Gentle Reminder: Reporting your Entries will not be done here. Please head on to the Contest Post: Win Premium Themes! Join Now!

The contest is almost over! I know you guys are excited to win! I have mentioned on the Comment section of the contest post that I have found an easier way to pick the winners and give them a chance to choose the Premium Themes they want. Therefore, I am using the Points System. This way.. those that really deserve to win will be rewarded. I know you guys will agree that this is so much better than just randomly choosing winners. *hint* There is one advantage I can think of in using the Points System, you have total control of the contest, if you want to win then you simply earn points! You do not have to rely on luck anymore.. yey!

I have gathered the list based on the Comments/Report you have made. There are 30 Spots.. if you remain on the List you’re a winner already! I will email Winner#1 and let him/her choose the theme he/she wants, then I will take his/her chosen theme off the list. Winner#2 gets to choose next, then take his/her chosen theme off the list as well. . and so on. If your name is not on the list but have participated then that’s because you didn’t report your entries. If your entries are lacking, please feel free to clarify them to me. I have added more ways for you to earn points, if you have more suggestions, do not hesitate to tell me about it.

For those on the Top 30 already do protect your spot by gaining more points. For those who didn’t make it then I’m sure you already know what to do.. well, just keep reporting your entries here! Have Fun!!

Points:

Blog Post (5)
Blog Post from Another Blog you Own (2)
Banner on your site (2)
Digg, Stumble and other Promotion (1)
*Please check Contest Post on other ways to earn entries*

PREMIUM THEMES CONTEST – TOP 30 SPOT as of June 20, 2008
1. Shireen = 10
2. kahpeng = 9
3. SE7EN = 8
4. Jon Heller = 8
5. Agent 001 = 8
6. Big Blogger = 8
7. Lara Kulpa = 8
8. mintspot = 7
9. Blog for Beginners = 7
10. Reyn = 7
11. indocontest = 7
12. Bloggista = 7
13. MsRP = 7
14. Kim@What’s That Smell? = 7
15. iRonnie = 7
16. ~Kat~ = 7
17. Sensei = 7
18. Suree = 6
19. WebmasterBlog = 6
20. Guillermo = 6
21. Jomari = 6
22. suspect = 6
23. AZRealEstateBlog = 6
24. Chelle = 6
25. TheContestBlogger = 6
26. Kevin = 5
27. PJ = 5
28. Veronica Davis = 5
29. Joey = 5
30. Nadine = 5

#—#
Courtney = 5
Jason = 5
Wendy = 5
wiehanne = 5
phoFuki = 5
Nick Throlson = 5
skiper = 5
Mark at Darn Good Reviews = 5
ReadTheDamnRules = 5
narendra.s.v = 5
Blog Entry(5)
Cecile = 5

Entries:

SE7EN = 8
Blog Entry (5)
Stumble (1)
Twitter Post (1)
Digg (1)

Shireen = 10
Blog Entry (5)
Blog Post from Another Blog you Own (2)
Twitter (1)
Stumble (1)
Digg (1)

mintspot = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Blog Post from Another Blog you Own (2)

Suree = 6
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)

kahpeng = 9
Blog Post (5)
Banner (2)
Twitter (1)
Digg (1)

Blog for Beginners = 7
Blog Post (5)
Stumble (1)
Digg (1)

Kevin = 5
Blog Post (5)

PJ = 5
Blog Post (5)

Reyn = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Blog Post from Another Blog you Own (2)

WebmasterBlog = 6
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)

Veronica Davis = 5
Blog Entry (5)

Joey = 5
Blog Entry (5)

indocontest = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)
Twitter (1)

Guillermo = 6
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)

Bloggista = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)
Stumble (1)

MsRP = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)
Stumble (1)

Kathy = 5
Blog Entry (5)

Keith James Lock = (pls point me to your blog post, i can’t find it.)
Digg (1)
Twitter (1)
Stumble (1)

Ederic
Blog Entry (5)

Kim@What’s That Smell? = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Stumble (1)
Digg (1)

