WordPress can be used to build very nice looking web sites that have everything a small business or private enterprise needs to get the word out about products and services.
Of course, using WordPress effectively for such purposes depends greatly on choosing a good theme and getting familiar with it.
There are a good number of high quality themes out there, so be sure to check around and find one that meets your needs before diving in.
My own theme, The Privateer, is what I use for this site, my other sites, various friends sites, and various clients sites as it has been built from the ground up to have the tools that I normally make use of:
- Flexible layouts
- Extra template areas
- Multi column displays
- Simple ad insertion
- Google AdSense
- e-Junkie
- XML Site Map
- Skin Functionality
WordPress Plugins can be used to add extra functionality to WordPress.
For example, there are plugins available to display quotes, manage ads, setup SEO, run newsletters, sell products, and more.
I build plugins as needed, modify plugins to suit my needs ( and those of my clients ), and use both free and paid plugins that do what I want to do with my web site well.
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Recent Articles and News
April 11th, 2011
Right now, things are a bit crazy as I’ve taken on a larger than normal project and am doing some things that I haven’t done in a very long time. That being said, the Privateer Theme update is being delayed a bit as is a new framework that I’ve put together that I call the [...]
January 31st, 2011
Hi all, This is just a quick note to say that I have been swamped with client work this past month, but am just about out of the woods. As soon as I wrap up my current two projects, I will be getting version 1.9 of the Privateer Them put together. It is not going [...]
October 25th, 2010
Silver Art Glass Jewelry was created using WordPress, the Privateer Theme, and a few interesting plugins and scripts to provide expensive seeming functionality for a rock bottom price.
October 20th, 2010
Coming shortly to the PWS web site: Much better documentation for the Privateer Theme and my various WordPress plugins as well as a few new plugins for those that could put them to good use.
September 28th, 2010
If you like one or more of the currently available skins for the Privateer Theme, but do not like the colors used, want to use different graphics, or have the graphics on your server stored in an odd place, you can easily modify the skin to be more along the lines of what you are [...]
April 29th, 2010
The Privateer Theme makes creating multiple distinct looking sales pages on one WordPress install a quick and easy job. You can alter sections, hide sections, and even copy settings from other pages and posts.
March 22nd, 2010
The Privateer Theme for WordPress version 1.4 is now available! New features include xml sitemap generation, completely custom headers, and support for adsense for search.
October 28th, 2009
If you would like to have an email address that stands out a bit and have your own domain name, this will cover setting a new email address up via cPanel with HostGator. Step 1: Create a new eMail address Log into your host gator cpanel account, locate the Mail section of the control panel, [...]
October 15th, 2009
The Boxlist and Postlist Custom Display Set is the initial set of custom displays for The Privateer WordPress Theme. It includes 12 different custom displays, outlined as follows:
September 30th, 2009
I’ve been working on adding features to make managing sites using The Privateer Theme for WordPress a bit easier. With a bit of luck and a lot of programming, I should have it available within three to four days. A partial change list: More (and more flexible) custom displays A custom display installer, so you [...]
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