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

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 ..

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?

I am not in the mood to write a long post nor do I have something grand to say.. I hope these bits and pieces will do for today..

Goodbye Stumbleupon!
What’s up with stumbleUpon? It’s not giving the usual traffic as it does before. A lot of accounts have been banned as well (even established ones). I understand that they are doing some clean-up but have they overdone it? Even editing your own review would need a captcha? Oh.. Come on!!

MMO War
I’m sure you’ve noticed a lot of them are attacking each other! But really.. it all boils down to one thing.. “Controversy creates Traffic”. Thus, they are actually doing each other a favor.. if you attack me, that’s a hot issue right there.. and people would want to hear my side of the story so I also gain visitors! We both have heavy traffic! We both earn money! We’re both happy. *winks*

1 Design a Day Challenge w/ a Twist!!
(If you haven’t, pls read my previous post) I am determined to do this! At the moment, I am just gathering ideas from people.. But I also want to connect to my audience and make it interactive. So here is my idea..

I show you my Design.. I’ll leave it for 24 hours so you can comment on it.. tell me what I have to improve on .. what to add .. and even change.. then I will post a revised version of it in the next 24 hours. Fun isn’t it? Just one problem.. The title “1 Design a Day Challenge” won’t fit into this idea anymore.. Lol.

Advertise on this Blog
I have Four 125×125 spot on my sidebar. Each spot is at $25/90 or $10/30 Days. I know this is just a new site but I am gaining steady traffic and 85 RSS Subscribers in just 10 Days of being online. What does this tell you? wpthemedesigner.com is growing fast and definitely has potential. Also, I will make sure I promote my own “Design Challenge” as heavily as possible.. that alone should make this blog busy. If you are interested, please contact me (yahoo/gmail:wpthemedesigner).

WP Themes
I am now working on the next Free WordPress Theme that I’ll release for free! Also, thank you so much for the warm response on the Mag On Wood Theme. If you have time, please be kind to vote for the theme on the Lunarpages Design Contest.

I have been designing WordPress Themes for more than a year now and since I started doing so I’ve never stopped. I’m in love with WordPress and I seriously would want to improve better and outdo myself each time I release a theme. So I would like to challenge myself. One Design a day for 30 days. While I’m at it.. please feel free to suggest/request for the kind of theme you would want me to give away for free!

By the way, if any of you is interested.. I’m currently selling “Rebel Mag WordPress Theme“.

Happy Weekend!

After one tedious month of preparing for this site, I am proud to present to all of you my New Project. I have been wanting to buy this domain name for quite some time now but never really had the reason to until I sold my site.. cmdesignlounge.com

What can you expect from wpthemedesigner.com?

Free Premium Quality WordPress Themes!! As most of you already know I am quite fond of 3 Column WordPress Theme Designs. I will also release more Magazine Style WordPress Themes and Professional Themes with good Ads/Banner integration, widgetized sidebars, and ajax tabs.

How often will you release Free WordPress Themes?

Every 3 Themes sold on my WordPress Theme shop and every 25 RSS Subscribers on this site.

WordPress Theme Shop?

Yes, this site will house my WordPress Theme Shop. My Premium WordPress Theme will be sold only once. Why buy Premium WordPress Themes being used by a thousand of bloggers already? You want to stand-out, right? Then buy your own unique Theme!

Will you offer Custom WordPress Themes?

No. I have been offering Custom WordPress Themes for more than a year now. Most of the time, I end up too exhausted.

What if I want a particular theme Design?

Sign up and join my Support Forum and Submit a Wp Theme Request. Post all the details that you would want, much better if you can post a draft of it so that it is much easier to visualize your design.

When will you release your first Free WordPress Theme?

Next week. So do visit this site again and do not forget to Subscribe to my RSS Feed now so you won’t have to wait too long for the next Free WordPress theme release.

Lastly, I would like to apologize for the bare site (it’s new!) and some minor fixes that I need to make. I am still in the process of adding and editing the site. I would like to thank Smaug for his expert coding, Bon for the awesome Toon/Character/Logo and Sabrina for the finishing touches on the header. Specially to those who I can’t mention here on the site (but I’m sure you all know who you are)..