One of the themes from WPCharity that caught my attention is the theme named “Sepeda” which is Indonesian for “bicycle“. This theme is a clean and simple, 3-columned, WordPress theme based on the Sandbox framework and 100% FREE. (Not all themes offered by WPCharity are for sale, some are FREE to download)

Screenshots:

Homepage

Post page

Features:

• Supports WordPress 3.0
• Simple, clean and light
• Custom header
• Threaded comments
• Easy to read text in the content
• Two-column sidebar
• One widget in one sidebar
• Using Yanone Kaffeesatz font from Google font API for title
• Using Molengo font from Google font API for default
• Drop-down menu (page) on header
• Different style for admin on comment posts
• Optional image content using border (default) or none (using class=”noborder”)
• Based on Sandbox theme

Sepeda is a clean and simple, widget-ready theme that has a decent amount of features and options. It has a custom header, gravatar and threaded comments support. It’s a good theme option if you plan to use the Sandbox framework and its FREE!

I like what WPCharity is doing – how they’re using their talents to create nice WordPress themes, selling it and donating a part of the proceeds to charity. I hope more WordPress theme providers do this. If you don’t need a WordPress theme but feel like donating a certain amount to charity, you can send your donation via the WPCharity website.

Preview or Download (registration required) the Sepeda WordPress Theme.

NOTE: This theme was scanned using the Theme Authenticity Checker and doesn’t contain any hidden or encrypted code.

One of the things that make WordPress great and popular is the huge number of available free themes and plugins. Unfortunately, the popularity of free WordPress themes have been used by scammers, spammers and malicious users, as an opportunity to cash in and/or wreak havoc. Many of the free WordPress themes available on the Internet today have already been altered by these users, adding base64 encrypted codes into the theme’s functions.php file which when decrypted, contain spammy links or malware.

Recently, a new type of malware was found on some free WordPress themes that are being distributed by a site called top-themes.com (site no longer available). The malware-ridden theme’s functions.php file contains code that inserts a zip file on a theme’s screenshot file. Once activated, the file unzips itself into a new directory and executes the malware file, adds itself (the malware code) and infects other themes in the user’s wp-content/themes directory. This type of malware is really clever because once it accomplishes it’s goal, the file erases itself so it won’t be traceable.

To learn more about how this type of malware works, check out Otto’s post entitled – Anatomy of a Theme Malware. As an additional resource, please make sure to read Lorelle VanFossen’s article – WordPress Theme Malware Prevention and Protection.

To all WordPress users out there, make sure you only download free WordPress themes from reliable sources/websites like the WordPress.org Theme Repository. If ever you’re gonna download a theme outside the official WordPress theme Repository, make sure you only download from the theme author’s website and to use a plugin like the Theme Authenticity Checker, that checks theme files for any encrypted codes.

There are lot of free WordPress themes out there that are not only spam and malware-free but also beautiful and premium-quality. I try to post as many of these themes here on JaypeeOnline so users can find them easily. You can check out the themes I’ve reviewed from the WordPress themes category. If you can afford it, you can also purchase premium WordPress themes from reliable sources like StudioPress, WooThemes, Elegant Themes, Theme Forest, WP ZOOM and many others.

Where do you guys get or download your WordPress themes from? Have you ever been victimized by a malware-ridden theme? Anyone here ever come across this new type of WordPress theme malware? Please share your thoughts.

If you’re a WordPress theme developer or flash developer, then you’ll most probably like what I’m gonna share today. Most WordPress themes we see around the web are made with HTML/CSS. Flash-based WordPress themes are rare because it takes a lot more time and effort to make them. With SWFPress, WordPress theme developers and flash developers can now easily create flash-based WordPress themes.

What is SWFPress?

SWFPress is a framework that allows flash developers to very easily create flash-wordpress themes. The themes behave in the same manner as normal html wordpress themes, you upload the theme zip to the wordpress themes page, and activate… done!

How do you use/install SWFPress? The SWFPress package is basically a “blank flash WordPress theme“. After you download it, all you need to do to integrate the XML flash theme into SWFPress is copy over all template files, edit a config.php file and create the XML files. SWFPress takes care of the rest – admin pages, content and storage.

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How does it work?

SWFPress generates XML files for the flash theme using the information that the buyer puts into his / her settings, and the content of the blog. As XML files are generated, and are configured to the exact format that the flash theme uses, in most cases, flash will not have to be opened once for you to create a SWFPress theme from an existing flash XML theme. The one thing that your theme has to be able to do is read the location of the MAIN xml file from flashvars that will be dynamicaly created from swfpress, but a lot of themes already support parsing the location of the main xml file via flashvars, and for themes that don’t offer this, it takes only minutes to implement this in your theme.

SWFPress generates a tailored options page for your theme that can be accessed under the appearance menu, the options page includes a system for the user to setup their menu structure, and to change all the settings that you have made avaliable for your theme.

How easy is it to implement?

