Nexus WordPress Theme from Elegant Themes

Stories are an important part of our identity as humans and as a society. More often than not, we go through magazines and newspapers looking for stories to inspire us, inform us and the like. It is easier for us to appreciate a situation if we read the experiences of people involved and see pictures as opposed to a detached report with just facts and figures. This gives the user a more concrete appreciation of what really transpired. Websites must be able to present content as stories that engage users to interact more. There must be a good balance between text and media content to achieve this. At the same time, the website design needs have the flexibility to be able to arrange content in such a way as to effectively create a synergy between text and media content.

Nexus Premium WordPress Theme is a theme created to give you the power to organize content and maximize your capability to tell your stories in an engaging manner. The theme’s homepage builder allows you to set-up content modules and arrange and organize them in such a way as to create an effective narration of your content. The theme’s overall design approach using a strict grid together with a typographical hierarchy and a clean layout gives your elements the ample space to breathe. This gives your visitors a pleasant and enjoyable experience browsing through readable, accessible content.

This premium theme is quite easy to customize according to personal specs and preferences using the theme’s ePanel. There are also tons of shortcodes and widgets available to expand the the look and function of your site. Nexus is built on HTML5 and CSS3 for fast, efficient loading of your website. The theme is also responsive allowing your site to look good on both mobile and desktop devices.

Features:

  • Perpetual Updates
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Complete Localization
  • Advertisement Areas
  • Homepage Builder
  • Unlimited Colors
  • Custom Widgets

Nexus Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 80+ high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

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How to Publish A Book – 10 Key Points by Guy Kawasaki

Have you ever dreamed of publishing your own book but just don’t know where to start? Here are some of key points shared by well-known author, Guy Kawasaki, during the Traffic and Conversion Summit 2013 held early this year.

Write for the right reason

Wrong reasons – make money (probability to make lots of money is very low), increase consulting, increase speeches. Not to say these won’t be the result, but they shouldn’t be the core reasons

Right reasons – enrich people’s lives, further a cause, meet an intellectual challenge

Use Microsoft Word to write

Use “styles” feature to keep book consistent

MS Word is the standard among editors, testers, designers, and resellers

Write every day – 1-2 hours per day

Most people’s idea of writing is too idealistic. Writing is the process of vomiting out your knowledge then refining everything later.

Build your marketing platform – do this from the very start

Earn the right to market to your audience by constantly providing value. This will trigger reciprocation.

Take the curator role and share topics in your niche. This will establish yourself as an expert.

Start with the simplest path – start with a Kindle eBook

Amazon has 51% of eBook market share

If it’s successful on Amazon, it will also be successful on other platforms, guaranteed

Tap the crowd – don’t tell your publisher this:

Guy’s 3 step writing process: Outline, manuscript, PDF

Outline – spend 2 months outlining book. Share outline and ask for feedback on social media. Edit for another 2 months

Manuscript – Gives his friends to read manuscript to get feedback and comments via social media

PDF – Right before it’s done, he asks his social media followers with blogs to review it

Hire a copy editor

Hire a great cover designer

Very important to have a good cover on the books (people judge books by their cover)

Test your eBook

Test your book on various devices – tablets, apps, cloud readers, nook, kobo, ibooks

Some people think they only have to read a Kindle book on Kindle tablet. They don’t know about other apps.

Never, ever give up

Stephen King, George Orwell, and Kerouac were all rejected

Self – publishing stigma (self publishers can’t get picked up by publishers) is a MYTH nowadays

No one even knows who published a book on Amazon. People just look at # of stars and read a few reviews

Artisanal publishing – giving author control of everything

Hall of Fame self publishers:

  • Birds of America – James Audobon
  • Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman
  • 50 Shades of Grey

Guy Kawasaki is an author, publisher, entrepreneur and was recently a guest speaker at the Traffic and Conversion Summit held earlier this year (2013). Guy Kawasaki is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the web.

