HeadsetOptions // promotes individuals and businesses launch, grow or reinvent themselves by leveraging the power of web design, SEO and WordPress to create brand
identities and gain market share

“The Future of WordPress Themes” Opinion Poll

A high level opinion poll concerning WordPress themes and its future is presented on Ian’s new site Theme Shaper. Highly recommended read for WordPress theme designers and enthusiasts alike. I have my 2 cents in there too!

// Tagged Announcements, Economics, GPL, License, Theme, Un, WP, Web Design, YUI, blogging, blogosphere, poll, resources, technology, web 2.0, web sites, websites, wordpress themes // 03.06.2008 at 1:35 pm // Have your say »

Anatomy of a Magazine Style Premium WordPress Theme - Prelude

Let’s face it, WordPress is not just a BMS like some might want you to believe, if used right, the full potential of the worlds best CMS can power sites big and small alike. One recent trend among high content high traffic sites is the switch to magazine styled or premium themes to aid in [...]

// Tagged Advanced WordPress Theme, Announcements, CSS, Code, Design, HTML, Javascript, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, PHP, Theme, WP, Web Design, Widget, hacks, how to, techniques, tips, websites, wordpress, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 01.04.2008 at 9:54 pm // 9 Comments »

Is 1024px the new 800px for Web Design?

Once the reboot was through, I got mixed response from our users; so I went back to figure out once and for all if designing around 800px made sense anymore. As with ALA 4.0, most sites now support 1024px format or higher, no one talks or cares about 800px anymore.
I didn’t have to look too [...]

// Tagged CSS, Design, Web Design, blog, resources, technology, websites // 12.11.2007 at 10:05 am // 6 Comments »

MC Hammer Launches Video Site Dance Jam

Just when the Web 2.0 market was getting crowded with poorly conceptualized ideas (saturation? remember the tech balloon burst of 2001); MC Hammer (yep, the baggy pant one) is launching his own portal that would host only dance videos. His competition, YouTube!

// Tagged Business, Humor, Oddities, Stupid, Un, Video, blog, internet, news, socio-political, web 2.0, websites // 12.05.2007 at 7:13 am // Have your say »

(mt) Grid Down and Back

As you might have noticed, a few of our sites on (mt) went down last night due to an upgrade that went wrong; we are back now (12/01/2007, 2.03 PM EST) and hopefully did not lose any data. It seems like most of the hosts no longer offer uptime guarantees, clever move on their part. [...]

// Tagged (mt), Announcements, Un, Web Hosting, blog, headsetoptions, internet, mandarinmusing, websites // 12.01.2007 at 11:23 am // Have your say »

Sandbox (CSS) Design Competition Tutorial

This ‘how to’ tutorial was written for beginners/users designing a Sandbox based theme/CSS redesign using minimal CSS hacks and imagery. The objective of this exercise was to do “as little work as possible” while ensuring the result appears “significantly different” from the starting template. This is not the end-all strategy to design a Sandbox theme/skin, [...]

// Tagged Announcements, CSS, Code, Design, HTML, Projects, Sandbox, Theme, Tutorials, WP, Web, Web Design, blogosphere, competition, free wp theme, hacks, how to, meta tags, resources, techniques, tips, toolbox, websites, wordpress, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 07.19.2007 at 12:57 pm // 12 Comments »

Free New WP Theme G-Consultant with a Professional Web 20 Look

G-CONSULTANT: Download | Test run
2 Column, Pink, White, Fixed width, Widget ready, Left sidebar, Floral Header, Personal Diary, Personal Blog WP Template
G-Consultant is a subtle, neat and clean, pink and white, 2 column, “widget ready” WordPress theme with a left sidebar and a professional look by headsetoptions.org and MandarinMusing, based on a design by TemplateWorld. [...]

// Tagged 2 column, WP, WP Theme Viewer, Widget, best wordpress themes, blogging, elegant templates, floral template, flowers, free css templates, free wp theme, g-consultant, mandarinmusing, personal blog, pink, premium templates, template world, web 2.0, web sites, websites, white, wordpress, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 04.20.2007 at 7:17 am // 1 Comment »

PASTEL FLOWERS: Free WordPress Theme with a Floral Drawing

PASTEL FLOWERS: Download | Test run
2 Column, Baby Blue, Soft Grey, Pink, Fixed width, Widget ready, Right sidebar, Pastel Flowers, Personal Diary, Personal Blog Template
Pastel Flowers is a soft and delicate, soothing, baby blue, 2 column, “widget ready” WordPress theme with a right sidebar and a pretty sketch of flowers in the header image, by [...]

// Tagged 2 column, WP Theme Viewer, Widget, babies, blogging, cute, floral template, flowers, free css templates, free wp theme, kids template, mandarinmusing, mitchinson, pastel, smooth, soft, subtle, web 2.0, websites, wordpress, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 04.16.2007 at 2:43 pm // 4 Comments »

Why you should Buy a Ready-to-use Website Template

It is crucial to have an updated, well designed website for a successful online business. Unfortunately, the cost of such a site can be prohibitive. Many online marketers who are simply not in the position to spend large sums of money on a website turn to another alternative – website templates.
Website Templates
High-quality website templates, such [...]

// Tagged Web, Web Design, cost-effective, elegant templates, premium templates, professional quality, web sites, websites // 04.02.2007 at 2:35 pm // 2 Comments »