<div><div>I wouldn't serialize the activities around making a Web site. </div><div><br></div><div>Get the site going and get the theme later. Sooner is always better with the internet. Organic things take very long to build up. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Those templates look pretty good. You could break down and buy on too. Sometimes you get better quality (other times you get less because the subscription fee closes down the audience of people using the theme so it may not be as refined as some of the optional pay ones like the ones I'm using).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Perhaps we can have a wordpress/Web site get-together in Kingston occasionally. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Sam Roesch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samroesch@gmail.com">samroesch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Unfortunately I can't make the meetups physically, as I'm in Kingston, although I'm interested in making a wordpress site. I've started looking at some templates with a corporate/business theme: <div><span style="color:rgb(72, 72, 72);font-family:helvetica, 'microsoft sans serif', arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(72, 72, 72);font-family:helvetica, 'microsoft sans serif', arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px">Top Picks:</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(72, 72, 72);font-family:helvetica, 'microsoft sans serif', arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p>
<a href="http://deep.dijitals.com/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://deep.dijitals.com/</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.curtziegler.com/sitedemo/luxury/wordpress/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://www.curtziegler.com/sitedemo/luxury/wordpress/</a> <br>
<a href="http://labs.saurabh-sharma.com/themes/cruz/wp/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://labs.saurabh-sharma.com/themes/cruz/wp/</a></p>
<p>Some Others:</p><p><a href="http://rttheme6.templatemints.com/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://rttheme6.templatemints.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://jamigibbs.com/preview/bowtie/nivo-slider/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://jamigibbs.com/preview/bowtie/nivo-slider/</a><br>
<a href="http://saintdo.me/themes/granda/" style="color:rgb(122, 160, 84);text-decoration:none;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-left:12px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">http://saintdo.me/themes/granda/</a></p>
</span>Do you have any suggestions regarding which template I go with in terms of features or Search Engine Optimization? I don't want to pick one and work on it, only to find it limiting because it doesn't have XYZ core feature.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is SEO still all about keywords, alt-text etc? </div><div><br></div><div>-Sam</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5">tonight there is a wordpress meetup.<div><br></div><div><div><div><a href="http://mambohead.com/category/events/" target="_blank">http://mambohead.com/category/events/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm going to also share some ideas on Search Engine Optimization if there isn't very many people.</div>
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