Creating Custom Templates in Genesis

Creating Custom Templates in GenesisThe Genesis Framework is undoubtedly one of the most popular WordPress theming frameworks on the market. Genesis is extremely designer and developer friendly offering rapid creation and customization of sites through hooks and filters. An easy way to make new views of pages in WordPress is by making template files. This tutorial will show you how to make custom page templates for the Genesis Framework.CONTINUE READING »

Genesis Framework 2.0 Beta available, now with Brand New design and Microdata

Genesis Framework 2.0 Beta available, now with Brand New design and MicrodataGenesis, the premium WordPress theme framework has been updated with the beta version 2.0. Genesis is one of the robust theme frameworks out there for WordPress.

On Wednesday, StudioPress founder Brian Gardner announced on the blog that Genesis 2.0 Beta version is ready for testing.

To test beta version, try the Genesis Beta Tester plugin (link) or you can download the beta files from the Members area, said Brian. CONTINUE READING »

Interview with Templatic Manager Vedran Fak

Interview with Templatic Manager Vedran FakToday we have a special guest for the interview – Vedran Fak, a WordPress Geek, blogger and community Manager who handles the Templatic blog and support.

Templatic is a premium theme shop headquartered in Surat, India. The folks over at Templatic has done an amazing job on building premium themes for WordPress.

Thanks Vedran for answering the questions.CONTINUE READING »

ElegantThemes Giveaway: Win 3 Lifetime Memberships worth $747

ElegantThemes Giveaway: Win 3 Lifetime Memberships worth $747I haven’t run any WordPress product giveaway in weeks, so when I got chance I teamed up with our friends at ElegantThemes to giveaway 3 Lifetime memberships worth $747 to 3 lucky readers.

ElegantThemes, one of the best premium theme shops out there. For $39 you will get access to 80+ themes & support for 12 months and most recently, the folks at Elegant Themes introduced the lifetime membership plan that costs $249 and you’ll get access to all their themes, plugins, psd files and support for lifetime.CONTINUE READING »

Ninja Popups – The Best Popup Plugin for WordPress

Ninja Popups – The Best Popup WordPress PluginA few days ago, I added an email subscription popup to this blog. Just to test how much extra subscribers I can get with the help of an popup plugin.

I know popups are annoying and most of the times it interferes with the user experience. However, I wouldn’t mind saying that I had a great experience with popups and have been able to increase the subscribers rate by almost 100%.CONTINUE READING »

WPEngine Releases New User Portal & One Click Staging

WPEngine Releases User Portal v2 & One Click StagingWPEngine, the premium WordPress hosting which powers numerous high profile websites, recently released a new user portal for all the users on their hosting.

They have taken a huge step in right direction, though there was nothing wrong with the previous dashboard but the new one looks as good as their service. Adding new features, doing redesign to help the customers and providing excellent support is what makes WPEngine the best Managed hosting for WordPress.CONTINUE READING »

WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 Now Available To Public

WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 Now Available To PublicWordPress 3.6 Beta 3 has been officially released to public on Saturday and can now be downloaded directly from the WordPress.org website. Mark Jaquith, the lead developer of the WordPress 3.6 stated that it’s still in beta period and should not be used on a production site.

If you want to use the latest version, than use it on a test site, so you can get a good feel without risking any changes to your main website. CONTINUE READING »