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		<title>What is a WordPress Theme Framework?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandru Vornicescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard lots of discussions on the subject of theme framework over the past year, as it was becoming more and more popular. Meanwhile, many developers and even more users are trying to understand what it is exactly and how it is supposed to work. So, if you are the one of those [...]]]></description>
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<p>You have probably heard lots of discussions on the subject of theme framework over the past year, as it was becoming more and more popular. Meanwhile, many developers and even more users are trying to understand what it is exactly and how it is supposed to work. So, if you are the one of those who aren’t familiar with it yet, then the real purpose of theme framework may be lost for you.<br />
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<p>Notwithstanding there’re some arguments against it, there’re also plenty of reasons for using frameworks. Most designers have quite a good understanding of a framework, but broadly speaking, a WordPress framework is some kind of a large-scale outline, presenting an approach to quickly develop WordPress themes that are based on common axioms. Don’t miss the main word – just an approach. So it could have different meanings to different users.</p>
<p>It may look anyhow – as a set of distinct hierarchy of scripts, style sheets or plugin support files, or as a theme with minimal styling of microformats or custom functions. It may be whatever, but the one thing will stay invariable – a certain style of coding, organizing and referencing the workpieces.</p>
<p>So, if you follow the thread of thought, then you now understand that theme framework is not the a cure-all solution or an ideal theme, and not the thing you can easily adhere to. However, you should see the potential of frameworks – they can decline the chance of errors, provide you with a stable way to approaching projects and theme customization, and also speed up repetitive tasks and client support.</p>
<p>It does have advantages, but not everyone will be able to create a templating system. Nevertheless, you can benefit from a ready framework, especially if you’re a developer or designer, willing to increase the productivity, enhance the product range or get rid of obstacles coming with coding from scratch. And if you’re just a regular user, curious about what this has to do with you, you could benefit even more, because the author of the parent theme will provide you with updates and new functionality every single time they become available, so you may forget about worries concerning losing or rewriting your customizations. You will understand it better after working with one framework for a while, but you have to choose with which one exactly. All of them differ greatly, as you know that the framework can be whatever its author wants it to be, but they all will be definitely useful for those, who clearly understand their purpose.</p>
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		<title>Adsense Optimized WordPress Themes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandru Vornicescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to know the reason why you should use an Adsense WordPress template, we can answer – because it was designed for the purpose of maximizing your ad earnings. That is a WordPress theme having separate ad blocks, so that you are able to mix different types of affiliate ads, including contextual, with [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you want to know the reason why you should use an <strong>Adsense WordPress template</strong>, we can answer – because it was designed for the purpose of <strong>maximizing your ad earnings</strong>. That is a WordPress theme having separate ad blocks, so that you are able to mix different types of affiliate ads, including contextual, with your main content without effort. If you are going to start making money on any kind of contextual ad systems like Google Adsense, then you should know that the key to success is the efficient and optimized ad placement. So using such blog designs will undoubtedly help you enhance the affiliate conversions and “click-through” rates. These blog templates are also called <strong>Adsense Ready themes</strong>.<br />
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<p>What are the advantages of Adsense Ready Themes over any other blog themes? Firstly, the Adsense Ready themes are designed in such a way that they are focusing entirely on merging the contextual ads with content by placing the ads around it. The ads themselves and the links are neatly placed everywhere around every single post, thus maximizing their “click-through” potential. Some of the themes also allow easily placing ads blocks inside every post – that’s one of the best ways to get the most clicks per blog visitor.</p>
<p>Generally, Adsense Optimized themes are created in Adsense blocks in order to facilitate insertion of ads. The ads become active right after the Adsense Publisher ID has been changed or inserted. They also adjust the placement and colors of ads to guidelines of Google, making you feel related. The search and link units are already built in, and the search engine particularly is very user-friendly, enabling you to post and category titles easily. </p>
<p>So, the main reason for using Adsense Ready Themes seems to be its convenience. You won’t have to get lost in too much code and won’t have to adjust to the form of the theme. This template will save you lots of time and effort, as usually all you need is just to insert the publisher ID in cost of a minute and that’s it. </p>