Nadine = 5
Blog Entry (5)

Courtney = 5
Blog Entry (5)

iRonnie = 7
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)
Twitter (1)

Jomari = 6
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)

Jason = 5
Blog Entry (5)

~Kat~ = 7
Blog Entry (5)
twitter (1)
Stumble (1)

Jon Heller = 8
Blog Entry(5)
Blog Post from Another Blog you Own (2)
Stumble (1)

suspect = 6
Blog Entry(5)
Twitter (1)

Agent 001 = 8
Blog Entry(5)
Stumble (1)
Digg (1)
Twitter (1)

Wendy = 5
Blog Entry(5)

wiehanne = 5
Blog Entry(5)

phoFuki = 5
Blog Entry(5)

Nick Throlson = 5
Blog Entry(5)

skiper = 5
Blog Entry(5)

Mark at Darn Good Reviews = 5
Blog Entry(5)

ReadTheDamnRules = 5
Blog Entry(5)

narendra.s.v = 5
Blog Entry(5)

Sherry = 5
Blog Entry(5)

Big Blogger = 8
Blog Entry(5)
Twitter (1)
Digg (1)
Stumble (1)

Lara Kulpa = 8
Blog Entry (5)
Digg (1)
Stumble (1)
Twitter (1)

Cecile = 5
Blog Entry(5)

AZRealEstateBlog = 6
Blog Entry(5)
Twitter (1)

Chelle = 6
Blog Entry(5)
Stumble (1)

TheContestBlogger = 6
Blog Entry(5)
Stumble (1)

Sensei = 7
Blog Entry(5)
Twitter (1)
Stumble (1)

Features/Description:

• 3 Columns
• Widget Ready
• Minimalist Design
• Awesome Menu Hover

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.

• Featured Post with Featured Image
• Left and Right Sidebars, Widgetized
• Logo Added
• SEO Optimized
• Work for WordPress 2.5  (widget ready)

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.

Good News!

I am now providing Support for those who would like to use my themes but are quite having a hard time getting around it. I’d like you all to welcome Ahmed on the Support Section of this site. He blogs at wp-layout.com, obviously he is very much into WordPress armed with a year of experience on this cms. I found him very enthusiastic in becoming our “how-to-guy” on here so it was easy for me to choose him. He will take care of all your concerns and problems but please remember to go gentle on him, okay? He promises to give an hour or two a day just helping you out. Address him with his name, try not to flood him with useless questions.. be nice and friendly..

No registration needed. Just post your questions in the comment area.
Concerns for Mag On Wood Goes Here..
Concerns for Rebel Mag Goes Here..
Concerns for Mag Essentials Goes Here..
Concerns for Blue Block Goes Here..

I do monitor my site’s growth.. the reason is that I want to know if I am headed at the right direction and if I have successfully followed my Goals. What is nice about this site is that.. right from the start, it has always exceeded my expectations. In fact, most of the time I am having a hard time catching up. But challenges like this keeps me on my feet and after all, that is always a good thing.

This site was online on April 13, 2008 and will be turning 2 months old next week.

April 2008
Unique Visitors = 3342
Number of Visits = 4280
Pages = 38910
Hits = 257389
RSS Subscribers: 150
Alexa Rank: 300,xxx

May 2008.
Average Daily Visits = 400
Unique Visitors = 8151
Number of Visits = 11508
Pages = 103644
Hits = 640031
RSS Subscribers: 275+
Alexa Rank: 190,xxx

Number of WordPress Theme Releases = 4 Themes

Goals for June 2008
Average Daily Visits = 500
RSS Subscribers = 350
Number of WordPress Theme Releases = 10 Themes

Lastly, I would like to inform you guys that I am currently looking for a “how-to” person that I could hire to provide Customer Support. I already have 3 people applying for the position but I simply want to make sure that I am going to hire someone that is friendly and helpful at the same time. I do know that I am not obliged to provide this service since I am not offering Premium Themes but I do feel guilty everytime somebody asks me how to customize or fix something on the theme. I am also uninstalling the forum and thought of a different and an easier way to handle and manage customer support. I will introduce him/her to everyone soon.. Hopefully, this will be a relief on my part so I can have more time focusing on my other projects and producing more Free Themes for you here, and indeed an advantage for all of you to finally have a buddy on here you can turn to, right?.. Lol.

