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Moving From Blogger To Wordpress With a Fantastic Theme

wordpress dream themeAfter more than three weeks of working to move Blogging Mix to a self hosted Wordpress blog, I’m finally settled. The move wasn’t easy as expected firstly because I wasn’t the one who registered my blog’s domain name and secondly because I needed to learn alot of things by myself. I’ll talk more about my experiences in my succeeding posts. For the time being, I would like to dedicate this post to brag a little about my fantastic Wordpress theme, which is by the way the work of the internet genius, Ben Cope.

Recently, there have been a huge demand for magazine style Wordpress themes after the more prominent bloggers like Darren Rowse implemented a magazine style Wordpress theme on their blogs. Unlike the traditional themes, magazine style themes are more appealling, professional and flexible. And since your theme is the first thing noticed by your visitors, it should be good enough to catch their attention and have them browsing your blog pages. For the same reason, I invested time and resources to pick the best Wordpress theme that will satisfy not only my theme requirements but one that I can be confident to show my visitors. Fortunately, I found Wordpress Dream Theme.

I guess it was love at first sight that even at my sleep, I dreamt about it. I knew that it would be an ideal theme for Blogging Mix and I was determined to have it. I didn’t rest not until I finally had my own copy of the Wordpress Dream Theme.

The best part of having the Wordpress Dream Theme to dress Blogging Mix was the satisfaction I felt. Satisfaction is important to Bloggers as it is a motivating factor that fuels a blogger’s creativity, workmanship, dedication and persistence. Wordpress Dream Theme also made me more confident about my blog. It gives me the feeling that Blogging Mix is special.

The great news is, you too can have your own copy of the Wordpress Dream Theme and easily customize it to your personal taste like I did. You can change the theme’s color from black to white to blue through the Wordpress Dream Theme editor found at the Presentation  Tab. Here are the other great features of the Wordpress Dream Theme worth bragging for.

  • Featured Article on Home Page
    For content that you want to draw extra attention to, the “Featured” category lets you showcase what’s important directly on the home page of your site! Visitors notice this area first when they see your site, so it’s easy to see when new content has been added.
  • Search Engine Optimized
    Whether you know anything about SEO or not, this theme will help you rank higher in the search engines for your particular keywords because it comes pre-installed with the All-In-One-SEO plugin for WordPress! Several WordPress plugins come pre-installed with your purchase of this theme, including those that are guaranteed to boost your search engine rankings!
  • Select Which Categories Appear On the Home Page
    This theme is perfect for “magazine-style” websites where you want to categorize articles. Visitors to your site can either browse all articles from a particular category, or easily click on the latest article from that category!
  • Most Popular Articles Appear on the Home Page
    Let your readers know what’s hot on your site right now! This is an easy way to showcase your best content, and it automatically updates based on the pages or articles on your site that are receiving the most visits. Using the “Most Popular Posts” plugin for WordPress, the most popular articles on your site are always accessible from any page on your site. This is especially helpful for new visitors to your site, because it makes it easy for them to see your best content.
  • Articles with the Most Comments Appear on the Home Page
    Sometimes articles elicit a greater response from your readers than others! The “Most Commented” plugin for WordPress showcases the articles with the most comments directly in the sidebar of your blog.
  • Widget Ready Theme
    Whether you want to add the latest and greatest plugin to your sidebar, or if you simply want to re-arrange the look of your page, this theme makes it as easy as dragging and dropping!
  • Custom Theme Options Page
    The WordPress Dream Theme features a “theme options” page which makes it easy to customize, even without know anything about HTML or CSS!
  • Google Adwords Ready
    Use your blog to make money! Simply insert your Google Adwords code in one of the sidebar widgets.
  • Custom Footer Images
    No need to “hack” the original installation files! This theme provides you with an easy way to customize the footer images that appear on the home page of your site. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!! Login to your control panel, select the “theme options” page, and enter the address and destination URL of your footer images! Voila!
  • Optional Thumbnail Images for Each Post
    If you’d like to include small thumbnails next to post entries, the WordPress Dream Theme makes it easy! Add visual interest to your website by using pictures that help draw attention to your articles! Using images effectively can help to improve your ability to keep readers on your site.
  • Feedburner Integration
    Easily increase the exposure of your blog, and make it easy for people to receive the latest news & updates. The RSS logo in the header of the theme template makes it easy for subscribers to stay connected to you!
  • What do you think of my new theme? :)

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      By eL.fReaKzTeR on Dec 16, 2007 | Reply

      Congratulation on your first Wordpress blog. Look much more presentable here. I need to get use with this theme, it look alil bit full house with text. Have fun with WP!

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      By Elaine on Dec 16, 2007 | Reply

      Congrats on moving over to wordpress and hosting your own, it looks good! I will take a look at the dream theme :-)

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      By Maher Saleh on Dec 19, 2007 | Reply

      How did you move safely can you share the secret

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      By Blogging Mix on Dec 20, 2007 | Reply

      Hi Maher,

      First, you need to get a host. I’d recommend you choose the same host I’m using.

      If you need help in the installation, I’d be more than willin go help you set up Wordpress.

      Cheers. :)

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      By Manila Freelancer on Dec 26, 2007 | Reply

      Its good to see your blog using wordpress, its easy to put comments and best of all, you can change your theme anytime you wish.. with a lot of options

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      By Ashish on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply

      Will need your help soon..

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