This interview with Elmastudio was long time coming. But it was worth to wait. I have followed their work for years and they build very attractive and creative WordPress themes. This is part of the WordPress theme shops interview series. I hope you have some time to read Elmastudio’s story, who they are, and what …
Checathlon theme have been updated to version 1.2.0 and Checathlon Plus Plugin to version 1.1.2. Most of the updates was made while I was building custom child theme for Checathlon. Checathlon updates: Add better support for Subtitles plugin. Check Team Page Template how it looks. Or Pricing Page Template. Or testimonials. Add Polylang support for …
For me it’s easy to tell that I really like Checathlon theme. I can list all the features and write documents but sometimes you get blind of your own work. That’s why I let other people review my themes. Justin Tadlock and Sakin Shrestha are one of the best theme reviewers in the world. They have …
Checathlon Plus is updated to version 1.1.0. It’s a plugin that gives you business oriented features to free Checathlon theme. You can see most of the features in the Checathlon Plus demo site. You can now change fonts and colors in the Customizer. It helps you build a site that is more line in your …
I’m back in business with free Checathlon theme. It’s a good fit for selling your digital products using Easy Digital Downloads Plugin. You can also showcase your services, portfolios, testimonials, and team members. But I’m out of business if you’re not considering Checathlon Plus Plugin which gives you more features 🙂 I’ll leave the purchase link …
I’ve been working my next theme couple of months. It’s called Checathlon. The name is combination of checkout and decathlon. Here is how I describe it. Checathlon is the perfect theme for your next business site. Or selling your digital products using Easy Digital Downloads Plugin. You can also showcase your services, portfolios, testimonials, and …
Have you ever watched the Bold and the Beautiful soap opera? I’ll have to admit that I did watch it with my mom in the nineteens. But what’s WordPress Theme Shops got to do with soap opera? Probably nothing but PixelGrade’s themes are bold and beautiful! Just check their website or any theme they have …
I like to experiment with new ideas for now and then. Especially free themes are good playground. With Sanse WordPress theme I wanted it to load fast. I mean really fast. My goal was to get 100/100 in Google Page Speed Test. I got 97 out of 100. I’m disappointed but I guess silver medal …
I dislike lists from the bottom of my heart. I have “never” even made a shopping list. And here I am listing WordPress Theme Shops. You might wonder why? Well, from time to time people don’t like my themes (go figure why) and they ask where else they could find good and solid themes. That’s …
Some WordPress Theme is simple blogging theme. It uses SVG images and supports Custom Content Portfolio Plugin. Simply enjoy your content.
Chuchadon was originally meant to be Church related theme. It’s also a distance fork from Toivo theme. But at some point it just went her own way, and turned in to a sport and fan club theme! It’s also a perfect fit for your fitness, health, or happiness blog. For sport clubs I recommend SportsPress Plugin. It can …
It’s been interesting to compare theme review processes. Now it’s time to take closer look at WordPress.com theme review process. I’m lucky enough to have couple of themes in there and therefore have some insight information. Let’s talk about how you can get your themes in WordPress.com and what is the theme review process. How …
I already wrote about how to review your themes by yourself. But there is so much that you can miss. There aren’t that many people who can do a self surgery, is there? That’s why the next step is contact ThemeReview.co and let them handle high level theme review. ThemeReview.co theme review was first started by Emil …
I wanted to compare theme review processes and let’s start what is your role in theme review. In my opinion you play the most important role in theme review. It’s your responsibility to build secure, well coded and beautiful themes. But where to start if you don’t even know how to build solid themes? Role model …
Sonsa WordPress Theme is photo centric theme for creative people. Let your images, videos and galleries shine in the same way you shine. It was designed for photo bloggers and portfolio type of sites, but also fits well for bar and restaurant sites. Checkout demos by clicking images below. [envira-gallery id=”4696″] Credits for Sonsa Theme …
WordPress Theme review processes can vary a lot. I’ll try to summarize what kind of reviews I’d like to see and then write about my experiences about theme reviews in different places. Stay tuned for at least these ones: ThemeReview.co theme review by Justin Tadlock and Sakin Shrestha. WordPress.org theme review. WordPress.com theme review. Theme Forest …
