A great new plugin has been released over on Jeremys Brain Dump which gives you the ability to easily add a ‘Subscribe To Feedburner’ widget into your WordPress blogs and arrange it just like the rest of your widgets. You can select which Feed icons, or ‘chicklets’ as they are called, you want to display from the widget options.

This plugin is configurable through the normal widget configuration under the presentation tab in your WordPress installation. The default title of ‘Subscribe To Feedburner’ can be changed to whatever you like in this new 1.1 version of the widget.

To install the widget just download the plugin from here, uncompress it and place it in your wordpress/wp-content/plugins/widgets directory. Then go to your admin page of your blog and activate it under Plugins. Then go to your Presentation->Sidebar Widgets page and drag it over to the sidebar wherever you want it to be displayed.

To configure the widget, click on the configure icon. You will see a Title: and a Feed URL: option. Don’t forget to change the Feed URL option as it defaults to BLOGNAME! The feed url is the one provided by Feedburner so it is wise to setup the Feedburner side first to make sure everything will work first time.

An example of the widget in action can be seen on the Go2Clickbank.info website. So the two bits of info the widget needs are;

• Title: Subscribe To Feed
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Go2Clickbank

This is a really nice widget and makes adding Feed icons and functionally to your blog very easy. Highly recommended!

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Michael Pollock has just released a cool new theme called Bosco 1.0 + Widgets. It is a 2 column WordPress theme which supports sidebar widgets. It has a classy, clean look and the text fonts used are clear and sharp. The header is smaller than standard for this type of theme but suits the design nicely.

Images a right-aligned by default and feature a nice CSS border around them. Installation of this theme is easy. Unzip the file and upload to your wp-content/themes directory in your WordPress installation. To use the widgets function of the theme, you will need to download and install the Widgets plugin here. Once installed, just activate the Widgets plugin from your admin screen.

Download: Bosco Theme
Current Version: 1.0

Theme Author: Michael Pollock
Required plugins: None
Widgets Supported: Yes

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Fleur is a 2 column WordPress theme which supports sidebar widgets. It makes use of subtle colors and has a clean layout structure. The theme is made by Kaushal Sheth and the XHTML layout was developed by Denise.

I really like this theme. It has got a Zen feeling about it. The header graphic looks great and the header dimensions of 760 x 100 pixels is ideal and really suits the overall theme.

The colors are well done also, with pastel shades and nice fonts used. This theme is widget ready and doesn’t require any other plugins to get to work straight away. Overall this is a beautiful theme and quite worthy to be used on any type of blog or website.

Download: Fleur WordPress Theme
Current Version: 1.0

Theme Author: Kaushal Sheth
Required plugins: None
Widgets Supported: Yes

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Guru Manager is a new two colomn, fixed width theme with the sidebar menu on the right side. The Guru Manager Theme features the ability to alter the header banner and use any of the 24 graphics that are also included. The theme also features the ability to change colors, change navigation buttons and to add Google AdSense automatically from your homepage Sidebar once you are securely logged into your WordPress blog!

The 24 banner graphics included in the image library can be further extended by giving you the ability to upload your own 760 x 180 graphics to have your own custom header banner. This is a great feature.

Navigation links can also be changed directly from the sidebar menu options without needing to go to the admin area. Google AdSense can also be added directly by simply entering your Google Pub Number in the sidebar menu provided. Remember to read the ‘install’ text file provided in the ‘docs’ folder as there is a single install step that needs to be completed in order for the theme to function properly. Also the banner folder needs to be CHMOD to 777.

Overall this is a really nice theme that is very customizable and having the ability to add Adsense and your header graphics mean this theme is a cut above the rest at the moment. It should be mentioned that the theme is Widget Ready too!

Download: Guru Manager
Version: 1.1
Theme Author: Gerard Brandon
Required plugins: None
Widgets Supported: Yes

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