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Important Announcement for Genesis Plugin Developers

This coming Monday, March 7th, we’ll be releasing Genesis 2.2.7 to fix some issues with WordPress compatibility, as well as fix an issue with term meta performance.

UPDATE: To give developers more time to prepare their plugins and sites, we will NOT be introducing the breaking change, outlined below, in Genesis 2.2.7. Instead, we will push it to Genesis 2.3.0. Genesis 2.2.7 will still release on Monday, March 7th, to address other bugs.

If you have built a plugin that relies on the Genesis term meta system in order to function, it’s incredibly important that you prepare your plugin for Genesis 2.2.7 2.3.0. If your plugin relies on Genesis to store and serve term meta, you will very likely receive messages from your users saying that it’s no longer working.

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Genesis 2.1 Now Available

It’s been nearly 6 months since we last updated Genesis, and we’d like to say that is a reflection of how stable the Genesis Framework is.

Today, we’re very happy to announce that Genesis 2.1 is now available for you.

Genesis 2.1 is part sensible additions, and part housekeeping. We’ve added a number of the theme settings to the WordPress Customizer screen, so you can watch your changes take place in real time.

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Why You Shouldn’t Fear Upgrading to Genesis 2.0 When it’s Released …

Genesis 2.0 Screenshot

While we’re all still waiting for WordPress 3.6 to be released, I wanted to take a moment to write about the simple process of updating to Genesis 2.0, when it becomes available.

I’ve seen a number of comments on blogs and in social media groups where folks are expressing concerns about updating to Genesis 2.0 — concerns I hope will subside after reading this post.

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Genesis Framework 1.8.2 Now Available

Last week WordPress 3.4 was released, and we are pushing out a “compatibility update” for Genesis to address a few minor bugs. While nothing major was reported since the released, there have been a few things that needed to be addressed.

We’re happy to announce that Genesis 1.8.2 is now available for download, and you should start to see the update notice in your dashboard.

If you don’t, go to the Appearance > Themes page there, and then head back to the dashboard homepage. This should trigger the update notice.

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6 Stunning Genesis-Powered Websites

The team here at StudioPress works hard to constantly create the very best premium WordPress child themes on the market.

However, we often pause to marvel at what others are accomplishing through their creative uses of the Genesis Framework for WordPress.

We take our hats off to some of our favorite designs currently out there on the web that utilize the power and flexibility of the Genesis Framework and our themes.

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Genesis Framework v1.8 Now Available

Genesis has a long tradition of being extremely flexible for the average user while at the same time remaining developer friendly. This latest release continues that tradition in a big way. Our sincere thanks to a group of Genesis power users for helping turn Genesis 1.8 into a developer’s dream, without sacrificing any of the usability that we’ve all come to know and love.

Front End Redesign

Genesis 1.8 ships with a hot new default style on the front end. And while we know that you would never activate Genesis directly, this new style can, and no doubt will serve as the basis of many of the beautiful creations our users continue to push out.

Genesis 1.8 New Design

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Download the Genesis Guide for Absolute Beginners (Free PDF)

The team here at StudioPress has put together a basic guide for you on how to navigate Genesis (as well as a good bit of WordPress), and get your site going right out of the box.

Whether you’re just starting out with the Genesis Framework for WordPress, or you’ve been enjoying its power and flexibility for a while, this download should prove very helpful.

The guide is packed with 44 pages of useful and specific instructions on getting started with Genesis, including:

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Managed WordPress Hosting

WordPress HostingI am very pleased to announce our launch of Synthesis – managed WordPress hosting exclusively for our StudioPress customers.

With a user base of more than 58,000 people, we’re frequently asked for recommendations on high quality web hosting. Since we took the hosting for Copyblogger Media in-house earlier this year, we can’t really recommend something we don’t use.

So we’re offering you the exact hosting services that we use for our own high-traffic sites.

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Introducing the StudioPress Marketplace

StudioPress MarketplaceWe are very pleased to announce the launch of the StudioPress Marketplace – where developers from around the community can sell their work.

It’s no secret that the Genesis Framework is used by a lot of people – we have 39 child themes, 54,000 customers and our records indicate that Genesis is used on more than 300,000 sites.

It’s also no secret that there is an incredible amount of talented developers in the WordPress community who build their client sites with Genesis.

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Genesis Framework v1.7 Now Available

With the release of WordPress 3.2, we’re happy to announce the follow-up release of Genesis v1.7. This update isn’t packed with features, but does have a few cool things to mention. (read the full list)

Genesis v1.7 requires WordPress 3.2, so anyone running an older version of WordPress will not receive the automatic update notice in their dashboard.

Updated Theme/SEO Settings

It’s no secret that one of the biggest changes in WordPress 3.2 is the design of the UI. It’s also no coincidence that the biggest change in Genesis v1.7 is the same thing – the design of the UI. In our case, we’ve updated the Theme/SEO Settings pages to match the new styling of WordPress.

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How to Make Money With WordPress (and Genesis)

As WordPress continues to grow and extend it’s user base, many folks are actively looking to exit their day jobs and figure out how to make money with WordPress. Mashable recently published a great article called 7 Ways to Build a Business Around WordPress, and we’d like to take this a step further.

We’d like to show you not only how to make money with WordPress, but also how to make money with the Genesis Framework. What do you say, are you interested?

Become a Developer and Build Client Sites

It’s no secret that a lot of folks are running on Genesis – in fact, our latest statistics show that well over a quarter million sites have the framework as the foundation of their web presence.

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