In The Immortal Words Of Brittney Spears, "Oops I Did It Again"!

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I once again allowed myself to get chin deep into paralysis by analysis! This time concerning updating my website and theme !

It's been a while since something so simple took me behind the woodshed for a whooping!

Every Theme Is The Best!

I have determined that every theme is the best ! At least if you listen to reviews on the subject and the affiliates who promote these themes! ARRG!

I have bought 2 themes and found out afterward that neither were what I wanted! I was however lucky enough to get a refund on the one, and the other I'm not too worried about because it was a subscription based plan and I only lost a month!

The most important thing I lost was time!

I'm not going to complain too much, but I lost at least enough time for 3 blog posts and reviews during the time In have been chasing themes !

My main criteria were:

  1. Speed (SEO)
  2. Lightweight
  3. Easy custoimizing
  4. Multiple sites
  5. Newbie friendly (I like to build a website to house my content and want it to look good, but I will never be a web designer because that doesn't interest me ! I want to blog, pump out content and do reviews!

Too much info!

I found myself chin deep in confusion and became irritated by this stuff!

I almost decided to just stick with my free theme I started with, but it is hurting my SEO bad, and I think it looks horrible !

Thank goodness for Jay's video!

I watched Jay's webinar on themes and decided that I would go with one of the ones in his webinar......but I didn't! I did however learn some things that made the decision much easier and took a ton of the analysis out of it!

When I watched the webinar I was so confused that I didn't know whether to scratch my watch or wind my butt!

But watching Jay and his laid back style as he explained a few things made things much easier! Well that and a pint of Jim Beam!

I was just kidding about the Pint of Jim Beam! It was only a glass of chocolate milk! LOL It just doesn't have the same gritty impact that grinding away with a bottle of whiskey does!

My Decision has been made......THANK GOD!

I hate to let something so simple whip my butt!

I ended up deciding on the ASTRA theme ! (No I am not an affiliate......yet! LOL

When all was said and done it fit every criteria I had set and I can use it on a bunch of websites!

I just wanted to share this with you guys because some of you are likely trying to decide as well!

If you have any questions feel free to PM me ! It might be a day or so before I can get back because I'm out of chocolate milk at this time !

Best of success!

Mike



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I used Jay's advice and installed a genesis child theme. It had some bugs to be worked out and some things I needed to learn to get it up and running decently. Unfortunately in the end I don't think it is much more attractive than the free theme I was using and the additional features aren't very important. I'll probably do more research and go with something else at some point, but I am tired of the process of changing at the moment.

Thanks for sharing your experience, Mike.

Joe

Sounds like a winner Joe!
Many of the changes that can be made can be found with great tutorials on YouTube!
Best of success to you!
Mike

That was an interesting quick read, straight up the guts, good info that I'll definitely take on board...if I can remember if by the time I get rolling on my website, and all with a great sense of humour.

Cheers,

Heather

Thanks for the kind words Heather!
The biggest thing is to follow the training and build out content!
Do website changes when you feel they are warranted.
Best of success to you!
Mike

Some decisions are harder than others.
Blessings,
Scsrlett

Best of success to you !
Mike

Glad you got there in the end

Thanks for sharing, Mike.

I tried a few premium themes a while back, but always end up going back to the free ones. I didn't notice any difference to the traffic.

Great post Mike. Thank you.

I loved reading this Mike. If your posts are anything like this you have nothing to worry about - you’ll have folk reading to the end.
Thanks again - Gary

Enjoyed the post thanks, Mike.

Thanks, Mike, I was at Jay's training not quite ready to invest in
a theme just yet but know in the future it will come. Will PM you
give you a warning so you can stock up on the Chocolate Milk :)

Great ! Chocolate milk is my cocaine ! LOL
Best of success !
Mike

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