<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Whatever them you use, make sure it is mobile-friendly, otherwise you’ll lose a significant audience. I’d highly recommend looking at some of the offerings from Themify. I use their themes for a few sites.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://themify.me" class="">https://themify.me</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Their prices are very reasonable.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 24, 2018, at 9:49 PM, David Gewirtz <<a href="mailto:david@davidgewirtz.com" class="">david@davidgewirtz.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I STRONGLY disagree with using a free theme, unless you use one of the ones that come with the WordPress install. Free themes have been HUGE security problems, often wind up with malware that's delivered to your visitors, etc. At this point, only use a paid theme from a well-respected and proven supplier or one that is distributed as part of the WordPress installation. Anything else, unless you're very well aware of what your theme is doing, can be seriously problematic.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But, that said, the base WordPress themes that come with WordPress are pretty nice.<br class=""><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#073763" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" class="">David Gewirtz</font></b></div><div class=""><font color="#073763" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" class="">Distinguished Lecturer, CBS Interactive</font></div><div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" class=""><font color="#999999" class="">Read my columns at </font><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/diy-it/" target="_blank" class=""><font color="#666666" class="">DIY-IT</font></a><font color="#999999" class=""> and </font><font color="#666666" class=""><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/" target="_blank" class="">ZDNet Government</a></font></font></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><font size="1" class="">Mobile: +1 321-722-4620</font></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><a class=""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9XmIvQYmBx1cl83WWpiX0tZMmM&export=download" class=""></a> <a class=""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9XmIvQYmBx1X3E3aUNFSlBvdUk&export=download" class=""></a> <a class=""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9XmIvQYmBx1bVhVT0oxb1JrSEk&export=download" class=""></a> <a class=""><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9XmIvQYmBx1U3l3Tmd6N1hyVFE&export=download" class=""></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 1:12 AM Tom Geller <<a href="mailto:tom@tomgeller.com" class="">tom@tomgeller.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">I'm of the opinion that the theme doesn't matter that much, so you might as well start off with a free one. You'll generally be able to switch themes later without much trouble, unless you start off using theme-specific features of a paid theme.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for educational materials, you can't go wrong with the WordPress courses on LinkedIn Learning (subscription required).<br class=""><div class="">
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