As an event organizer, you probably already know that putting on a great event requires a lot of planning and coordination. Many times the most challenging work – event registration and ticketing, marketing, organizer-staff coordination, payments – happens behind the scenes. The good news is that your WordPress website can help you stay on top […]
Announcing Barista a Child Theme for Beaver Builder
I’ve just launched a new a new Beaver Builder child theme on Espresso Themes, called Barista Theme. The Barista Theme was created for our new Managed WordPress Hosting platform, Barista. Since Beaver Builder is pre-installed on the Doube Shot hosting plan, the Barista Theme is activated by default. Head on over to Espresso Themes to see what […]
4 Child Themes Launched in October by Espresso Themes
Espresso Themes has just launched two new child themes for Event Espresso 4, bringing the total to four WordPress Child Themes in one month. These same child themes have been in use on Event Smart for over two years and have become very popular amongst event organizers on the platform. However, the theme needed a few minor […]
Bare-bones Guide to Launching a WordPress Theme Shop from Scratch
Since launching Event Espresso 4 a few year’s ago, then Event Smart a short time later, I’ve been dabbling with a few child themes to complement both platforms. However, I haven’t been promoting the child themes for various reasons. One of the reasons is because we don’t have a system to deploy automated updates as we […]
WordPress Event Theme Use Cases
Since publishing my call for WordPress Event Theme Developers. I’ve had a few requests for “event theme” use case examples, along with questions such as, “Why would anyone need a specific event theme? Just use a good WordPress event plugin.” In this post, I’ll attempt to shed more light on what event managers are looking for […]
Call for WordPress Theme Developers: There’s a Blue Ocean for WordPress Event Themes
Hey, WordPress Theme Developers! I have a Blue Ocean Strategy for you. What is a Blue Ocean Strategy? A Blue Ocean Strategy is a term used to describe a previously unknown market space. For example, in blue oceans, demand is created rather than fought over. There is ample opportunity for growth that is both profitable and […]
WordPress Event Themes: Beware of Single Event Themes and Theme Lock-in Effect
Event theme buyer’s beware! Especially if you want to switch WordPress themes in the future. Theme lock-in effect is bad news for many event site owners that are using some of the most popular event themes. What is Theme Lock-in Effect? Theme lock-in, AKA the theme lock-in effect, is being stuck with a WordPress theme because the theme […]
WordPress Theme Developers Unite! A Better WordPress Theme Onboarding Experience is Coming
There’s a new “Theme Onboarding Platform” coming that should help WordPress theme developers build a better onboarding and setup processes into their themes. Introducing Merlin WP Merlin WP (GitHub) is the latest project from Rich Tabor that addresses the arduous and complicated WordPress theme setup and onboarding process. Merlin WP makes installing a new WordPress theme, any recommended WordPress plugins, Customizer […]
3 Great Themes for your WordPress Event Website from Showthemes
I get this question quite often, “What’s the best theme for my WordPress event website?”. However, this is one of the hardest questions to answer because everyone’s tastes are different or they may have particular needs or use cases for their WordPress event website. So we’ve decided to build a list of 3 Great WordPress themes […]