Beautiful WordPress Technology Themes For Inspiration

Imagine a world without technology. Difficult, isn’t it? No Internet, no computers, no cell-phones, no TV. Surely technology makes our lives easier and more technology makes our lives even easier. New inventions are made every now and then and they need the word to spread so that more and more people will know about them and may use them. In today’s world the Internet is one of the best options available to spread the word about anything. Other aspects like TV commercials, print media ads, posters, etc. are somewhat limited in the sense that they do not provide the “complete information” about a product.

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ThemeFuse: A Closer Look

About

“We Create Premium WordPress Themes. The Original Kind!” This tagline encapsulates everything ThemeFuse is about. ThemeFuse is a commercial WordPress Themes Shop co-founded by four guys from Bucharest, Romania: Bogdan Condurache (Art Director and Motion Graphics Designer) and Dimi Baitanciuc (co-founder) both of whom take care of the creative side, together with Alexandru Luncashu and Sergiu Bagrin (After Care Support) who, on the other hand are in charge of development and programming. ThemeFuse focuses on providing original high quality niche WordPress theme designs coupled with top aftercare support designed to meet the exact needs of customers in specific industries.

History

Dimi Baitanciuc and Bogdan Condurache started out selling HTML/CSS templates on ThemeForest in November 2009. They soon realized the huge potential in WordPress and started implementing their designs into the CMS. They were joined by Alex and Sergiu later on. After another 4-5 months on ThemeForest they decided to put up their own and the ThemeFuse WordPress theme club was birthed in 2010. The theme club includes 28+ themes (averaging a new theme every month) available to download which range from portfolio themes through to magazine themes for sports and fashion sites.

Product

The ThemeFuse WordPress theme club currently includes over 28 themes that cover a wide range of themes that include portfolio themes, magazine themes, blog themes, business themes, etc. that cover niche industries such as sports, fashion, travel, events, food, art, corporate, and so much more. The club membership is a subscription based product ($17 per month) where you get access to all themes (current and future) including PSD files. This is automatically renewed each month based on the date you signed up. The membership price includes a one-time only $199 sign up fee. If you decide to cancel your subscription, you will not be able to download the themes anymore. Themefuse enforces a no refund policy applicable to club members as well. Should you decide to reactivate your club membership and sign up again you need to pay the one time signup fee again. Themes are also sold individually to non-members.

Member Benefits

Aside from gaining access to the entire Themefuse theme collection, members get VIP Priority treatment in their Support Forum, members get access to a beautiful Member’s Area, members can also give input and suggestions on future themes. Aside from these, members also have the opportunity to earn via their improved affiliate program.

Income Opportunities

ThemeFuse’s affiliate program allows you to earn in several ways. Once you become an affiliate, all you need to do is put your affiliate link on a banner on your website or use ThemeFuse’s WP referral plugin. Once a person clicks on the link and makes a purchase on their website you earn 30% of the sale, every time. Their affiliate software sets a 60-day cookie that keeps tab of users who visit their website from one of your links. This means you still get a 30% cut on every purchase the user makes, even if the customer comes back at a later time. In addition, if the user joins our club you’ll also get 10% of every recurring payment he makes every month. Themefuse pays its affiliate partners once a month via PayPal. Affiliates can expect to receive their affiliate shares between 1st and 10th of the following month.

Recent Developments

ThemeFuse recently partnered with WebHostingBuzz to provide a new service targeted at WP beginners. The goal of the partnership is to deliver a hands-off service, where every client can get their WordPress site installed by a team of professionals on a quality hosting account, along with a well-designed WordPress theme. This service means that customers can pick a theme from ThemeFuse’s gallery and have it installed by their team, on an optimized hosting platform, and under a new domain (of your choosing).

The main strength of this new service is the no-supervision-required approach presented by both companies (ThemeFuse and WebHostingBuzz). All the client needs to do is pick a theme from the official theme gallery at ThemeFuse.com, choose the hosting pack (domain name included) at checkout and that’s it. All within a single checkout process.

For the client, the package includes: the domain (optional), the hosting, the website (WordPress theme), AND all the necessary installs will be taken care of by ThemeFuse. ThemeFuse also provides a dedicated support forum to handle the chosen theme’s issues as well as troubleshooting any problems that may come up.

