As I said before, I am good at code, not good at selling. I worked at Sears in sales for years. I never tried up selling folks. I worked with another guy who was always doing up sells. He avoided people looking at cheap stuff and had the best sales all the time. He was a bit of a jerk though and I figured I'd much rather have happy customers that … [Read more...]
Production Child Theme Winners
Hey everyone. First. thanks so much to everyone who entered my giveaway. There were some really fantastic comments, and I wish I could give the theme to everyone, but the kids told me that skipping dinner once a week wasn't going to work for them. Seriously, my kids are so skinny but eat so much. I'm thinking tape worm. OK, enough about my kids … [Read more...]
Production Video Theme Giveaway
Hello good folks. If you aren't aware, I just released my Production video theme for Genesis on Wednesday. I'm working hard at selling the theme, but honestly I'm a really crappy salesman. I don't write great headlines, I'm not good ask asking for the sale, and I don't advertise like I should. What I do is write good code. Production and the … [Read more...]
Production Theme Released
This theme has been a long time coming. If you are not aware, Rafal originally designed this theme nearly a year and a half ago. There were some issues, largely due to limitations in WordPress at the time, so when I asked Brian about building a video theme for the market place a couple months ago, he asked if I thought I could get Production … [Read more...]
New Look on Streamline
A while back Brian Gardner showed me a preview of the new Streamline theme and I absolutely loved it. So much that I started planning a new site the second I saw it. The theme was released yesterday and within hours I had worked on a few minor adjustments, like getting the code for my Genesis Child Theme Matrix and some other features from my site, … [Read more...]
More Production Video Theme Questions and Answers
Yesterday I wrote my first post about the upcoming Production Genesis Child theme, which, to my knowledge, is the first video centric theme to hit the Genesis scene. Over the past few weeks I've been showing this to trusted developers, and eventually to the community via a sign up form. If you haven't signed up for your preview, please fill out … [Read more...]
Coming Soon Production Video Theme
If you follow me on twitter, you have probably seen me tweeting about the video theme I've been working on. I started putting out a few teaser images, then started asking folks to sign up for a preview on twitter. So far 30 of you have signed up for a preview, and feedback has been great. If you haven't' signed up already, take a minute to fill out … [Read more...]
Fluid Genesis Child Theme Update
Important update for the Fluid Child Theme. If your version is 1.8, please download this important update. Live Demo [download id="1" format="1"] Sidebar Cutoff Fix This update addresses several minor fixes and this important fix. Previously, if the sidebars were longer than the content, the sidebars would be cut off at the end of the … [Read more...]
Fluid a Genesis Child Theme
Live Demo [download id="1" format="1"] I've fielded several questions about a "fluid width" theme since I've started helping at StudioPress. A while back I started an experiment to see how I might make that happen with the various layouts available in Genesis. The process is actually not super complex. There is no need for any PHP changes, but … [Read more...]