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New WordPress Theme: WP-Inspired

Michael Pollock — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:57:22 +0000

WP-Inspired is the latest premium WordPress theme to roll off the production lines here at Solostream. If you take a gander at the screenshot (and demo site) you’ll notice WP-Inspired offers a few more splashes of color than some of our other recent themes like WP-Prosper and WP-Glide. In fact, we’ve given you ten different [...]

Customer Spotlight Interview: Inner West Live

Michael Pollock — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:45:14 +0000

Your Site Name: Inner West Live Your Name: Derek, Editor Solostream Theme Used: WP-Smooth Preamble. Let me explain the research I did before I came across Solostream, as this may help some of your readers in the same boat and perhaps save them some time. I needed a good theme, (as we all do) and [...]

Solostream Themes and WordPress 3.0 Menu Management Function

Michael Pollock — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:29:59 +0000

We recently completed updating all our premium WordPress themes to use the new Menu Management function that shipped with WordPress 3.0. You can download the necessary files for your particular Solostream theme from the support forum here. You’ll just need to login to the forum and you’ll see a list of the files available for [...]

How to Fix Your WordPress Site If It Gets Hacked (Part Three)

Alistair Barnett — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:14:53 +0000

PART III: Plugins to Make Your Life Easier Below is a list of plugins that I have used to harden WordPress (and make my life easier). In no particular order, they are: WP Security Scan – Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions. 1. passwords 2. file permissions 3. database security [...]

How to Fix Your WordPress Site If It Gets Hacked (Part Two)

Alistair Barnett — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:11:29 +0000

PART II: Database Modification and WP Admin If you’re reading this, I can empathize. It’s really a downer when you’ve realized that your database has been compromised, but hopefully we can get things working right again. 1. Harden the security in WordPress Read all of the information at http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress and implement as many of the [...]

How to Fix Your WordPress Site If It Gets Hacked (Part One)

Alistair Barnett — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:41:13 +0000

PART I: Introduction and Housecleaning It’s no fun when your WordPress site gets hacked. I had a first-hand experience the other day when I was told by my brother that it happened to his site. After being able to successfully get it up and running again, I’d like to now share some helpful information and [...]

Are You a Sales Phobic Business Owner?

Helaine Iris — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:53:52 +0000

This is a guest post from Helaine Iris, a business coach who helps overwhelmed small business owners take control of their time and finances so they can double their revenues with less stress. Click here to receive a free copy of her report 10 Top Tips to Breakthrough Overwhelm and Become a Sane and Stress-free [...]

New WordPress Theme: WP-Prosper

Michael Pollock — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:35:17 +0000

WP-Prosper is the latest and greatest offering to join our growing stable of WordPress themes. Like all of our recent themes, WP-Prosper is a flexible theme that’s loaded with options and multiple home page layouts, as well as a clean, professional design to make your WordPress site really pop. Here are just a few of [...]

Customer Spotlight Interview: Automoblog by Chris Burdick

Michael Pollock — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:39:40 +0000

Site Name: Automoblog Site Owner: Chris Burdick WordPress Theme Used: A Custom Mix of Solostream Themes With WP-Genius Base 1. How do you describe the site? Automoblog.net is a blog for car enthusiasts and consumers. We like to focus on what isn’t typically talked about in your “corporate” type car websites, pointing out benefits and [...]

New WordPress Theme WP-Glide

Michael Pollock — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:23:10 +0000

We just launched WP-Glide, the latest premium WordPress theme from Solostream HQ. In WP-Glide, we wanted to provide a clean, professional platform for the business website publisher as well as bloggers and online magazine publishers. So, we incorporated several different home page options, including a couple of options with some widgets positioned just under the [...]

Piano Keyboard Reviews: A Well-Executed Niche WordPress Site

Michael Pollock — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:03:16 +0000

The following is an email interview I did with one of our fine customers, Dan Maynard, who uses WP-Chatter on his WordPress site. When I saw Dan’s site, I thought it was a great example of a perfectly executed niche-content website. Are you using one of our Premium WordPress themes to publish a really cool [...]

New WordPress Theme WP-Aire Demo Video

Michael Pollock — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:40:28 +0000

I just added our latest theme – WP-Aire – to the WordPress Themes Store. WP-Aire is a collaborative effort between Solostream and a savvy designer named James Koster. As with all our recent themes, WP-Aire is loaded with options, including 9 different color options and multiple home page layouts. If you take a look at [...]

How to Create a Custom WordPress Navigation Menu with Menu Manager Plugin

Michael Pollock — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:08:01 +0000

Update 08/05/2010: The custom navigation function is now built into WordPress 3.0. See: Solostream Themes and WordPress 3.0 Menu Management Function. With most WordPress themes, your site navigation menu is based on your pages. For each page, a link is created in the navigation menu, and the link text is based on the title you [...]

New WordPress Theme WP-Ellie (Demo Video)

Michael Pollock — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:02:27 +0000

Our new WordPress theme, WP-Ellie, is now available, and I just uploaded a short demo video. YouTube is still processing the video, so it may be a bit blurry for the next hour or so. If you’d like to embed the video on your own site, grab the embed code from YouTube.

Top WordPress Plugins for 2010 (Part Two)

Michael Pollock — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:40:38 +0000

In Top WordPress Plugins for 2010 (Part One), I offered five of the best WordPress plugins I think are must-haves for your site. Lets move on to part two for five more of my favorite WordPress plugins. 6. Improve Search Engine Rankings with All-in-One SEO By default, WordPress is a very search-engine-friendly publishing platform. Likewise, [...]