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Free WordPress Themes

• Wpdesigner - Has a nice collection of free WordPress themes, mostly designed by Small Potato himself. Occasionally he also announces quality WordPress themes designed by others.
• WpSnap - Quality over quantity. Unlike a lot of other free WordPress theme showcases out there, Wpsnap has only features high-quality handpicked themes.
• Design Disease - Not a huge selection, but what they have is high quality.
• Free WP Themes - This site has all of the templates from freecsstemplates.org ported into WordPress.
• WordPress.net - Can’t forget the official WordPress theme viewer.
• Brian Gardner - A nice collection of very popular free WordPress themes. Also the designer of the popular Revolution Theme.
• ThemeShaper - Home of the popular Thematic and Launchpad WordPress themes
• plaintxt.org - If you’re into minimalistic design, this is the place to get WordPress themes.
• WP Theme Designer - Some very nice magazine-style WordPress themes, designed by ChiQ Montes.

Other WordPress Sites

• How To Spot-Er - Has an amazing collection of WordPress guides and tutorials
• JaypeeOnline - This isn’t specifically a WordPress-related blog, but it does feature lots of blogging news, WordPress theme reviews, and a lot of other useful information.
• Weblog Tools Collection - One of the top WordPress-related blogs around. They announce any new noteworthy theme or plugin releases for WordPress, along with any other news regarding WordPress.
• WP Themes Gallery - A great WordPress-related blog and home of the famous “Top 40″ WordPress blog list.
• WordPress Modder - A useful resource with articles and videos on modding your WordPress blogs.
• Hack WordPress - Lots of great tips on modifying your WordPress blogs along with other news about the latest WordPress themes and plugins.
• WPThemesPlugin - Another great WordPress resource site featuring the latest themes, plugins, and WordPress news.
• WPZOOM - A new WordPress blog featuring themes, plugins, tips, and more.
• WP Candy - Another WordPress-related site, highlighting some of the best themes, plugins, and WordPress-powered sites.
• WP Project - A site offering free WordPress tutorials and tips, along with other WordPress articles and news.

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Here are 30 cutting edge Wordpress themes that I think are the best online right now and there are plenty of them. I change my theme so much and I’ve used almost all of them. I’m also in the process of designing a Wordpress theme for the public so keep your eyes open. I want to offer a few different ones. A couple for free and one Premium one that I’m going to design with a friend. He just doesn’t know it yet. Haha!

I’ve also listed resources and tutorials for designing with Wordpress.

Themes by justintadlock.com

• Options
  
• Aura
• Bliss
• Blue Danube
• Options
• Options Light theme
• Shadow theme
• Structure theme
• Visionary theme

More Themes:

• Cleaker 3.0 by pomomusings.com
• Probama by category4.com
• Wordpress Themes by Scribblescratch.com/
• Stilbruch by amypink.com
• Textback by amypink.com
• OpenBook premium by catswhocode.com
• DailyPress by blogohblog.com
• Techlure by free-css-templates.net
• Myapril Reloaded
• Notepad Chaos: by Evan Eckard
• Infinity: Theme by Zhang Yichi

Themes by briangardner.com designer of the famous Revolution Templates

• Silhouette
• Vertigo

Premium WordPress Themes

Get quality and professionally designed templates for your business or news blog. Perfect for modern web 2.0 start-ups or designers looking for a quick solution.

• Revolution - - Premium WordPress Themes
• One Theme - Webmaster - A Premium WordPress Theme
• BobV3 - A Premium WordPress Theme
• Sketch’d theme- A Premium WordPress Theme
• Ashes Pro - Premium Wordpress theme
• Mod Blogger - Tech - Premium Wordpress theme
• Expression - Premium Wordpress theme
• Venice - Premium WordPress Theme

Wordpress Admin Template:

• OS X Leopard For WordPress by Teddy Hwang

This theme is a simple plugin, but when activated can change the way you think about wordpress entirely.

