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Where Do You Find WordPress Themes?

Posted by Alan Buckingham at 5:25 PM on October 19, 2010

For the past few days I have been scanning the net looking for a new WordPress theme for my own site.  There are a lot out there.  Just do a Google search if you don’t believe me.  Some are for purchase, but a lot are free.  Many of the sites are legit, but some are sketchy.

So the question is, how do you find legitimate content when it comes to something as generic as a WordPress theme?  If your computer-literate then you probably have a bit a intuition about sites you visit.  You may also have some help from services such as the Firefox add-ons – NoScript and Web of Trust.  But those are really just a belt to use with your suspenders.

Is there a way to really sort out the good content?  Back to my WordPress example, I have waded through pages of Google results, but found only a smattering of decent ones.  Some sites that show up high in the rankings don’t even pass the Web of Trust tests.  If it’s tough for a geek to figure out then that explains the amount of people who find their PC’s infected – or worse, don’t know their computers are infected.

That’s the discussion I’d like to have with all of the readers of this site.  I am not just looking for WordPress theme sites.  I am really looking for how all of you sort through results in a generic search and find the good stuff.  With Google returning thousands (or more) of hits and some of the less-than-savory sites rising up the rankings, how does anyone figure out where to go today?

GNC-2010-10-01 #615 All Sorts of Fired Up!

Posted by geeknews at 12:59 AM on October 1, 2010

Had a live viewer ask why I do not watch the chat room during the show their really is two words, “Task Saturation” as much as I would love to hang and chat it is real hard to cover all of the content, and monitor the chat at the same time. Key is if you have comments on the content, email and the hotline are the best feedback mechanisms. Let your voice be heard. Wow this show had one zinger after the other and Bryan entertains us at the end of the show.

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They are out there!
Facebook open to Discovery.
$10,000 Student Blogger Scholarship!
Homemade Spacecraft!
Segway Videos
Government Monitoring?

Show Links:
Boxee Press Photos
OTT Tsunami.
TechCrunch by AOL
CNET Slams Apple TV!
New Earth?
Net Neutrality Bill RIP?
Apple TV Hack Possible!
NASA Gets new Marching Orders!
Google Maps Antarctica Style.
Battles over Magnets?
Aliens on our own Planet!
How Ink is Made.
Gmail Conversation View Options.
Windows Life Essentials.
Closed Captioning for all Net Video coming?
Cisco Consumer Video.
Pirate Bay Emails Revealed.
Pirate Bay Appeal in Progress.
Firefox 4 Sneak Peak.
Lessons of Xmarks.
Time Warner lives in Fantasy Land.
Android Apps calling home to Mommy!
Electrons and advances in flow science!
Facebook High Resolution Images allowed.
East Coast getting wet!
Distribution killing App developers!
Great Story by Dave read whole thing!
Google TV in 5 more Days!
Windows Live Spaces RIP.
Google URL Shortner Why?

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GNC-2010-09-28 #614 Giveaways Galore

Posted by geeknews at 1:01 AM on September 28, 2010

This weekend simply crushed me and it hit me like a ton of bricks during the show tonight. Nevertheless the show has to go on. Details in the show and some cool pictures at the bottom of the show notes. Saw the F22 Raptor perform at an airshow this weekend and what an amazing airplane. Two new contest started on tonights show listen to win.

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XMarks RIP
Google HTML 5 Cheat Sheet
How does this stay online?

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What Tablet is on Your Radar?
Gen 2 Apple iPad.
Amazon joins App Party.
Twitter Pay to Follow.
Hulu coming to Roku!
Sony Internet TV?
Live Spaces to WordPress.com
Alien or no Alien Conspiracy on Nukes?
GoDaddy Business Solutions.
Millions and Millions Served.
The Morning Tech Show #3
P2P + Wikipedia + HTML5 = Winner!
Pirate Bay Appeal Tomorrow.
Top 10 Torrents.
Administration wants to Wiretap your Pencil!
Windows Phone Podcast Coming Soon.
False Rumor on Alien Ambassador.
Mars news.
Soyuz on Deck.
DMCA Abuse #1
Are we next?
How the Adult Industry will cash in.
Not good for Sales.
Segway Injury rates.
AMD Fights Back.
Do not Click Linked In Invites.
Privacy Win.
Read The Article again Todd! :(
DMCA Abuse #2
Very Smart Criminals.
AOL to purchase TechCrunch.

