“Your designs are top-notch, your functions are sophisticated, I just wish there was an easier way to configure the site from the get-go.” That sentiment from veteran themes club subscriber, Glen Kovonoski, was one we took to heart.  We knew that staying competitive in the Premium Themes market meant making our themes more user-friendly, more accessible and more intuitive.   It meant a setup procedure with no php files and no code.

As a result, we’re thrilled to announce the release of our WPNow Theme Options Panels, now available within all of our themes.   These Options Panels host a variety of configurable features including:  color schemes, featured categories, navigation display, advertisements, social media logins, RSS  feeds and more… all with the click of a button.

While this is nothing revolutionary in the world of Wordpress, it is one more step in our mission to make WP Now Themes the most flexible, straightforward and elegant way to use this amazing platform.  We aim to help Wordpress grow beyond its blogging roots and establish itself as a true CMS to rival the likes of Joomla & Drupal.

In the coming months we’ll talk more about what’s brewing in the WPNow Labs (just think… total navigation & widget customization for each individual post/page on your site, widgets that escape the sidebar and a ‘Set It and Forget It’ Complete Ad Management System).   But today, we want to give the spotlight to our Options Panels:

Our first in the series is the Bloom Theme Options Panel for Wordpress…