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ShareIf you’ve been looking for a free WordPress theme to spice up your blog but just can’t find one that doesn’t look cheap, check out these 10 great WP themes. You may find one that gives you that custom look without having to pay one cent!
Amazing Grace

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Gravel

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Ali Han Natural

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DynaBlue

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ShareHello everyone! As we wind down the last day of 2009 and get ready for  a new year, I just wanted to announce the relaunch of Ninja Blog Setup. What started as a service to offer people free WordPress blog installations has now grown to something much bigger. Ninja Blog Setup now offers blog transfers [...]

ShareI was recently asked the question, “Why use WordPress?” This is a very valid question for anyone thinking about building a website and looking at all the available platforms out there. WordPress is by no means the only platform out there to build a website with but in no time at all I had thought [...]

ShareIn this post I’ll cover how to get your blog upgraded to version 2.7 using the Instant Upgrade plugin. If your site was setup by Ninja Blog Setup, then Instant Upgrade was installed when we set up your site.
The Risks When Upgrading
There are always risks when upgrading your blog, especially a major upgrade. The worst [...]

ShareThis video is an overview of the dashboard area of WordPress version 2.7.
I’ve also demonstrated what I think is the best new feature of WP 2.7 and that is the ability to search for and install new Plugins from right inside the WordPress dashboard.
A word of caution however: don’t get a case of “Pluginitis.” Just [...]

ShareHave you ever thought to yourself, “I’d like to try out a new theme, but I’ve spent so much time putting custom code (counters, plugins, etc.) into my current theme, that it’s too much work to switch?”
This WordPress tip is designed to make it much easier to change themes, which will benefit established bloggers doing [...]

ShareThis is a resource guide for WordPress bloggers. I receive vast numbers of emails from bloggers asking for help with various problems they are having with their blogs so I decided to compile the most common questions and their answers to hopefully create a valuable reference guide for WordPress users who are having a problem, [...]

ShareOne of the most common questions that I get asked by clients is how to upload a new WordPress theme, so I’ve put together a video which demonstrates the entire process.
There are 2 things required to follow along with the video.
1) An ftp application for transferring the files of the new theme up to your [...]

ShareIn this video I cover how to make some very basic changes to your WordPress theme.
In the first section I open up the stylesheet and change a couple formatting colors. And in the second section I open up the single.php file and show you how to add simple snippets of code that you would [...]

ShareRegarding “WordPress Hosting” Claims of Installations
A lot of WordPress companies advertise that they offer “free” or “included” WordPress installation with their hosting, but what they offer is actually a way for you to do your own blog installation.
Sure what they provide is easier than doing a completely manual installation of WordPress, but if you just use their [...]