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New Basic Responsive Theme
Basic is a new free theme suggested by many users. The purpose of the Basic theme is to give you a starter theme so you can be your own designer. It only contains the basic layout styling so you can customize the theme with your own perferences using the Themify option panel. The layout is completely responsive. It works on any resolution on desktop and mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. The theme has similar functionalities as all our other themes such as the grid layout options, footer widgets, and social links, etc. Download Basic here.
Responsive Design
To see the responsive layout, view the demo and resize the browser window or view it with a mobile device.
Skins
It includes several additional skins such as dark themed, full wrap, and page style.
Other Features:
Lightbox Gallery
The theme comes with PrettyPhoto plugin that turns the WordPress gallery into a lightbox gallery.
Lightbox Media Link
You can attach a lightbox media link to the post image. The lightbox link can be an image, video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.), or iFrame URL.
Back to Top Button
It has a scroll to top button at the footer.
Custom Main & Footer Navigation
The theme includes a customizable main menu and an optional footer menu.
Footer Widgets
You can display up to 4 optional footer widgets.
Footer Text
Footer text can be replaced at the Themify option panel.
RSS Icon and Search Form
RSS icon and search form can be excluded as well.
Default Layout Options
The theme offers various list and grid layout options where you can set in the option panel.
Documentation Links
If you are new with WordPress and Themify, here are the documentation links that you might find useful:
- Quick Starter Guide - a quick guide on how to install and setup the theme
- Logo Image - upload your custom logo image
- Social Links - add social links in header
- Custom Menus - learn how to create custom menus
- WordPress Gallery - tutorial on how to use WordPress gallery
- Basic Documentation - documentation related to the Basic theme
Some Basic Styling Tips
You can pretty much style everything with the Themify option panel. If you are new, don't be afraid to mess around with the Styling and Settings tab. You won't break the theme by changing the options in the panel. You can always go to the Transfer tab to backup or import the panel setting data.
Wireframe
The image below illustrates the main structure of the layout.
Styling Background
Go to Themify > Styling tab. Start by customizing the background of the main layout components: Body (main body of the page), Header Wrap, Middle Wrap, and Footer Wrap. You can choose a custom background color from the color picker and apply a background image. To upload a custom background image, click on the '+ upload' button.
Combination of Skin & Custom Styling
You can apply a skin and use the Styling tab to further customize it. Check the image below to see what can be done. Try it yourself: go to the Skin tab, apply the Page skin, then go to the Styling tab and apply the background images.
Font Style
Now click on the Body Font tab to change the font style and link color. If you want to use Google Web Fonts, read this tutorial on how to incorporate Google Fonts.
Reset Styling & Setting
You can click on the sub tabs to continue styling the theme as you like. At any time, you can reset the Styling or Setting data by clicking on the reset button located next to the save button. Read the documentation for more tutorials.
Black Friday Long Weekend Sale
In celebration of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we are running a 40% sale on all WordPress themes and club memberships. The sale will go on this Friday (tomorrow) and run till next Monday Nov 28th, 2011. Enter coupon code 'blackfriday' on checkout to get the 40% discount. Don't forget we just lowered our club membership pricing to: Standard Club $69 and Developer Club $89 with no monthly fee. This means you can get all our themes for just $41.40 or any two themes for just $23.40 after the discount. That is a super deal! On top of that, we are giving away an iPad2. Be sure to add Themify on your shopping list! Happy Thanksgiving!
New Lower Pricing and iPad Giveaway
We have a fantastic news and promotion for you! Many have suggested us to lower the membership prices and cut the recurring monthly fee. We are now happy to announce our new club membership pricing: $69 for Standard Club and $89 for Developer Club per year (see pricing page for details). There is no monthly fee. You get free theme updates and forum support for a year. The current club members will be rolled over to the new price and subscription cycle. This means the current club members don't have to pay the monthly fee and get access for a year starting from today. Note that there is no change in the individual theme pricing.
iPad2 Giveaway
To celebrate the new pricing, we are giving away a brand new iPad2 (yes, another iPad giveaway). For your chance to win this iPad2, all you have to do is help us spread out the new membership pricing.