It’s release day for Munsa Theme and it feels good! Munsa is a minimal WordPress Theme for creative people like photobloggers, artists and brokerage sites. It has a clean and fresh responsive design. Check out the demo for better view. Features I’ll try to keep my themes simple so that you can just install and start using them. …
I still remember that feeling when I got my first theme called Live Wire on WordPress.org. It was B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T. I can say the same for Path theme also. But there are times when you need to focus on something new and let go of the old. There is absolutely nothing wrong (well, some issues) with …
Kuorinka Theme and it’s add-on Kuorinka Plus Plugin have major updates. I’ve tested them both as much as I can on live sites also. But there could be some issues that I missed. Note that Kuorinka Plus Plugin works only in WordPress 4.3+ version. For example Logo upload in Kuorinka Plus Plugin have big update …
Mina Olen WordPress theme had a huge update. The major update was updating Hybrid Core to version 3.0.0. Actually at the moment this is my only theme that uses Hybrid Core, my other themes uses just parts of it. Version 1.2.0 – September 21, 2015 Update Hybrid Core to version 3.0.0. Update using Core functions the_archive_title() and get_the_archive_description() …
There is one new feature in Toivo theme version 1.1.0 and couple small tweaks. I added setting in the Customizer for disabling multi-level dropdown menu for narrow screens. You can find it under Theme Settings >> Nagivation Settings. This is pretty powerful feature and I’m testing my own fork of Responsive Nav here. For …
This is rather small update. I wanted to tweak main navigation for smoother toggle and we’re getting there! Breadcrumb Trail is also updated to version 1.0.1. Tweak: A little smoother navigation toggle. Tweak: Update Breadcrumb Trail to version 1.0.1.
There was a small css issue in version 1.0.7. It’s now fixed. It’s also now recommended to load Google fonts via https. Version 1.0.7.1 – July 7, 2015 Fix: Small css bug on social menu. Tweak: Use https to load Google fonts.
Toivo theme version includes couple of fix and tweaks. Top social menu wasn’t very smooth when you toggled it open and close. Now it should be much smoother. Also when you open Top menu Social menu will be closed if it’s open. And visa versa. You should see an update in your dashboard if you have …
I’m kind of sick and tired of all the hassle around theme directory and all the bullshit Theme Review Team have to take. Not even sure are they called Theme Review Team anymore. Anyways I salute all the volunteers who have been reviewing themes. But I mostly admire the team admins who make the decisions. …
This is a small update. In version 1.0.6 I added support for Spotify and Soundcloud in Social menu.
Toivo was update to version May 6, 2015. There was XSS vulnerability in genericons example.html file, which is now removed. You can read more about in WPTavern blog or Sucuri security blog. Another update was support for toggling sub menus in Primary menu. I need to take another look into this but because of the security …
Toivo Lite theme was approved in WordPress.org repo and there were couple of minor issues to fix. These same issues was updated in Toivo theme at April 28, 2015. Change footer text colors for passing #a11y tests. Change default header image color opacity to 70 and add filters around it. Add filter around footer image …
Toivo was updated to version 1.0.3 at April 24, 2015. This wasn’t big update but it adds metabox for replacing Header Callout text and description in singular views. You can see the result in demo site. It’s a pretty nice feature but I though about it several days does it fit in the theme design. …
Toivo was updated to version 1.0.2 in April 19, 2015. Here are the details. Tweak: Minify styles and scripts for faster loading times. Fix: Update version number in the updater function. Fix: Correct text domain and padding in testimonial archive page. Update .pot file. Change Foxnet to Foxland in the Footer. That reflects better this …
Few days ago I published theme called Toivo. It got really good feedback about it but also some disappointments. It was time for another experiment and publish Lite version of it. It’s no secret that some themes are doing pretty well up selling their Lite version in WordPress.org. I was curious why WordPress.org popular list have those themes …
Just a heads up for small update to Toivo theme. Here are the details. Add footer section in the Customizer where you can hide or replace footer text. That’s something most of the business site owners wants. And I definitely agree with them. Add Danish translations. Thanks to Reinar. CSS tweak: add default top margin …
Toivo actually also challenged me to see my content in a different perspective. Ways of showing and managing my content. I simply love it!