And for the author? … well the work is very easy… you only have to put your flash files in the dedicated content folder, edit a config.php file and create the xml.php files. SWFPress is designed to allow you to have complete control of the formatting of the xml files, this is so that already existing flash xml themes / website templates can be very easily adapted for use with the SWFPress framework and quickly distributed as WordPress-Flash themes.

SWFPress can be used FREE of charge for commercial and/or non-commercial web sites, themes, services, software, etc. as long as the end users are not charged a fee of any kind to use your site/product/service or gain access to any part of it. Otherwise, you’re required to purchase a Corporate Membership. Full licensing details here and membership details here.

To learn more about SWFPress and read a more comprehensive guide, check out the Screenshots & Features page. You can also try out the SWFPress Demo.

What do you think of SWFPress? Anyone here tried creating a flash-based WordPress theme using SWFPress? Please share your thoughts.

Elegant Themes is one of the best places to find excellent quality premium WordPress themes and good customer support. To avail of their themes, users have to pay an annual membership/subscription fee of $39. Members of the Elegant Themes theme club get access to all the premium WordPress themes released for one whole year and access to a support forum where they can submit questions and get help with theme installation, troubleshooting, etc.

The previous license option was ideal for regular users or bloggers who own several blogs but not for developers. The old setup meant that developers had to register new accounts everytime they wanted to use a theme for a different client/web project. Two days ago, Nick Roach announced via the Elegant Themes blog that they will now be offering Developer’s Licenses.

Until now we have not had a licensing option available for developers. This has meant that web designers who wanted to use our themes for their clients had to go through the trouble of registering new accounts. To rid this hassle, and to make things more affordable for developers, I have added an Developer’s License for purchase from within the member’s area. The price is a one time fee of $89, and gives you permission to use the themes for all of your client web design projects.

I’m sure this is good news for all developers and web designers who use WordPress for their web design projects. To make it clear, the $89 that you pay for the Developer’s License is a one time fee that allows you to use for all web design projects. However, you are still required to pay the annual theme club membership/subscription fee of $20 for existing users and $39 for new members.

Here’s preview of Elegant Themes’ upcoming theme, a real estate WordPress theme called ElegantEstate

Visit Elegant Themes today and grab a Developer’s License!

Premium WordPress theme sites have been popping up like mushrooms in recent months. Most of these sites are the fly-by-night types that offer one or two themes and then stop or disappear into oblivion, some of these sites still operate but offer mediocre themes. Only a few of these sites offer premium quality products and services. One of them is Theme Garden, a subscription based premium WordPress theme site/club launched last March by Jason Schuller of Press75.

Here’s the introductory post from the Theme Garden blog:

Welcome to ThemeGarden.com… a subscription based premium website theme club, offering professional quality themes for the popular WordPress publishing platform. ThemeGarden.com is a bit different than your typical WordPress theme marketplace. We make it easy by offering you every theme on the site with four very affordable and flexible subscription options to choose from. Each subscription option gives you unlimited access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com, first hand support and theme updates for the duration of your subscription.

You will find that every theme released on ThemeGarden.com has been designed and developed with simplicity, elegance and efficiency in mind. Whether you are a Designer, Developer, Business Owner or just someone looking to get a personal site up and running, ThemeGarden.com has what you are looking for.

Each month, Theme Garden will release a professional WordPress theme. Each professional quality WordPress theme includes key customization and content management options. In order to gain access to these professional quality themes (includes theme support), you’ll have to suscribe to Theme Garden.

Theme Garden Subscription Rates:

• 3 Month Subscription ($50.00 for each 3 months)
  Get access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com to use on one website for a lifetime. Receive theme updates, support and access to any new theme for a period of 3 months.
• 6 Month Subscription ($75.00 for each 6 months)
  Get access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com to use on as many as 2 websites for a lifetime. Receive theme updates, support and access to any new theme for a period of 6 months.
• 1 Year Subscription ($100.00 for each year)
  Get access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com to use on as many as 4 websites for a lifetime. Receive theme updates, support and access to any new theme for a period of 1 year.
• 1 Year Unlimited Subscription ($275.00 for each year)
  Get access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com to use on an unlimited number of websites for life. Receive theme updates, support and access to any new theme for a period of 1 year.
• 5 Year Unlimited Subscription ($500.00 for 5 years)
  Get access to every theme on ThemeGarden.com to use on an unlimited number of websites for life. Receive theme updates, support and access to any new theme for a period of 5 years.

Recent Theme Garden Releases:

Outline WordPress Theme (March)

Vidley WordPress Theme (April)

Attache WordPress Theme (May)

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the Press75 themes and if you like them, I’m pretty sure you’ll also like these themes from Theme Garden because these themes are well designed, well coded and made by the same person – Jason Schuller.

What makes subscribing to Theme Garden worth it? You get 3 professional quality WordPress themes for only $50 (minimum subscription) and aside from that you also get free theme upgrades and excellent theme support.

What are you waiting for? Check out Theme Garden today!