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Building Custom WordPress Themes

on Friday 2 December 2011

Blogging is still very popular online, and no matter what your skills to use for blogging, there are plenty of other people who are either starting their own or one they have to innovate.

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platform there, but for those who want to personalize their blog or make money by using the WordPress platform with its own domain and hosting, they will be looking for a blog theme more in keeping with their subject choice.

And that's where you can start making some money.

If you look up custom WordPress themes "on the Internet you will find several sites run by people who design themes and a nice piece of change for them.

There are two ways you can benefit from this, but they both really need your own website up and running to the right. The easiest way to start is by offering a range of designs and styles that appeal to various bloggers and charging a fee for anyone who wants to download and use. Later as you become more confident of your design skills you can offer to create custom designs - one offs - for people who need them for a higher fee.

So how do you design these themes in the first place?
 
Well, it helps to have an eye for design, certainly - not to mention a familiarity with WordPress itself. Knowledge of CSS and HTML will also help. If you have a WordPress blog then you are probably more familiar with how it all works, and that is the best place to start. The WordPress site has lots of information on how to build custom themes and there are plenty of people online who posted step by step tutorials on all aspects of design, you know. 

That's all well and good, but how do you know which types of models will sell? This is where a number of useful research will set you apart from the competition and get more sales of themes in no time. Make sure you test every theme you have for sale, to ensure that no bugs or errors. 

By using keyword tools that you will be able to areas of interest that are likely many positive results as a WordPress theme or two diagonally opposite to find them. Again consider the keywords themselves, for they will help you to pull in traffic once you're up and running. 

It's worth building at least eight or ten custom themes before you start your site, and you must ensure that they are almost opposite a range of topics. By adding more and more themes brings you more traffic through your keyworded descriptions of the themes themselves. 

What about prices? Many custom themes sell for about $ 30 to $ 40. Many sellers do not advertise their rates on a single theme, but if you sneak and request a quote from a couple of you an idea of ​​an estimate to charge to get. 

The great thing about default custom themes is that they can be paid online and set to automatically be delivered, so it's really a company that can run on autopilot as you wish. This leaves you a lot more time to design new themes for sale. 

Make sure you have some more fundamental themes, which you can always offer a lower price. While the custom themes, bent to a certain niche market will sell well, some people want a little less focused. 

Before disappearing to start doing your research online, leave us a comment in the box below. Then, the time just to see how well your design skills are ...

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