Category: wordpress
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WordPress 3.0 Officially released, hurrah!
Great to see that WordPress 3.0 has been officially released. Anyone paying attention to the wordpress dev blog will have seen the rapid RC releases appearing over the past few weeks so it’s great to see 3.0 is now official. We’re planning to release a brand spanking new theme in the next few weeks which…
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The state of Premium WordPress Themes
Just spotted a great post by Alex Denning over at WPShout about the state of premium wordpress themes. Alex makes some great points about why premium themes are here to stay. I agree wholeheartedly with Alex’s view on the premium themes market. Well worth 5 minutes of your time to read. Alex also runs a…
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New WooThemes WooCodex Launches
Some great news for the WordPress Themes community to start off this week. WooThemes have launched a new WooCodex resource for all WooThemes customers. Essentially the WooCodex provides WooThemes customers with an excellent resource for extending their own custom functionality within their chosen WooThemes wordpress theme. One good example would be the addition of new…
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New version of Thesis wordpress theme hits the streets
Hey gang, just a quick post to let you all know that a new version of the ever popular Thesis wordpress theme has hit the streets. Why is this big news? Well the guys over at Diythemes are very excited about the 1.7 release as it’s effectively a big rewrite of the core engine which…
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Obox release new fantastic new wordpress theme – Inkdrop
We’ve been fans of Obox guys for quite some time and today they’ve launched a fantastic new wordpress theme called Inkdrop. The guys have really put a lot of effort into creating quite a diverse wordpress theme that provides 3 different homepage layouts catering for even the most diverse website requirements, including a great “Unique…
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2010 WordPress Theme Buyers Guide – Part 2
Right so now that we’ve covered the different types of wordpress themes there are , we hope you have a clearer idea about which type of theme is right for you. In Part 2 of the 2010 WordPress Theme Buyers Guide we’re now going to take a closer look at why should even consider buying…
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Third party website selling Woothemes bundle – dodgy or legit?
I was doing some googling this evening and stumbled across this ad: I was immediately suspicious. Perhaps this is a WooThemes affiliate who has a special deal directly with WooThemes? Not so it would seem. Bundlethemes looks to be selling a bundle of 46 WooThemes themes and using the GPL to make it legit. Here’s…
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Ian Stewart from themeshaper joins Automattic
Ok folks, some great news this week for wordpress fans everywhere. Ian Stewart of themeshaper fame has joined Automattic – the good people who lead the wordpress project. This is big big news for the wordpress theme community. Ian has been a leader in the community for quite some time and is responsible for the…
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Fantastic Free wordpress themes list
The guys over at instantshift have just posted a fantastic free wordpress themes list that has to be seen to be believed. They’ve pulled together the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to free wordpress themes with over 60 themes listed – enough to keep even the pickiest wordpress site owner busy for…
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What now for the future of premium wordpress themes?
In late 2009, Mike Alex Wasylik wrote two excellent and thought provoking blog posts about whether or not the GPL license is applicable to premium wordpress themes. Mike was quite clear and very articulate in his views in favour of the right of premium wordpress theme developers to reserve the right to charge for their…