Category: Blog

  • A Responsive WordPress Theme Redesign

    A Responsive WordPress Theme Redesign

    “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…

    This One Time at WordCamp…

    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

    Security Update for Modularity, Photo Workshop, Widescreen WordPress Themes

    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…

  • 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…

  • Introducing Immense: A fullscreen, resizable WordPress theme for pro photographers

    Introducing Immense: A fullscreen, resizable WordPress theme for pro photographers

    Immense is a fullscreen photo slideshow theme that resizes with the browser as it expands and contracts. This theme is ideal for photographers and visual creatives who are looking for a clean and simple way to showcase their images with minimal distractions.

  • How to Convert WordPress Custom Post Types

    How to Convert WordPress Custom Post Types

    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…

  • Need a photo theme for WordPress? Say hello to Focal Point.

    Need a photo theme for WordPress? Say hello to Focal Point.

    Focal Point is a one or two-column photo portfolio theme for WordPress built atop our Base theme framework.  It includes four optional styles to choose from (Centered, Centered Dark, Compact, Compact Dark) so you can easily change between light and dark, centered or top right menu navigation.

  • Ten Common Mistakes Made by Photographers Using WordPress

    Ten Common Mistakes Made by Photographers Using WordPress

    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…

  • How to create a child theme for the Base theme for WordPress

    In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to customize our Base theme framework for WordPress so you can protect your code changes from any future theme upgrades that we release.  Before we started, please download this Base Custom Child Theme (a starter child theme for Base, used in the examples).  Lets review some basic concepts regarding…

  • A tribute to early theme adopters

    A tribute to early theme adopters

    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!