Sunday, November 30, 2008

Customize Your Site With Free WordPress Themes

By Russell M. Stewart

Have you decided you want to set up your very own WordPress blog site, but you haven't found a theme that suits you? Take a look at this website I discovered a few days ago that has loads of free WordPress themes to choose from. I was surprised by the themes they had available.

Many people who use WordPress have never used a site management system before, and are surprised at how easy they are to use. WordPress allows complete customization of your site, including the general layout, called a theme. These themes change the entire behaviour and appearance of your site, make it stand apart from other web sites.

One of the themes I saw on the site was financial theme. It was designed to be completely business oriented, looking similar to a news service blog. And it was only one of the many themes the site had to offer, covering a wide range of designs.

Having a WordPress site is like having an online publication. You can provide both articles and web pages to visitors, and represent any types of products or services your company may have. By using themes, the site is customized to have the look and feel the owner wants it to have, making each site a unique experience for visitors.

Adding a new WordPress theme to your website has never been easier. Just pick the one you have, and install it in minutes using the install theme function built into WordPress. It's as easy as one-two-three, and you have a new theme installed, ready to be customized exactly the way you want it.

A useless WordPress theme will provide you with popular search engine optimization options, such as meta tag support, and the ability to create RSS feeds. With these favourites, you may later add links to allow visitors to bookmark your site on major social media sites.

The more unique your site is, the better it will stick in the minds of visitors, bringing them back again and again. So choose the theme you'd like to use carefully, and set it up to be as user friendly as possible. Keep those people coming back, and they'll soon have their friends coming too, so take the time to configure your page to be the very best that it can be.

By now, you can see how important it is to have a user friendly, customizable theme for your WordPress site. It allows you to present a fresh new look without completely starting over from scratch. You merely plug in a new theme, and your website is automatically updated. - 16089

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