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Genesis has been around for a long time, but unless I am missing something...there seems to be a huge lack of available themes for the years the framework has been around. Any thoughts or possible themes sites specifically for the Genesis framework?
Thank you.
You might want to drop a note to them using my.studiopress.com as this is the community forum. This really isn't the place to ask questions about SP theme development.
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Part of my question was "Any thoughts or possible themes sites specifically for the Genesis framework?"...was intended for input from the community and the first part of my question was just my general observation...
Thank you for your input.
@Rooster - there are a number of developers out there who develop themes specifically for the Genesis framework. If you're on Twitter, follow the hashtag #GenesisWP - that's where a lot of the developers hang out and publicize their new themes.
I could give you a number of sites to look at, but my tastes in themes is probably different to yours...
http://prettydarncute.com/wordpress-themes/
http://thepixelista.com/themes/
http://www.restored316designs.com/themes/
http://vivalaviolette.com/genesis-themes/
http://ohhellodesigns.com/themes/Rooster, I think quite a few of us are wondering where the new SP themes are. Why this would be an inappropriate topic for "General Discussion" on a Studio Press forum is beyond me.
I have noticed there doesn't seem to be as many themes showing at http://my.studiopress.com/community-themes/. I thought there used to be a lot more listed.
Kathie Thomas
I have purchased themes at http://www.web-savvy-marketing.com/. They develop good Genesis Child Themes.
I am somewhat disappointed with the lack of new themes here at Studiopress since I purchased a Developer License about 6 months ago.
Eamon Moriarty
EM DzineThere are a huge range of hundreds of child themes built on Genesis. Not all are listed in the community section however you will find hundreds by searching for Genesis child themes.
The Pro Plus Package is by far the best investment i have ever made.
Another vendor for Genesis child themes is ZigZagPress.com. They have some lovely themes and seem to be working much faster than StudioPress at updating them for Genesis 2.0 (or else the lack of communication from StudioPress makes it seem that way). You can see at a glance which themes are now 2.0 ready on their site.
My only complaint was a lack of follow-up to a question before I bought one of their themes. Since they didn't respond, I didn't purchase from them. I may have to go with a non-Genesis theme to get the full site image look that I want.
–William
http://williambeem.comI've also used Themedy child themes for several clients, and their existing themes work with Genesis 2.0, but they haven't released any that are updated for HTML5 yet.
I'll also throw in my thumbs-up for Appfinite and ZigZag.
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Slice of SciFi | Writers, After DarkI own one theme from Appfinite named Epik and also like what ZigZag have to offer.
I wish more of the girly themes would go on the Pro side of Studiopress. I have a lot of young female clients and I always have to purchase from the Community Market section because that's where all the girly ones are.
@dmodegirl - StudioPress recently hired a female Creative Director, so maybe we'll see more of a feminine slant on things.
In the meantime, I think Metro is pretty versatile, and can be easily converted to a feminine theme (I use it on one of my own sites).
Before I got the Pro Plus package, 90% of the themes I owned were feminine community marketplace themes.
This is almost getting to the point of irritation. Some of us poor saps purchased the full meal deal anticipating the Gen 2 release and now, there are only 2 new themes to work with. Yes, we can work with an old theme but having to re-customize a theme once the new one rolls out is not an option here.
I just cannot believe I feel like a sucker, having sold the client on a great framework but there are only 2 newer compatible themes...
Am I the only one getting annoyed here?
Add-On: Looks like there is a 3rd theme released. But it's not one of the more popular ones. And for us to get that theme to feel more like Metro or any other more popular theme is going to take a lot of work. Not feeling good about moving to Gen 2 at all at this point...
I'm surprised, and a bit frustrated. Given that there was an extremely long delay waiting for WordPress 3.6 to ship, I expected that work to update the child themes was proceeding so they would be ready when Genesis 2.0 launched.
Perhaps the most frustrating is the utter lack of communication to customers so that we can schedule our business based upon upgrade and availability of 2.0-ready child themes. That lack of communication is seriously affecting my trust in StudioPress.
–William
http://williambeem.comI'll be closing this thread to new comments. If you have official questions, please feel free to write us in support. The forums are not where we handle official communication.
That said, I want to make a few things very clear.
First, all existing themes are compatible with Genesis 2.0. This is something we worked very hard on. You can use any of the themes already released with Genesis 2.0
Second, I know a lot of people are anxious for HTML5 themes. We are developing a whole slew of HTML5 themes. I've seen quite a few and I'm really impressed by them. I know that people want to see us drop 30 new themes out. That isn't good for our business though. If we flood the market with new themes we create a huge supply but the demand remains constant and that causes the themes to be devalued by comparison. It is basic supply and demand. Please don't expect us to make bad business choices. You wouldn't want to do that to your self.
Third, and finally, we know that people are anxious for more themes and so we are shooting for 1-2 themes a week for the next several weeks. This will help us to get the backlog of themes out the door without flooding the market, which is actually bad for everyone. While we cannot promise a fixed number of themes, expect to see regular updates. For example, Going Green just updated today
http://demo.studiopress.com/going-green/Again, if you have questions or concerns, contact us directly. The forums simply aren't where you will be getting official responses. Thanks.
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