In this win-win partnership, Catswhocode gets a link hardcoded in the footer of the theme while my theme gets a feature on Catswhocode.

As you see, I only partner with big players when it comes to theme release. Smashingapps, Sixrevision, Hongkiat are some of the super blogs that I collaborated with. Now it is Catswhocode which added to the portfolio

Let me introduce a bit about Catswhocode. This site is like a coder’s paradise. You could find almost anything you need to start up a Wordpress blog or a new website there.

There’s a wealth of tips to be found there for bloggers as well as some really good Wordpress themes, widgets, plug-ins, theme reviews, short codes and fonts. For the ones who are still new to blogging there are plenty of help articles to be found there too.

Along with Wordpress tools there are web design and web development tools and tips available on the website where you can find tips, tutorials and a host of tools to be downloaded. The website is designed in a user friendly and an attractive manner which makes navigating and searching for topic easy. It will soon become a good one stop shop to find all that you need at one place.

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Theme Partnership with Catswhocode

Get your words out to the world using this Bulletin Board theme!

I could not be happier to co-release this theme with Catswhocode this time

Latest Version: 1.00
Added on: 2009/11/05

Bulletin Board Photoshop PSD File Gain access to the fully layered Adobe Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. Great for designers who want greater customization.

Credit Link Removal Removing the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Theme files without the credit links can be purchased at $20.

Main Features
- Free forum support
- Different design for sticky post feature
- Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
- W3C XHTML and CSS compliant
- SEO ready
- Gravatar enable

Blog Title and Description
By default, the blog title and description are using the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction:
- Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use that is available free from dafont.com.)
- Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop program
- Add the title and description using your desired font
- Save the image using this name: bg_header_new.jpg
- Upload the image to your server in the /images folder

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Change log
2009-11-05 v1.00 – Release

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Bulletin Board

The documentation will also be added to my older themes in the near future.

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Theme User Guide Documentation

My best relaxing moment is listening to my favorite music in a theater room with a glass of champagne. Due to space constraint, I can’t afford to have a theater room in my apartment but I dream of having one.

Here I show you the concept of my theater room design in this Wordpress theme. Any comments?

Latest Version: 1.00
Added on: 2009/10/14

Theater Room Photoshop PSD File Gain access to the fully layered Adobe Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. Great for designers who want greater customization.

Credit Link Removal Removing the credit links will make the theme not function properly. Theme files without the credit links can be purchased at $20.

Main Features
- Free forum support
- Different design for sticky post feature
- Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
- W3C XHTML and CSS compliant
- SEO Ready
- Full theme documentation
- Gravatar enable

Blog Title and Description
By default, the blog title and description are using the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction:
- Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use that is available free from dafont.com.)
- Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop program
- Add the title and description using your desired font
- Save the image using this name: bg_header_new.jpg
- Upload the image to your server in the /images folder

View all my themes

Change log
2009-10-14 v1.00 – Release

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Theater Room

You can still leave your non-support related comments in the comment section, e.g., you can share your opinion about the themes you use.

Besides managing support, you can find everything you need to know about my themes in the forum too. For example, there is a section where you can showcase your themes modified using my themes. If you want to perform customization for my themes, you can request help from other users because I am not available for custom work at the moment.

I welcome all my theme users to actively participate in the forum and make it a friendly community effective in solving problems. See you there

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Theme Support Forum is Launched Officially!

Here, I proudly present ThemeGrade.com that I have been working on for months!

In my journey of designing Wordpress themes for more than a year, I have downloaded more than 200 Wordpress themes to gain insight of how other designers code the themes in order to improve my own skill. During this period, I have found themes using clean coding standard as well as those which are badly designed.

It is quite impossible to tell if a theme has clean coding just by looking at the theme itself. You might get some clues from the source code but few people understand the meaning behind the coding.

This is when I think, hey, why don’t I create a system to review the Wordpress themes?

My next task was to find the Wordpress theme directories in the industry and see what others do. Not to my surprise, I have found tons of the theme directories from the Google search. Of all the sites, 95% are listing free Wordpress themes while the rest are listing premium Wordpress themes or the combination of the two.

