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Peddling ahead of the curve

Matty Cohen — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:59:51 +0000

Today, we’re excited to share a design with you all which captured our attention from the first moment we laid eyes on it. Clean, crisp and generous with open space are 3 characteristics that come to mind when introducing this bright new entry into our catalog. Ladies and gentlemen… peddling onto stage today is Peddlar, ...

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Case study: Moving from Virtuemart to WooCommerce

Mark Forrester — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:42:37 +0000

I’m Mark Atkinson and I run Red Giant Design – a digital marketing and design studio from sunny Durban, in South Africa. We recently redeveloped one of our biggest online stores to date, BFore.co.za. BFore sells cell phones with airtime, tablets, televisions and other home electronic goods online to consumers in South Africa. Thanks ...

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Case study: Woocommerce + XERO + SwipeHQ = Accounting Bliss

Mark Forrester — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:35:11 +0000

Dave Roberts of Gurumedia shares his experience integrating his multiple WooCommerce powered eCommerce sites with Xero and SwipeHQ to ensure a streamlined accounting process. We have several eCommerce sites and we’re looking for a way to automate things. My old system involved me re-typing each sale into my accounting software so when I saw that ...

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Join our support team

Mark Forrester — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:53:09 +0000

WooCommerce is quickly becoming our most popular and most supported product line. While we continue to optimize our passive resources, demand for individual support is continuing to increase. We are currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of WC Support Technician. The position is full-time and requires a developer with intimate knowledge of both WooCommerce ...

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Welcoming May with 7 more WooCommerce extensions

James Koster — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:22:39 +0000

Following on from last weeks release, today we have 7 more WooCommerce extensions for you to enjoy. There’s splash pop ups, quickview, bulk variation forms and a Customer/Order XML Export Suite. Plus the much awaited RedSys (Servired) payment gateway for our friends in Spain. ¡Vamonos! Have an idea for a WooCommerce extension? Let us know ...

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Customer Happiness Report (April 2013)

Ryan Ray — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:01:24 +0000

We’ve reached the end of April, and it should come as no surprise it was another eventful month here at WooThemes! We started our month with some well done maintenance on our own site here. We ourselves needed to update our own WooCommerce setup, among many other updates, to help alleviate some sore spots on ...

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Earning and Learning with Sensei

jeffikus — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:12 +0000

So, you want to start a site selling your educational material and you want to earn recurring revenue? Well, you’ve come to the right place! All you need to do is use our learning plugin, Sensei, with WooCommerce and the Subscriptions extension and you are on your way to selling Courses! Requirements What you will ...

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An April Shower of WooCommerce goodies

James Koster — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:32:52 +0000

It’s that time again, more WooCommerce extensions comin’ atcha! This week we’re excited to release our Checkout Field Editor which we know has been high on peoples request list for some time. There is also URL Coupons to link customers directly to active coupons, Cost of Goods Sold to generate profit reports and 4 new ...

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Case Study: Edwin Pireh

Mark Forrester — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:43:43 +0000

Hi my name is Greg Douglas. I am the Creative Director at Premium Interactive based in Los Angeles, CA. This is a case study for www.edwinpireh.com. The Project Based in Melbourne, Edwin Pireh specializes in designing hand-made, premium quality, luxury silk ties and scarves. The challenge in designing and developing this website solution was to ...

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Case Study: Stavanger Golf Club

Magnus — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:52:36 +0000

When I was asked to redesign the website for my local golf club a couple of months ago, I knew it was time to update the theme too. I wanted to create the new design using a child theme, and the obvious choice for a parent theme was Canvas. Canvas is our most versatile theme ...

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Special Delivery! Incoming shipment of new WooCommerce shipping extensions

James Koster — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:06:15 +0000

It sure feels like a long time since I’ve been able to announce an extension drop! This release, along with last weeks Pre-Orders launch happily marks our getting back into the swing of WooCommerce extension releases (WooHoo). Today we’re launching five new shipping extensions including an extensive Shipwire integration, Royal Mail & New Zealand Post. ...

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Pruning our themes catalog

Matty Cohen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:41:14 +0000

Here at WooThemes HQ, examining, refining and streamlining our product offering is of paramount importance to us. This helps to ensure you all receive the best possible offering across our various product ranges. Now firmly into the second quarter of 2013, we felt it to be an appropriate point to examine the themes area of ...

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Take a trip to the Resort

Matty Cohen — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:05:16 +0000

Today, we’re proud to announce the latest addition to the WooThemes theme catalog. With a layout that has proven itself time and again online, as well as an array of helpful and informative features… ladies and gentlemen, meet Resort. Meet Resort In all business, brick-and-mortar or otherwise, the most important aspects are a keen idea ...

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Canvas v5.2 – Full width layout and new mobile menu

Magnus — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:47:51 +0000

Sometimes a theme update deserves a blog post to highlight new features. This is such a time and we think you’ll love the new additions to Canvas, our flagship theme. Full Width Layout Option A much used tutorial in our knowledge base was how to make the header, navigation and footer full width. We’ve now ...

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Are you ready for WordSesh?

Mark Forrester — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:10:53 +0000

One of our very own talented ninjas here at WooThemes, Scott Basgaard (you may also know him as Scotty B), has been working hard behind the scenes to organize an event for the WordPress community dubbed “WordSesh”. WordSesh will be 1 full day of live* WordPress presentations from all over the world streamed live to you ...

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Pre-Orders for your WooCommerce-powered store

Matty Cohen — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:17:21 +0000

Today at WooThemes HQ, we’re very excited to launch a new WooCommerce extension that we know has been on many of your wishlists for a while… it’s been on ours as well. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the WooCommerce Pre-Orders extension. Pre-Orders adds functionality for you as a store owner to pre-sell products to your customers ...

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Case Study: Catherine Lashbrooke Photography

Hugh Lashbrooke — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:33:16 +0000

Building a photography website that stands out from all the others of its ilk can be a tough thing to do these days – that’s why, when my wife needed a new website built, I spent ages trying to work out how to make it special. In the end, she conceptualised and designed it herself ...

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Planned Maintenance: 4 April, 3PM UTC

Adii Pienaar — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:41:53 +0000

Just a quick note that WooThemes.com will be down for approximately 3 hours tomorrow (4 April) at 3PM UTC. We’re planning some maintenance on the website to upgrade some of our underlying infrastructure. During the downtime, we’ll still be available on http://support.woothemes.com or help@woothemes.com if you need us. Update: We’re back online. If you find anything ...

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Customer Happiness Report (March 2013)

Ryan Ray — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:32:32 +0000

March came roaring in like a lion, and well, she did not let up all month. Our excitement started early with the release of WooCommerce 2.0. A few short days later we introduced Product Finder for WooCommerce. The much anticipated Superstore theme made it’s debut while the U.S. team members met up for WordCamp Atlanta. Finally, ...

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WooThemes themes now on ThemeForest

Matty Cohen — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:00:42 +0000

The WordPress themes space sure is an exciting and interesting space to be working in, with new theme shops opening their doors on a daily basis. Along with this, arose a need for theme marketplaces, where theme shops can showcase their products to a wide audience, purchasing from a collective catalog, of sorts. ThemeForest is ...

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