As I have mentioned before I have purchased a new internet domain, cheesyromance.com with the intentions of building a web site focused around Romance fans and authors. I have a great vision of what the site could be, with romance novel reviews and community forums. So far however, I have hit multiple stumbling blocks to getting it started correctly.
First, I tried to go with very very cheap web hosting, and found that the host was much too difficult for me to use. I needed a better web control panel, and help to be able to install Wordpress myself, let alone PhpBB. Finally I scrapped the cheapie web host and went with DreamHost, who has some great 1 click installs, good help, and a decent price. I got started and installed Wordpress. Yep - 1 click.
However, now I have Wordpress and I have no idea how to customize it. I got a Wordpress book out of the library and am about to delve in. I checked out some nice looking free Wordpress Templates, but I have to jump into some text configuration files and fire up Photoshop to make some custom graphics and banners.
The thought is a bit overwhelming and I haven't done it yet.
Today I learned about a premium wordpress theme called WPREMIX. I think that when it comes to WordPress templates, like webhosting, and just about everything else in the world, you get what you pay for. Free is great if you have the time and some knowledge about what to do with it. For me, even though I have the time, I would much rather have a graphical interface than mess with code. Even though I am perfectly capable of coding, it is not my favorite method of spending my time and energy.
What do you get with WPREMIX? From looking at their website, the product is billed as "WordPress as CMS." It features not only temples but a WYSIWYG page editor for the templates, and also over 50 static page designs so you can use it to make your entire site, not just blog.
The single user license is only $75.00, which is pretty reasonable for a professional theme, let alone for the GUI coding interface it provides.
They offer an affiliate program, which I signed up for, which has a 50% payout to affiliates. (It used to be 20% and was recently increased) If you want to check this out and use my link I would appreciate it. Here is the link with my affiliate code.