I visited the sites and most of them are quite disappointing. It seems that the site owners published free themes that are also available in other directories without putting any effort to review them. There is only one site (ThemesPreview.com) which provides some review for a theme. I have written about this site and it’s scoring method few months ago.

I found the tests used by Themespreview useful and have included some of them in the tests on ThemeGrade. However, there is something about Themespreview’s tests that are missing. Nothing has been told about how well a theme was optimized for search engines. It has a test about W3C compliance but there are more things that could be tested in a theme to see if the theme is well-optimized for SEO purpose.

I decided to build a site similar to Themespreview with added tests and features. It is easy to understand how ThemeGrade.com works. Let me explain the layout a bit and some of the key features below:

1. Top Slider
This is the section listing the premium Wordpress themes from top designers. If you like the theme, you can click on the shopping cart icon to purchase them.

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2. Featured Wordpress Themes
This section features high standard FREE Wordpress themes from top designers.

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3. Wordpress Theme Showcase
All the themes, free or premium are listed in the lower part of the site.

1. User-friendly Theme Search
The themes are grouped into many categories that it would be easy to find the themes of your choice. Are you looking for a 3-column magazine style themes that are free? Simply select “3 columns”, “Magazine Style”, “Free” and click on the search button and the themes will be shown in the result page!

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2. Theme General Test
Each and every one of the Wordpress theme listed on ThemeGrade has undergone comprehensive tests. The general tests of a theme give you an idea of how well the designer coded the theme. When pass, the score will be added to the General test. Taking the passed score and divide it with the total tested score and you’ll get the general test score of the theme.

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3. Theme SEO Test
The SEO tests of a theme give you an idea of how well a theme had been optimized for search engines. When pass, the score will be added to the SEO test. Taking the passed score and divide it with the total tested score and you’ll get the SEO test score of the theme.

After you get the general and the SEO test score, the total score of a theme can be calculated. To do that, first, take the general test score and multiply by 0.6 and the SEO test score multiply by 0.4. Sum up the two number and you’ll get the total score of a theme.

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4. Different Ranking Status for Themes
What makes ThemeGrade so special is the ranking system. Quality themes will be awarded either a Gold, Silver or Bronze status. The themes with the highest standard are those which score more than 90% and are awarded with the GOLD status!

Ever since I outlined the details of each test, I have found out a few things that I could improve for my themes especially the SEO part. Therefore, some of my themes are not getting high marks. I want to make ALL my themes score GOLD in ThemeGrade so it’ll be in my to-do list to revise my themes and make them GOLD!

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5. Two New Themes will be reviewed Daily
Selecting good quality themes and reviewing them in such details take a lot of time. Thus, I have hired a responsible lady who has worked for me before and understands my high standard. She will be the editor of ThemeGrade.com and the person in charge of the theme review.

I strongly recommend you to subscribe to ThemeGrade and get new reviewed themes deliver to your feed!

What do you think of ThemeGrade.com? If you have any suggestions of comments about this site, feel free to leave a comment below.

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ThemeGrade.com – One of a kind Wordpress Theme Review Site

I am going to take Templatelite and my other network of sites to a new level. You’ll see some exciting changes coming up in the very near future!

This Music Lovers theme speaks true of my feeling now. I am in a rock-and-roll kind of spirit now

Latest Version: 1.00
Added on: 2009/09/27

Music Lovers Photoshop PSD File Gain access to the fully layered Adobe Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. Great for designers who want greater customization.

Credit Link Removal Removing the credit links will make the theme not function properly. Theme files without the credit links can be purchased at $20.

Main Features
- Free forum support
- Different design for sticky post feature
- Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
- W3C XHTML and CSS compliant
- SEO Ready
- Gravatar enable

 
Blog Title and Description
- Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use that is available free from dafont.com.)
- Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop program
- Add the title and description using your desired font
- Save the image using this name: bg_header_new.jpg
- Upload the image to your server in the /images folder

User Showcase
The followings are a few examples of nice modification of this theme from other users. You can view all the nice design in the forum theme showcase.

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Change log
2009-09-27 v1.00 – Release
2009-10-31 v1.01 – Fix category page problem

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Music Lovers

The time is ripe to showcase your beautiful work on my site. No matter what you have modified, simple or complicated, as long as I feel that the modification is nice and could give inspiration to others, I’ll feature your site/blog in my forum (yes. I am going to open a support forum for my themes soon!).