There are three ways you can participate this contest: 1) follow @themify and make a tweet, 2) Like our Themify Page on Facebook, or 3) get the membership and tweet about it. Anyone is welcome to join the contest and no purchase is necessary. You just need to do one of the following to enter the contest (you can do all of the above to increase your winning chance).
# 1. Tweet About Us
- Follow @themify on Twitter (if you haven't done so)
- Then tweet the following message (copy exactly):
iPad Giveaway: get all @themify WordPress themes for just $69. Contest details: http://bit.ly/uxlI9j
- And then post your tweet url in this blog post (you can get the url of your tweet by clicking on the date/time stamp of your tweet)
# 2. Like Us on Facebook
- Like our Themify Page on Facebook. The contest on Themify Facebook Page is powered by Pinpoint Social.
# 3. Get The Membership and Tweet About It
- Get the club membership (either Standard or Developer Club)
- Tweet the following message (with link to https://themify.me/themes):
I just got the all-theme package from @themify and entered the iPad giveaway. http://bit.ly/uxlI9j
- And post your tweet url in this blog post (you can get the url of your tweet by clicking on the date/time stamp of your tweet)
Contest Details & Rules
- You must be 18+ to enter the contest.
- You can tweet the message as many time as you want, but only one entry is allowed to enter the blog post per day.
- There is no restriction on which way you enter the contest. You can do one of the three or all of them to increase your chance of winning.
- The contest ends on Dec 21, 2011. One winner will be selected randomly. The winner will be annouced on Themify Blog. The winner will receive a brand new iPad2 16GB Wi-Fi only version.
- The winner is responsible for any taxes associated with receipt of the prize.
- Contest void where prohibited by law.
Update: Dec 23, 2011
The contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. We had close to 430 entries and the winner is Villy (@iamvilly1). Congrats! You will be contacted by email.
Responz: 3-Column Responsive Theme
Responz is a 3-column responsive theme for news and editorial sites. The design is minimal and elegant with great typography. It looks great on any resolution on desktop and mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. There are many layout options built in Responz. You can choose from 2 sidebars, 1 sidebar, or fullwidth along with various list view and grid view post layouts. The sidebars can be on the right side or left side. It is very flexible and highly customizable.
We are offering 30% disount code for this new theme. Use the coupon code "responz" for a 30% discount off this theme until Nov 22th, 2011.
Theme Auto Upgrade is Back
Over last month we put our main focus on improving our framework. We are happy to bring the auto upgrader back to live. We've rebuilt our previous auto upgrader using the WordPress core automatic upgrade function. It compares your current theme version (specified in style.css) with our latest version. If an update is available, it will display a notification above the Themify panel. All you have to do is click "Update now" and it will update the theme files on your server with our latest theme zip. Any file created by the user will leave intact.
Upgrade Now
In order for the auto upgrader to take in effect, you must need to upgrade your theme with Themify framework 1.1.1. Please download the latest theme zip from the member area and upgrade your theme.
Customization Made Easier
The new framework also made customization easier. We've renamed some of the files: config.xml renamed to theme-config.xml, custom_functions.php = theme-functions.php, custom_modules.php = theme-modules.php. Now you may create a custom-config.xml to override the default theme-config.xml. You may add PHP and WordPress functions in custom-functions.php and custom-modules.php (note it is a dash in the file name, not underscore). Any PHP function in custom-functions.php and custom-modules.php will be added to the theme. To add custom CSS, you may create a stylesheet custom_style.css and it will be added to the <head> automatically. Any files created by you in the theme folder will not be overwritten by the auto upgrader. So we strongly recommend you that do not edit the theme core files. Use the custom-config.xml, custom-functions.php, theme-modules.php, custom_style.css, child theme and the Themify panel for customization. This will prevent the auto upgrader from overwriting your customization work.