It’s great to see that the Misty Look Theme has been upgraded to Version 3. The theme is designed by Sadish on WpThemePark.com and it has some really nice extras.

Custom Header Image

In version 3 you now have the ability to import your own header pictures directly in the presentation admin area. The pictures are then cropped to the right size and it will automatically become the new default header for you blog. This is the first WordPress theme to accommodate ‘Custom Header Image’ feature.

The theme also incorporates many other upgrades, in line with the recent release of WP 2.1, and the full list can been seen here.

Theme Features

MistyLook V3 has a lot packed into it for just one theme. Here is a short list of some of the features of this theme;

• Sidebar Widgets Compatible.
• Theme Options page allows you to exclude/sort Pages for the top Navigation bar. Options page also supports Asides. Asides are ‘quick bits’ of information you want to post. They do not have to look like a regular post.
• Includes Page Template for an Archives Page. Just create a new page and use ‘Archives’ as the Page Template.
• Includes Page Template for a Contact Page. Just create a new page and use ‘Contact’ as the Page Template.
• Includes Page Template for the Links Page, so you can display all the links you have in a separate page.
• 404 Template and Search Template too.

All in all, this is a great update to an already great theme. MistyLook is one of the highest downloaded themes on the WordPress Theme Viewer site at the moment. It is also cool to see this theme being used by some of the Top Bloggers, such as John Chow dot Com blog and many others.

I would highly recommend this theme to anyone looking for a good solid theme. It looks great, it’s cleanly coded, has nice page templates and lots of cool features built-in. Recommended.

Download

Misty Look Version 3

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Pilkster has just released a new theme called SEO Adsense Ready for WordPress. This theme follows on from the last post which featured the Adsense Ready Theme which was also created by Pilkster.

This new theme features a full Adsense integration and also generates search engine friendly web pages! At first glance the theme may look a little basic as there are no header images or any other kind of graphics. But, this theme is focused on being search engine friendly and you have to remember that using images has very little SEO benefit!

Search Engine Friendly Webpages

The theme implements several search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, such as;

• the ‘title’ and ‘h1′ tags contain the most relevant information
• on a post page, the post title is used,
• on a category the category title is used… etc.

This should give Search Engines a better understanding of your page, and so improve your ranking for that page. Also, instead of your websites name (eg. BlogCarta.com) being used in every result, the page title or category title will be used. This is a much more useful and appealing result for search engines.

Integrated Adsense Configuration

Adsense integration includes 3 ad units per page and 1 link unit, the maximum Google allows. The theme also includes Adsense for Search instead of the standard WordPress search. The only customization required is to change the adsense pub-id number in the following files;

• footer.php – ( 728×90 Ad Unit )
• header.php – ( 728×15 Link Unit )
• searchform.php – ( Adsense for Search )
• sidebar.php – ( 336×280 Ad Unit ) and ( 160×600 Ad Unit )

Download

This is another great theme by pilkster as it can be used for an instant seo friendly, adsense website or as the basic building block for a whole new website design.

To download the SEO Adsense WordPress Theme visit here.

Happy Xmas !!!!

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A cool new WordPress theme called Adsense Boqpod has been released which is ideal for people who would like to have a instant Adsense website, with a pre-configured Adsense layout and where all you have to do is simply to insert your own Adsense publisher ID into the theme files. The theme includes the Adsense code for adunits, adlinks and the google sitesearch.

The theme is originally based on the theme Green Boqpod from Hardi P. Hardi P had included a .psd file for the header and footer images, for the Green Boqpod theme, which made it really easy to modify.

With the new modifications made by pilkster, Adsense Boqpod is now a full Adsense Ready theme that you can download and get to use straight away.

Download

The Adsense Boqpod theme can be downloaded here; adsense-boqpod.zip

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Internet Broadcast is a great looking corporate type WordPress theme by GFXEdit.com which is based on an excellent CSS template by Luka Cvrk. This is a really nice, quick loading theme and features a couple of nice built-in effects such as featuring a recent articles list / archives list just above the main content and also three separate highlight areas which can be individually customized from within the theme options panel.

