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		<title>Portfolio Themes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok no stuffing about, here are some of the best portfolio WordPress themes you could possibly find, handpicked. Professionals, artists and anyone who has the smarts to feature their best work online, take your pick, you can&#8217;t go wrong with this selection. Even the free ones are top class.
Viewport (free)
Monochrome (free)

Photo Gallery ($79.95)

Viz Biz ($79.95)

Folio [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok no stuffing about, here are some of the best portfolio WordPress themes you could possibly find, handpicked. Professionals, artists and anyone who has the smarts to feature their best work online, take your pick, you can&#8217;t go wrong with this selection. Even the free ones are top class.</p>
<p><a href="http://paulicio.us/2008/11/05/viewport-a-free-wordpress-theme/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-107" title="viewport wordpress theme" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/theme-4.jpg" alt="viewport wordpress theme" width="500" height="298" />Viewport</a> (free)</p>
<p><a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/03/05/monochrome-gallery/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105" title="monochrome free portfolio wordpress theme" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/monochrome.png" alt="monochrome" width="495" height="336" />Monochrome</a> (free)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-94" title="2601142557_a318eb4f29" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/2601142557_a318eb4f29.jpg" alt="2601142557_a318eb4f29" width="500" height="394" /></p>
<p><a href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/photo-gallery-theme-series/">Photo Gallery</a> ($79.95)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-95" title="2633803676_52aa8ee17b" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/2633803676_52aa8ee17b.jpg" alt="2633803676_52aa8ee17b" width="500" height="330" /></p>
<p><a href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/viz-biz-portfolio-wordpress-theme/">Viz Biz</a> ($79.95)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-96" title="folioelements" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/folioelements.jpg" alt="folioelements" width="500" height="400" /></p>
<p><a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=16336&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=60936" target="ejejcsingle">Folio Elements</a> ($75)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-97" title="aperture" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/aperture.jpg" alt="aperture" width="500" height="400" /></p>
<p><a href="http://su.pr/25aRw1">Aperture</a> ($75) 2 for 1 offer</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-108" title="briefcase portfolio theme" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/briefcaseportfolio.jpg" alt="briefcase portfolio theme" width="500" height="254" /></p>
<p><a href="http://su.pr/AXzm9F">Briefcase</a> ($25)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-113" title="coldstone-portfolio-theme" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/coldstone-590x280.jpg" alt="coldstone-portfolio-theme" width="500" height="237" /></p>
<p><a href="http://su.pr/9Ner6Q">Coldstone</a> ($19.95)*</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-115" title="freshfolio" src="http://wpdesigned.com/uploads/2009/06/freshfolio.jpeg" alt="freshfolio" width="500" height="378" /></p>
<p><a href="http://su.pr/25aRw1">Fresh Folio</a> ($75)  2 for 1 offer</p>
<p>As a side note many business style themes can be easily adapted and suited to portfolio sites as well. Take a look at <a href="http://su.pr/25aRw1">Over Easy</a> as an example and view the showcase to see how others are using it.</p>
<p>* Annual subscription to all Elegent themes.</p>
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		<title>Can web2feel.com Themes Make it Big?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[web2feel.com is the producer of a number of premium quality free themes. The themes include many of the features that the best premium theme creators include in their own themes like ad management and theme settings. The themes also benefit from being highly usable as niche and content/affiliate site templates.
Why isn&#8217;t web2feel as big and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://web2feel.com/">web2feel.com</a> is the producer of a number of premium quality free themes. The themes include many of the features that the best premium theme creators include in their own themes like ad management and theme settings. The themes also benefit from being highly usable as niche and content/affiliate site templates.</p>
<p>Why isn&#8217;t web2feel as big and popular as <a href="http://www.woothemes.com/amember/go.php?r=7397&amp;i=b0">WooThemes</a> or <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=10214&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=60936" target="ejejcsingle">StudioPress</a>, especially given their themes are free? Well it&#8217;s pretty simple really.</p>
<p>web2feel has chosen to support themselves by selling sponsored links in their theme releases. There are a number of problems with this, SEO being one of the most important, also most webmasters will want to remove them but the links are encoded. With a little Googling you can find how to remove them you will probably also discover you can officially and legally have them removed for a $10 donation. This effectively means the theme is no longer free but $10 is very cheap for themes of this quality, so many would not begrudge paying it. web2feel don&#8217;t openly offer this option unless you go looking for it.</p>
<p>When it comes to SEO Google can&#8217;t penalize web2feel for selling these links because they are not on their site, they may end up penalizing the sites that are linked from the themes however as their back links will likely not appear natural or relevant, plus there are a whole bunch of reasons why buying these type of links doesn&#8217;t provide good value.</p>
<p>The links also pose another major hurdle to web2feel being a success. Their inclusion means they cannot sell the themes and therefore there is not real reason to advertise. While other major players in the premium theme niche have excellent affiliate programs that effectively buy them free advertising and increases their profile web2feel can go no where near as big.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-48 aligncenter" title="zinmag_tribune_blogger_template" src="http://wpdesigned.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/zinmag_tribune_blogger_template.jpg" alt="zinmag_tribune_blogger_template" width="400" height="376" /></p>
<h3><strong>Great Themes but a really bad business model. web2feel find a way to get rid of the links, sell the themes directly and back it up with a good affiliate program to get your brand out there.</strong></h3>
<p>You can view <a href="http://web2feel.com/">web2feel&#8217;s themes</a> here.</p>
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