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Launching A New Theme

June 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

There are any number of reasons you want or need a new theme for your blog. Some themes limit functionality and some are not easy to upgrade or customize. The reason for change isn’t as important as the process you go through to successfully change the theme of your blog.

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