While the fonts used in this theme are quite small, they are crisp and easy to read which is ideal for an article site or news site which would naturally feature a lot of text. The theme has been tested on Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5+ & Opera 9 and works just fine.

Theme Features

• Widget Ready
• Quick Loading
• Supports multiple browsers – Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera & Camino.
• Features three highlight areas which can be edited in theme options.

Download

To download Internet Broadcast please visit here: GFXEdit.com

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Hoofei V4 is an excellent looking two column WordPress theme with a blue, green and white color scheme. It is a simple and clear theme. If you are thinking of changing your own theme, this one is well worth looking at.

A live demo can be seen at www.hoofei.com

This is Hoofei’s 4th wordpress theme and they just keep getting better and better. The only slight drawback with this theme is the fact that this theme is not widget-ready. However, when a theme looks this good, it is easy to overcome this by getting creative with the clearly written sidebar.php code.

Installation

As usual, simply extract the hoofeiv4.zip file to your theme directory, wp-content/themes/. Then log in your wordpress Administration Panel and activate the theme.

Integrated Plugins

WP-PageNavi – Hoefei has integrated the WP-PageNavi Plugin by Lester Chan into this theme so you don’t need to download and install it. And don’t worry it will be wrong if you have installed this plugin before, I have renamed the function in plugin code. )

Required Plugins

Gravatar 2 – This is an updated version of the original Gravatars plugin by Skippy. Important: You must install this plugin for this theme.

Conculsion

An excellent and fast loading theme worthy of gracing your blog. To download please visit the Hoofei Version 4 Theme page. Have fun!

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Tech-o-Crunch is a new three column theme for WordPress and is a very clean looking and Zen-like look and feel. The theme is designed by Omer Cakarca. It features nice, easy on the eye, text fonts and large headings for easy readability. An entire column is dedicated to Adsense ads by default, however this is optionable if so required.

Tech-o-Crunch is widget-ready for easy sidebar customization and also included in the download is the PSD file (PhotoShop) for easy editing of the graphic and logo on the header.

Overall, the Tech-o-Crunch theme is very modern looking, has a great Zen-like feel and also looks very Web 2.0. Definitely a theme for today’s blogger.

• Theme – Tech-o-Crunch
• Author – Omer Cakarca
• Version – 0.1
• Release Date – 17 Oct 2006
• Download – Tech-o-Crunch.zip

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A beautiful new 3 column WordPress theme called Subtle has been released and it has a lot of inbuilt features. It was designed for blogs that have multiple authors, with each author having their own archive and information page. However, it will work well on just about any blog. The header and footer are great and overall this theme is really professional looking.

The theme features Fam Fam Fam’s excellent Silk Icons set to great effect. Also, there is built-in FeedBurner support and the theme fully supports WordPress Widgets which makes customization very easy. This theme is built by Glued Ideas and it is one of the better WordPress templates out there at the moment. For a complete list of features check out here.

Demo: Here

Download: Here

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WPThemes.info has just updated one of their popular themes. The theme is called ShadedGrey and is now completely xhtml/css valid. This theme has proven to be a popular one on the WPTheme website since its first release in March 2006. Since then, a lot more features have been added to the ShadedGrey theme, all without requiring any extra plugins to be installed!

Some of the new features of this latest version of ShadedGrey include;

• Valid XHTML/CSS
• Improved overall Look and Feel
• Archives Page Template included
• Contact Page Template included
• Displays list of Recent Comments on the home page
• Displays list of Recent Posts on all pages other than the home page
• Automatic Page Navigation

Although this theme is not widget-ready at the moment the basic install of this theme looks great. The code is cleanly written, so it should be relatively easy to configure this theme to your own liking if you need to adapt it. ShadedGrey can be downloaded here. Have fun!

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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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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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