For example, I like the simple modification of the Girly Nature theme as shown in this site which shows different way of displaying the font design in the header and the post title. I also like the big customization of the Paper Craft theme as shown in this site where you see the designer made a big change to the graphic of the original theme.

I will create a section in my upcoming forum where you can showcase your customized work of my themes. I welcome all my theme users to actively participate in this program. Simply submit your site/blog for review.

The following shows just a few modification examples from using my themes.

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Showcasing Your Customized Theme

The Photoshop Illustrator is easily the preferred option by many especially when it comes to graphic and web designs. Nonetheless, this software is one hard shell to break. There are a slew of things that need to be learned particularly involving the advanced tools that we require in enhancing our design and highlight some important details. This article outlines sixty of the most important techniques that you can use in order to maximize the use of Photoshop Illustrator in creating great designs.

1. Crash Course in Illustrator CS3

This is a condensed Illustrator tutorial program designed for beginners. It is a 30-day program broken down into 20-minutes modules that cover the basic techniques and fundamentals of Illustrator CS3.

2. An Easy-To-Follow Guide in Using Illustrator Brush Panel and Paintbrush Tool
This comprehensive tutorial outlines the simple in using the Brush Panel and the Paintbrush Tool of the Illustrator. It shows of the effective and practical techniques for users in creating their own brushes.

3. A Comprehensive Guide in Using the Illustrator Pen Tool
This tutorial presents the simple steps in using one of the most important tools when creating paths. This tutorial tackles the important features, useful shortcuts and the techniques associated with Illustrator’s Pen Tool which is easily the most important Illustrator tool.

4. A Comprehensive Tutorial in Using Illustrator Live Trace
This tutorial shows how you can use the Illustrator Live Trace in creating appealing illustrations in your designs.

5. Illustrator CS3 Selection Tools Tutorial
This tutorial shows how to pick the appropriate selection tools while working on objects, shapes and points.

6. Symbol Spraying Tool Tutorial
This tutorial shows the simple steps in using the Illustrator CS3 Symbol Spraying Tool as an effective aid in simplifying the illustration work that you are doing.

7. A Comprehensive Guide in Using the Rotate Tool
This tutorial shows how you can use the Rotate Tool of the illustrator to duplicate a shape. This tool allows the user to create beautiful designs, create exact patterns of specific shapes, and add appealing characters and a lot more applications.

8. Introductory Tutorial on Gradient Mesh Tool
This basic tutorial on Illustrator Mesh Tools tackles the basic techniques in creating a multi-colored object with color transition features.

9. Practical Tips in Using Gradient Mesh Tools
The Gradient Mesh Tool is one of the most amazing yet confusing tools of Illustrator. The tutorial outlines some practical tips in using the Mesh Tool more effectively using an innovative tutorial format that is easy to follow.

10. An Informative Tutorial on Illustrator Spiral Tool
This tutorial provides answers and unlocks the mysteries of Spiral Tool. It provides a practical explanation of some confusing terms like Decay, Segments and Radius as it is applied in the Spiral Tool.

11. Tutorial on Illustrator Align Tool and Pathfinder
This tutorial shows the simple steps in using the Pathfinder and Align Tool in order to achieve the perfect drawing that we need in our illustrations. This tutorial also shows how we can use this tool as alternative to the Pen Tool in creating simple icons.

12. Tutorial on Custom Illustrator Brush
This is a simple way to create Custom Brush in Illustrator. This tutorial shows how simple and easy it easy to create brush in Illustrator.

13. Tutorial on Illustrator Blend Tool
This tutorial shows the uses of Illustrator Blend Tool beyond the creation of abstract lines. It shows some interesting ways in using this Illustrator tool in creating a slew of shapes and effects.

14. Tutorial on Illustrator Shortcuts
This tutorial shows how you can use 26 Illustrators shortcuts in order to make your work a lot easier and faster while you are using Photoshop Illustrator.

15. Tutorial on Envelope Tool, Crystallize and Twirl Tool
This tutorial outlines the simple steps involved in creating a Disco Ball using the Illustrator Envelope Tool. This tutorial also shows how the Crystallize and the Twirl Tool is used for specific design options.

