Nowadays, thousands or maybe more free wordpress theme can be downloaded by you for free. Simply type “free wordpress theme” or similar phrase in search engine, you’ll see so many theme from everywhere. But, how do you know that your choosen wordpress template is really good for you? This time I would like to share some tips to choose a free wordpress theme…

• See the screenshot first. Make sure that you choose a theme that fit with your blog content. If your blog talking about music, for example, use a theme that contain some musical instrument in it. Or at least, use the general (unspecific) theme.  Do not use some kind of basketball theme if you talk about music in your blog. Believe me, it’s annoying for your reader.
• Check the theme’s demo. Screenshot can’t show you all the good or bad things in the theme. Make sure that this theme has a layout, color, and other things that suit your need. Checking the demo will guide you to “take” or “leave” this theme.
• Choose the “Widget Ready” theme. Wordpress has so many add on component, plugin, etc. You’ll missed a lot of wonderful plugins if your theme is not a widget ready theme.
• Check the validity of XHTML and CSS of your new theme. Make sure that that your theme has a valid XHTML and CSS according to W3C standard.
  
• Check the footer’s link. Be careful, don’t choose a theme that has so many link in its footer. In this case, two designer’s link in a footer is a max.
• Check it in every possible browser. Make sure that this theme can work correctly in Firefox, I.E, Opera, and (if you use) Mac.

Finish! Now, you ready to install download and install your new theme.

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