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New theme showcase
Today, we are totally pumped to unveil our new theme showcase. To say that we have some amazingly talented users is a massive understatement, but this isn’t news to us. Now that we have a centralized place for users to post their sites and generate traffic, you can help us prove to the world what we have always known.
How to create child themes for our Modularity theme for WordPress
Building child themes for your WordPress theme is a good way to future-proof your site from future theme upgrades. In this post, I’m going to show you how to create your very own child theme for Modularity, our multimedia theme framework that powers many of our themes.
WordPress 2.9 Video Tour
WordPress 2.9 delivers a handful of new features that cater specifically to those who demand total creative control over image handling. If you are a photographer, videographer, artist or serious online publisher, you need to familiarize yourself with these new features, which include easy selection of post thumbnails, the ability to crop and rotate images, [...]
Graph Paper Press is two years old
December 7th marks the two year birthday of Graph Paper Press. What a ride it has been! We have watched as WordPress and the theme market have literally exploded. We are lucky to have connected with amazingly talented users who are passionate and continually pushing the envelope when it comes to publishing [...]
Post to Twitter from Wordpress using Twitter Overload Plugin
Twitter Overload is a free plugin for Wordpress that allows anyone to post to their Twitter account directly from your Wordpress site sidebar. Want to test it out? Try it out here.
Wordpress theme evolution, plugin updates and discount coupons
We have been so busy making new stuff and improving old stuff that we just about forgot to tell you all about it. So, although this note might seem late and a wee bit long, the update below is priceless if you use Wordpress and our themes.
Discount coupons
We have extended our 30% off subscription [...]
PhotoShelter integration plugins & themes for Wordpress
Now this is going to be fun….
We’re excited to announce our first batch of Wordpress + PhotoShelter plugins that allow you to:
Integrate your PhotoShelter photos and galleries into your Graph Paper Press themes for Wordpress
Allow your visitors to search your PhotoShelter photos from your site’s sidebar
Pull in your PhotoShelter gallery updates into your site’s sidebar
If [...]
Theme news, a redesign, example sites, and Twitter
In case you’ve missed it, we’ve been busy reinventing our theme lineup, with updates to Modularity and all of its child themes, the Gridline suite, Fullscreen and Work-a-holic. You can read about specific changes by visiting our theme changelog page. These updates will give you the ability to:
Add new and improved homepage [...]
Theme updates for Modularity, F8, High-Def, Modslider and Modfolio
You can now download theme updates for Modularity, F8, High-Def, Modfolio and Modslider by visiting your member page. These updates are for Wordpress 2.8.1, so please make sure you are running the most current version if you want to get the most out of these theme updates.
Notable improvements
Optional full-screen HD video display on homepage
Cross [...]
Fullscreen
Fullscreen is a free one-column photography and multimedia theme for Wordpress that can be used for portfolios, photoblogs, videoblogs, and virtually anything else where you want your content to be front and center. It provides visual artists (photographers, painters, videographers, motionographers, illustrators) a better way of presenting their latest work online using a minimalist side-scrolling homepage.
Wordpress Photo Gallery Theme, Modularity & Modslider Theme Updates
Next up: A minimalist photo gallery theme. This theme will cater specifically to photographers, illustrators and artists and will include two built-in lightboxes to pick from, HD video player, content slider, slideshow, minimalist navigation built atop the Modularity theme framework. Users will have the same variable homepage options as our current child themes for Modularity, plus the ability to over-ride the auto-generated thumbnails produced by Wordpress. As always, you can also over-ride the default theme styling from the theme options page. Sounds good, eh?
New Membership System Information
By now, most of you have had a chance to log into our new “members only” section. For those who have not, here is your chance. The new membership system improves how we interact with Graph Paper Press theme users, forum support, downloads, theme updates, etc. Users can now grab all our themes and member-only content (support, tutorials, etc) access by signing up. Both free and paid memberships are available.
Modularity Theme update
If you have subscribed to our Quarterly or Annual All Themes Subscription Package, you can now head to your downloads page and grab the upgraded Modularity theme.
This fixes the Color Customization bug as well as few others such as centering slideshow if you image is less than 950px and a margin issue if you are [...]
Tip: How to change the default Wordpress excerpt
Ever get tired of those nasty [...] ellipses that appear beneath your blog excerpts? I do. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to change Wordpress’ default excerpt display without changing core Wordpress files.
Open up functions.php and add this code to the very bottom of the file:
Behind the scenes at Graph Paper Press
As you have all likely noticed, Graph Paper Press has undergone a few substantial changes recently, both in presentation, on our support forum and membership systems. We (Yes, I say we. GPP is no longer a one man show! More on this below.) have also committed ourselves to a new subscription based [...]
Modularity, High Def Updates and Video Tour
Version 1.4 of Modularity is now ready for release. A new version of High-Def, now released as a child theme for Modularity, is also ready for release. Watch the screencast to see all the additions and improvements.
Wordpress 2.7 theme updates
Modularity and High-Def have been overhauled and updated for Wordpress 2.7. As a special treat, I’ve included a new “app” in the multimedia theme framework, but you’ll need to download and replace your current version to see it. You can check the new theme options page for details.
Lets see your Web sites
I’m eager to see what all of you Wordpressers are creating with your Graph Paper Press Themes. Here are a few to get things rolling:
Localizing F8 for Multiple Languages
Thomas Krüger, a commercial photographer based in Augsburg (Germany) and Genoa (Italy), has posted information in the forum for localizing F8 into different languages. You really must check out his site for amazing panoramic images of Italy and Egypt and the infinite capabilities of F8. Molte grazie Thomas!
Status Update on New Theme
If you subscribe to the “Get All Themes” package for 2008, you will have received a quick overview of what the next Graph Paper Press theme release will entail. Here is the quick message that I sent to subscribers:
High Def Theme Introduction Screencasts
Here are a couple of screencasts to help familiarize yourself with the front end and back end for the new High-Def theme.
Multimedia Wordpress theme coming soon
This is just a quick update to let everyone know what to expect for the next series of Graph Paper Press themes. The premium theme contains the following:
Ten Resources to Improve your Wordpress and Design Skills
I love ton ten lists. Here is mine related to all things Wordpress, CSS and Web design and Development. Feel free to post your favorites in the comments.
Now Hiring Wordpressers
Graph Paper Press is looking for a Wordpresser to help with Wordpress installations, theme installations and small theme customization. Required proficiencies:
Wordpress
CSS
HTML
PHP
FTP
If you’ve got a smile, some wit, good communication skills and a little business sense, please shoot me an email outlining your experience and qualifications.