Modularity Lite includes:

• Optional homepage slideshow
• Optional homepage one or two column blog-style layout
• Theme Options page, where you can define background, text, link colors, contact info, site tracking code and more.
• S.E.O. optimized titles and alt tags
• Four widgetized areas
• Click-down navigation for a compact, minimalist masthead.
• Built in multimedia custom field support
• Automatic thumbnail generation. No need to manage thumbnails using custom fields
• Blueprint CSS framework
• Valid, clean code

What is a “multimedia theme framework?” It’s actually quite simple. Using Modularity Lite as your base theme, Graph Paper Press will release “child themes,” which will add additional functionality and design features to Modularity Lite. You’ll definitely want to subscribe to GraphPaperPress.com to keep up on all the latest developments and enhancements for Modularity Lite.

Modularity includes:

• Built in full-screen HD video player
• Optional homepage slideshow
• Optional homepage Mac-style image slider gallery
• Optional homepage Magazine-style post layout
• Optional homepage blog-style layout
• Theme Options page, where you can define background, text, link colors, contact info, site tracking code and more.
• Homepage Settings page where you can choose which apps show up on your homepage layout
• S.E.O. optimized titles and alt tags
• Four widgetized areas
• Click-down navigation for a compact, minimalist masthead.
• Built in multimedia custom field support
• Automatic thumbnail generation. No need to manage thumbnails using custom fields
• Blueprint CSS framework
• Valid, clean code

The theme includes “apps” which you can enable or disable from the Homepage Settings page. These apps can transform the theme into a portfolio site for photographers and multimedia producers, a magazine-style site, or a normal blog-style homepage literally at the click of a button. In the future, we will be releasing “child themes” for Modularity to provide design alternatives and additional applications that will make Modularity even more configurable. You’ll definitely want to subscribe to GraphPaperPress.com to keep up on all the latest developments and enhancements for Modularity.

http://ivolume.co.uk/: A site featuring inspiring art, photography, flash, video and music. Based in the UK. This site uses High-Def.

http://www.thomaskrueger.eu: Thomas is a commercial photographer based in Augsburg (Germany) and Genoa (Italy), specialized in landscape photography and digital 360° panoramic photography for the advertising and tourist industries. Uses F8 theme.

The next theme release at Graph Paper Press is a theme framework. The theme allows you to enable or disable more than 6 homepage layouts and features including a slideshow, a slider gallery, a magazine layout plus more.

That is just a start, to be honest. The great thing about Wordpress is that there is a HUGE developer community that is continually pushing the envelope of what “themes” can be capable of. Theme frameworks, which are basically extra functions that you can use when developing a theme, are the lastest buzz word to hit Wordpress. Frameworks are nothing new, however, when it comes to web design and development. Blueprint, which I use in all my themes, is a CSS framework. Wordpress is a PHP framework just as JQUERY is a javascript framework.

But how does a theme framework benefit the end-user (you)? Theme frameworks will make your blog more configurable from the theme options, more forward compatible with future releases of Wordpress, and easier for you to switch site styles.

What features would you like to see in the latest theme release?

Watch a brief introduction to the back end interface:
http://www.screencast.com/t/mimF0jit104

• Mac-style sliding content region
• Built in HD video player with full-screen capabilities
• A theme settings page with makes every element on the homepage optional and configurable
• Automatic post thumbnails
• Cool Flickr-esque drop down navigation
• Cross-browser compliant
• Five widgetized areas
• Custom fields for multimedia support
• Blueprint CSS, cross-browser compliant, Wordpress 2.6+

SUPPORT

The best way to receive support for this theme is to visit the forum first. If you can’t find the answer to your question there, then please get in touch. We respond quickly to all support inquiries. Just ask a few of our customers.

SCREENCASTS

Watch a brief introduction to the front end design:
http://www.screencast.com/t/VmZHpDVEqr8

Watch a brief introduction to the back end interface:
http://www.screencast.com/t/mimF0jit104

VERSIONS

• 1.0 - Initial launch

• Sliding content area similar to that seen at the top of Apple.com/mac
• A built-in HD flash video player, which plays both .flv and .mov files. It also has full-screen mode. Say goodbye to crappy pixelated YouTube videos littering your site.
• Drop-down navigation, which makes all of your categories, pages and contact info accessible from virtually any page. It looks similar to the navigation on Facebook or Flickr.
• A grid-based design built on the Blueprint CSS framework. What else, right?
• Lots of JQUERY.
• Theme Options page that makes virtually every aspect of the premium theme design configurable. There is no need to edit theme files.
• Plus more.

Expect it to drop in the next week.

1. Wordpress Codex: I’ve learned virtually all my Wordpress tricks from the codex. It also contains some great examples, which you can apply to your Wordpress themes for infinite customization.
2. Blueprint CSS: A great CSS framework that can greatly reduce design time by giving you “a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.”
3. Printable Graph Paper: This is probably my favorite resource to date. The paper is made for visual designers, interaction designers, and information architects who do wire framing and design sketch ups.
4. JQuery for Designers: JQuery is an amazing javascript framework used on many amazing websites. It also powers some of the features of the Wordpress admin panel. Learn how to apply JQuery functionality to your site at JQuery for Designers.
5. Web Designer Wall: Some really great tutorials and inspiration for building visually engaging Web sites. Heavily read, big community, lots of great info.
6. Net Tuts: A thorough and constantly updated blog containing everything from Wordpress tutorials, to PHP intros, to instruction on implementing the functionality of numerous javascript libraries.
7. Lightbox Clones Matrix: A useful list comparing various scripts that display images and other multimedia objects.
8. Protect your CSS Modifications: If you modify your theme’s css, you might want to consider using this approach to help future proof your theme design.
9. Smashing Magazine: Everything from icon sets, theme reviews, tutorials, with lots of freebies thrown in for good measure.
10. A List Apart: If you make Web sites, you must bookmark this site. The Web Gods tell me it is mandatory.

What are your favorite Wordpress and design resources?

• 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.

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