Places to find great, free WordPress themes

In the interest of finding the best option for a prospective WordPress website owner,  I feel it’s only fair to cover free WordPress themes in addition to touting Austin Themes’ web design services.  There are dozens of great websites out

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New Hourly Rate

To encourage more sales, and for a break for clients wanting a website this summer, I’ve dialed my hourly rate back to $50 for the time being! Why not use this opportunity to get a website design quote today?

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New Pricing!

After reflection and consideration, I’ve decided to re-instate the previous hourly rate of $50 per hour, effective immediately and for at least the summer! Get a fresh new website for your business today

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Now offering WordPress custom post types

Let Austin Themes set up your WordPress site to present almost any data type (IE, “products”, “books”, “produce”, “groceries”, “to-do list”, etc) . Read More

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5 easy ways to secure your wordpress website, and what the latest wordpress hacking spree means for your site

If we’re honest, sometimes we all get a little complacent on the security front. Even the most security-conscious WordPress user re-uses a password, or occasionally writes it down on a note attached to the monitor. Unfortunately, this latest round of

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Now offering extensive WordPress custom post type work!

Through a personal experiment, I’ve ramped up efforts in my WP custom post type work. What does this mean for future wordpress development work? To start, it means that virtually anything from products to portfolio entries to video galleries can

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A new look for Late March

Austin Themes got a quick Logo overhaul and a spare background change over the weekend, to keep up with a growing mobile design skillset. Sometimes, simpler designs are better, and Austin Themes offers a range of WordPress website design levels

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LINK : “Stars and Sine Waves” HTML5 animation demo

Check out this great animation demo using jQuery and HTML5 to drive a 30+ second animation of stars moving about and forming a sine wave. Click the big demo button to check it out!

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new PHP / jQuery demonstration : a tool for generating random colors

After a couple of days worth of lull, I decide to take on a few spur-of-the-moment PHP website development challenges. In this case, what began as a color thumbnail generator written from scratch has evolved into a full-fledged HTML5 /

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What to do when your wp-admin is blank

Ever try to access your wordpress admin panel, and it just pops up with a horrifying blank screen? The solution may be even simpler than you think. In most cases, if you can still access the site, but your admin

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