Sometimes adding an extra something can transform any post from dull & boring, to fun and exciting! Today, we bring this extra something to your custom post types. For the first-time ever, we're launching a Post Type Builder addon: Extra Fields! This addon works hand-in-hand with the Post Type Builder, allowing you to create 8 new field types on your custom posts. Simply install and activate this addon, and start creating posts with 8 new modules on your Meta Box builder. Here's what this addon comes with:
Video = Insert an unlimited number of Youtube/Vimeo/MP4 videos, anywhere on your custom post type. Display it either on a 2 or 3 grid column.
Rating = Choose from over 320+ icons, and use any one of them to rate your products, movies, or any post you want. You can set it to have only admin users, or public visitors to rate your post.
Map = Showcase any location in a map, with a pointer and text tooltip, anywhere on your post.
Date = Select the date that will appear on your post, with a date & time calendar picker.
Slider = Showcase a slider image/video that will allow you to adjust the speed, and transition style.
Gallery = Display your images in grid, showcase, or lightbox format.
Progress Bar = Highlight skills or ongoing projects with percentages, custom labels, and animated progress bars.
Icon = Choose from over 320+ icons, and insert a link on each icon to redirect users when they click on the icon.
Make your posts extra fun and extra awesome, with the new Extra fields addon!
See how it works on our PTB Extra Field addon demo page!
Here's a sneak peak of our upcoming theme release: Split! This theme comes with many cool new features. But one that will definitely set itself apart from the other themes is the split scrolling effect. This feature creates a splitting effect as you scroll the page! We've made this theme very easy to build with the Builder, allowing you to display any content on any row, without losing the split scrolling effect. So whether you're showcasing a background image, an image slider, or even a video, the split scrolling feature will still work.
For this customer story, we're featuring Sean Lee and how he was able to redesign AC/DC Drummer Chris Slade's site in just 3 days; just in time before Chris Slade had to play in the 2015 Grammy Awards. Using our Music theme and the import demo feature, Sean Lee was able to create a responsive, awesome looking site which showcased Chris Slade's events, video performances, images, and so much more! Read more about it below:
About Sean Lee
I am a musician, singing teacher, producer, editor and web developer. I have also had a music school in Hollywood, CA for the past 20 years called The Voice Mechanic. I have been building websites professionally for the last 10 or so years and the Themify Builder plugin on a WordPress installation is by far my favorite way to build a website. It is very easy to take control of the page and build it the way you want. The Themify builder plugin is very logical and intuitive with a drag and drop workflow, or I can choose one of the many pre-built themes available from Themify. They are all completely customizable and can have many different looks just by switching the sample pages that they give you in the template's sample content. Themify also has great deals on membership plans, so you can download any theme you want and use it for yourself or any of your clients websites that you build. I chose the lifetime membership because Themify has given me great support without delay anytime I needed it. I feel that this company is in for the long haul so they are not going to disappear one night or stop updating their products which is always a fear when using other theme builders because I always do the updates, even though a lot of people don't. When I update WordPress to the latest version, I expect the tools that I'm using to be updated and compatible as well.
My favorite website that I have built so far is Chris Slade's website and I used Themify to do it. I play guitar in a band with Chris called MIWA. We had recorded a full length album and three music videos until one day it happend... Chris got the call from AC/DC to join them on their world tour and we couldn't be happier for him. I was given only 3 days to rebuild Chris's website into something really cool before AC/DC played the 2015 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. I chose the Music theme by Themify. It had everything I needed to make a fantastic music website. I simply imported the demo layout, and swaped the content. I had filmed a drum solo of Chris a few years earlier and couldn't wait to make it the video background of the Music Theme homepage. I was able to get the whole website up and running within the three days in time for the Grammys and it turned out great! You can see Chris Slade's website here www.ChrisSlade.com. I highly recommend Themify and all of their excellent products and support.
How have you used Themify for your site? Whether it's for your business site, personal blog, or portfolio, we'd love to hear your story and share it with other people! Please contact us.
Update: Congratulations to the following winners to our High5 Themify giveaway! Below are the winners:
Cheryl Wykyd - Lifetime Master Club membership
Andrew Stone - Master Club membership
Chandra - Standard Club membership
Hong Dang - 2 Themify themes
Kirsty Denison - Addon Bundle
In August 10, 2010, we launched Themify with just 4 WordPress themes. Now after 5 years, we are proud to say that we have 48 beautiful WordPress themes, 5 awesome plugins, 18 Builder addons, a new open source project Flow, and over 48,000 members. Themify has grown throughout the years, and it would not have been possible without all of you. So we would like to celebrate our 5th year anniversary by giving everyone a 40% discount (excluding Lifetime Master Club membership) on all Themify purchases. All you have to do is use the coupon code: HIGH5 as you purchase on our site. Sale ends on August 17, 2015.
In addition to this amazing sale, we're also doing a Themify giveaway! Starting today, you can choose any of the action on the form below to submit an entry to participate in the giveaway. The more actions you do, the more entries you'll get, the more chances of winning! Last day to submit an entry is on August 17, 2015, at 11:59pm EST. After that we'll pick 5 lucky winners randomly. So start submitting your entries now! Here's a list of what we're giving away:
For this customer story meet Matteo Corradini, an Italian children's book writer, who shared with us how he was able to connect his creativity from paper to web design with the help of Themify. Read his story, and see how he was able to do this.
Matteo Corradini
Hi! My name is Matteo Corradini and I’m an Italian children's book writer, and a web designer. When I first started writing, my only tools were a pen and a paper. And even today, I still rely on them to write my stories. However, in today's time and age, I realized that for me to be able to share my work, books, or even workshops that I've done with kids, I needed to create an online platform for it to be accessible. With the help of Themify, I was able to do this. Themify provided a platform that's very easy to use, but at the same time, gave me the flexibility I needed to create amazing layout designs. This inspired me to continue to learn more about web design, which inevitably led me to become a web designer. Being a writer and a web desinger worked hand-in-hand, as I was able to create both the content and graphic needed for my own personal, and client sites. I was able to take on different types of projects such as site designs for institutions and museums. Themify made me realize that I didn't need a platform that gave me 10,000 themes, but rather, a few unique and special ones could go a long way. (more…)
Last week, we asked all of you to vote for your favourite Themify powered Showcase Site. It was an exciting week! We saw a number of contestants getting over 200 votes in one night. There were also instances where it was neck and neck with only a couple of votes separating 2 contestants from taking the lead. Now after one week and over 5,300+ votes later, we're pleased to congratulate the winners of our 2015 Themify Showcase Site Competition! Each winner will receive awesome prizes (including an iPad Mini 2), and the final 20 will be featured on our Showcase Page. Thank you again for all those who participated, and made this contest so much more interesting! (more…)
