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This Week in Genesis something new is brewing over at StudioPress, a free Genesis theme to make your day (even) better, and the latest design inspiration from the Genesis community in the showcase.
Let’s get to it!
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StudioPress Sites
First up this week, there’s something new brewing in the Genesis world from Rainmaker Digital: StudioPress Sites!
Details are limited at the moment, but this week, StudioPress affiliates were teased with the idea of:
an all-in-one website builder combined with the flexible power of WordPress? You get the benefits of a solution such as Squarespace, but without the inflexible feature lockdown.
Of course, Rainmaker already have their Rainmaker Platform* which includes many Genesis themes and a page builder (plus a whole suite of marketing tools), so it’s unlikely StudioPress Sites is going to ‘compete’ with that.
Instead it seems with the promise of ‘premium plugins’ and the ability to do custom coding (which is limited on the Rainmaker Platform), it feels like StudioPress Sites might be a revamped Synthesis replacement or perhaps a separate service in it’s own right.
There’s no official launch date at the moment, but expect something in the next couple of weeks.
If you’re looking for more teases though check out these threads in the Facebook group and on Slack which include a little more info from Brian Gardner (you’ll need to be a member of each forum to view the messages though).
Themes
Susanta Sahoo launches another free theme, Pristine. Like his last theme, it’s a Genesis conversion of an existing theme, Lovecraft by Anders Norén.
We're glad to launch Pristine, a #genesiswp child theme, featuring a clean/minimal layout and designed for bloggers. https://t.co/KEe0Wz4BJE
— League WP (@league_wp) January 19, 2017
There’s also been some updates to a few StudioPress themes recently (h/t Sridhar), namely Atmosphere Pro, Digital Pro, Infinity Pro, Smart Passive Income Pro and Wellness Pro.
These #GenesisWP child themes received updates on the 16th:
Atmosphere Pro
Digital Pro
Infinity Pro
Smart Passive Income Pro
Wellness Pro
— Sridhar Katakam (@srikat) January 18, 2017
Showcase
Gorgeous site by Jamie Mitchell for sheridanmiller.com.au
Great example of a tailor-made #genesiswp site, designed and built entirely from scratch > https://t.co/BWzKc6HAXK #architecture #webdesign pic.twitter.com/bipcQbaHD7
— Jamie Mitchell (@jamiejmitchell) January 17, 2017
Liquid Moon with a sharp looking site for London diamond dealer, shalev.co.uk
After a lot of a work a new site for London diamond dealer inc diamond search https://t.co/C2D0HfHT3s #genesiswp help from @vajrasar @srikat pic.twitter.com/LoRt6kH7nL
— Liquid Moon (@liquidmoon) January 19, 2017
ChilyBin Web Design with a new Genesis WooCommerce site for sunsetcinema.com.sg
A new #genesiswp #woocommerce site has just gone live for Groundswell Events for #sunsetcinematanjongbeach pic.twitter.com/pyZOBtCJqJ
— ChillyBin Web Design (@chillybindesign) January 22, 2017
Prolific Genesis themer, contributor and tutorial sharer, Calvin Koepke, with a sneak peek at his new design.
Sneak peek into the new blog design. Whatcha think? #genesiswp https://t.co/07TW8ZOAkL
— Calvin Koepke (@cjkoepke) January 20, 2017
Plus, Calvin shares some news on the relaunch of his popular Genesis starter theme, due later this year.
Definitely going to be relaunching my #genesiswp Starter Theme with SCSS/PostCSS this year. It'll be legit.
— Calvin Koepke (@cjkoepke) January 21, 2017
Best of the rest
If you’re considering using it, here’s a thorough review of the Wellness Pro theme by Pam Hirsch.
Is the Wellness Pro Theme Right for Your Wellness Business? (Great review from @PamHirsch) — https://t.co/TQTxC3Aqj5 #genesiswp pic.twitter.com/4RTD4AGGiO
— StudioPress (@studiopress) January 18, 2017
Tonya Mork teaches you four strategies for removing the Genesis site footer on the homepage over at Know The Code.
[NEW] 4 strategies to remove the #GenesisWP Site Footer on the Home Page. You'll learn when & why of each strategy https://t.co/zhAsa8WUIO
— Know The Code (@KnowTheCodePro) January 17, 2017
Sridhar Katakam shows you how to add a video background in StudioPress’ Infinity Pro theme…
Video Background in Infinity Pro:https://t.co/RnZ0Fpzydlhttps://t.co/Njf3YfKItA#GenesisWP
— Sridhar Katakam (@srikat) January 16, 2017
…and how to add a full width Soliloquy solder below the header in Parallax Pro.
Full width Soliloquy slider below header in Parallax Pro:https://t.co/WTtIvjgfEt#GenesisWP pic.twitter.com/0lID94pZA7
— Sridhar Katakam (@srikat) January 15, 2017
And finally…
Sending love and support to one of my very favourite people in the Genesis community and an all around awesome human being, Tonya Mork.
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That’s all for this week. I’ll be back, most likely, next week with more of the same but somehow even better.
I bet you just can’t wait (neither can I). Till then, have a great week, and let’s keep Genesis awesome.
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