Are you a blogger? This time of the year is great for spring cleaning. A great way to clean up the code on your site and make it run and look AWESOME is to use the Thesis theme/framework. It’s what I use on Free From Broke and I love it! Thesis 1.7 came out a little while ago and its full of some great new features such as new SEO controls, new page options, and upgraded efficiency – all this in addition to the standard awesomeness that Thesis already provides.
So if you are a blogger and you are looking for a new theme (really a framework) then you should give the highly customizable Thesis 1.7 a look!
Now for some great links around the web:
How To Save Money and Build Your Savings at Moolanomy.
Smart Things To Do With Your Income Tax Refund this was a guest article I did over at the PerkStreet Financial Blog. Give it a look!
26 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 26 Years of Living from Man Vs Debt.
Clueless friends giving you money advice? Use the STFUDF Technique by I Will Teach You To Be Rich.
3 More Reasons Chasing Hot Stocks Will Make You Poorer at Amateur Asset Allocator.
Should you buy life insurance through your employer? from Clarifinancial. This was in response to an article on life insurance I published here recently.
How I Save Money on Movies by College for 10k.
Wisdom of Yoda: Finances at Christian PF.
Enjoy Your Money! Book Giveaway over at Evolution of Money.
How to Run Away from All Your Problems from My Super-Charged Life.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Gmail Account by Wise Bread.
Credit lessons from top personal finance bloggers at CreditCards.com. This one features your truly as well as other awesome bloggers!
How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars from Re:Focus.
Retirement Planning Roundup by Consumer Boomer.
How To Start Investing In The Stock Market at InvestingFirstSteps.com.
Picking The Perfect Location to Raise Your Family from Money Reasons.
Do You Save Money Bundling Cable? by Money Smart Life.
5 Tips from Dora the Explorer at Redeeming Riches.
Real Return on Investment Real Estate from Four Pillars.
7 Tips To Lowering Your Property Tax at Wisdom Journal.
Where Do I Start with Finances?! from Green Panda Treehouse.
Your Financial Situation shouldn’t Prevent Happiness by My Journey to Millions.
Asset Allocation Strategies at ABC’s of Investing.
Little Lifestyle Changes Result in Big Savings from Inexpensively.
The Most Important Shopping Tip To Remember at Money Beagle.
Low Interest Rates: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from Canadian Finance Blog.
I’m Surprised More People Don’t Cheat with Tax Programs by Out Of Debt Again.
Financial Literacy Month: Personal Finance Basics Re-Introduced at Studenomics.
On Slowing Down from remodeling this life.
And now for the carnivals Free From Broke took part in:
Yakezie Challenge Carnival #7 | Money Reasons
Carnival of Personal Finance #252: Famous People With Tax Troubles Edition
Festival of Frugality #225 – The Procrastinator’s Edition – Current Rates, News and Information about Savings Accounts | Go Banking Rates
Carnival of Personal Finance #253 (Demotivational Version) | Punch Debt In The Face
Money Hackers Network Carnival #111 – Don’t Hassel the Hoff Edition
The Yakezie Challenge Carnival #8 – Tax Day Edition! | MyMoneyMinute.com
Presenting Carnival of Money Stories at Buxr Blog
Festival of Frugality #226 – Earth Week 2010 Edition @ Beating Broke
Mrs. Nespy’s Frugal World: Money Hacks Carnival #112 – The Savannah Edition
(If you’ve hosted a carnival that I participated in and I haven’t linked back please let me know!)
Enjoy the links!
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Wow! You’ve been busy at the carnivals this week! Thank you for the link to my post!
.-= Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..Friday Finds April 23rd =-.
Its a couple of weeks worth of carnivals at least! And you are welcome for the link.
Thanks for the mention Craig!
.-= Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog´s last blog ..A Line of Credit, A Car Loan, and More Lies =-.
You’re welcome!
Thanks for the Link!
.-= Evan´s last blog ..Regardless of your Financial Situation Don’t Forget to be Happy! =-.
My pleasure!
I’m so slow at upgrading my Thesis theme…normally around the time I finally bother, Chris has just about done the new one.
Still, at least it’s easy to upgrade with Thesis, compared to the old days of emeshed design and code…!
I’m not always quick either. You’re about about upgrading though. Because your customizations are in a separate file, you don’t have to worry when you upgrade the theme and look for all the bits of code you changed. With my old theme, I was terrified of upgrading for fear of losing something. It probably cost me in efficiency and possibly SEO. Thesis is so much easier to upgrade!
Someday I’m going to have to go professional and buy the Thesis package!!! Everywhere I go, I only hear great reviews about it!
Thanks for the mention, and the great selection for me to check out!
Seriously, go for it! I waited a long time because I didn’t want to dish out the money. It was well worth it! Within minuted of my install my site looked as good if not better then what my previous theme did. And with a paid theme like Thesis you are getting a huge amount of forums and support for questions or problems you may have. With a free theme you never know when development may disappear. (And its considered a business expense as well!).
Hey FFB,
It’s been so long since we set up our theme, I can’t even remember how my partner set it up. He’s dealt with most of that kind of stuff and I’ve done my best to build friendships and relationships with our readers ad other bloggers.
I just picked up ‘Wordpress for Dummies’ at the library to help my wife with her massage therapy blog because I’m foggy on most of the details. Pretty user friendly once you get into it though.
Thanks for the links,
Guy
.-= Tips on Budgeting´s last blog ..Tips on Budgeting – The #1 secret that makes a budget work =-.
Wordpress for Dummies was ok but I needed more detail on many subjects. Good overall for the beginner though.
I haven’t taken the time to dig into Theses, I’ll have to add it to my to-do list
Thanks for mentioning my post on cable bundling!
.-= Ben´s last blog ..Automatic 401k Contributions for Retirement =-.
If you figure out any juicy secrets on using Thesis be sure to let me know!
Thx for the mention!
You’re most welcome.
Wow – great list! Thanks for including us.