This month the Rainmaker Digital team is rolling out a brand new offering called "StudioPress Sites and holy cow they might just have something special here. I've long been a fan of StudioPress and the Genesis Framework and was even a beta user for Genesis back in the day. When the Rainmaker Platform arrived I dug into that as well and was highly impressed with the beautiful admin panel and ease of use. Let's hit the hottest questions on StudioPress Sites so you can get the rundown on what ... Read More
Genesis Templates
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
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
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
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
Take 20% Off Any WordPress Theme With Our Black Friday Sale
In honor of America's 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. Here's How to Grab Your 20% Discount First, put down the turkey leg and stop eating that pumpkin pie. I know it is hard, but you really can do it. Next, step away from the table and walk slowly ... Read More
A New WordPress Theme for the Country Girl’s Online Storefront
We’re happy to announce the release of Susanne, our newest Genesis theme available for purchase in our online store. Susanne is designed for internet savvy ladies who would like to create an online store to sell their crafts and homemade items. Our Susanne demo utilizes WooCommerce and the theme is pre-styled for creating and managing an online storefront. We selected WooCommerce, because the codebase lightweight, secure and reliable. Another nice feature is that Susanne and WooCommerce both ... Read More
Non-Profit Website Design That Would Even Make My Aunt Happy
I’m thrilled to announce the release of Patricia, a non-profit WordPress theme that was just added to our stock theme store. This Genesis child theme can be utilized by not for profit organizations, charities, and foundation websites. Our firm offers pro bono services for non-profits, but we have a limited amount of charities that we can help each year. This has always bothered me because non-profit website design is important and we need to help make a difference. In creating Patricia, I ... Read More
Event Marketing and Promotion With WordPress
We’re happy to announce the release of Erling, an event WordPress theme that was just added to our stock theme store. This Genesis child theme was designed for event marketing and promotion, so it can accommodate websites for conferences and trade shows. Erling's Functional Highlights Six color options Multiple page layouts Multiple sidebars HTML5 markup Mobile responsive Optional speaker images Optional sponsor logos Call to action widgets Featured post ... Read More
Introducing Patrick: A Jazzy DJ Website Template
We’re happy to announce the release of Patrick, the newest WordPress template added to our theme store. This Genesis child theme was designed for DJs and other music professionals who need a solid DIY website option that was designed to be hip and local SEO friendly. Since this DJ website template is built on Genesis, it is not only a functional website template, it is secure and mobile responsive. We’ve built our theme demo to illustrate a typical DJ website. The demo includes common content ... Read More
Introducing Joshua: a Genesis Blog Theme
We’re happy to announce the release of Joshua, the newest blogging template added to our Genesis theme store. This Genesis child theme was designed for bloggers who want to use images to help tell their story. We’ve set the Joshua theme demo up as a travel blog, but in reality it could be used for any type of blog that places an emphasis on images. The home page rotator and inner page headers are designed to keep the visitors’ eye focus on the images. Similar to our Lisa Marie theme, this ... Read More
Time is Running Out to Purchase Our Genesis Developer License at the Reduced Introductory Rate
When we launched our theme store I had not planned on making a developer license available. After we had multiple requests from theme buyers, I broke down and offered a developer license for an introductory rate of $249.95. I thought I’d give it a whirl and see if anyone was interested. To my surprise, there were a lot of people interested. It sold and it sold more than I expected. We’ve had excellent feedback from buyers and this makes me even happier. Flash forward over a year later and ... Read More
Workflow for Customizing Genesis Themes
WordPress is an incredibly powerful platform that will empower you with the potential to reach the entire world with whatever you have to say. Even though WordPress combines relatively simplicity with incredible power and potential doing things like customizing Genesis themes can be a little intimidating if you're just getting started, or if you're just getting started tinkering "under the hood." Fortunately we can take some of the mystery out of it and help you avoid some of the most common ... Read More
A Stunning WordPress Theme Designed for ‘Gorgeous’
We’re happy to announce the release of Lisa Marie, the newest template added to our Genesis theme store. The new Genesis child theme was designed for hair salons and day spas, although it could really be used for any website that places an emphasis on images. The home page rotator and inner page headers keep the visitors’ eye focus on the images. The WordPress theme is designed to draw you in and capture your attention. Early reviews have called this theme “stunning” and I’m thrilled with ... Read More
23 Tools for Customizing WordPress Themes
There are tons of tools that can help simplify the process of customizing WordPress themes. In fact, the tools are far better than they were just a few short years ago. If you are kicking around the possibilities of starting to customize themes then this list I've put together will save you some headaches. Hopefully you will be able to avoid some of hassles that I went through over the years. These days I work exclusively on Mac's. In fact, I made the decision when I got to the point where ... Read More
The Anatomy of a Child Theme
When it comes to WordPress theme customization there are two main approaches. Traditionally, because WordPress is open source you'd just make your edits directly to the theme itself. Very early on the WordPress core developers added the ability to use a child theme. A child theme inherits all of the templates and functionality of the parent theme while allowing you to modify the parent theme output because the child theme files supersede the parent theme files. Advantages of Using Child ... Read More
Best Practices for Genesis Theme Customization
There is so much to cover when it comes to Genesis theme customization, that I've mapped out an entire series of posts to throughly cover it. I'm hoping this series will help people get a basic understanding of what it takes to start customizing their own WordPress sites and have the confidence to get started. While my specific examples will be aimed at the Genesis theme framework, most of what I share will have general application as well and can be used on most WordPress websites. Here ... Read More
Preparing for Genesis 2.0
If you’re active in the Genesis community or if you simply use a Genesis child theme, you probably know Genesis 2.0 is coming and right around the corner. We’re excited about the release and we know our customers are because we’re starting to get oodles of questions about the release of Genesis 2.0 and how HTML5 will alter things for existing Genesis users. Fear not my Genesis children, Brian Gardner and his team of uber smart WordPress coders have you covered. Genesis upgrades have always ... Read More
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