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Changelog

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Why WOO

The changelog can be something of a secret weapon to gauging the competence of a theme developer.

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Hey, I found a great theme!

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Why WOO

“Hey, I found this fantastic theme! Can you customize it?” Of course I can. But it’s analogous to going to the house contractor and saying, “Hey, I saw this gorgeous house. Can you build it?

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Added Thin and Thin/Italic to typography options.

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Why WOO

The WOO Framework sits under (is the foundation for) all of WOO’s themes, including Canvas. Why do you care? Well, you don’t. But you also do … you just didn’t know it.

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Widgetizing the WOO Canvas Header

A widget up in the right side of the header in WOO Canvas would be nice. Here’s how to set that up.

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Likoma Switches to WOO Canvas (Commerce)

It’s that time again and this time, I just couldn’t wait. We switched Likoma to WOO Canvas (Commerce) today! Woot for WOO!

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Old version of TimThumb detected in your theme folder. Click here to update.

WOO themes use a theme framework and that makes it easy to update. Who cares about easy to update? You do. Why do you care? Because it makes it easier to fix security breaches like this one with a single click.

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Responsive Design

Responsive Design. What does it mean? In my non-techy world, that the design (of the website) adapts to the screen it’s on. So that if you have a monster widescreen, an iPhone or a laptop, the screen adjusts accordingly.

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Genesis Child Themes on ThemeForest

I knew that StudioPress had put a few Genesis child themes on ThemeForest, but I didn’t realize there were non-StudioPress-built Genesis child themes there. Just a handful for now, but hopefully more to come!

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Genesis 1.6 Released — and why you care.

StudioPress just released version 1.6 of their Genesis Framework for WordPress. The fact that they have an update at all says quite a bit. Here’s why.

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ThemeForest Premium WordPress Themes

ThemeForest has a collection of premium WordPress themes that’s hard to beat.

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WordPress Theme Reconnaissance

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Welcome to WordPress

Now that you understand the basic components of a blog page you’re ready to choose a theme. There is no right or wrong choice; there are only choices that give your website the look and functionality you want—and ones that don’t.

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WordPress Pages, Posts, and Categories

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Welcome to WordPress

Pages, posts, and categories—these are the basic building blocks of your blog. Once you understand them, everything else pretty much falls into place.

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What’s a WordPress Theme?

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Welcome to WordPress

If you’re just getting started with WordPress, one of the trickiest decisions to make is what theme you want to use.

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Genesis Featured Posts Widget

I had used the Genesis Featured Page in a widget, but then I realized it really needed to be a Featured Post. “Aha, what do we have here in the widget area? Genesis Featured Posts!” Lucky me.

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WordPress Pack at ThemeForest

I just heard of a big sale over at Envato the company behind one of my favorite theme sites ThemeForest: WordPress Pack. A bundle of WordPress themes, plugins, and help guides.

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