16. A Simple Tutorial in Creating Bucket ‘o’ Thought
This tutorial outlines the steps in creating a Bucket ‘o’ Thought and how to add some dynamic effect in the background. The tutorial also shows how to use quick keys in order to work faster using the Illustrator tools.

17.Tutorial on Character Illustration
This tutorial shows the steps and techniques in creating and developing logos, concepts, illustrations, characters and icons.

18. Tutorial in Creating Vector Cartoon Character
This is a tutorial on how to use Photoshop Illustrator in creating your own vector cartoon character from a basic hand drawn sketch.

19. Tutorial on Symmetrical Illustration
This tutorial outlines the steps involved when using symmetry in the artwork. The user can learn how to do just half of the work in order to get the full result from the artwork.

20. Tutorial on Wolf Drawing
This Illustrator tutorial shows all the techniques and easy-to-follow steps in creating a perfect digital art.

21. Tutorial in Creating a Cute Vector Monster From Pencil Sketch
This is another Illustrator tutorial that shows the steps involved in developing a cute vector monster character from a basic pencil sketch done on paper.

22. Vector Tutorial for Photoshop Illustrator
This Illustrator tutorial is a comprehensive walkthrough in the creation of face, hair and clothes in Photoshop Illustrator.

23. Creating Character’s Face in Photoshop Illustrator
This Illustrator tutorial shows the steps involved in creating human-like caricature using the Illustrator Pen Tool.

24. Creating Homer Simpson Character in Illustrator
This tutorial outlines the steps in the creation of a perfect Homer Simpson character using the Pen Tool in Photoshop Illustrator.

25. Creating a Group of Vector Ninjas in Illustrator
This tutorial is a rundown of the easy-to-follow steps in creating cute gang of vector ninja characters using simple tools in Illustrators. This tutorial is designed for beginners in Illustrator.

26. Creating a Clean Website Layout
This tutorial is perfect for the beginners to intermediate illustrator artists. It is a walkthrough guide in the creation of a clean layout for a Website and the steps involved in the preparation for its Web use.

27. Creating the First Page of a Fairy Tale Book
This tutorial is a rundown of the magical and amazing steps in creating the pages of a Fairy Tale Book in Illustrator

28. Developing a Cover of a Business Report
This tutorial provides the steps on how you can professionalize your business report by adding relevant elements in the design and including motion lines and concept of speed into the elements of the design.

29. Creating Exciting 3-D Bar Graphs in Illustrator
This illustrator tutorial outlines the steps in developing a bar graph with the added appeal using The Graph Tool. This tutorial is designed for intermediate illustrator artists.

30. Creating Trendy Geometric Designs
This tutorial outlines the steps involved in the creation of a set of vector-based geometric designs at dynamic 45˚angles. This tutorial also provides the techniques used in creating a trendy and cool finish of your geometric designs.

31.Using Opacity Masks Options in Illustrator

This tutorial shows how the user can create shiny design elements by using the Opacity Mask options in Illustrator.

32. Creating Road Maps in Illustrator

This tutorial teaches the users of Illustrator on how to create road maps complete with the required road network and other graphics to make it clear and crisp.

33.Creating 3D Infographics in Illustrator

This tutorial outlines the steps in creating appealing 3D infographics in order to translate abstract figures and data into a more appealing and graphical illustration.

34. Guide in Creating Omspace 3D Cylinder Graphic

This tutorial outlines the technique in creating an appealing 3D cylinder graphics similar to the one used as header of Omspace.

35. Creating 3D Charts in Illustrator CS

This tutorial provides the rundown on how one can add depth and transparency to the graphs in order to achieve the 3D effect using Illustrator CS.

36. Steps in Creating Retro-Futuristic Curves in Illustrator

This is a 10-Step tutorial that outlines the things that should be done in order to create appealing retro or futuristic curves in Illustrator.

37. Creating Four-Leaf Clover in Illustrator

This tutorial shows the simple way of creating a four-leaf clover in Illustrator. This tutorial shall involve process and techniques in Illustrator such as adding warping effects, transform and divide techniques.

