Presentation from my workshop: If you have a WordPress website or blog, you know the power behind the 3 bears: themes, plugins and widgets. We'll look at what exactly they are, and how to make them work for you.

1. WordPress and the
3 Bears:
Themes, Plugins & Widgets
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3. What To Do If Your Blog
Isn’t Making Money
Thursday, April 21 at 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Thinkspace, Redmond
cost: $47
How do those smart bloggers sell so much stuff
on their blogs? What do they know that you
don't? Learn about the monetization tools and
strategies successful bloggers use to generate
and sustain multiple income streams.

4. Themes
Plugins
Widgets

5. Themes

15. Themes...
free - basic
free - beyond basic
premium - out of the box w/setup
premium - from scratch

42. So, is
a premium
out-of-the-box theme
easy to set up?

60. What if I want to change
themes?

70. Other things to consider
Licensing, Support & Updates
Look at other WP sites in your industry
Don’t be afraid to look at themes customized
for your industry
Think long-term
and do ask around for suggestions

71. Plugins
Plugins are designed to offer
additional functionality to the blog
or website.
They help the engine roar.

72. Plugins can only be used if you have
WordPress on your own server.

75. just a few plugins I recommend

76. Akismet

77. All in One SEO

78. Google XML Sitemap

79. Google Analytics

80. Google Analytics

81. WP - DB - Backup

82. Premium Plugin - BackupBuddy

84. Viper’s Video Quicktags

85. Contact Form 7

86. Gravity Forms

87. Sociable for WordPress 3.0

88. Digg Digg

89. Widgets
A widget in WordPress, is like a plugin, but
designed to provide a simple way to arrange the
various elements of your sidebar content (known
as "widgets") without having to change any code.

90. widget dashboard

95. Setting up your widgets

101. The text widget

102. The text widget

103. Whole pages can be built on widget

104. Thanks!