NaNoWriMo WordPress Plugins: Keep Track of Your Novel Writing Progress

by Joe Foley October 27^th, 2012 Leave a comment

Every year in the month of November, a challenge takes place that thousands of writers from all across the globe participate in – National Novel Writing Month, more commonly known as NaNoWriMo.

The idea is simple – write at least 50,000 words on a novel between November 1 and November 30.

If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo, then you may want to either let others know about your progress on an already existing WordPress blog, or you may even want to set up a WordPress site in order to make your work public.

In either case, we have a few plugins that may help.

Themes

52 Free WordPress Themes with Post Formats

by Joe Foley October 24^th, 2012 Leave a comment

In Version 3.1 of WordPress, a new theme feature called “post formats” was added. Post formats allow you to change how a post is styled by choosing a pre-determined type such a quote post, a gallery post, an image post, a link post, an audio post, etc.

You choose the format you’d like by selecting a radio button located on the right side of the screen on the Post/Edit page. Here’s an example of post format types.

Themes

30 Free High Quality 3-Column WordPress Themes

by Joe Foley October 19^th, 2012 Leave a comment

If you’re looking for a high-quality free theme that gives you three columns to work with, then we’ve collected thirty of them for you below.

Note – Some of these screenshots capture only two columns; however, the themes do have a three column option.

1. Yoko — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

2. Pagelines — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

3. Uridimmu — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

4. Travel Blogger — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

5. Blaskan — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

6. Suffusion — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

7. Swift Basic — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

8. Montezuma — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

9. Pinboard — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

10. Designfolio — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

11. Cakifo– DOWNLOAD | DEMO

Themes

25 Free WordPress Themes with Homepage Sliders

by Joe Foley October 17^th, 2012 3 Responses

Looking for a free WordPress theme with a built in slider? We’ve collected 25 great ones below.

1. Oxygen — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

2. Ascetica — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

3. Triton Lite — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

4. Pitch — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

5. Snapshot — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

6. Minimatica — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

7. Absolum — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

8. Bightpage DOWNLOAD | DEMO

9. Fazio — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

10. Creativix — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

11. zeeDisplay — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

12. zeeBusiness — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

13. zeeCorportate – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

14. Scylla Lite — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

15. Tiger — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

16. iRibbon — DOWNLOAD | DEMO

Plugins

Automatically Download Remote Images to Your WordPress Media Gallery

by Joe Foley October 12^th, 2012 2 Responses

Inserting images that reside on another site like Flickr, for example, is easy to do in WordPress. You simply put the URL of the image in the designated spot in the media uploader.

While that’s easy enough, using offsite images that you don’t have full control over can be a problem. If the remote image is moved or deleted from its original spot, then your site has a big hole where the image should have been.

Plugins

WordPress YouTube Video Players for More Control and More Pizzazz

by Joe Foley October 10^th, 2012 2 Responses

If you post a lot of YouTube videos on your site, or you have very specific needs for the videos you post, then you’ve no doubt found yourself wanting a little more out of your video player than YouTube offers by default.

Below we’ve collected some of the best WordPress YouTube player plugins we could find. These plugins will offer you all sorts of options — everything from hiding the YouTube watermark logo that normally shows up in the corner of your video to creating your own playlists with thumbnails.

Themes

10 Fantastic Free Fullscreen WordPress Themes

by Joe Foley October 6^th, 2012 10 Responses

Looking for something bold in a WordPress theme? It’s hard to get bolder than going with some type of full screen graphic on your homepage.

Below we’ve collected ten bold and striking free fullscreen themes. These themes are great for photography sites, obviously, but anyone looking to make a graphical impact might consider them.

1. Wallbase – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

2. Elegant Photography – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

3. Axis – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

4. Shuttershot – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

5. Black and White – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

6. Photo Book – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

7. Fullscreen – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

8. Mansion – DOWNLOAD | DEMO

Plugins

WordPress Skype Plugins to Help You Connect with Your Visitors

by Joe Foley October 4^th, 2012 2 Responses

With 250 million monthly connected users, Skype is obviously at least one of the communication choices for many around the world. And so if you’re looking to connect with your site’s visitors in a more immediate way, Skype is a good way to go.

For WordPress users, there are a few nice plugins that will let you easily put Skype buttons on your site. These buttons let users see when you’re online and make it convenient to contact you.

We’ll go over three such plugins below, plus two more plugins also related to Skype functions.

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Plugins

The Top 10 Free WordPress YouTube Gallery Plugins

by Joe Foley October 3^rd, 2012 3 Responses

It’s very easy to add YouTube videos to a WordPress Post or a Page. Plop in a bit of embed code or the URL of the video, and you’re all set.

But if your site is video heavy, then you’re probably going to want a more robust solution. You’re probably going to want to showcase your videos in a more interesting and engaging way.

Plugins

7 Free WordPress Banner Plugins to Help You Optimize Your Ad Space

by Joe Foley September 26^th, 2012 5 Responses

Banners have been the backbone of advertising on the internet since its inception. And though a lot of other solutions have come along in the meantime, banners still play a large roll on many websites. Whether you’re selling ad space, doing affiliate marketing, or advertising your own products and services, a well-placed banner may still be one of your best options.