Did you know Genesis walkthroughs are now available right within your WordPress dashboard? They are and we’re super exciting to share this news with the Genesis community! Whether you’re a Genesis developer or user, this is big news and we’re really happy to be part of this roll out. Let me tell you a little about it and how you can take advantage of all this educational goodness. Last year my friends Ben Fox and Bart Dabek reached out to me about a cool learning tool they were ... Read More
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Save 20% on any Theme with our WordPress Black Friday Sale
In honor of our crazy Thanksgiving tradition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, we are offering a limited time coupon for 20% off any of our premium WordPress themes. We've had a lot of people inquire about a possible Black Friday sale, so we're just going to break down and do it. We only run a sale once or twice a year, so buy now before you lose your opportunity to save. Here's How to Grab Your 20% Discount First, put down the turkey leg and stop eating that pumpkin pie. I know ... Read More
We’re Making WordPress Internationalization Easy With Translation Ready Themes Coded for Localization and Multilingual Usage
We’re making WordPress internationalization a whole lot easier by producing over 35 translation ready themes coded for localization, multilingual usage, and right-to-left language support. We've updated all of our existing stock WordPress themes so they're translation ready and we're going to make sure all future stock themes support easy translations and RTL content presentation. My Confusion on WordPress Internationalization We should have done this a long time ago and this is fully my ... Read More
Use WordPress to Create the Perfect Author Website Design
Over the last few months my friend Chris has been pushing me to create a WordPress theme that would support DIY author website design. I was a little hesitant about this idea because I already had other products I wanted to create in my head. Chris knew it was a good idea and he knew this was a niche that was underserved by WordPress, so he continued to bring it up in conversation. After a while he created the base design for a template and sent it over to me. I’ll be the first to admit, ... Read More
Customize a WordPress Theme With Conductor and Make Beautiful Music With Your Website or Blog
Would you like to customize a WordPress theme without having to contact a programmer or agency for assistance? Would you like to tweak the presentation of a blog page on your own and not have to search through CSS or PHP code? Yep, me too and we're not alone. The WordPress community includes a lot of power users like you and me. We want to customize the layout and design of our website or blog, but we don't want to rely on others for help. If you fall within this type of user group, the new ... Read More
Introducing Jessica: A WordPress Store Theme With Lots of Options
We’re happy to announce the release of Jessica, a brand new WordPress store theme that was built for the Genesis Framework. Our theme is pretty, but don't let her beauty mislead you. She is a very powerful theme that is full of great eCommerce options. Jessica is not only beautiful, it's coded in HTML5 and supports schema. The theme comes with options to showcase coupons and freight specials, capture subscribers, and display sizing tables. It is mobile friendly so it will automatically adapt ... Read More
Introducing Derrick: A Training Website Theme
We’re happy to announce the release of Derrick, a new WordPress LMS theme that was built for LearnDash and the Genesis Framework. Derrick was designed as a training website theme so it could support the creation of online courses and lessons. Our new Derrick theme is coded in HTML5, supports schema, and it is mobile responsive. It includes prebuilt styling for the LearnDash learning management system, iThemes Exchange, and WPAchievements. Derrick’s Feature Highlights Digital sales ... Read More
How-To Guide: Installing the Genesis Framework and a Child Theme
We sell a lot of Genesis child themes and many times these themes are sold to people who have never used WordPress before, let alone the Genesis framework. They’re dentists and lawyers and other people who don’t sit and build websites every day. Because of this, many people are a little intimidated by the idea of installing the Genesis framework and a child theme. Here’s the good new – it is really easy. Even if you’ve never installed a WordPress theme. A Recap on Frameworks In the most ... Read More
Best WordPress Podcasts for Your Listening Enjoyment
Earlier this week we published a blog post about getting started with WordPress podcasts. This post was a how-to Q & A on podcasts with Jason Tucker. I wanted to follow up with a list of the best WordPress podcasts I feel are worthy of your listening time. These podcasts will cover topics from general WordPress education to technical expertise. Read last week's post titled Tips for Getting Your WordPress Podcast Started -> Most WordPress podcasts run weekly and are presented in a 30 ... Read More
Are You Considering Building WordPress Themes and Selling Them Online?