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F22 Raptor = UNBELIEVABLE!

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GNC-2010-09-24 #613 Alien Conspiracy!

Posted by geeknews at 1:26 AM on September 24, 2010

Big Alien Conspiracy announcement on Monday that truly could shake up the government. Listen for details. The better half, told me to lighten up she said I have become robotic. I truly hope you enjoy the show and thanks for staying subscribed. I give you all a little insider look on today’s show on how I get a bit wrapped around the axel with the day to day grind.

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Blockbuster Bust!
The Blackberry Boys!
Hotmail and Facebook = ?
Roku Refresh!
HISAVER Power Strip.
Adobe Fixes out of Focus Images.
Super WiFi
Netflix Streaming Only for US?
NBC Universal says no to .99 cent rentals.
New Roku Review.
Can you Live without your Computer for a week?
Bookmark Videos.
Verizon to change Mobile Plans :(
TV Everywhere is No Where.
Apple TV Shipping.
Apple TV Apps?
Stupid Product of the Week!
HTML5 the Real Gouge.
Editorial Calendar for WordPress.
Mulve Music Downloads made Easy.
Good Websites do not need SEO.
Shuttle Team reflects.
Jim Lovell talks about NASA Future.
Them looking at Us?
Latches Stuck at ISS!
NASA Spending Bill.
NASA Image of Saturn.
New HP Printer Review!
What’s new at Google.
Angel Gate #1 Trust.
Angel Gate #2 Revelations.
TheLikeStream.com
Doc Searls and Advertising Research.
Pod Trial to get Underway.
Facebook Downtime.
Text + Drive = Death by Text!
Live Higher? Live Longer!
Dire Warnings about Cyber Security.
China Blocking Raw Materials from Japan.
Pandora No go in Canada sites Extortion.
Long Term GPS Tracking up to Courts.
Bad Review get the boot!
Windows Phone 7 Versus iPhone.

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See You at Blogworld and New Media Expo!

Posted by geeknews at 12:25 AM on September 22, 2010

This will be the 5th year my team from RawVoice has exhibited at BlogWorld and New Media Expo. It is where we go put names and talent to faces, and is where we have a chance for us to give back and share our wisdom on where New Media is headed. For those that attend it is 3 days of information packed sessions, networking and in many cases a reunion with folks you only get to see once or twice a year.

In Booth 516 we will be sharing not only what we do but also about the new media distribution platforms. The media space is changing at a rapid pace, and we will get you dialed in on where it is headed and how to stay on the right track.

On Saturday, I will be presenting at a track that is entitled “The Triple Play Streaming, Podcasting and Blogging as a way to accelerate your Shows Growth and Distribution” please add my session to you list of session to attend. The title of the session is a mouthful for sure, but let me share with you a little of what I will discuss and why you should attend.

The past 12 months have seen an evolution in the blogging, podcasting and streaming media space, I will lay out a formula, to growing your audience and talk about the new distribution platforms. I will share trade secrets and strategies of podcasting that only my 6 years of experience behind the mic can impair. I will tie this all together and you will walk away understanding the importance of streaming your shows and how it is the gateway to Over the Top TV. I will show you how I grew an already large audience by 150% in 9 months with the Triple Play. I will show you how content distribution channels like the Roku, Boxee and coming Google TV is changing New Media and what to expect over the next 5 years.

This will be the most important session you will want to attend at the show, I don’t say this lightly because some of the things I will reveal are going to make you re-think your media strategy for the next 36 months.

In another session, My partners Angelo Mandato and Brian Yuhnke are going to get down to basics with you in a fun session entitled “Blogging and Podcasting Sitting in a Tree… Optimizing a WordPress site for your Podcast” this will get into the nitty-gritty of what many content creators ignore. Find out what causes the cream to rise to the top, you may be surprised at how easy it really is through tweaks, tips and tricks of getting your site dialed in to make sure your listeners and viewers can tune in.

If you have not purchased your plane tickets or pass to BlogWorld and New Media Expo you need to get off you butt and do so now! This is  “the event” to be at, if you are podcaster, blogger and fall into any category of user-generated content. Unlike the disarray and forking happening at Podcamps across the country if you want to focus on New Media this is the show you need to be at. See you in Vegas!

