The We Love Summer Promo is BACK!!! From now through the end of August, all of our themes will be 50% off when you use promo code WELOVESUMMER during checkout.
Take advantage now before the offer expires!
At this exact moment, Wordpress has been downloaded a total of 10,718,399 times according to the official Wordpress Download Counter. This number increases by the second, spreading like wildfire across the world’s community of web designers, programmers, business owners…. down to the individual blogger. Wordpress is great, not just because of its intuitive design, elegant coding and the fact that it’s free, Wordpress is amazing because of the tremendous community that continues to grow around it.
So many people to acknowledge… first and foremost, the team over at Automattic – the engine that keeps the ship moving. How about the contributing coders and beta testers who bring a whole new meaning to the term “think tank.” And a huge shout out to the plugin developers who make our lives oh so much sweeter and more functional.
As theme developers, we have the fun job. We get to dress up the beast and make it pretty. But with thousands of themes out there, we are reliant on the unofficial Wordpress “press core” to bring meaning, cohesion and order to it all. Here at WP Now, we would like to acknowledge a few of these bloggers and thank them for their commitment to our community:
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What WP guru would you like to give props to?
Modesto is here!!!
Modesto is an elegant premium portfolio theme, designed for Wordpress. Made with cool colors and top notch graphics, this theme will attractively show off your corporate personal portfolio.
Features:
- Custom portfolio templates
- Blog format option
- Integrated banner advertising
- Widget ready
- Theme Options Panel
- and much much more!!!
For the first 50 downloads of Modesto through the end of July, we are offering a 50% off coupon
COUPON CODE: 3B208E8D
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Check it out and let us know what you think!
There has been a thunder of debate here at the WP Now developers table, all over the perceived use and ideal functionality of the Wordpress “Theme Options Panel”.
You may know it as that little tab on the Wordpress admin page, where you can manage various aspects of a specific theme, such as logo, social media links, banner advertising, Google Analytics and more.
Some theme developers are of the opinion that making the Theme Options panel as in depth and comprehensive as possible is best and provides the most flexible user experience.
Other developers are of the opinion that less is more. That aside from a handful of necessary options, the majority of site owners don’t use this page, use other plugins, or are totally intimidated by it.
….since we are at an impasse, we decided to take to our users. We’ve put together a short survey (its only 11 questions and should take no more than 5 minutes to fill out), to get your opinions on what you think should be included.
To the first 100 users who fill out the survey at the link below, we will send you a coupon for 50% off ANY theme order. Use this for a standard theme and save $25. Use it for a developer theme and save $40. Use it for our Developer Theme Club (which includes ALL of our themes) and save $65!!! (Plus you’ll get a warm fuzzy for helping make Wordpress and WPNow Themes even better.)
Thanks and keep an eye out in your email box for our newest theme coming out in the next couple of days!
The long awaited Wordpress 3.0 “Thelonius” was publicly released on Thursday June 17th and we couldn’t be more thrilled. We are continuing to test our themes on the new version and have fixed some minor bugs, but we always appreciate feedback from the WP Now community. If you experience any issues after updating to 3.0, please post it in the Support Forum so we can get working on it asap.
What are some of the highlights of this update?
- - Lighter, Sleeker Look
- - Bulk Updates for themes, plugins, wp installations
- - Help Tabs on Every Screen
- - New Default Theme: “Twenty Ten”
- - Easy Background Changer
- - Custom Headers
- - Custom Navigation Menus (kudos to the guys over at woothemes for their contribution)
- - Custom Post Types
- - Integrated Shortlinks Service
- - WP Multi-User – Control Multiple Sites from One Admin
we’ll let the WP guys take it from here….
To those of you that purchased a theme package in the last day or so and have been unable to download it or obtain support, we extend our sincere apologies. There were a number of hack attempts on the site yesterday so we’ve had to temporarily shut down various sections of the site for the security of our users. We are working hard to correct the problem so we can get everything back up and running again. If you purchased a theme and cannot download it, please email us with the email you used to purchase your themes and we will email them to you directly.
We thank you for your patience!
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The Boardwalk Theme Options Panel includes:
- Featured Category - Designate the Category that displays in the featured image slideshow on the homepage.
- Highlight Categories- Select the 3 Categories that will display under “Featured Content.” The latest post within each Category will display under each section.
- Weather Area Code: Enter your zip code to get up-to-date weather reports at the top of your site.
- Feedburner Settings: Add your feed URL (http://yoursite.com/feed/) to add the “Subscribe by Email” option to your sidebar
- Main Page Settings – Top Navigation (Pages) – Select the Pages that will display on the top Nav Bar. Choose to include or exclude certain Pages.
- Sub -Category Settings(Categories) – Select the Categories that will display on the top Nav Bar. Choose to include or exclude certain Categories.
- Advertisement Settings – Add your 125×125 Ads code to show up in the sidebar Ads section. Also add your 468×60 code to show ads at the top of each post.
Stay tuned for details on the Elements Theme Options Panel…
The Bloom Options Panel includes:
- Homepage Top Navigation (Pages) – Select the Pages that will display on the top Nav Bar. Choose to include or exclude certain Pages.
- Homepage Sub Navigation (Categories) – Select the Categories that will display on the top Nav Bar. Choose to include or exclude certain Categories
- Highlight Settings – Select the 3 Categories that will display under “Featured Content.” The latest post within each Category will display under each section.
- Advertisement Settings – Add your 125×125 Ads code to show up in the sidebar Ads section. Also add your 468×60 code to show ads at the top of each post.
- Feedburner Settings: Add your feed URL (http://yoursite.com/feed/) to add the “Subscribe by Email” option to your sidebar
Read More on the Boardwalk Theme Options Panel for Wordpress…
“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…
Hello Everyone,
The theme updates and theme options panel for older themes have been postponed until WordPress 2.9 is out. We plan on experimenting with WP 2.9’s built-in thumbnail system that will be included with 2.9, as well as a few other 2.9 developer features.
If anyone has any questions feel free to comment below.
