WordPress magazine themes made EASY!"Let me show you, step-by-step,
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Hello,
Would you like an eye-catching WordPress website, but you don't know where to start?
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I understand. I'm an artist, and I hate the bland, basic WordPress design.
But... I didn't want to learn computer code or hire a web designer.
So, I chose the FREE Branford Magazine theme. (That's how my website looks, on the right.)
But it took me over 70 very frustrating hours to set up my first website.
As I worked, I took lots of notes.
My next website took me about three hours, total.
I decided to share what I'd learned to save you time and headaches.
![]() I'm Aisling. Listen to my story. (One change since I recorded this: My book is now over 150 illustrated pages.) |
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There's even more good news. Updating my website takes less than a third as much time as it used to. That's a huge improvement!
And, here's the really amazing part:
Would you like to get on Page One at the search engines?
My "Business of Art" site had been buried somewhere on page five at Google.
Within three days of using WordPress with the Branford Magazine theme, my site soared to the third spot on Google's first page, for my keywords.
(For awhile, I even outranked American Artist magazine, the Getty museum, and Wikipedia.)
In the month that followed, my website remained at least among the top five. [ screenshot 1 - screenshot 2]
And, it's stayed on Google's first page. (A year later, in Dec 2009, it was still in the third spot when I searched on business art -- or business + art -- though I hadn't updated the site since December 2008.)
I did the same thing with two more websites, with similar results. Each time, I learned more shortcuts. Now, I can customize a WordPress theme -- with fresh graphics, a unique sidebar, and all the plugins -- in about an hour.
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This 150-page book shares everything I learned about tweaking WordPress and the Branford Magazine theme.
(You can use this same information with most magazine-style WordPress themes, including Mimbo.)
I explain the process, step-by-step. I've included lots of screenshots from WordPress 2.7 and 2.8.x. (WordPress 2.9 looks almost exactly the same.)
Here are what two of my book pages look like. You can download the actual pages (as PDFs), to see them, free.
Page 49![]() download sample PDF #1 |
Page 96![]() download sample PDF #2 |
Here's a partial list of chapters:
| Getting started
Customizing your theme Important backups Branding: Your header graphic Adding articles Categories Finding your Category ID numbers Editing your website code Sidebar changes Widgets Tabs: Changing their names and contents Customizing your homepage Homepage graphics explained Custom fields and graphics |
Uploading graphics in WordPress Adding homepage graphics Plugins Managing a large site with WordPress Copying older pages into WordPress Troubleshooting Appendix 1: Installing WordPress (auto) Appendix 2: Installing WordPress (other) Appendix 3: WordPress for SEO Appendix 4: Creating an .htaccess file Appendix 5: Changing header background, image size Appendix 6: Navigation bar changes Appendix 7: An actual timeline Glossary How to add articles (step-by-step directions, with screenshots) |
Here's what Jaymi Elford said...
"Aisling's e-book, Sites that Soar, takes what makes starting a blog hard out of the picture and replaces it with easy to understand instructions.
"She shows you how to make your own website using the WordPress blogging system; taking you from purchasing your own domain to customizing it with text and images.
"Her clear, crisp writing and fun, helpful examples not only show you how to set up your blog but how to do it in style. Aisling proves that you don't need to have previous coding experience to install a WordPress blog and take a free layout and customize it to fit your site's need.
"I highly recommend and endorse this e-book to all my friends who want to start their own blogs."
Jaymi Elford, Shades of Maybe, and DIYPlanner.com
Here's what Vernon Pope said...
"I have been blogging and using the internet for years, but have always been intimidated by the thought of establishing my own free-standing webpage."'Sites that Soar' has all of the information I would need to set up my first page and make it rock, in a clear and easy-to-follow instructional format.
"Now all I need to do is decide what to call it! Thanks!"
--- Vernon Pope
Here's what Dana Detrick-Clark said...
"I have read through Sites that Soar, and I'm just amazed at how comprehensive, yet SUCCINCT you've managed to make this!
"You've created maps and timelines and all of the visuals that someone like me needs (I do know html and css, but am really clueless about php and in particular, Wordpress has scared me off several attempts prior!).
"I feel like this is just the tool I need to get me where I want to be with a Web 2.0 version of my site, that doesn't cut into my time to serve clients and make music!
--- Dana Detrick-Clark, Audio Specialist, Perfect Audio Solutions.
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Of course there are bonuses!
Customers will receive the following bonuses, free:


This book was written by Aisling D'Art for New Forest Books.
Order problems? Email me at: Email at Aisling dot net