ThemeForest has GPL License Option for Theme Developers

A while back, ThemeForest announced that it now has a completely GPL license option available. This does not mean that all of their themes are GPL, but it does mean that authors have to option to make their themes GPL. This aligns with WordPress.org's movement towards all of it's themes listed being licensed under the … Continue reading ThemeForest has GPL License Option for Theme Developers →

How to Create a 2012 Child Theme in WordPress

We all know it's a bad idea to customize the default WordPress theme templates because when updating it would wipe out your edits. Instead, we create a child theme. To do this, first we create a new theme folder. Then comes the CSS style.css file with the following meta comment at the top, followed by … Continue reading How to Create a 2012 Child Theme in WordPress →

WooThemes Releases a Superstore Theme

I'm a fan of WooCommerce, and have often used their Canvas theme as the basis for my WordPress e-commerce site. However, this Superstore theme is looking like a really great theme to start building sites with instead.

Creative Market is the First All GPL Licensed WordPress Theme Marketplace

Congratulations to Creative Marketplace for being the first WordPress marketplace to go 100% GPL with their licenses. The GPL license basically allows for free sharing and editing of WordPress themes. WordPress.org has made a move to have theme developers move to this licensing and I think it's awesome to see this happening. Interestingly there were … Continue reading Creative Market is the First All GPL Licensed WordPress Theme Marketplace →

WordPress Goes Colorful, Creative, and Blogger Focused with the new 2013 Theme

WordPress recently announced the demo version of their upcoming 2013 theme. The site is super colorful and gives a lot of attention to post format types. The WordPress theme team explained that they wanted to do something creative and fun and for bloggers. They wanted something that invoked a reaction from viewers. I think they got it! While … Continue reading WordPress Goes Colorful, Creative, and Blogger Focused with the new 2013 Theme →