Even if I haven’t been posting regularly, I am working twice as hard to create WordPress Themes that you guys can download for Free. In fact, I already have two WP Themes right now that are scheduled to be released in the coming days.

Not only that, I will also be running a Contest for those of you who would want Premium WordPress Themes to use on your blog. In fact, I have currently gathered 9 Premium Theme Licenses already. So watch out for the details of this awesome contest on the first day of June!!

Meanwhile.. I’ll keep this post short and sweet.

You haven’t Subscribed to my RSS Feed yet??? Oh come on..

I’ve been asked a lot of times if I am Small Potato.. (obviously) the answer is no. I read this blog post today and felt the need to set things straight. I know where the confusion comes from.. our domain names. If you wish to know a little something about me though, you can visit my About page and simply call me ChiQ from now on.

However, I won’t deny that our goals are quite similar. I plan to offer as many Free WordPress Themes as I can and would love to run a similar “themes club” project later on than going for the usual route of selling Premium Themes. Other than that, I believe my personal identity isn’t important at all. My focus will remain on the BIG GOALS that I have set for this site and all the WordPress Themes I will be releasing for the WordPress Community.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who wished me well. As promised, I will be rockin’ and kickin’ again now that I feel better. I have an announcement to make this week, so stay tuned. Is it a fabulous contest? Am I giving away millions? or.. ahm.. uhmm… I am Small Potato? (ugh) .. What’s your guess?

My themes do not work for versions lower than WordPress 2.5 that is the reason why I get a lot of emails each day asking me why the theme isn’t working for them. I am surprised to know that a lot of you are quite afraid to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress. Maybe because you feel like you are not savvy enough to do this.. or are afraid of messing your blog?

Although manually upgrading your blog by following this step-by-step instruction from the wordpress codex site is easy to follow.. I would highly suggest using plugins to do the work for you.

First, make sure that you back-up your database. I personally use the WordPress DBManager plugin from Lester Chan. This plugin allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.

Next, download and activate the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin by Keith Dsouza. Then that’s it.. upgrading to WordPress is that easy indeed!

By the way, the forum I have installed on this site is quite boring..so I think I’m going for bbPress to handle support questions. Sometimes it’s really tiring to answer the same questions over and over again. Do you guys have any suggestions in handling Support Questions?

This is the theme I am working now [small preview here].. I don’t know if I should add 3 blocks in the footer as I think it would be too much already but somehow it could be useful as well.. so I’ll think about it first. I can’t wait to release this theme!! Please feel free to comment and leave your suggestions.

The next series of themes I will be releasing will be a bit more advanced. It will have Featured News, Plugin Requirements and Custom Fields. So watch out for that!

Anyway, I hope to work on my posting consistency from now on. I read Jason’s Article and this has prompted me to set a structured plan to help me maintain this goal. Besides, there is no reason to slack off anymore as I am already getting 400 Unique Visits Daily and everytime I release a Free Theme it zooms up to more than a thousand UV’s.

Lastly, I’d like to thank Hack WordPress, Elite Theme and Omni Theme for advertising on the site. I still have one advertising spot left so if you are interested, grab it now. Later guys ..

• 3 Columns
• Wide Sidebar
• 486 and 125 Banner Ad Integration
• Widget ready
• Magazine Style Design

The free version of this theme is “as is”, it includes an encrypted footer and the theme will not be supported.  Support for this theme and access to theme updates are only available to members.

I am not over “Mag On Wood” just yet.. so I made a sequel. It’s not yet available for download since I am still in the process of finalizing the theme. I was thinking I could still improve it but then I’m already in love with its simplicity.. so, I don’t know .. *shrugs* — take a look at it here!

What do you guys think?

• Free Magazine Style
• Widget Ready
• 2 Columns with Banner Ad Integration

The free version of this theme is “as is”, it includes an encrypted footer and the theme will not be supported.  Support for this theme and access to theme updates are only available to members.

I was just wondering if there are still those who are blogging for Pleasure? I mean, all we talk about these days are ways on how to either monetize our blog or how to make money online. It would be nice to see and know bloggers who are just doing it for the mere pleasure of being able to blog. *smiles*