If you are just starting out in the freelance writing world and you are looking for a professional, easy to maintain Wordpress theme for your blog/portfolio then you need frugal. Read on to see why.
One of the biggest problems a freelancer faces when starting out is that of getting a blog up and running. It’s a question that comes up time and time again, “I need a blog to publish my work but I can’t afford to pay for a professional design”.
Enter the frugal theme which has quickly become my free Wordpress theme of choice.
What Is frugal
Simply put it’s a theme for Wordpress created by Eric Hamm with an emphasis on being clean and simple and it doesn’t fail to live up to those standards.
Indeed clean is probably the first thing you’ll notice about the frugal theme, clean but with a certain professional elegance.
As a professional blogger Eric knows how important it is to get a blog up and running as quickly as possible yet still maintain ease of customisation should the need arise. To this end he begins by offering two different versions of frugal, “custom logo” and “non-custom” logo.
The major difference between the two is that one contains a logo file that you can customise with your own design while the other doesn’t. You don’t even need to mess around with image dimensions as Eric has already provided the right sized canvas for you.
I should also point out that frugal also comes as a dark grey/bordered theme and a plain white/no border theme.
Easy To Customise
Under the hood Eric has made sure that the site is as easy as possible to customise. He has made great effort in formatting the style sheet into clearly labelled sections and while an understanding of CSS is required you won’t find an easier stylesheet to work with.
As if that’s not enough Eric also includes a free 29 page document detailing the basics of blogging and design. How many free WordPress themes can boast that?
See It In Action
I’ve used the theme for both a client site – Côr Curiad and my personal blog, Daily Aikido. It is also of course in use on the theme’s home page frugaltheme.com
Download the Theme
The entire theme comes as one package which you can download here
But Wait There’s More…
There’s a newsletter to sign up for and support forums for getting help with frugal and WordPress in general.
For those looking for more options and flexibility there is also a premium version available (review coming soon). Premium customers are also eligible for a discount on a custom theme design by Eric himself
All in all it’s a well put together package by Eric that is great for getting a clean, professional looking blog up and running in no time at all. Combined with the added flexibility of being able to upgrade as your budget allows there is no better WordPress theme currently available for the beginning freelancer.
Download the theme and check it out for yourself.
On Thursday I’ll take another look at frugal and show you some simple ways of customising the theme to your liking.
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