Future Plans

According to Dimi Baitanciuc,

Talking about the longer term, we plan to release a brand new website as part of our ThemeFuse family, which will not be related to WordPress themes, but to web and graphic design in general. We have been collaborating with high-class designers from around the world the past few months and I think we’ve come up with awesome results.

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Around the WordPress Neighborhood

The WordPress community is comprised of people from all over the world – developers, designers, experts, users, writers, volunteers, and everyone else no matter what skill level they are at – movers and shakers who collaborate and contribute to enrich this ecosystem we belong to. We enhance our own knowledge and grow and improve by learning from one another and by opening ourselves to different perspectives and different points of views.

Here’s a roundup of useful articles from contributors in and around the WordPress community that we think you will find useful.

A Conversation with Om – by Siobhan McKeown

Siobhan McKeown is in search of WordPress users to feature in her book about WordPress and blogging and Om Malik is one of the people on her list. She shares Om’s blogging journey and how it has evolved since the early days. Siobhan McKeown is editor in chief at WP Realm and runs Words for WP, a copywriting service dedicated to WordPress service providers.

Contributing To WordPress – by Siobhan McKeown

If you have been wanting to be more involved in the WordPress community but didn’t know how or where to start, this article opens up the doors to how you can take part. This article shares why you should get involved and enumerates the many ways you can contribute, no matter what your skill set may be. Find out where you can plug your self in and be a proactive member of this dynamic community.

The Future of UI – How Mobile Design Is Shaping The Web – by Sarah Cannon

In this slideshare presentation, Sarah Cannon shares valuable insights on how smart mobile devices have impacted the web. She discusses the influence of mobile on design, trends, and implementation methods, as well as how touch is changing our lives. She also touches on topics such as HiDPI graphics, UI/UX patterns, touch target sizes, gestures, and managing expectations. All the while not losing track of what’s important: Content.

5 Ways to Support High-Density Retina Displays – by Craig Buckler (SitePoint)

In this article, Craig Buckler gives a quick rundown on how to support high retina displays. As hardware manufacturers move towards HD Retina Displays in all sorts of devices, Craig Buckler gives some practical advice on how to manage images and resolution. Craig Buckler is a Director of OptimalWorks, a UK Consultancy dedicated to building award winning websites.

What is a WordPress Child Theme – WPBeginner

p>This article published by WPBeginner is a very good and solid introduction to understanding how WordPress Child Themes work. It explains in detail what a WordPress Child theme is, its use, its advantages and disadvantages, and what to look for as far as picking a good parent theme. WPBeginner is a free WordPress resource site that provides tips, tricks, hacks, tutorials, and other WordPress resources geared towards WordPress beginners.

Business and Solutions – by Thomas Griffin

If you are a WordPress developer, author, or designer, Thomas Griffin’s insights regarding the how the WordPress marketplace is affecting developers like him. Read about his thoughts regarding Avada, Envato, and Genesis and his shift from being a developer into a marketer. Thomas Griffin is an expert WordPress developer, creator of hundreds of themes and plugins, WordCamp speaker, and a valuable contributor to WordPress products.

Redefining My Website – by Brian Gardner

Brian Gardner is well-known in the WordPress community and is the man behind StudioPress and the popular Genesis Framework. He has released several WordPress child theme designs that are currently being used ii and around the WordPresseaommundty. on about his current website redesign and glean insights from his creative journey.

Owning Your Content – A WordPress User’s Guide – Alex Denning (WPShout)

Interesting read about protecting and “owning” your content on the web as Alex Denning shares about protecting images, licensing content, and how social networking sites such as Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook impact how your images and content are treated. Alex Denning started WPShout around 4 years agoa as a collection of WordPress tutorials.