Easy Web Templates Builder

Posted by Alan Buckingham at 6:15 PM on August 14, 2010

Most of us, at some point, want to create a web page.  Almost everyone online wants to have some sort of presence.  For many it’s simply Facebook, but for some it’s an actual web site and a few of those are for a business.  And let’s face it – if a business doesn’t have a web site today then it may as well not exist.  I also believe that an individual who only has a Facebook account is not much better off than the business without a web site.  You don’t really want them controlling your online existence, especially given their shaky history.  But for many, setting up a web site sounds too hard.  Of course there are dead simple tools available for anyone who wants a very basic blog-type site.  Then there are those of us who want to get our hands dirty and really create something unique.  But, even then, we tend to simplify some aspects, such as choosing a free WordPress template, or maybe even buying a slightly nicer one.  But the majority of us would be lost if we tried to create our own WordPress template, and forget the other, even more obscure content management services that can run today’s web sites.

Enter CoolTemplate.  A fast, easy way to design your own web templates right on line.  They cover not only WordPress, but HTML, Joomla, and ASP.net.

Since my own site runs on WordPress, that was where I decided to take a look and do some testing.  It’s pretty simple as a matter of fact.  There are options for Design, Layout, Colors, Background, Border, Header, Menu, Buttons and Footer.  It’s a very easy, straight-forward interface to design a theme.

Of course, you need a little design skill to make a good template, but anyone can get started here and learn  how web templates work.  The site’s web app works perfectly.  And, beyond WordPress, it does much more complicated web design,  Joomla and ASP.net are not easy to learn – I know I have played with both.  But it does a good job designing both, and an especially good job with WordPress.  So if you are, even remotely, interested in designing your own site then this is a great place to start.

GNC-2010-07-23 #595 It’s a Hoax Mom!

Posted by geeknews at 1:27 AM on July 23, 2010

Sorry Mom you got sucked in by a long running hoax. Special show recording times for next two shows will get started about 6pm EST or 3pm PST hope you will join me for a early live recording. A lot of positive things happening at RawVoice more when I can but for now I have to sit on it.. Thanks to all the long time listeners and all the new viewers this grand experiment continues to grow beyond belief!

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HP Slate going Forward.
MP3tunes digital music locker comes to Roku box
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Safari Steals your Data!
Qualcom wants to shed MediaFlo.
Wanna be a PI this is the gear you need.
Industrial Espionage is still alive and well.
The WordPress GPL battle.
Microsoft Security Disclosure Policy Update.
Driverless Vehicle Italy to China or Bust.
Facebook coverup?
House sets NASA Agenda not Administration!
3D Panasonic Consumer Cameras?
Microsoft still King 4.5 Billion in Profits!
iPhone 4 Accessory of the Year!
Surprise Really? Droid users sucking down Bandwidth!
Stitcher plays Podcast in Background on iPhone.
More AT&T Frustration.
Popbox does not initially Pop.
Need Power hook up to Power Line.
Darth Vader needs some cash for Death Star.
Solar that works at night.
Flipboard is great but is it legal?
Limited data helps AT&T bottom Line!
Website Navigation.
YouTube Life in a Day Project!
West happier than the East?
More attacks on Microsoft products.
Students $29.00 Windows 7!
Cell Phone for a Porche via Craigslist.
Netflix Streaming Exploding!
No More IP addresses.
60 day Chrome release cycle.
Beautiful keyboard at a big price!
Mammoth Sun 300x ours!
vBulletin Forum Operators Beware.
BP Picture Doctoring again?
1 in 13 in world on Facebook.
Pharmacy Robot.

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GNC-2010-03-09 #558 Monster Show!

Posted by geeknews at 1:19 AM on March 9, 2010

This show was a monster, lots of Audio comments from Call in Hotline at 619-342-7365 and a truckload of email. Lots of Tech Content and a new sponsor introduction tonight. Be sure to check out the sponsor link below. Lot’s of amazing news and commentary from all over the web. Big Thank You to the Ohana for staying subscribed and helping this show grow each month. Next stop SXSW in Austin will be recording live on Thursday night lots of fun for all.