I was so thrilled when Mina Olen theme got accepted in WordPress.com. It has not been huge success but 5200$ in a year is a good start for me. I had vision to crow my land of themes so that 4-6 theme would be cool to have in there. I doubt that’ll never happen. I …
Toivo is a beautiful WordPress theme for business, personal, portfolio or blog sites. It has powerful Front Page template where you can show your important content, portfolio, testimonials and Callout links.
Kuorinka theme is build also child themes in mind. You’d say it’s child theme friendly. Justin Tadlock have build Stargazer and Saga themes with the same goal in mind. There are some differences but the basic idea is the same. Creating child themes should be easy, fun and would not require lot’s of code skills.
I’m tired, so so tired. That’s because I have put all my energy in the past three months building this theme. Because I’m tired of WordPress. Because I have nasty flu. Well, mostly because of that. Before I fell asleep I want to tell you something about Kuorinka WordPress theme.
The biggest update was a wake up call that themes sucks at accessibility. I don’t want to suck. This update is not perfect but it fixes several issues when users are using screen readers or just keyboard. For example now you can access menu and search better. There is still some polish to do but …
Say Hello to my new theme called Kulkuri! It’s a bold One Page theme where you can literally do everything in just one page and scroll to your content using beautiful fixed navigation. Check out the demo what I mean. [envira-gallery id=”1796″] I know there are lot’s of themes with same idea but this one …
I’m not happy with my theme sales which are about 1400$ starting from early 2013. That covers pretty much the same as maintaining this site. Kultalusikka theme is leading the stats and have 15 downloads. It’s time for experiment.
I was offered 100 000$ and half of Automattic to become a premium theme author on WordPress.com. This was a one time deal. Take it or leave it. Hmmmm, let me think about it.
Mina olen version 1.0.2 is now available. It has couple of changes. Better CSS for header image and callout link. Also couple of body class added. FitVids updated to version 1.1. In front page template portfolios and testimonials are shown as random by default. You can change this using filters.
I’m happy to announce my new theme Mina olen. I’m not sure am I just slow or into details but it took me several months to create this one. Some of the components are similar to Stargazer theme. They both use the most current HTML5 conventions and Schema.org microdata.
Uh I’ve been working my ass of to publish couple of new themes and here is Kalervo! (It’s my grandad’s name and my middle name). I hope you enjoy Kalervo so much that you’ll even buy it. Demo says more than a thousand words. [edd_download_info_link text=”Kalervo demo site” url=”http://foxnet-themes.fi/demo/kalervo/” color=”gray” open=”yes”]
Like before I’m just gonna put readme file here so that you get the idea what’s going on. Or just check out the demo site and you’ll get pretty good idea about Eino theme. It’s a multitasking theme and I see it as a perfect theme for artists or bands. [edd_download_info_link text=”Eino demo site” url=”http://foxnet-themes.fi/demo/eino/” …
I have always been interested about bad guys in the movies. Where are they coming from and why they are acting in such a brutal way. I just saw one version of Frankenstein in Finnish Theatre and I felt like I was building some kind of monster myself at the same time.
There is a small update on Hopeareunus Theme. Add hopeareunus_singular_loop_nav filter to loop-nav.php. Add menu parent class using filter wp_nav_menu_objects and remove it from js. Removed .sub-indicator and added #menu-primary .menu-item-parent > a to styles. The main thing I wanted to do this update is because Chip Bennett told pure CSS way of adding sub …
Great work on the theme! Each time you make one, you continue to improve. It’s better than 99% of the themes I’ve ever looked at. Justin Tadlock Well, I’m not happy about that. My goal is that Foxnet Themes are better than 90% of the themes out there.
I remember like it was yesterday. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird and others really put on a great show. That was a real Dream Team. But wait, was I supposed to write about Dream Themes, not Dream Teams.
I’m happy to announce my first commercial theme called Kultalusikka. It’s a finnish word and it means “Golden spoon”. It’s also song from Kotiteollisuus. I use this theme in this site so it can’t be that bad. Here is more info about theme and the same info is in readme.html file. What, are you convinced …