What Theme Do You Prefer to Use?

After you registered a Free blog in WordPress.com, the next thing is to find out what theme do you like to use. I personally love to use Cutline theme for a couple of reasons:

• First it allows you to customize your header image;

• second it is pretty clean looking;

• third it is already optimized for SEO (Search Engine Optimization);

• and fourth its author provides lots of supports for his theme.

You can find out more details of other themes before you choose one, check out WordPress.com Theme Reviews before you make your decision.

How to Replace Your Header Image in WordPress.com Blog?

The WordPress theme, Cutline, is the most downloaded theme so far. Do you know why? One reason is that it is already optimized for SEO (search engine optimization) purpose. Another reason is that it provides widgets ready functionality. I also like the way that it comes with its own header image. However I would like to replace it with my own unique image. How can you do that? Actually it is pretty easy if you are using WordPress.com software for your blog. All you have to do is to follow the steps below:

• Login to your WordPress.com Dashboard

• Click on Design/Custom Image Header

• A new page will open; click Browse button to find your desired image (you have to have your image ready from your Personal Computer)

• Click Upload to upload your desired image to your WordPress.com

• It will lead you to a new page, where you can see your uploaded image

• Adjust your header to the desired position and click on Crop Header. If you have already made your image’s dimension the same as the default one, then this step will be skipped.

• Now a new page tells you that “Header Complete! Visit your site and you should see the new header now.”

That’s all. You have just successfully replaced your theme’s header image to your own and it doesn’t take that long.

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Can You Add Widgets to WordPress.com Blog?

My theme, Cutline, came with some widgets. I was wondering whether I can add MyBlogLog widget to my WordPress.com blog and I found out I can. Here is the article showing me how to do it: How to Add a MyBlogLog Widget to A WordPress.com Blog. I applied the same method to a social network, Technorati, and it works! Check it out on the right sidebar. Just let you know that WordPress.com does not accept third party codes, especially for the commercial sites.

Update: I just found out that WordPress.com doesn’t accept Google Analytics service. According to FAQ in WordPress.com, Google Analytics code is already used by WordPress.com software to monitor the domains in ways that provide with useful information to benefit the service they offer; and I also can’t not implement FeedBurner’s FeedFlare and Subscribe via Email Form (only a link) on this blog – a WordPress.com blog.