For those of you that participate in the Revolution affiliate program, I just wanted to give you a heads up that Brian is currently offering a special promotion.   Basically he is offering a 25% payout bonus for one week on all sales!    See this post for additional details.

As a quick side note, I know some of you have purchased one of Brian’s themes.   If you’ve bought a single license and have thought about upgrading to the All-Inclusive Developer package (get all of his themes, plus future releases), he is temporarily offering an upgrade option for just $200 (instead of the usual $320). This offer ends at 12:00 midnight Friday July 11th CST.

Wow, is it just me, or can Brian Gardner read minds?   As most of you know, I maintain a large portfolio of domain names as sort of a hobby.  A couple of weeks ago I invested in a couple of Geo domains with plans to develop them into portals for their respective city niches.   With the focus of the internet continuing to become more and more local, I think these types of domains are the best way to invest money online right now.

As Brian has been prone to do in the past, he has released a theme that is exactly what I am looking for, at the exact time I need it.  Today he has released his new City WordPress theme, which was of course designed to serve as a portal for a geo domain or similar website.

Here is a screenshot of the theme:

Revolution City theme features:

• Featured tabber and thumbnail section on the homepage
• Dropdown menu navigation
• All 3 sidebar areas are widget-ready
• Theme options page inside WP dashboard
• Comments section coded for Gravatars
• Google AdSense integration in between posts and comments
• Blog page template

A common strategy among city domainers is to develop a blog along with your city domain, so I really like that Brian included a blog template with this theme, and it is available at an affordable price!

If you are interested, right now you can purchase the Revolution City theme single-use package for the Revolution standard price of $79.95, or many will want to get the multi-use package for $199.95.  Of course people who have purchased the All-Inclusive package will get the theme for free.

Did that title get your attention? While most of the Revolution themes still require payment, it looks like Brian Gardner has made another contribution to the WordPress community, this time with a free 3-column and widget-ready version of Revolution.

Because this theme is designed more for an end-user than to serve as a template for a web designer, the first thing you’ll notice about the free Revolution theme is the large amount of color Brian used.   Brian has also talked about adding additional stylesheets to the theme, given you an easy way to pick your own color for the theme.

Here is a screen shot of the free Revolution theme:

As you can see above, Brian stays true to the Revolution series with this theme.

If you’d like to get a copy for yourself, you can now demo the theme or download the free Revolution theme.

As a side note, it looks like iThemes has also released their own set of 8 new free WordPress themes.

Brian Gardner of Revolution is at it again, this time releasing a business version of his premium WordPress theme.  Because he has a different targeted audience for this theme, it comes with a few different and unique set of features targeted for small businesses.

Here is what Brian lists as features for this new theme:

• Featured homepage with section for recent company news
• Featured section page with area to focus on latest blog posts
• Blog sidebar to accommodate 125×125 advertising banners
• eNews & Updates section configurable with Feedburner
• Google AdSense integration in between posts and comments
• Section, Archive, Blog page templates

In looking over the theme, it looks to be the similar to the Revolution Pro Media theme, with the exception of the front page, which is designed for businesses.   Here is how the frontpage looks:

This theme stays true to Brian’s previous pricing structure, coming in at $79.95 for the single-use package and $199.95 for the multiple-use package.   I believe he also has two other versions in the works, so if you develop a lot of websites, you may also want to consider his All-in-One Inclusive package for only $399.95, which covers all future releases.

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We talked last week about Brian Gardner’s latest addition to his popular Revolution series of premium WordPress themes, this one called Revolution Pro Media.

In the time since then, it looks like Brian has been hard at work planning his March Madness Revolution affiliate contest.  Here are the rules:

• The contest will begin on March 1st, and run until 12:00 midnight March 31st
• The people who generate the 3 highest amount of affiliate sales (in US dollars) throughout the course of the month will be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes
• To enter the contest, you must be a Revolution affiliate - you can sign up here to become one
• You must post on your blog and linkback with the details of this contest
• Self-purchases made with your own affiliate code will NOT count
• You can use any of the affiliate banner images from the Revolution site

Unsure if it is worth all the effort?  Well, keep in mind that you can earn some extra income with the affiliate program if someone purchases it through your blog.   In addition to this, Brian is throwing in some extra prizes:

1st prize - 4 night Bahama Cruise & $500 spending cash
Sailing out of Miami, Florida, Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas will stop in Nassau, Bahamas; CocoCay, Bahamas; Key West, Florida. I will personally book the cruise with you and an official Royal Caribbean certified vacation planner to ensure that you get the best service. This is a cruise for two, and available dates to take this cruise are Oct 06, Oct 13, Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 03, Nov 10, Nov 17, Dec 01, Dec 08 - all dates in the year 2008.

2nd prize - Samsung 19? Flat-Panel HDTV, Revolution All-Inclusive Package or $500 cash
The Samsung HDTV, featuring a built in high definition TV tuner and a Game mode, which enhances dark areas and sharpens the picture for a lush, realistic experience from your favorite console. The Revolution All-Inclusive Package will give you lifetime access to all of the current Revolution themes, as well as any future themes. Or you can take the $500 cash prize, which will be sent to your Paypal account.

3rd prize - $250 cash or gift certificate to your favorite online retailer
Receive a $250 gift certificate to your favorite online retailer - Apple, Best Buy, Target, The Gap, Old Navy, Sports Authority, Amazon.com or any place of your choice. Or you can take the $250 cash prize, will be sent to your Paypal account.

The idea of premium WordPress themes has been around for quite awhile now, in large part thanks to the man who I consider to be the godfather of premium WordPress themes, Brian Gardner. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, you may know of him as the author of the wildly popular Revolution themes.

Even though these themes have been selling quite well, today I noticed that Brian has taken his Revolution brand to another level with the release of his latest installment of his popular Revolution themes series, this one called Revolution Pro Media. Here is a sample of how the Revolution Pro Media theme looks:

Revolution Pro Media Homepage

Revolution Pro Media Single Page

Revolution Pro Media Post Page

If the looks aren’t enough, you will also get the following with the purchase of this theme:

• Featured homepage tabber area
• Featured photos from Flickr
• Featured YouTube video
• Other featured areas using custom fields
• Google AdSense integration in between posts and comments
• Section, Archive, Blog page templates

In addition to offering all of this at the low price of $79.95, one of my favorite things about Brian is that he offers lifetime access to all upgrades made to any themes you have previously purchased.   Many clients have already taken advantage of this offer, as he recently released a 2.0 version to all of his original Revolution themes.
If you are a fan of Brian’s other Revolution themes (News, Magazine, Tech, Sports, and Blog), for a limited time Brian is also offering the Revolution All-Inclusive theme package for $299.95. He is only making this offer available until midnight (CST) on Thursday, February 14th, so you’ll want to act fast to take advantage of this promotional deal.