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		<title>Elegant Themes (Wordpress) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to review Elegant Themes Wordpress Themes because I use them so much and recommend them all the time to friends, coaching clients, and other folks interested in keeping a blog or building a website for business or fun.  I&#8217;ll just tell you now, that this Elegant Themes Review will be telling you how these Wordpress Themes are fantastic.    [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-60" title="ElegantThemesWordpress" src="http://shanehall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ElegantThemesWordpress.gif" alt="ElegantThemesWordpress" width="125" height="125" />I decided to review <a href="http://shanehall.com/elegant-themes" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a> Wordpress Themes because I use them so much and recommend them all the time to friends, coaching clients, and other folks interested in keeping a blog or building a website for business or fun.  I&#8217;ll just tell you now, that this Elegant Themes Review will be telling you how these Wordpress Themes are fantastic.    I just don&#8217;t see any negatives in joining Elegant Themes.</p>
<p>The best thing about joining the Elegant Themes Wordpress Theme &#8220;club&#8221; is that you get access to an ever growing and improved set of themes.  Nick actually improves all of his themes all the time.  If you downloaded a them in the past, but notice that one of the new themes has a feature or capability that you think you want&#8230; no fear, Nick will almost certainly bring that feature to the older themes with an update in the very near future.  I know, I know&#8230; this sounds like he might have paid me to write this <a href="http://shanehall.com/elegant-themes" target="_blank">review of Elegant Themes&#8230;  </a>He didn&#8217;t, I&#8217;m just a huge fan.</p>
<p>Another thing I really like is the fact that that these themes can be used for blogs (of course), but they can also be used for regular websites, or professional business websites.   Many of them come with option of not looking too bloggy, if that&#8217;s even a word <img src='http://shanehall.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .   I&#8217;m always looking for Wordpress Themes that don&#8217;t look too much like a blog, but instead can be used for professional business websites. </p>
<p>There are so many options for the use of these themes that its crazy&#8230; I used them in many different niche websites that I build or manage.   And, of course, if I need to customize these themes, no problem.  They are built so nicely that some customization can now take place in the actual admin area of the theme itself&#8230;  <a href="http://shanehall.com/elegant-themes" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a> have built in what they call the &#8220;epanel&#8221;&#8230; which is basically just a boatload of options built into the Wordpress Admin area for the theme options.  The page, post, front page, and widget options are numerous and helpful!</p>
<p>Lastly, once you become a member&#8230; you get access to the forum.  Each Elegant Theme has its own board and where you can discuss or showcase or get support for each Wordpress Theme.  I have even asked for help customizing, and <a href="http://shanehall.com/elegant-themes" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a> will actually just upload a new version of the code for me&#8230; This wasn&#8217;t expected, or asked for&#8230; they just did it.  That is awesome!  Now, they aren&#8217;t going to customize the crap out of your sites for you and you should&#8217;nt expect this either&#8230; but I can say that they do go above and beyond&#8230; big time!</p>
<p>Well, I can honestly say that I hope you end up joining the club&#8230; because I know you&#8217;ll be satisfied&#8230; it will surely be the best 20 bucks you have spent on Wordpress in a long time! </p>
<p>Best of luck!  I hope this review of <a href="http://shanehall.com/elegant-themes" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a> and their Wordpress Themes has been helpful!    Once you join, let me know what you think&#8230; leave a comment.</p>
<p>Make it a great day!<br />
Shane</p>
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		<title>Royalty Free Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you create podcasts, produce short films, make training videos, or any other type of format/use that might have a need for music as an intro, closing, or background&#8230;. you need to check out this site for Royalty Free Music.  There are full songs, clips, intros, closings, etc&#8230;   It has every type [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you create podcasts, produce short films, make training videos, or any other type of format/use that might have a need for music as an intro, closing, or background&#8230;. you need to check out this site for Royalty Free Music.  There are full songs, clips, intros, closings, etc&#8230;   It has every type of music category and style and is even categorized by feeling.  </p>
<p>This is a great resource for royalty free music songs and clips&#8230;.</p>
<p>http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>Make it a great day!<br />
shane</p>
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		<title>Free Graphics Tools &amp; Generators</title>
		<link>http://shanehall.com/tools/free-graphics-tools-generators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Great tool for finding color schemes for sites and graphics:
http://www.colorblender.com/
Add reflections to any image with this tool:
http://www.reflectionmaker.com/
Create tab buttons:
http://www.tabsgenerator.com/
Generate striped backgrounds for your site for with this free online generator:
http://www.stripegenerator.com/
Create pixel buttons:
http://www.pixelbutton.com/eng

Lorem Ipsum generator (generates random text you can use in website templates or during testing):
http://www.lipsum.com/
Build simple web buttons with this button generator:
http://www.buttonator.com/ 
Create shiney Web 2.o [...]]]></description>
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<p>Great tool for finding color schemes for sites and graphics:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.colorblender.com/" target="_blank">http://www.colorblender.com/</a></p>
<p>Add reflections to any image with this tool:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reflectionmaker.com/" target="_blank">http://www.reflectionmaker.com/</a></p>
<p>Create tab buttons:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tabsgenerator.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tabsgenerator.com/</a></p>
<p>Generate striped backgrounds for your site for with this free online generator:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stripegenerator.com/" target="_blank">http://www.stripegenerator.com/</a></p>
<p>Create pixel buttons:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pixelbutton.com/eng" target="_blank">http://www.pixelbutton.com/eng</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.netdenizen.com/buttonmill/glassy.php" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p>Lorem Ipsum generator (generates random text you can use in website templates or during testing):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lipsum.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lipsum.com/</a></p>
<p>Build simple web buttons with this button generator:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.buttonator.com/" target="_blank">http://www.buttonator.com/</a> </p>
<p>Create shiney Web 2.o Style buttons with this :</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mycoolbutton.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mycoolbutton.com/</a></p>
<p>Another free online glass button generator:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.netdenizen.com/buttonmill/glassy.php" target="_blank">http://www.netdenizen.com/buttonmill/glassy.php</a></p>
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		<title>Conference calling&#8230; FREE! Including recording.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite tools out there&#8230; if you are an infopreneur, consultant, life coach, business coach, or any other entrepreneur that has a need to utilize conference calls&#8230; you should probably check out FreeConferencecall.com.  They even offer free recording for playback or download.  I often hold teleconferences using this service.
Another [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of my favorite tools out there&#8230; if you are an infopreneur, consultant, life coach, business coach, or any other entrepreneur that has a need to utilize conference calls&#8230; you should probably check out <a href="http://www.freeconferencecall.com/">FreeConferencecall.com</a>.  They even offer free recording for playback or download.  I often hold teleconferences using this service.</p>
<p>Another site with a similar and great service is <a href="www.freeconference.com">FreeConference.com</a>.</p>
<p>Both sites are very similar, but the the first one (freeconferencecall.com) offers free recording so I tend to use that one now more than the other.  Additionally, they offer a couple of other services that I like, such as Online meetings and Voice Messaging (both in and out).</p>
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