The Dynamik Website Builder has just been promoted to my number #1 WordPress theme framework – right next to Genesis. Dynamik allows you to create custom page layouts and add custom styling to these layouts without the need to code. But of course, when you have read The Dynamik Website Builder for Genesis – A […]
Archives for 2012
What is the Best WordPress Theme Framework for You?
The first quarter of this year, I became in interested in WordPress theme frameworks. The biggest advantage of a framework is that it provides a tool to build a WordPress site from scratch, without much coding – or no coding at all. In order to get a grip on this topic, I started with some […]
Catalyst with Dynamik versus the Dynamik Website Builder for Genesis – What is the Best Option?
You will probably agree with me that the guys over at Catalyst are a bunch of productive super-geeks. Last week they released the Genesis Extender, a plugin that makes it really easy to customize any Genesis child theme. And last summer, they brought Dynamik, a highly customizable child theme of their flagship the Catalyst Framework, […]
Customize Any Genesis Child Theme With The Genesis Extender Plugin
This summer, Catalyst released the Dynamik Website Builder for Genesis. With the Dynamik Website Builder it is possible to create your own Genesis child theme from scratch, simply by pointing and clicking – without coding. Last week, Catalyst released the Genesis Extender plugin. This plugin adds a lot of the functionality of the Dynamik Website […]
iThemes Builder Has Become Responsive With Version 4.0
Last week Thursday, iThemes released version 4.0 of its Builder Framework. Builder 4.0 is a major update of the framework since it delivers responsive support to Builder Core as well as to its child themes. When the post iThemes Builder WordPress Theme Framework – A First Look was published about two weeks back, the developers […]
The Thesis 2.0 Framework for WordPress – A First Look
Early August, I posted a review on the Thesis Theme. The version examined at the time was 1.8.5. Just to recall, my final thoughts at the time were: 1) impressed; 2) also a little anxious for Thesis 2.0, since the documentation implies that users of Thesis 2.0 will have to work with PHP classes. October […]
iThemes Builder WordPress Theme Framework – A First Look
Builder is a WordPress Theme Framework by iThemes – a one-stop shop for WordPress themes, plugins and training according to the tagline of the website. The first version of Builder was released in December 2009. The current version is 3.5.3. iThemes Builder installs like a regular WordPress theme. After installation it is recommended that you […]
How to Add a Subscription Pop-up to StudioPress Minimum 2.0
Yesterday, StudioPress released version 2.0 of its Minimum theme – a Genesis child theme, of course. As the version number implies, Minimum 2.0 has a predecessor: Minimum 1.0. StudioPress is currently updating a great deal of its child themes. The main goal of this operation is adding mobile responsive design to its themes. In some […]
Building Awesome Pages with the Elegant Builder Plugin
Please note: A more recent review of the ElegantBuilder is available here. ElegantThemes is well-known for its beautiful themes. What a lot of WordPress users do not know is that ElegantThemes also develops Premium WordPress Plugins. In this post, we are going to investigate the Elegant Page Builder. But also dubbed Elegant Builder, or just […]
PageLines Drag & Drop Framework For WordPress – A First Look
PageLines is a responsive WordPress Framework featuring drag-and-drop design options. PageLines 2.0 was released December 2011, as a successor to PlatformPro 1.x. This review is based on version 2.2.5 of the PageLines Framework. The files of PageLines reside in the themes directory just like any other WordPress theme. Upon activation, you can use PageLines right […]