A Revolutionary Facelift for Ian Fernando

Monday, 8 October 2007 · Print Post 26 Comments

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I would like to take this time to thank Brian Gardner, he has helped me customized the wordpress theme to my liking and needs. The Revolution theme is a wordpress template/theme which I have purchased to give you the proper structure of my new blog.

The revolution theme is used for a news aspect but I liked the idea of giving my posts more exposure by popular categories that I decided to purchase this theme from Brian. Why the Revolution? Again the structure of what I wanted was there, it provided more room and exposure for my already busy blog.

My blog is still young and it has been developing over the months. I have personally went through 3 facelifts (I must be an ugly blogger) and with this new addition, my 4th. I wanted to create a more interactive layout and navigation to the reader, and not just a “blog.” I have also increased the Blog Real Estate on my blog, giving more authors and bloggers a chance to advertise their ads within the blog.

Here is a snapshot of the old layout:

This free theme was also done by Brian Gardner, its perfectly neat and used properly to the structure of a blog. As you can see from the sidebars - it is a little messy. The fact which I can provide more exposure to specific category posts kept me eying this theme for a while, ever since it came out.Since I use to be a web designer I visualize the problem of blogs, OLD posts will never be seen ever again! It just keeps getting pushed to the back of the archives, lost and alone.Brians’ Revolution theme provide more exposure to recent posts and on the front page until a new recent post is posted within that targeted category. It provides a new navigation to the end user. I can alternate or recycle old posts, but why duplicate it - when it can be referenced.

With the new design - there are new plugins that I have worked with some programmers, found, or I created. So you may find some interesting things within the blog itself.

With the new theme and blog I would like to host a contest and your chance to grab the Revolution Theme for FREE! Here the rules:

Write a post about the new redesign on IanFernando.com
Mention IanFernando.com and News Revolution Theme within your post.
Leave a Comment on THIS post with the URL of your entry.
Read More Here

That is it - its that simple. Brains Revolution theme cost $100, but I have worked with Brian personally and we have agreed to provide the theme to you for FREE! The contest will only be active for 7 days, after that the comments section will be closed.

Learn to double your chances of winning by simply subscribing to my RSS.

Good Luck and I hope you enjoy the new layout, make sure you participate in the blog poll on the main page.

If there are any issues with the layout please contact me.

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Cosmetic Surgery » A Revolutionary Facelift for Ian Fernando said:

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- 8 October 2007 at 10:31 pm

Matt Jones said:

Great new theme! I looks very sleek. I like it

- 9 October 2007 at 9:28 am

Annie Lawrence said:

I like the new facelift on ianfernando.com and the News Revolution Theme.

- 9 October 2007 at 10:33 am

Carl Zetterlund said:

Going Pro on us eh?

- 9 October 2007 at 11:49 am

Adnan said:

Congrats on the new theme - looking good!
Count me in for the competition as well!

- 9 October 2007 at 12:08 pm

Pierre said:

For a wordpress theme I do have to say it is above excellent. Great Job on this one.
Pierre

- 9 October 2007 at 4:47 pm

Ian (author) said:

> All
Brian is the Turth!

- 9 October 2007 at 7:19 pm

Garion said:

Very nice new theme, plus I entered the competition to win the Revolution theme.

- 9 October 2007 at 9:54 pm

Thomas Sinfield said:

I love the new theme! reminds me a bit of ProBloggers

- 10 October 2007 at 10:40 am

Fenick Jean said:

nice theme.. looks better than your previous on. Keep up the good work.

- 11 October 2007 at 7:13 pm

Contest Beat said:

Hi there

I blogged about your contest on Contest Beat here - http://www.contestbeat.com/some-wordpress-themes-up-for-grabs/

All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!

Regards, Matt.

- 13 October 2007 at 1:46 am

Win Revolution Themes with Ian Fernando « Contester said:

[...] the redesign undergone by the site with links to it and the news theme. Then leave a comment on this post with the URL of your review. The contest ends in 3 [...]

- 13 October 2007 at 7:27 am

Vijay said:

Hi Ian,

This is my entry into the contest for the revolution themes..

http://contester.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/win-revolution-themes-with-i an-fernando/

Please do confirm my entry!

Thanks,
Vijay

- 13 October 2007 at 7:29 am

Common Sense said:

Ian and Brian,

I am very impressed with your work on the theme and layout. Very simple yet provides maximum information. I personally enjoy the “News” theme, and I would consider using that one for myself.

As far as the contest goes, here is my entry: http://uscommonsense.net/blog/2007/10/13/admin-oops-and-something-new- for-you-to-consider/

Best of luck to all of you who are participating in the contest, and keep up the good work on your sites. I’ve examined most of the sites of the responders out there, and I see that I still have a long way to go in the world of professional blogging. (Thanks for keeping me humble. hahaha)

Common.

- 13 October 2007 at 12:45 pm

Alisha said:

Great job on the site! I entered in the contest with this entry:
http://www.softtechreviews.com/general/free-revolution-theme-contest/

Since I already have the Revolution Theme, if I win that one, I’d like to give it away to a reader on my blog. Otherwise, I’m hoping I win the News one.

Good luck to everyone else!

- 13 October 2007 at 5:35 pm

Loreena Walsh said:

I have spent the last few months hard at work developing a new site for myself and a friend to launch. We are ready to go to the next stage and I spent hours searching for the perfect wordpress theme. Revolution is definately what we are after, Brian Gardner, what amazing work you have achieved.

Ian Thankyou for such an amazing opportunity. I am VERY glad I found your blog while searching for information on Brians work, and even if I do not win I have discovered information that will be of enormous use in my new business when it launches.

You can find my blog post (on my personal blog) here:
http://motherhood.blogspot.com/2007/10/ian-fernando-revolution.html

Thanks again

- 14 October 2007 at 12:25 pm

Contest Ian Ferdinado « Due di cuori said:

[...] a Comment on THIS post with the URL of your [...]

- 14 October 2007 at 3:37 pm

devilmanga said:

Anche io ho partecipato (in inglese ovviamente)

http://duedicuori.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/contest-ian-ferdinado/

- 14 October 2007 at 3:38 pm

MyBlogContest said:

Here is my post
http://myblogcontest.com/revolution-themes-for-free/

- 14 October 2007 at 5:48 pm

Brian Gardner said:

Great contest Ian, and a lot of neat entries - I wish the contest well and appreciate all of the positive feedback about my themes!

- 14 October 2007 at 9:48 pm

Win a WordPress Theme worth $100! Ends 10/16/07 | BloggingContest.com said:

[...] finishing your post, leave a Comment at a different post here with the URL to your [...]

- 15 October 2007 at 5:25 pm

BloggingContest said:

Hi There,
Blogged about your contest. You can check it out below.

http://www.bloggingcontest.com/win-a-wordpress-theme-worth-100-ends-10 1607/

- 15 October 2007 at 5:30 pm

contestant said:

Hi Ian,

Here’s my post for this Revolution contest . Like I mentioned in my post, there might be some issues with firefox for the “discussion” panel. Or it could be just me.

- 15 October 2007 at 9:34 pm

BT said: