Why WordPress needs a vibrant Premium Themes economy
While browsing wordpress.org this evening I thought I’d take a dig around the most recent free themes submitted. I gotta tell you guys – what I saw wasn’t pretty! I stopped looking after about the 30th...
View ArticleWhat makes a WordPress theme great?
Ok so this is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Why is it that some themes take off like a rocket and others which on paper look great never hit the big time? I’m not just talking about...
View ArticleWhat will WordPress look like in 5 years?
Here’s a scary thought. It’s just over 5 years since the release of WordPress 2.0.1 – holy moly 5 years! For anyone interested or who’s long enough in the tooth to have been using WordPress back then,...
View ArticleTime for a refresh
So March has been super busy for me. As a result, posts have been thin on the ground the past few weeks – sorry folks. One thing that I’ve been itching to do is to refresh themesforge.com. Our current...
View ArticleWhy Shortcodes in WordPress themes suck
I’ve just spent the last couple of hours troubleshooting a WordPress problem for a client who uses a commercial WordPress theme. They are a recent new client who worked with a previous designer who...
View ArticleHow do you build WordPress themes?
I’m knee deep building some new WordPress themes at the moment but am coming up for some air to throw out a question to all you WordPress theme building pros – How do YOU approach building WordPress...
View ArticleShould Custom Post Types live outside of themes?
Wow it’s nearly a month since my last post! My head is still buried in pixel pushing for some new WordPress themes I’m working on – one of which I hope to publicly release in September – more on that...
View ArticleHello WooCommerce, Bye bye Jigoshop?
Hmm…this is an interesting one. Â WooThemes have pulled off a pretty spectacular move today and forked Jigoshop (our favourite new WordPress eCommerce plugin) into WooCommerce, which will replace it’s...
View ArticleIn defense of themeforest
I’ve been keeping a close eye on a number of different theme marketplaces recently. As far as WordPress is concerned, to me there are 2 main marketplaces in the ecosystem today. The first and the...
View ArticleThe future of theme development
WordPress theme development has come a long way in the past few years. We are in the middle of an explosion in the number of different methods a theme developer can choose when it comes to building...
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