10 Great WordPress Business Blog Themes

This is a guest post contributed by James Adams.

WordPress makes creating a web presence easier and more economical than purchasing design time from a web professional. Thousands of templates are available, each one customizable to your needs. Your website needs to be easy to use and navigate as well as present your company's material in the best possible light. There is a vast array of WordPress themes (templates) which can do this for you.
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• Flash News Blogger Template
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Now here are ten WordPress themes designed to make your business shine.

1. Movement [$32]

The Movement theme from Themeforest offers a unique slider, 7 layouts and 6 different styles. There are five customizable widget panels, perfect for your company's portfolio. More options are available through the dashboard. This dynamic theme can display maps, hold subscription forms and highlight your company's recent work.

2. Gen20XX [$27]

You can have different sidebars for each page using the Gen20XX theme. Possesses a Lightbox Portfolio gallery, letting you keep all of your pictures in one place. There are five color schemes available, custom sliding panels and core templates for your home and contact page. There is a jQuery featured area which offers 25 effects.

3. Idea Business Blog Temp [$27]

Great scalability with its large picture area. You can add tooltips on the images and easily add navigation items. This theme comes sidebar and footer widgetized with its own built in custom widgets and is perfect for creating a shop or a services page, offering plenty of options.

4. Bitwork Portfolio and Business Theme [$27]

Comes with 8 pages templates, 5 color options and 12 sidebar positions. There is a contact form, multi-level menu and jQuery slider bar. Bitwork is perfect for businesses who have work they want to display thanks to the Lytebox feature, which lets you put custom pictures into your site easily and effectively.

5. Big Business [$27]

Six separate color themes come with the Big Business template. There are two different slider menus, a drop down menu and a portfolio page. A fade effect has been added for testimonial quotes. Each template comes with two headers and two homepages. Truly one of the most versatile WordPress business themes.

6. WP-Clear [$79]

Create your WordPress powered business website with a 2 or three column layout. The WP Clear theme offers drop down navigation, is SEO optimized and allows you to use a magazine format for your page. This smart theme provides space for banners and widgets. The author page is built in. There is also Gravatar integration for extra ease of use.

7. Minimaliste [$43]

As the theme name suggests, this is a minimalist theme which highlights your contents in grids. There is a featured category slider, options for your themes, and integrated blog pagination. This theme is very useful for posting pictures and your work portfolio.

8. Revival [$47]

Stylish and clean, the Revival theme is easy to navigate and fast to load. Two bottom bars, a custom menu system, and a post thumbnail function highlight this theme. If your company has a few products to sell, this theme will add emphasis to their design.

9. Elegant Estate [$39 for a theme package]

This theme is compatible with Opera, Netscape and Safari. Designed for the realtor community, the theme has widget ready sidebars and is advertisement ready. There are five color schemes and you can bring in custom thumbnail images. Choose to go with the blog or presentation style of site.

10. Akihabara [$37]

There are plenty of custom theme options with the versatile Akihabara theme. You can add footers, Google Analytics, banner ads and a custom logo. You can create five different sized columns and galleries and there is optional placement of up to eight banner ads on the blog. You can also easily showcase your best work, services and products on the homepage with the jQuery slider.

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New WordPress themes are hitting the market daily. Whether you are a designer or a shoe salesman, there is a WordPress theme for you.

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5 Business Grade Blogging Platforms

This is the guest post written by James who works at one of the leading online specialists in ink cartridges.

Businesses that desire to keep customers informed about product and company developments usually discover that a blog can help. After all, some of the largest, most successful businesses including Microsoft and Google regularly communicate with their customers and their partners through online blogs. There they communicate news about the company, product development plans, bugs, technical support, special deals, and more.



When starting a blog, not just any blogging platform will do. After all, a business blog has high demands for reliability, accessibility, and speed, so you need a blogging platform that you can count on. To help you find a solution that is best for your business, here are five blogging platforms that you should consider.

1. WordPress: the worldwide defacto standard for blogging is WordPress. This free open source software has been under development for years and has become a veritable Web content management system (CMS) that adapts itself to a variety of uses from part time bloggers to freelance artists, to political analysts, and commercial sites. With millions of users worldwide and thousands of themes, plugins, and other customizable options available, WordPress should always be in the running for any blogging need. Be sure to check out the powerful business themes that bolt on to Word Press that make it easy to create a professional online presence with powerful expanded features.

2. MoveableType: for a blogging experience that is distinct from WordPress, MoveableType is a perfect choice. A product of Six Apart software, MoveableType comes in several flavors, with a special business product available that powers a diverse presence on the Web. With options available for five to twenty users, MoveableType Pro Business has the horsepower you need to manage the entire presence of your business online, including blogs. MoveableType is not free, so be prepared to pay for the impressive power under its hood. One thing is certain: the price paid for MoveableType is sure to bring rewards to your business many times over.