By the way, I have finalized how we are going to pick winners for the Premium Themes Give-away Contest, more info on my next post.

Features:

• 2 Columns
• Widget Ready
• WordPress 2.5
• 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.

TOTAL THEMES TO BE GIVEN AWAY: 30 PREMIUM WORDPRESS THEMES!!

How to Join?:

Blog about the Contest – (5 entries/points)

My generous sponsors are kind enough to give away Licenses of their Premium WordPress Themes in exchange of Exposure and Promotion.

Requirement on the Blog Post:

1. Write about this Contest on your blog! You can either inform others or share why you want to join.. anything goes.

2. Link Back to wpthemedesigner.com!

3. A copy and paste of the contest prizes [prize list with no images | prize list with images]

If you want to increase your chances of winning and gain additional points:

+2 – Banner on your Site (feel free to hotlink – banner1, banner2, banner3, banner4size468)
+2 – Review wpthemedesigner.com or any of the Free themes released (limited to 1)
+2 – Blog Post from Another Blog You own (limited to 1)
+1 – Digg
+1 – Stumble or Stumble Review
+1 – Twitter Post about the contest
+1 – Be on the list of my Top 10 Commentators Box (sidebar)
+1 – Favorite It on Technorati
+1 – Join wpthemedesigner’s MyBlog Community
+1 – Add Me or Join my Neighborhood on BlogCatalog
+1 – delicious
+1 – Write a Recommendation on Entrecard

Important:

All participants are required to Subscribe to my RSS feed using Email. I figured that this is the easiest way to keep track of everybody joining this contest. Therefore, you won’t be able to get a chance to win any of the prizes if you are not subscribed.

Comment on this post to inform me of the number of entries you have earned for this contest. Report to me as often as you can, I really don’t mind if you flood the comment area.

Contest Ends on June 30, 2008.

Contest Prizes:

*drumroll*

1 Single-use License of John Cow Milk It Theme by John Cow

Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

2 Single-use Licenses of Elegants Blubs WordPress Theme by Blog Perfume

Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

2 Single-use Licenses for The Revolution by Brian Gardner

Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

Premium Themes by Magnus Jepson
- 1 Single-use License of Polaroid Press
- 1 single-use License of Grunge Press
- 1 Single-use License of Portfolio Press

Price and Theme Info

1 Single-user License of Money Blogger Theme by BlogOhBlog
Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme info

2 Single-use Licenses of the Elite Theme by ElitebyDesign

Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

Premium Themes by MotionTheme

- 1 Single-use License of Pirate Theme – Demo | Purchase
- 1 Single-use License of News Friendly Theme – Demo | Purchase
- 1 Single-use License of Easy Portfolio Theme – Demo | Purchase

1 Single-use License of TV Elements Premium Theme by WPelements

Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

Premium Themes by PowerTheme

- 1 Single-use License of MagPress Theme – Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info
- 1 Single-use License of VideoDen Theme – Demo | Purchase | Price and Theme Info

Winners Choice Theme from Blogalized

Products | Order

Premium Themes by GraphPaperPress

1 Single-use License of F8 Portfolio Theme – Price and Theme info
1 Single-use License of F8 Remixed – Price and Theme info
1 Single-use License of Monochrome – Price and Theme info

Bonus:

Themes by Premiumnewstheme

- 3 Single-use Licenses of Fresh News
- 3 Single-use Licenses of LiveWire
- 3 Single-use Licenses of Gazette

(No links needed for the bonus themes I added. It is sponsored by a Company I have worked for.) If there are those who would want to throw in additional prizes, feel free to contact me.

I know you all want these Premium Themes.. so start the ball rollin’ now!! Goodluck!!

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?

I’m considering a gift for the entire family like a backyard wood swing set

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?