Amateur and professional website builders around the world acknowledge that one of the biggest benefits of using the WordPress platform for creating websites is that it is very flexible – it is possible to change the look of your WordPress site, its ‘theme’, at the click of a mouse, using freely available off-the-shelf solutions.
Knowing how to create WordPress themes has become very much an in-demand skill to possess. So the release by Sitepoint of a new book ‘Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes’ is being so warmly received.
That WordPress theme designers can earn between k and k per month may go some way to explaining the book’s success.
The Need To Be Different
Websites owners know that every day there is more competition in getting the attention of their targets – people, businesses, and of course, the search engines.
By recruiting WordPress designers with the skills to create unique and excitingly different websites, they now reap the rewards of increased traffic. They are demanding up-to-the-minute search engine optimization (SEO) features, with the inclusion of graphics and images that relate specifically to their website.
The authors of ‘Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes’ know this. They have combined their areas of specialty, to create a book that expertly explains the anatomy of WordPress, and its essential theme components, before progressing from theory to the practical aspects of hands-on design.
The Business of WordPress Themes
Those who specialize in the construction of well-designed, professional WordPress themes are fast becoming the website design ‘elite’, and many are able to command high prices that recognize the quality of their work.
It is a very lucrative business model, and understanding the issues of licensing, providing ongoing support, offering multiple color schemes and embracing changing technologies, is vital to your success.
SitePoint is delighted that ‘Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes’ includes realistic and credible information about making money from the creation of your themes, saying readers will “…. learn how to maximize profits by effectively marketing and selling your themes on the Web’s biggest marketplaces”.
More information about ‘Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes’ is available at SitePoint.
