A Redesign on the Eve of the Genesis Launch

01.31.10 16 Comments

Well as many of you know, the Genesis theme framework is going to be available tomorrow morning sometime, and I thought this was the perfect time to accomplish a few things. Not only did I decide to test Genesis here on my personal site, I also decided to redesign while I was at it.

It’s sadly been over 3 months since I’ve blogged last, something I desperately want to change in 2010 – so much in fact, that I plan to add a category here called “lifestream” where I plan to write shorter, more profound things.

I’ve tried my best over the years to separate my personal site from business, and this year it’s going to happen. After all, the StudioPress blog is really the place where any formal announcements should be made.

That being said, I’d like to introduce my new personal site redesign, and also want to warn you in advance, that this will now be the home of my lifestream. Expect posts that range anywhere from business (in terms of my experiences with it), my passions (which include music, entertainment and social media) as well as things that pertain my spirituality. So this is the time to decide if you want to continue having me in your feed reader, whether to receive emails with my posts, or simply to drop by and comment.

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AgentPress For Real Estate Agents Launches!

10.26.09 43 Comments

I am very pleased to announce that AgentPress has officially launched! The AgentPress theme is an ideal solution for real estate agents looking to market themselves and rise above their competition while being fully optimized for the highest search engine results.

Another element that I am very excited to share is that AgentPress has teamed up with Reggie and Nicole Nicolay, as well as Chad Johnson – who together form the team at My Tech Opinion. They will be handling theme customization and consulting – and can be hired to help take your real estate site to a much higher level. This will include graphic design work, additional search engine optimization, social media integration as well as real estate listing integration.

Here’s a video of Nicole Nicolay talking about AgentPress:

The 411 on the AgentPress Theme

The AgentPress theme provides the best opportunity to showcase your real estate listings as well as personal info. Why bother having two separate real estate sites, when you can have a powerful and amazing site that is search engine optimized, running on WordPress, which the Search Engines, like Google, LOVE?

Here are some features that the AgentPress theme includes:

  • 4 Color Schemes
  • Custom Write Post Panel
  • Search Engine Optimized
  • Custom Property Template
  • Theme Options Page
  • Auto-sized Thumbnail Management
  • Widget-Ready
  • Developed for Localization
  • Header PSD Files Included

Other Important Things to Know

Believe it or not, this project has been in the making for over 6 months – I’ve been very busy with a lot of great things that have been happening over at StudioPress, which took higher priority over the launching of the AgentPress site. Speaking of which, I do want to point out that AgentPress is completely independent of StudioPress – they are two separate entities, but we’ll certainly be extending the 25% discount that we always give our theme users for repeat purchases.

In other words, the AgentPress theme(s) is not included in the StudioPress All-Theme package. But don’t worry, we are very busy working on some more themes that will soon be released on StudioPress as well as upgrading our support forum/tutorials.

Now to the Good Stuff

If you have previously purchased a Revolution/StudioPress theme package, and would like the 25% discount on the AgentPress theme, feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to extend that to you.

You can also follow AgentPress on Twitter – we’ll be announcing theme updates, as well as publishing relevant articles for agents that include WordPress tips, how to maximize use of the AgentPress theme as well as other real estate industry news and events.

So what are you waiting for? Go on and take the AgentPress Demo site for a test drive!

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StudioPress Joins Woo to Fight Breast Cancer

10.08.09 5 Comments

If you have followed me and my blog for any period of time, you know that I am an avid supporter of fighting breast cancer. My wife’s aunt and grandmother are both survivors, so I have personal reasons for my crusade.

This past year I participated in the Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day, and raised over $34,000 for the event by giving away theme packages from StudioPress.

About a week ago as Breast Cancer Awareness Month began, I saw a post that Adii over Woo Themes wrote – they were campaigning to raise money as well to fight this horrible disease. As I was thinking about Woo’s attempts to make a difference, I felt the urge to send Adii an email to see if there was a way we could somehow team up.

As I had expected, they were more than receptive to the idea, so after a bit of brainstorming we worked something out. Woo Themes is now running a #woobs Giveaway where StudioPress has donated 1/2 the cost of the theme packages in prize list below:

  • 2 x 3-month Developer Club Subscriptions
  • 4 x Woo Themes Developer Packages
  • 10 x Woo Themes Standard Packages
  • 5 x Awesome WooThemes Ninja T-Shirts

You might find this cross-promotion a bit unique, I’d prefer to call it co-ompetition (thank you Brian Clark). More than anything, both Woo and StudioPress believe in giving back as we both have been blessed.

You can read more about their efforts to fight breast cancer…

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