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AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

AppPresser is a foundation for people to use WordPress based tools to build mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms. AppPresser is a collaborative effort between Scott Bolinger, Brad Williams, Brian Messenlehner, and Lisa Sabin-Wilson. You may notice that…

iThemes Exchange adds support for memberships and physical goods

Brian Krogsgard

October 10, 2013

WordPress News

iThemes Exchange was released only a few months ago, but they've been iterating quickly. As I shared then, they released Exchange without support for physical goods. Now they've not only added support for physical goods, but memberships (recurring and non-recurring)…

Top ten search terms for themes on the MOJO Marketplace

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2013

Business

Here's a quick but interesting little post. MOJO Themes has shared their top ten searched terms for themes on their website. Does it shock you as much as it shocks me that 'Real Estate' is number one? The others are a…

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

August 19, 2013

BusinessDesign

Philip Arthur Moore is the Premium Theme team lead at Automattic. I'm thrilled to have been able to ask Philip some questions about WordPress.com premium themes, their processes, and working at Automattic. His answers are thorough and very insightful, and…

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The StudioPress team has announced the launch of Genesis 2.0. This is a huge update for them, and they've been working on it for months. Genesis 2.0 is responsive, and all child theme updates and future child themes will also…

The Theme Foundry releases a Backbone powered theme

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

DesignWordPress News

The folks from The Theme Foundry have released a new theme called Collections, which is a post formats centric, Backbone powered WordPress theme. They emailed me to let me know they were wrapping up a Backbone powered theme, and I…

WordPress Infographic 2013

Brian Krogsgard

July 30, 2013

WordPress News

Elegant Themes team went to WordCamp San Francisco and designed a nice WordPress Infographic with all the stats about how WordPress is used and consumed.

CobaltApps shuttering popular Catalyst theme to focus on Genesis-based products

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2013

Business

This is pretty big news in theme land. CobaltApps has had a popular following for their options-centric Catalyst theme for some time. But they also have a Genesis-based theme that does everything visually that Catalyst does, plus, well, it's got…

WordPress Multisite versus “Minisite”

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2013

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

I work a decent amount with Multisite. Not a ton, but maybe on about 10% of the websites I build. There's sometimes confusion at work as to what's a good use for Multisite and what is not. I also see…

BuddyPress 1.8 ships with fancy template hierarchy and better theme integration

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

WordPress News

BuddyPress 1.8 has officially shipped with the codename, "Di Fara". BuddyPress has a much smaller user base than the main WordPress project, but they are passionate users and developers. The newest release continues the trend of reducing barriers between WordPress…

On WordPress themes and frameworks

Brian Krogsgard

July 15, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Let's pull the bandaid off real quick, and it won't hurt as bad: Theme Framework has turned into a marketing term. I lean more every day to giving theme framework the premium treatment. Just because a product costs money doesn't…

A refreshed Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

July 11, 2013

DesignPost Status Team Blog

Post Status has been iterating quite a bit over the last six months since it launched. However, not everyone noticed. I'm excited to launch a redesign that reflects the changing purpose that Post Status serves. It started as a link…

iThemes releases Exchange, a WordPress eCommerce plugin

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2013

WordPress News

iThemes has just released Exchange on the WordPress plugin repository. They've been working for some time their new WordPress eCommerce plugin. They opened up a beta for some users about a month ago. A few days ago, I checked it out…

Envato announces new theme check guidelines for ThemeForest

Brian Krogsgard

July 4, 2013

WordPress News

Japh Thomson has made a huge announcement on the Envato Notes blog. Starting in a few weeks, Envato will be enforcing a new theme check process for all WordPress themes to ensure high quality code and WordPress best practices are…

The Styles plugin integrates a ton of customizer options into the default themes

Brian Krogsgard

June 26, 2013

WordPress News

I ran across the Styles plugin today, thanks to a tweet from Brady Vercher. I was intrigued because Brady said, "I really think this plugin could be the standard for easily customizing themes." That's quite a statement. But after installing…

WYSIJA is a surprisingly delightful WordPress newsletter plugin

Brian Krogsgard

June 21, 2013

DesignWordPress News

WYSIJA. A play on WYSIWYG, WYSIJA stands for "What You Send Is Just Awesome." Yeah, it's tough to remember. But once you check it out, this plugin is hard to forget. The team of seven people behind WYSIJA is from…

AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

iThemes Exchange adds support for memberships and physical goods

Top ten search terms for themes on the MOJO Marketplace

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

The Theme Foundry releases a Backbone powered theme

WordPress Infographic 2013

CobaltApps shuttering popular Catalyst theme to focus on Genesis-based products

WordPress Multisite versus “Minisite”

BuddyPress 1.8 ships with fancy template hierarchy and better theme integration

On WordPress themes and frameworks

iThemes releases Exchange, a WordPress eCommerce plugin

Envato announces new theme check guidelines for ThemeForest

The Styles plugin integrates a ton of customizer options into the default themes

WYSIJA is a surprisingly delightful WordPress newsletter plugin

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