<p>Of course, you can try any other WordPress theme to place your ads, but they would probably be not easy to puzzle out, especially if you are not very familiar with the concept of optimizing your ad placement. Adsense Ready templates are particularly useful for those who operate hundreds of niche websites, because they originally become more profitable if using optimized ad placements.</p>
<p>Here we place few examples of adsense ready themes</p>
<p><strong>Example Theme #1</strong><br />
<img src="http://s3.envato.com/files/73447/ThemePreview.__large_preview.jpg" alt="preview" /><br />
<a href="http://themeforest.net/item/foliotheme/27374?ref=wpcrowd">Full Info and Preview Here ></a> </p>
<p><strong>Example Theme #2</strong><br />
<img src="http://s3.envato.com/files/191656/Screenshots/bvd_00.__large_preview.jpg" alt="preview" /><br />
<a href="http://themeforest.net/item/bvdbeautiful-website-designwordpress/64910?ref=wpcrowd">Full Info and Preview Here ></a> </p>
<p><strong>Example Theme #3</strong><br />
<img src="http://s3.envato.com/files/45426/screenshots/1_home.__large_preview.jpg" alt="preview" /><br />
<a href="http://themeforest.net/item/minyx-20/17610?ref=wpcrowd">Full Info and Preview Here ></a> </p>
<p><strong>Example Theme #4</strong><br />
<img src="http://s3.envato.com/files/54115/home.__large_preview.jpg" alt="preview" /><br />
<a href="http://themeforest.net/item/professional-look-wordpress-theme/20625?ref=wpcrowd">Full Info and Preview Here ></a> </p>
<p><strong>Example Theme #5</strong><br />
<img src="http://s3.envato.com/files/153230/ThemePreview/1_homepage.__large_preview.jpg" alt="preview" /><br />
<a href="http://themeforest.net/item/dark-floor-html-template-6-pages-7-colors/52367?ref=wpcrowd">Full Info and Preview Here ></a> </p>
<p>Good luck <img src='http://wpcrowd.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>WordPress is like&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandru Vornicescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it is a great idea and decided to collect everyone&#8217;s thoughts about WordPress is like in Twitter. Twitter is a very popular social site with millions of visitors per day. Below you will find a collection of ideas about what WordPress is like&#8230; I think it&#8217;s very fun to read. @shawn: WordPress is [...]]]></description>
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<p>I think it is a great idea and decided to collect everyone&#8217;s thoughts about <strong>WordPress is like in Twitter</strong>.</p>
<p>Twitter is a very popular social site with millions of visitors per day.</p>
<p>Below you will find <strong>a collection of ideas</strong> about what WordPress is like&#8230;<br />
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I think it&#8217;s very fun to read.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/shawn/statuses/1324958853">@shawn: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like a security blanket to me.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/Bastian_twitter/statuses/1705609042">@Bastian_twitter: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like MSWord and sometimes feels like Lotus Notes.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/futurelevel/status/1369005890">@futurelevel: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like coming home from being imprisoned overseas. I heart WP.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/WoodWhisperer/status/1053817897">@WoodWhisperer: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like the difference between a screwdriver and a power drill.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/timfahndrich/status/1092729909">@timfahndrich: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like a car &#8211; plugins are like all the options you can add later to make your car better, faster, etc&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://explore.twitter.com/technosailor/status/1258409144">@technosailor: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like breathing crisp mountain air <img src='http://wpcrowd.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/roprice/status/1061975617">@roprice: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like JQuery in that you should skip Google and get info at the source.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/bpanulla/status/2003532488">@bpanulla: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like a weed &#8212; easy to grow, but a pain to manage at anything more than one-off scales.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/oysteinwika/status/1541567890">@oysteinwika: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like &#8216;instant soup&#8217;: Quick and easy, taste ok, but not very nutritious. I&#8217;d rather serve my guests a well prepared Flash!</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/denharsh/status/1730585347">@denharsh: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like blogging software as blogspot and is much easy to use.. <img src='http://wpcrowd.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/graywolf/status/1090081263">@graywolf: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like having a high maintenance GF She can be smokin hot W/ lots of plugins &#038; accessories but lots of work 2 keep happy.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/dogwalkblog/status/2042945685">@dogwalkblog: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like pulling taffy on a rocky boat&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/ElleXNC/status/1953803961">@ElleXNC: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>I think WordPress is like Blogger/Blogspot.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/cerity/status/2119909090">@cerity: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like the best CMS ever.. seriously.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/nathansmith/status/1632674630">@nathansmith: </a></p>
<blockquote><p>WordPress is like your first car. Easy to learn, but ultimately not what you want to be driving.</p></blockquote>
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