Eugen Oprea

Web Analytics, WordPress & SEO Advice

StudioPress Genesis Framework for WordPress Review

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This is something that I’ve been putting aside for a while now, but I managed to find the time and write a review about the StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework (aff) for WordPress from Studiopress.

At the beginning, it was intended to be just a tutorial on how to install and upgrade the Genesis Theme, but then I decided to highlight some of it main features, too.

Ultimately, I ended up writing the main reasons why you should choose the Genesis Theme, highlighted some of its main features and added a small tutorial about installing and upgrading the theme.

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How To Create Custom Menus in WordPress 3.0

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Have you ever asked yourself how to add a link or a specific category to the menu of your WordPress blog? Especially if you are not using a paid theme like Thesis, Genesis or Headway (aff links) which tend to simplify things?

If you did, this tutorial will guide you through the process of creating custom menus in WordPress 3.0. But if you don’t have WordPress 3.0 by now, I would strongly recommend you to upgrade, because there are some awesome new features, bug fixes and security enhancements.
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5 Lessons You Can Learn from Poster Design

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Poster design is a science. It is a broad field of art and marketing which is both highly creative and highly lucrative, and therefore much study and research has been invested into it.

You can benefit from those that have gone before you even if you’re not involved specifically in designing posters. The ideas and concepts that work for poster design can also be applied to many other fields of art and marketing such as website creation, blogs, and many other types of print work.

Here are a few lessons you can take from poster design and use in your field of expertise.
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10 Tips for Designing a WordPress Theme

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WordPress theme designers and web designers in general can make an attractive and functional design by making a comprehensive plan, designing the layout, knowing the source, starting with the default theme, and keeping the default CSS references.

In addition, they should maintain consistency, keep good navigation, provide easy accessibility, avoid distracting images, and enable comments.

So when you’re designing your own custom theme for WordPress, follow these tips for a theme that’s easier to develop, maintain and build upon.
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How to Install a WordPress Theme

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Updated August 06, 2012

Continuing with the WordPress tutorials series, today I will write about how to install WordPress themes on your blog.

Similar with the WordPress installation, there is an automatic and a manual way of doing it and I will cover both types of installation in this article.

Choosing a theme is an important decision for your blog, because you can either go for a custom design of your blog or choose a premium theme, such as Thesis, Genesis or Headway (aff links) which can be later customized.
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