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We have pushed out updates to all of our child themes. The updates are a combination of bug fixes, feature enhancements and general tidying up of miscellaneous code in keeping up with Genesis standards. The changes are as follows: BLOGNEWS CHILD THEME Added support for the Genesis Box. This is disabled by default. Instructions on [...]

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The Humphrey child theme for the Genesis Framework has been updated to version 1.1. This is a maintenance release. Version 1.0 contained a special file to include the Genesis Box on single post pages. The problem is the function was never called in the theme’s functions.php file. This has now been corrected. The applicable styling [...]

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Ever wonder what the first default WordPress theme looked like? WPLift takes a look at the various default themes used by WordPress through the years.

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Both the Winfield and Winfield Dark Genesis child themes have been updated. Both themes feature a custom widgetized home page that defaults to a standard blog format if no widgets are active. The problem was I included a function in the functions.php file of both themes that forced a full width layout on the home [...]

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Do you use Akismet on your site? Have you checked your comment moderation queue lately? If you answered yes to both questions you’ve probably noticed a couple of nifty new features added to Akismet. Actually v2.5.4 added a number of new features: Added author URL quick removal functionality Added mShot preview on Author URL hover [...]

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In case anyone missed it WordPress 3.3.1 is now available for download. This is both a security and maintenance release so users are advised to upgrade.

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Where else can you buy a premium WordPress theme and then get a shot at winning a cool grand? During the month of December (yikes, it’s almost over) ThemeFuse is running an awesome contest whereby when you purchase a theme you get entered into a draw for a cash prize. The prizes are as follows: [...]

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If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a premium theme, plugin or even taking advantage of a paid service you might want to hurry. There currently are a number of great WordPress related deals out there but they all end on the 31st of this month. I’ll run down the ones I’m aware of here. iThemes [...]

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How many multisite installs are out there, anyway? In a recent forum post unrelated to multisite but using those numbers for comparison, Jane gave some numbers: We can’t really get very accurate stats, because we only know about *installs* that phone home, not number of users on each one who might need the multisite menus. [...]

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Yes you read that headline correctly. We’ve moved to a new host. WPCanada now has a nice and cozy spot on the servers of WPWebHost, a company that specializes in WordPress hosting. Why did we move? There really isn’t an easy answer as to why suffice it to say there are not a lot of [...]

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