Finely Tuned Consultant – Aaron Campbell (WPEngine Interview)

WordPress professionals will glean a lot and learn valuable lessons and insights from WordPress Consultant Aaron Campbell in this interview published by WPEngine. Aaron shares his experiences as a WordPress professional and how he deals with the challenges faced by every WordPress consultant on the job. You can find more of Aaron Campbell’s work at Ran.ge

Migrating a Website to WordPress Is Easier Than You Think – Jonathan Wold

If you need are a WordPress beginner and you want to migrate an existing website to WordPress, this article gives you basic and concrete steps you can take to accomplish this. From evaluation, to set up, to importing content, to the actual migration and publishing, Jonathan Wold guides you through each process using instructions, code, video, and images. Jonathan Wold is a full-time business consultant and WordPress developer specializing in basic and advanced WordPress migrations.

Eye-Catching Retina Display WordPress Themes

The shift towards high-definition in gadgets and devices has been around for a little while. Today, software and digital products are often described as“retina” display read which simply means that these products are graphically ready, in terms of clarity, contrast, and sharpness, to be displayed in high definition devices without diminishing in quality.

Here are some of the newest retina-ready WordPress themes you can try on your HD devices:

Novelty (Portfolio)

This portfolio and blog theme’s clean minimalist look is a perfect complement to outstanding artwork and projects normally displayed in a creative professional’s website. Photographers, design agencies, freelance creatives, and corporate sites will love to show off their pieces in high definition and this theme is ready to do that. It is also 100% responsive replicating that HD experience even on mobile devices.

!LesPaul (Multipurpose)

A multipurpose user friendly theme equipped with Sharp Retina (high DPI) graphics that will look beautiful on modern high resolution displays. The crisp and sharp design elements incorporated in this theme will look great on handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Supreme Magazine (Magazine)

Subscribers will enjoy browsing through your online publication built using this theme. Supreme Premium WordPress Theme is a revolutionary Retina Responsive Magazine/Blog theme integrated with clean, modern, and crystal clear graphics that can be effectively displayed in retina ready modern devices.

Eagle Logistics (Logistics/Forwarding/Shipping)

This premium theme was designed with the logistics industry in mind. It was conceptualized to turn websites into an effective solution for logistic transactions. The retina-ready capability of this theme is most effective in the use of images and text used in promoting products and services related to your logistics business. These crystal clear elements add that attention to detail factor and communicates professionalism necessary in any business especially in this type of industry.

Slurp (Modern Creative Grid Portfolio)

Creative professionals will fall in love with the edgy and modern style of this theme. Images and graphics take center stage on the homepage with the unique organic and asymmetrical manner that they are displayed creating that cool and edgy look. This retina ready and responsive theme will surely wow your users, clients, and potential clients no matter what device they use to view you site.

Stress-Free Beauty, Health, and Medical WordPress Themes

The beauty, health and wellness industry is a lucrative industry. People will always want to look good and be healthy. Setting up an impressive website for your beauty or health and wellness business is key to getting the type of clients you want. Here are some great WordPress themes to help you create the right aesthetic for your beauty and health business online:

Blush

Blush is a professionally designed salon/spa/health/ beauty theme from Aloha Themes. This premium theme is easy to customize with lots of features to choose from – from using your own logo, changing theme colors, using widgets or built in shortcodes – to create the signature look you want.

Health and Beauty Theme

Health and Beauty Theme from Organic Themes is a beautiful and cleanly designed premium theme that won’t disturb your zen. This calm and soothing theme complemented by the overall classy and professional aesthetics is perfect for promoting health and beauty services that will impress even the pickiest clients.

HairPress

HairPress is a fully responsive premium WordPress theme perfect for hair and beauty salons, wellness centers, and professional medical services. It includes several built-in page templates ready for you to use straight away. Hair concerns are not just for women. Men are just as vain when it comes to hair. HairPress is a theme that’s not too feminine and it has lots of customization features that will help you create a strong online presence that will appeal to both men and women.

The Beauty Salon

The Beauty Salon is a sleek, modern, and professional looking theme that speaks credibility and confidence all over. One of the many obstacles to getting clients to try a new service or a new store is the lack of confidence. It is important for business websites to create the impression that they know what they are doing to allay fears of potential customers. This premium theme does just that and more. It’s packed with advanced features such as a sliding menu card, a tiled gallery, custom page templates, and multiple shortcodes to create that wow factor you need. Give your website a total makeover with The Beauty Salon Premium WordPress Theme.

