Mag On Wood Theme from ChiQ Montes of WPThemeDesigner has the elements I’ve been looking for in a theme. I’ve seen the same qualities mostly in Premium Themes. However, if I can get the same features from a free them then it would be a better option.Support is also a deciding factor for me. ChiQ Montes provides Support for the themes she designs.

There are loads of beautifully designed free Wordpress Themes out there that it’s hard to make your choice. When I choose a theme I make sure it somehow reflects my personality and the topic of my blog. An important consideration also is the ease of customization. I’m a newbie on blogging and by experience it takes a lot of time to make a theme look the way you wanted it. Therefore I would prefer a theme which is widgetized. Leave those techie stuff to the experts.

Mag On Wood is a 2 Column Magazine Style Wordpress Theme, clean design and Widgetized.

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I’ve never seen so many Premium Themes up for grabs in one contest! Thirty, yes you got that right. Thirty Premium Themes are to be given away at WPThemeDesigner. There are loads of free Wordpress themes out there but having a premium theme wil make your blog stand out. To be honest I am not yet ready to buy one so the next best thing to do is join the contest and try my luck.

Here are the Premium Themes to be given away:

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I haven’t updated this blog lately since I was quite busy with the full-time job. There were a lot of things I wanted to blog about but I needed references and images. Searching for these information requires time and effort and make blogging a challenge.

I am glad I came across a Firefox plugin called Zemanta which can make writing posts a lot easier by suggesting relevant links and related content to your post. This plugin integrates with your WordPress, Blogger, TypePad and even self-hosted WordPress installations and helps you by providing links while you are creating a new post.

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