38. Creating a Vector Collegiate Notebook Design in Illustrator

This tutorial shall tackle the steps in developing a realistic and appealing vector collegiate notebook and its accessories in Illustrator.

39.Creating an Open Book Design Using Extrude and Bevel Tool

This tutorial set shows the steps involved in the creation of an open book with the use of the 3D Extrude and Bevel Tool of Illustrator.

40. Creating Rotatable Globe in Illustrator

This tutorial presents the easy-to-follow steps in creating 3D rotatable globes with the use of some nifty features of Illustrator.

41. Guide in Creating 3D Push Pins and Paper Notes in Illustrator

This tutorial illustrates how to create an appealing 3D push pins and paper notes by using the Illustrator 3D Revolve Tool.

42. Developing a Vector Home Cinema Design

This tutorial guides the user in developing vector home electronic designs such as a home cinema by using Illustrator Shape Tool and Pen Tool.

43. Creating a Vector Cola Bottle Design in Illustrator

This tutorial shows the easy-to-follow steps on how to work on transparencies and 3D objects.

44. Creating Realistic Vector Skate Wheels in Illustrator

This tutorial shows the steps in creating realistic vector skate wheels using the 3D Revolve Tool in Illustrator.

45. Drawing Vector Wings in Illustrator

This tutorial shows users how to draw objects with very fine details like chicken wings in Illustrator.

46. Creating Vector Chinese Bamboo in Illustrator

This tutorial outlines the steps in creating vector Chinese bamboo with the realistic yellow-green color tone with the use of Symbol Stainer Tool in Illustrator.

47. Using Vector Packs to Create Undersea Paintings

This tutorial outlines the steps on how to use vector pack elements in order to create a stunning masterpiece. This tutorial also covers coloring process that is involved in the creation of the designs.

48. Creating a Pseudo-Sugar Skull in Illustrator
This is a start to finish tutorial in drawing a pseudo-sugar skull in Illustrator.

49. How to Do Master Painting in Illustrator

This tutorial teaches the user to create a masterpiece out of a crude pencil sketch in Illustrator.

50. Creating Classic Vector Masterpiece with Line Art and Watercolor Washes

This tutorial shows how users can layer watercolor washers beneath black-and-white objects using Art Brushes in Illustrator.

51. An Advanced Tutorial in Creating Woman and Cats in Illustrator

This is an advanced level tutorial that outlines the steps in creating vector cats and woman in Illustrator.

52. Creating Vector Military Cap Icon in Illustrator

This tutorial is designed for intermediate and advanced illustrator artist and outlines the steps in creating realistic military cap icon using Gradient Mesh Tool in Illustrator.

53.Creating Spiral Element Symbol in Illustrator

This tutorial shows the steps in creating a appealing spiral ornament and replicate this design throughout the artwork by resizing, rotating, mirroring it by converting the element into a Symbol.

54. Creating a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator

This tutorial helps users design their own vector Safari-themed compass in Illustrator.

55. Creating Adobe Bridge Icon

This tutorial outlines the steps in replicating the Adobe Bridge icon using the same technique applied in Splash Page.

56. Creating iTune Icon in Illustrator

This tutorial shows how you can use the different Blending modes and techniques in replicating the iTune icon through the design.

57. Creating an Envelope Icon

This tutorial shows how to use the basic tools in Illustrator in creating a simple envelope icon with a satin texture.

58. Guide in Converting Glasses into Great Geek Icon

This tutorial outlines the steps involved in making a hip and cool glasses icon in Illustrator.

59.Creating a Crazy Cool Logo in Illustrator

This tutorial outlines the steps in creating a logo in Illustrators. This walkthrough involves the use of circles for the module while deleting several segments to create characters.

60. Creating Vector Pirate in Illustrator

The tutorial shows the steps in creating vector pirate by scanning a character rendered in pen and paper and used as template in Illustrator.

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60 Photoshop Illustrator Tools and Tutorials

I promise you that this is something you have not seen elsewhere (at least the big part of it) so please follow this site now to get the first hand information!

For my theme users, since I am dedicating most of my time working on this new site, I can only release a new theme (the theme in the Upcoming New Theme section) this month.

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A new Wordpress theme site is in the making