HealthPress

If you are a health or medical practitioner, a wellness center, or a healthcare or medical service institution wanting to create your own website, check out HealthPress Premium WordPress Theme. This responsive theme is perfect for health and medical professionals, clinics, centers, hospitals, and other related industries. Running a health or medical related business online is tricky because medical consultations are personal and real world connections are important. HealthPress contains features like galleries, bios, credentials, services, testimonials, and other info templates to create that connection between your users and your medical team.

WP-Venus

Named after the Roman goddess of beauty and love, WP-Venus has that soft and pretty aesthetic that will appeal to a more feminine audience. With its soft colors, clean, responsive layout and extreme versatility, WP-Venus is an ideal theme for an online health, wellness, beauty and fashion, and even entertainment magazine that can appeal to a broader audience.

Themes Town Is The New Best Deal in WordPress?

Every once in awhile you stumble upon something pretty awesome that simply blows your mind away. Guess what? There’s a new WordPress site that just does that. It’s called THEMES TOWN. If you haven’t heard of Themes Town, you NEED to see it for yourself. There’s really nothing like it so far on Planet WordPress and we have seen most of what’s out there.

What’s Themes Town all about?

Before we get into that, we have to commend the designers who put this creative site together. From the first page to the last, the creativity you experience on the site is truly a delight. Every page is like a treasure hunt where you find little nuggets of gold tucked away in drop downs, arrows, and drawers. Reading through the information is like turning the pages of a storybook. Not a dull moment indeed even if you are simply browsing through the Pricing Table. Who says that websites should all look a certain way?

But wait, it gets better. Not only are you treated to this visual delight, you also get access to valuable WordPress resources you can use for your own website. We all know that many websites come out with their own daily or weekly listings of “20 Best Free Responsive WordPress Themes” or “50 Best Free Magazine Themes” and so many other great lists and roundups. The problem with this is that you have to go through their long lists just to find what you need scrolling endlessly and going back and forth between the list and the demo button (and then how are you supposed to know it’s code is good and free of malicious or encrypted links)? Themes Town has come up with a pretty cool solution that can be found in its Member’s Area.

Themes Town Member’s Area

Themes Town - Members

Say goodbye to endless scrolling and sorting through free WordPress themes post archives. Themes Town has done all the hard work for you.

From their site…

(We) have taken the world of WordPress and condensed it down to an amazing member’s area that is chalked full of the latest and greatest themes and plugins. Each has been painstakingly reviewed by our team to be of the highest quality, free to download, and ready to use right away. It is our goal to make your job as easy as point, demo, download, and use.

One of the many risks of downloading free WordPress themes is vulnerability to malicious code. It’s not hard to find free themes. There are thousands of them available out there. The challenge is finding the good ones that you’d actually want to use and that won’t hurt your website.

It’s nice to know that there is a place called Themes Town where you can download free WordPress themes without having to worry about installing unwanted code and knowing that each of the nearly 200 themes have been pre-screened by WordPress experts.

Another great feature of the Member’s Area is the ability to sort themes according to categories. This helps members narrow down their choices according to their specific theme needs. Each week, new themes and plugins are added to their growing members area, and we have never seen such a complete resource for WordPress.

But that’s still not all.

In addition to everything thus far, Themes Town kicks it into overdrive with their exclusive Themes (and soon to be plugins) that you can only get in the Member’s Area. These cutting-edge WordPress Themes are created with the latest trends in web development including being fully responsive, having clean code, and employing all the best practices for quick load time, SEO, and more. Reliability and convenience all in one awesome site for just $55 (one time). Not a bad deal at all, don’t you think?

Themes Town is not just a good product that offers good value to consumers. It is a great product that provides great service and valuable resources that will benefit many in the WordPress community. And we have to say, it is a really beautiful and creative site.

Don’t walk…RUN to Themes Town and get your membership today!

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