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at WordCamp Chicago. My presentation was titled Solutions Before Development – Creating WordPress Products That Actually Sell. If you’re considering building WordPress themes and launching a theme shop, this talk is a must see video for you. My presentation followed this outline: The Internal Fight The Concept Was Simple In the beginning… We were completely and utterly clueless At First We Were Just Another WordPress Theme Store Find ... Read More
Why FooGallery is My Favorite WordPress Image Gallery Plugin
My friend Adam Warner sent me over his new WordPress image gallery plugin to review last week. Now I would normally ignore such things on vacation, but Adam is pretty cool and his plugin sounded really awesome. So I took a break from my basking in the sun to play with his plugin on a development site. I have to admit that I loved it. In fact, my exact comment to Adam was: It’s a wonderful fit for users who need a lightweight plugin that creates beautiful galleries without the need for ... Read More
Introducing Deborah: A PTA WordPress Theme
We’re happy to announce the release of Deborah, a PTA WordPress theme. This is the newest Genesis theme available for purchase in our online store. Deborah is designed for local PTA and PTO groups who would like to use WordPress to create and manage their PTA websites. Deborah comes equip with an online store, event calendar, and buttons for encouraging donations and Facebook likes. A parent teacher association (PTA), also known as a PTSA or PTO, is a formal organization composed of parents, ... Read More
Get Four Months Free WordPress Hosting With WP Engine
I am not one to openly push a hosting company’s sale, but I think the recent offer from WP Engine is worth sharing with our readers. It's their anniversary and they are currently offering four months of free WordPress hosting. Over that last year we’ve referred a large number of our clients over to WP Engine. We’ve done so because we trust them and their ability to manage the needs of our valued customers. You may be asking why we don’t host websites ourselves for clients. We actually do, ... Read More
Can You Create Great Websites With Stock WordPress Templates?
I receive a lot of questions about stock WordPress templates and their capabilities. Buyers want to know how much they can customize a stock theme to meet the needs of their blog or business website. My answer is you can do a lot. You can create a great website with the theme as is or you can customize it to meet your own unique needs. I also receive a lot of emails asking for examples of our Genesis themes in usage on real world websites and blogs. I don't manage our support forum nor do I ... Read More
Introducing Sarah Ellen: A New Genesis Blog Template With Integrated WooCommerce
We’re happy to announce the release of Sarah Ellen, the newest Genesis theme available for purchase in our online store. Sarah Ellen is designed for female bloggers who want to integrate with WooCommerce and the ZipList recipe plugin. It seems today’s woman has something to say and something to sell, so we wanted to make it easy for them by having SEO friendly Genesis theme designed for blogging with WooCommerce bundled in and ready to go. Sarah Ellen comes with nine different color ... Read More
Seven WordPress Performance Tips for the Everyday User
I enjoy reading through our contact inquiries because I get to read what every day people find painful about their websites. Some of these comments come in without solicitation while others are given when I specifically ask what they don’t like about their current situation. When the topic of poor website performance comes up, people already know their website is slow. Some people suspect the issue is theme related, some suspect their existing host is a dinosaur, and others simply know their ... Read More
Introducing Timothy: An IDX, HTML5 WordPress Real Estate Template
We’re happy to announce the release of Timothy, the newest Genesis theme available for purchase in our online store. Timothy is designed for creating real estate websites for companies and agents who want a best in class DIY website. Timothy comes with six different color options, utilizes a widgetized home page, and includes a flexible rotator as well as call to action boxes designed specifically for the real estate industry. This WordPress real estate template is pre-styled for the ... Read More
How to Use Genesis Hooks to Manipulate Theme Elements
In the previous post in this series we talked about the basics of PHP and how functions are put together. Today we're going to build on that and talk about how to use Genesis hooks to manipulate theme elements. Have you ever wondered how the Genesis theme framework knows how to call all that code from your child theme files in the right order? Genesis uses a WordPress convention called hooks to "hook" into the code at the desired spot just like WordPress as a whole does. (Genesis also uses ... Read More
HTML5 Updates are Here!
HTML5 updates are rolling out! While all of our new WordPress themes are being coded in HTML5 at the start, we have well over twenty Genesis themes that were coded before the Genesis framework was capable of HTML5 coding. Over the last few months we’ve been working very hard to upgrade all of our themes to HTML5. As of today, I’m happy to report that the following Genesis child themes have been converted to HTML5 and these themes are immediately available for purchase or download if you ... Read More
PHP Basics
So far in this series we've talked about some tools and best practices, HTML and its new big brother HTML5 as well as an overview of how to work with CSS. In this post we are going to take a look at PHP basics. Like so many things in the internet world, PHP is an acronym. It stands for "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor." (I know. It makes no sense that the first P in PHP stands for, um, PHP. But there you go.) PHP is the primary programming language WordPress is built on. That means it is also ... Read More
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