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Saturday Deliveries Canceled?
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Anti-Data Caps Representative Resigns!
Lip Reading Mobile App?
Mac Video Storage Tips!
How Pandora beat the odds!
Space Shuttle debate gets ugly!
ISP’s paid group to spy on P2P users!
Google Going after Microsoft Round 3!
PeePoo Bag.
More HTML5 Commentary!
NY Post needs to learn how to give bloggers credit!
Low Power Radio Station Guidelines!
Browser Election Results!
Newegg and fake Intel chips!
Energizer Duo Software loaded with Trojan 3+ yrs!!!
This is Power Monitoring!
Verizon soon to be Wireless speed King?
Cisco to Announce something Major!
Air Video gotta Have it!
Tabbed Out for SXSW Beer Tabs!
Net a fundamental right 4-5!
411 on National Broadband Plan!
Apple App license Exposed by EFF!
iPad Apps may come up short!
Mediagazer tracking MSM!
Ad Blocking and the Impact on sites!
Google Japanese Translation simply Sucks!
Security coming to Ford Sync!
WordPress CMS Lite?
Colorado Amazon Affiliate Program RIP!
Understanding the Milky Way!
Digital Advertising Spend to Increase!
National ID card to Work?

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GNC-2010-02-18 #553 Live in Texas

Posted by geeknews at 7:45 PM on February 18, 2010

Probably advisable not to be in the Ustream chat with a pizza handle, I will ban you. He folks hopefully this show encoded ok the last one had some issues. I replaced it but not before about 25,000 of you had downloaded it. Lots of tech tonight and some stimulating questions for you to respond to.

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Pay for goods on Facebook with Paypal.
Google buys and kills Remail?
School Spied on kids with Laptop Webcams?
Jobs says Flash is to power hungry?
BSOD during last Tuesday patches? You have a Trojan on your PC!
Advanced testing to get kids Graduated by 10th grade?
Don’t spam a Judge!
Australian Copyright Industry has it backwards!
Patent Shell Company Game!
NBC delayed Telecast causes spoilers!
YouTube allows blocking of content to set top boxes?
NY Times $20-30 for iPad edition :)
Your P2P files not subject to search warrant!
What a View!
Next Shuttle mission delayed!
Is that a Wi-Fi signal in your Sim Card?
256gb USB Stick?
NEC does 16gbps USB 3.0 Connection.
Entourage Delayed!
HP Slate to be Cheaper then iPad?
Inside Olympics Mission Control.
Orange Peel = Ethanol
Windows Phone 7 Strategy!
Andromeda Images x3
Should Google Apologize?
Time Warner Pricing out of Site!
Netflix and watch Instantly!
Smartmobs is this not the truth!
iPad Shippments!
WordPress has short outage!
Dumber and Dumber!

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GNC-2009-11-26 #531 Thanksgiving Special!

Posted by geeknews at 11:56 PM on November 26, 2009

I hope your belly is full of food, lets see if we can fill your brain with Tech I also introduce Skypesaurus. I cover in detail why I walked away from the Twitter Advertising deals. Plenty of tech to cover tonight. Plus we are going to extend to the Tuesday show the GotoMyPC challenge. I want to hear about your Thanksgiving tech support horror stories as well.

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Cheap Geek Deals!
Virgin Media to Monitor Users P2P usage.
UK Hacker Extradition to Proceed.
iPhone Worm Developer now building iPhone Apps.
Silverlight for iPhone versus Flash?
Windows 7 Passes OS X
Free WordPress Templates
Emblaze Mobile.
Don’t upset your web developer.
Is Coke in Trouble?
Microsoft going after Copyright Violators.
MPAA thinks we the public is Liars.
Kindle 2 gets PDF Support.
Mininova shuts down illegals Torrents.
Best and Worse Gadgets.
Climategate?
More Black Friday Ads.
Godfather of Spam goes to Jail.
Verizon thinks their King of 3G?
Microsoft and Apple users play games.
Some people question everything?
Weird is all I am gonna say.
Apple wants Psystar shut down now.
Black Friday Camera Deals.
Joost is in Trouble.
Run Chrome OS on a USB Stick.
Shuttle finishes up at ISS.
iPhone App Rejected see the List.
No more Space Tourist for now.
Google Wave and Why.
US Zip code Map scribbled.
Cuban on the Economy.
Deal Roundups.
Electric car you are going to want.
Robo Suit in Action.
Bad Black Friday.
Windows 8 Time Line Questioned.
Bing Does Video.
Mac Sales Price.
Ustream comes to Android.
Geek News Central on the Move.

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