3. Posterous: ease of use favors the online publishing platform, Posterous. Unlike WordPress and MoveableType, Posterous does not run on your server. This means that all the hassle of configuring a server or purchasing a hosting package is eliminated with this blogging platform. Getting started with this platform is unbelievably easy: all you do is send an email to the site and it replies to you with your Posterous Web site address. Posterous clearly lacks the robust Web management features of other platforms, but makes up for it by providing one of the simplest ways to create and maintain a blog. Go ahead. Try it out!

4. Textpattern: a flexible CMS that lends itself easily to the creation of a unified Web presence for your company. Designed to be naturally intuitive, Textpattern gives you complete power over your content, allowing you to combine blogs with other business features. This software has the benefit of being free and open source and prides itself in the power it has to focus on its smooth-running engine to deliver exceptional Web sites. Although many see Textpattern simply as a WordPress alternative, it has its own, powerful identity that can give your blog a unique look and feel.

5. Habari: for those wishing to try the out of the ordinary, the futuristic Habari brings modular building blocks to the table, forming an innovative approach that connects to a variety of databases and supports a wide array of online content sources. Static pages help you design a Web presence that surrounds your blog while Atom publishing support, tagging, and a variety of plugins make it easy to build a powerful Web site in minutes. Habari supports multiple users and multiple sites, enabling it to grow with your business.

Creating blogs for your business is something you can do to improve your communication and interaction with your customers. By taking your blog to the next level, you can create a robust Web presence that can promote your business and offer customer service and support. Now is a good time to try out these five business grade blogging platforms, so get started!

Share what blogging platform do you use to communicate new interaction with your customer?

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10 Smart Ways To Protect Your Blog From Hackers

It's an unfortunate reality of the Internet today that there are people out there who would like to hack your WordPress blog. It's possible that you may have made an enemy who would like to get back at you by hacking your site, but more frequently hackers are simply looking for an easy target. Here are 10 ways to ensure that you aren't that easy target.

Upgrade WordPress: Perhaps you have wondered why WordPress releases a new version of its software every few weeks. Thousands of people go over the Wordpres code every day in an effort to improve it. A lot of the time, they are trying to plug up security vulnerabilities which hackers have figured out how to exploit. By upgrading regularly, you can be sure that you have all the latest security fixes.

Update Plugins: Many times, hackers will figure out how to gain access to your blog through a vulnerability in one of your plugins. The creators of these plugins often release updates that are more secure, which is something you should take advantage of by updating them regularly.

Hide Your Plugins: If the hackers don't know which plugins you have, then they won't know where to begin trying to hack your site. The way they find out which plugins you have is by looking in your  /wp-content/plugins directory. If you create a blank document, save it as index.html, and upload it to this directory, you can prevent anyone from accessing this information. Alternatively you can block the standard file list from showing with .htaccess.

Get Rid of "Admin": Do you still use "admin" as your username to log into your account?
If so, you are making things much easier for hackers. If they know the username of your administer's account, then hackers already have half of the information they need to break into your account.

Stronger Password: If your password is something like "wood floor", then it can be extremely easy for hackers to guess. They can often simply use a program which guesses your password based on dictionary entries. Create a lengthy password made up of upper and lower case letters, numbers and characters in no particular order and avoiding dictionary words.

Login Securely: One way that hackers will steal your password is by intercepting it through the network while it is on its way to WordPress. You can solve this problem by installing the Chap Secure Login plugin. This plugin will automatically encrypt your password when you login, so the hackers will only be able to see your username.

Remove Your Version Information: Often, hackers will attack your site based on the version of WordPress you are running. If they don't know which version you are running, they won't know how to attack your site. Install WP Security Scan to remove the identifying code from the header and feeds.

Prevent Brute Force Attacks: One of the simplest ways for hackers to break into your account is to try different passwords over and over until they find one that works. The easiest way to prevent this is to use the Login LockDown plugin. If someone fails to guess the correct password 3 times within a 5 minute period, this plugin will prevent them from even trying again for the next hour.

Scan for Security Holes: The WP Security Scan plugin will automatically scan your blog and let you know if there are any problems with it that you should consider fixing. It lets you quickly change your files permissions, verify your htaccess file, and detect break-in attempts.

Get Maximum Security: Currently in beta, Maximum Security is a full featured security platform for WordPress blogs. This plugin will allow you to prevent hackers from browsing all your site's files and adjust your firewall settings. It can be a full time job keeping your site secure and free from hackers. If you implement some of these tips, much of the work can be done for you automatically.

As a full time blogger, Tom Walker works for an online supplier of ink cartridges where he is the lead editor at the CreativeCloud. He covers topics as varies as vintage advertising to packaging design.

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