am I supposted to do??

I nabbed a great little feature and dropped it on the sidebar and that’s the “latest posts” command which I rarely see included in a theme, yet it is such an obvious choice, especially if you want a little SEO power in your blogs as it will show the latest 10 posts on each page of your site, instead of how the stock themes just show them on the front page. That means each category page (usally higher PageRank) and each individual pots page will now send a little love to the newest posts on your blog! Pretty cool, eeh?

Of course I also dumped the Blogroll thang and replaced it with my own “on the net” links which you can add by tweaking the sidebar.php file. Simply replace one of my links (or keep them there and add you own).

Also, the header graphic can be easily customized. Just open up in any graphic editor and change the title to the name of your site. It’s also pretty easy to just wipe out my trees and blue sky and add your own image or design. This can really make your page look unique!

Also in the sidebar is a php include pointing to Mutated’s RSS feed and will randomly show one of the 20 latest article excerpts. This is a great way to add great words to your blog pages and of course you are free to leave it on the sidebar as I am always happy to get links from my friends :’>

The words are power words and can even bring you some extra traffic!

Well, hope you like theme and as I said, drop me a line if you’d like it to use on your web sites! The tweaks are on me!

Theme Resources:

Free Wordpress Blogging Themes - good selection of free themes.

9 Comments »

Hi Mike,

Just a quick note to tell you as someone who have just joined - actually 2 days ago - your membership club and been busy going thru. as much info. as I can, I really appreciate your down-to-earth way of sharing, and the superb way you’ve formatted the network that we can benefit from.

I don’t know if this is the right place for me to request your WP theme, but I’d email you again anyway.

Thanks for being so generous!

Have a nice day!

Best regards,
Dr. Kang-pang Chan

http://www.go4realfengshui.com

Comment by johnchan — July 20, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
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Hi Mike,
I think tweaking WP themes is great fun lol.

It’s a great way to learn html and some of those geeky stuff without cracking your head.

Cheers,
Kang

Comment by kang — December 7, 2006 @ 9:44 pm
Thanks for the info on Mutated’s RSS feed. I never heard of it before.

Comment by xybercode — March 12, 2007 @ 11:31 am
It sounds like you’re a “super tweaker”, Mike.

OK, I guess it’s just me who hates tweaking things like WP themes, CSS templates and MediaWiki’s code.

I find that I spend hours on it to get it looking how I want and then, with the next “security patch” it all gets broken.

Neil.

Comment by NeilShearing — December 11, 2007 @ 4:42 am
I have never tweaked successfully on my themes. I tend to go into the code and destroy something! I don’t know what I do!

My best blog which has over 200 RSS subscribers is the Wasters Blog. The home page is OK, but if you go to look at any of the single post pages there does not seem to be any formatting at all!

Is that curable, short of a complete reinstall?! Would it work for me to change the theme, or would I loose still more?

Comment by stevelast — January 17, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
Hey Mike,

Let me start by saying, “GREAT NAME!”

Seriously though, I know people don’t give
enough thought into the SEO value of their
blogs.

I think it’s because blogs are so good at
getting traffic quickly that many people
don’t even take the time to tweak them
to get even more traffic.

For example, one of my clients just setup
a blog and posted 1 article. Within 24
hours she had 85 unique visitors.

And she has done nothing for traffic! But,
by doing tweaks you can get even more traffic
for the same work.

I LOVE your idea about the latest posts and
making it show on every page. I’ll have to
look into that.

All around, though…great post!

Mike

Make Money With
Your Blog

Comment by Mike Antoni — January 17, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Thanks to be so generous, “Super Tweaker Mike”!

Comment by vdp — February 5, 2008 @ 1:28 am
Really great tips in this article. I would like to know how to tweak things on my blog too, but I’m a tad afraid of looking at it after refreshing it and “poof” it’s gone! lol

Comment by LisaAlexander — April 4, 2008 @ 9:19 am