10 Surprising Things Creative Websites Often Forget

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At Graph Paper Press, we build minimalist WordPress themes so that your work can be on display, not our themes. But hey, you can take it too far. In looking at hundreds of websites, would you believe that many leave out some of the most basic and important pieces of information? Here’s how to avoid [...]

3 Inspired Wedding Photographers & Themes (Powered by Us!)

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Every month or so, we’d like to highlight our vast, diverse and extraordinary community here on Graph Paper Press… because it’s your work that inspires our themes. And since it’s February, with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it only makes sense to start with wedding photographers. First up, Liz Saldana, a wedding, engagement and [...]

Is It Time To Retouch Your Site?

Retouch WordPress theme

Today we’re happy to release Retouch into the wild. Retouch is a free, responsive, one-column WordPress photo theme. It includes a colorful polaroid-inspired design, sleek gallery interface, widgets, paper tab drop down menus and custom background/header options. Main Features Responsive Design – Retouch adapts to different screen sizes so that your website will work (and be [...]

Pimp your portfolio with Emporia

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Emporia is a hybrid portfolio/blog WordPress theme and allows you to create three column page layouts so that your site can read like a magazine, and not a blog. It also comes packaged with five alternative styles including Light, Dark, Clean, Grunge, and Earth.

Rethinking Media E-Commerce & WordPress

WordPress Media Commerce

I have a real problem with the options available to creative professionals who are looking to sell their work online.  The options are expensive, confusing and typically don’t integrate well into WordPress. There are impressive hosted e-commerce solutions, but many tend to be overly complex and time consuming to setup. We’re going to change all [...]

Cyber Monday Deal

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By popular demand, we’re extending this deal until the 100 coupons are used. Deal #1 We’re offering $100 off our newly unveiled Forever Theme Subscription to the first 100 people who sign up. This Cyber Monday Deal gives you access to all of our existing themes, all new themes, all theme updates, access to our well-groomed [...]

Responsive WordPress Themes Have Arrived

Responsive WordPress Themes

Do you care how your website performs on mobile devices? Did you know that mobile browsing now accounts for an estimated 10% of all web traffic in the U.S. and is predicted to quickly approach 15%? Mobile browsing is gobbling up market share faster than knife fight in a phone booth. How people engage with [...]

Say Hello to Mixfolio

Mixfolio WordPress theme

Today we’re pleased to announce the release of Mixfolio, a responsive, HTML5, post format-loving, portfolio theme for WordPress.  Best of all, it’s free! Mixfolio is a minimal portfolio theme that allows you to easily separate content by post formats and category.  You can also shuffle through the posts on the homepage by category, using a cool [...]

A Responsive WordPress Theme Redesign

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“Change is inevitable. Adapt.” I honestly can’t remember where I originally heard this, but it’s stuck with me for years. This phrase is one of our guiding principles here at Graph Paper Press and it helps to explain the reasoning behind our most recent site redesign. Becoming Responsive More and more people access our site [...]

This One Time at WordCamp…

Chandra Philip and Thad from Graph Paper Press

Two weeks ago an amazing thing happened. Three members of Graph Paper Press — all who live in different countries and who had never met each other in person — flew to California to attend WordCamp San Francisco 2011.

Security Update for Modularity, Photo Workshop, Widescreen WordPress Themes

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This just in from VaultPress:

Yesterday we learned of a vulnerability in a popular image resizing library called TimThumb, which is used in many WordPress themes and plugins, including a few of our older themes. The vulnerability was first reported by Mark Maunder in a post on his blog, and has been confirmed by the author of TimThumb. The vulnerability allows third parties to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code in the TimThumb cache directory. Once the PHP code has been uploaded and executed, your site can be compromised however the attacker likes.

Case Study: How Creatives Use WordPress

WordPress has made a major dent in the creative landscape. As more and more photographers, artists and publishers discover WordPress and Graph Paper Press themes, we thought it would be interesting to delve into the various ways people create and publish their work. We spoke with a variety of creatives about their workflow and how WordPress fits into their day-to-day lives. Here’s what they said, along with examples of their fantastic work.

How to Convert WordPress Custom Post Types

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If you’re a photographer migrating to a WordPress-powered website, it’s unintuitive that you need to create photo galleries as either Posts or Pages. You will probably be looking for a Gallery menu item on the left side of your WordPress Dashboard. I know I sure would be. Well, you can stop looking, because it doesn’t exist. Continue reading for helpful tips on how to solve this.

Ten common mistakes made by photographers using WordPress

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If you are a photographer or artist who relies on WordPress for your blog or portfolio, chances are you aren’t utilizing all the available tools or adhering to the best practices that could help your site stand out.  Below is a list of ten mistakes that photographers (including myself) make when using WordPress. 1. Non-readable [...]

A tribute to early theme adopters

Jared Soares is an independent documentary and portrait photographer based in Roanoke, Virginia.  From 2006-2010 he worked as a staff photojournalist at The Roanoke Times.  His work there was honored by the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism, Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Users who adopt version 1.0 of anything deserve serious respect. Without these early adopters, software developers would be permanently stuck in beta testing mode. So, today we’re paying homage to these pioneering users who have adopted early releases of our themes as a way to say thanks. Sit back and enjoy!

New WordPress plugins for creating About, Welcome, and Testimonial sections

Graph Paper Press WordPress plugins

Have you ever wanted to create an eye-catching testimonial page celebrating positive customer feedback? Perhaps you want a simple welcome message alerting your site visitors to something important. Or maybe you need a biographical about section in your footer so visitors and potential customers know how to get in touch with you.

If so, these free WordPress are for you. They are simple, easy to use and like all widgets, they can be moved around into any widgetized region. No coding required!

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