• Spotmilk Admin Theme

Design Tutorials:

• Design an Elegant Wordpress Theme by pstut.info — A detailed walk-through on how to create a beautiful theme for wordpress in Photoshop
• Blog design 101: Creating your own Wordpress theme cre8d-design.com has created a great 3 part tutorial on the basics of how to create your own Wordpress theme either from scratch or by adapting a theme. It’s a great tool for someone who is interested but doesn’t know where to start.
• Quick Start Your Design with XHTML Templates by particletree.com — Kevin Hale’s templates used in his workflow to help get a running start on new web development projects. In addition to the XHTML templates, Kevin will go over some CSS templates and some XHTML markup examples made to help him create style guides for various sites. This is a great resource, check it out.

Resources:

• Test your web design in different browsers at browsershots.org
• Stock.XCHNG - FREE stock photo site!

PSD Resources:

• High Res Sunbursts (Free Download)
• Grunge Essentials Pack
• Free and Exclusive Paper Textures

Brushes:

• More Brushes - 4 Photoshop CS
• Getbrushes.com
• Resources at ndesign-studio.com
• Flash Resources

Download Free Shapes, Gradients and
Brushes at Myphotoshopbrushes.com

Click here to download Web 2.0 Styles for Photoshop

Retro Brushes by ~Ninis on deviantART

Splatter Brushes by =ka05 on deviantART

Urban Scrawl Photoshop Brushes by ~InvisibleSnow on deviantART

Winter Breeze Brushes by =Axeraider70 on deviantART

GLOW Brushes by ~SassyStuff on deviantART

gvl - Suddenly Spring brushes by ~gvalkyrie on deviantART

Vector Line Brushes 2 by ~PhysicalMagic on deviantART

Floral brushes by *hawksmont on deviantART

Retro Bubbles by ~caxtor76 on deviantART

I finally put them all on one page..all the applications I find and love that are free and essential! Check it out now! Essential Open Source Apps

Below is from this website I found that offers huge lists of programs in zip files..crazy..all different types of apps check it out this is just an example. AIO DVDPack 2008

AIO DVDPack Jan 04 2008

Download Includes:

• 1Click DVD Copy Pro v3.1.2.0
• DVD2one v2.1.3
• DVD Files Informer v1.0
• DVD Rebuilder Professional Edition v1.26.5
• DVD Shrink v3.2.0.15
• DVDFab Platinum v4.0.3.2
• DVDInfoPro HD v4.7.6
• DVDRemake Pro v3.6.3
• Elby CloneDVD v2.9.1.2
• ImgBurn v2.3.2.0
• PgcEdit v8.5
• Slysoft AnyDVD HD v6.3.0.3
• VobBlanker v2.1.3.0
• VSO ConvertXtoDVD v2.2.3.258h
• VSO CopyToDVD v4.0.4b
• VSO Inspector v1.3.1.82b

Download above Zip File:
http://rapidshare.com/files/81446151/DVDPackJan042008_www.softarchive.net.rar

Randomness:

• More App list and download files - crazy!
• HUGE list of Twitter Apps
• Complete Students Linux User’s Guide Pretty Cool.

Need some icons for your site? Eh?

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Well I registered ibdreamy.com again and I’m extremely happy about it. So now if you want to know what’s up with me all you have to do is type in ibdreamy.com and wah-la! Like magic. Ibdreamy posts on a dish.

Anyway..I’ve been a huge fan of Semagic for years and I’ve used it to post to my LJ forever but now that I also write in a WordPress blog I wanted to find an desktop application that allowed me to post to both at the same time. I’m pretty sure you can do it with Semagic but I couldn’t figure it out.

I did some research and I downloaded a few different editors including BlogDesk and w.bloggar and the best one I found and the one with the best reviews was…*drum roll*

Microsoft’s Live Writer - yes, believe it or not..it’s pretty damn sweet! You have to check it out! Even if you only use Live Journal it’s worth it. Plus it’s Free. Allot of the other editors cost money. Lame.

I’ve also used Semagic as a quick HTML editor to create quick links, lists etc.. for years and it’s always been handy and fast but Live Writer kicks it’s butt in this category as well because you can preview your HTML in live mode, HTML mode, WYSIWYG mode and Web Layout mode all in the same window.

I made all of these using the Button Maker at Blog Flux

Feel free to take one of mine or make your own. These are already hosted and yes, you can direct link them. Let me know which ones you use..just curious which ones you guys liked or found useful. Visit my Live Journal - Ibdreamy