Filed under: World wide web, Features, Blogging, Open Source, Social Software
So, you got your domain name registered, your hosting plan set up, and you’ve configured your brand new WordPress weblog. Or maybe you’ve had WordPress set up for a while and you’re wondering what you can do to spice things up a little bit? Look no further, we’ll let you know how you can pimp out your WordPress and give you that happy fuzzy feeling about your blog again. It is after all, part of your on the web identity!
Apply a new theme: This might be a daunting task, depending on how much you’ve customized your current theme. However, there’s no superior way to give your WordPress blog new life than to completely re-fresh it’s look and feel. There are a ton of great places to find exciting themes based on your tastes and preferences, but we would start at WordPress‘ site, Smashing Pumpkins, and BestWPThemes.
OpenID: With all the press about OpenID lately, woudn’t it be great to allow people who want to leave a comment on your blog to sign in using their OpenID? The WPOpenID plugin will allow you to this, as well as use your own OpenID as your log in to the admin interface of your WordPress blog.
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