Sarah Lewis Breaks Out More SEO Optimized WordPress Themes!

If you liked this article, please...

Or read these related articles...

Discussion

What do you think? Leave a comment. Alternatively, write a post on your own weblog; this blog accepts trackbacks [Trackback URL]. Comment Policy

Comments

1. On May 2nd, 2007 at 11:00 am, Court said:

I wonder what she does differently to make them more SEO friendly. Maybe she uses a different H tag configuration and makes the content appear before the sidebar?

2. On May 2nd, 2007 at 11:02 am, Wendy Piersall said:

Good question Court - here’s what Sarah and Chris Pearson have to say about it.

3. On May 2nd, 2007 at 1:30 pm, Sue Olson said:

I used one she suggested last time and can’t wait to check these out. This really helps novices like me! Thanks!

4. On May 2nd, 2007 at 3:33 pm, David Airey :: Creative Design :: said:

Hi Wendy,

I’ve enjoyed your posts on WP themes. It’s good to know which ones are SEO optimized so I can hopefully put their efforts to use when learning about the coding myself.

Ciao for now.

5. On May 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm, Sue Olson said:

OK - so Citrus Scraps is loaded. I LOVE that I can add my little logo that I created (we all have to start somewhere).
What I am wondering based on other things I learned today is do I have to edit the code to make sure my titles are tagged and my key words/phrases are optimized?

6. On May 2nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm, Wendy Piersall said:

Thanks for the plug, Wendy! I’ve been refining my code even more so I think this theme and the ones that follow will be practically begging to be indexed.

7. On May 3rd, 2007 at 6:13 am, Char said:

Citrus Scraps is a very pretty theme! Great work Sarah. I need to go read up on some more of her SEO tips and make sure I have them implemented.

8. On May 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 am, derek said:

I like the Citrus Scraps theme, very clean and organized.

I’ve been kicking around the idea of a new theme myself but just wish it were easier to do. So many of the plugins require little additions to certain files that all need to be added back to a new theme.

9. On May 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 am, Wendy Piersall said:

OMG, Derek - I’m totally with you on that one!! Very soon I’ll be launching a third blog - and have had to rebuild it THREE times, which has been driving me absolutely bonkers. It’s because I’ve been getting some great input from the Elite Retreat presenters, who have been helping me to set up the blog right the first time around (and so that I don’t have to make big changes later!!).

But having to go through THREE full WordPress setups has been MORE than a drag!!

10. On May 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 am, derek said:

Hmm, sounds like that could be an opportunity for a much needed plugin. Maybe there is some way to manage all of that a little easier.

It almost makes it easier to try and modify the theme in place gradually rather than chop it out for a new theme completely.

What I really need to do is spend the time to document everything very closely to make the process easier and avoid forgetting something, which I usually do.

11. On May 3rd, 2007 at 11:52 am, Wendy Piersall said:

Derek - funny, I was thinking the exact same thing! I kept forgetting little things like changing the permalink structure, creating a favicon, and inserting the right code into the templates to make sure the plugins worked correctly.

If you make a checklist like that - POST IT! Or if you want to submit it as a guest post, I’d Luuuuurrrrrvvv you forever!

12. On May 3rd, 2007 at 12:48 pm, Sue Olson said:

OK - you guys are freaking this newbie out!! I realized I had to redo all my ad placements BUT plugin additions, permalink structure, favicons…I Yi Yi…Calgon take me away!

13. On May 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm, Char said:

I don’t know if anyone will find this helpful or not, but I just did a redesign of my own blog. My post today is on the 13 Steps (roughly) that I took during the redesign:

http://essentialkeystrokes.com/13-steps-to-a-blog-redesign/

I forgot to add the part about creating a new favicon, too.

14. On May 3rd, 2007 at 2:13 pm, Amanda said:

I love free themes and I love them when they are really optimized for maximum ad exposure, the new one on TBW is an isn’t but it gives me opportunities to put ads in spots I didn’t think of before. So its fun.

15. On May 5th, 2007 at 9:32 pm, Jenny said:

That is indeed a perty theme. I’d like to Optimize my site, but I have no clue where to start. Maybe I should use one of these.

16. On May 11th, 2007 at 2:20 am, Alison Moore Smith said:

Like this theme, too. (My WP site is integrated with a Vanilla message board. One database and one comment area.) There’s so much custom code to pull that off that changing themes is not easy. But I do like the bright feel of this theme.