Why You Should Use a WordPress Starter Theme for Your Next Theme Development Project

If you want to design and build your own WordPress theme, perhaps for your own projects, or to release as a commercial product, then a starter theme can save you a lot of time and effort, while also helping to ensure your creation is built on solid foundations. Today we will take a look at this type of theme, what they can be used for, and why you should consider using one.

When developing a custom WordPress theme, a popular shortcut and time saving option in the past has been to start with a well-designed but fairly plain looking theme, such as those that come with WordPress, and then remove any unwanted elements before adding your own code to create the design and layout.

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WordPress showcase: beautiful Focus sites

Since we started calling out for WordPress site submission couple days ago, we are so glad to receive a lot of submissions from our users. We will check all the submitted sites and showcase them in our Blog section. This is not only about sharing, but learning as well. You or anyone can give honest feedback to sites’ author by leaving comments and we can all learn from that.

So here it is: our first showcase of WordPress sites and it goes for DW Focus theme.

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All you know about WordPress Text Widget

Working with WordPress, we all have to agree that Widgets, among other factors, are the key to make WordPress powerful. And among all those widgets, my favourite one is Text Widget. This is also one of the most commonly used WordPress widgets.

Text Widget is amazing in term of functionality: it supports HTML, shortcode, embeds & JavaScript, adds text, audio, video, images and a lot more. The widget can be placed anywhere on your site as long as that area allows widgets.

In this tutorial, I will walk you through all the main functions that you can do with Text Widget.

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New release: DWQA Embed Question Plugin for WordPress DW Question and Answer

After the first introduction in Feb, the Embed Question feature along with Social sharing has been one of the most anticipated features of DW Question and Answer plugin. Last week, we have released the Beta version of this add-on and sought out for feedback on our Q&A site. You can visit this link and read the discussion. Thanks to all the feedback and bugs report, we have updated and finally release the DWQA Embed Question Plugin.
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DW Question & Answer WordPress plugin version 1.1.0: A complete makeover

DW Question and Answer plugin for WordPress

It has been awhile since we first released our DW Question & Answer WordPress plugin and we feel grateful for receiving lot of interests and support and as well as contributed ideas. Though it is our free WordPress plugin, we have been spending a huge commitment and effort in developing the plugin and keep it growing.

To kick start the new year, we proudly announced the new release of DW Question & Answer plugin: version 1.1.0 with a makeover along with bug fixes and a lots of improvements.

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WordPress 3.8 Compatibility: all themes are now compatible

WordPress 3.8 compatibility

The release of WordPress 3.8 with a makeover on design and user interface was really a great news to our WordPress community. If already upgraded, you may notice a huge visual change in the admin panel, personally we love it, especially the new icon set. Also the admin panel is now responsive which makes it more usable on mobile devices and tablets.

As promised, after a week of updating and testing, we are happy to announce that now all our WordPress themes are now compatible with WordPress 3.8.

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Responsive Minimal WordPress theme for Blog – DW Minion

Responsive WordPress theme for blog site with minimal design

Searching for a clean and Minimal WordPress Theme for your WordPress site? DW Minion is your answer. Minion simplifies your content while showing off the main point and absolutely perfect for blogging.

Why Minion? I guess you are already familiar with the name Minion from the blockbuster Despicable Me. They are cute, smart and fun, and that’s what you would tell about our WordPress theme Minion.

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Responsive One Page WordPress Theme – DW Page and its Frequently Asked Questions

Released early this year, DW Page is one of our unique responsive one page WordPress theme which has won many hearts. Our thanks to all the support and feedback we received from you all.

Through our support we realize that there are few repeated issues and questions (commonly about installation and some minor changes for DW Page). To make it easier for you and as well as others to follow up, we have made a list of frequently asked questions and solutions. Hope you will find it helpful.

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Introducing a new WordPress Twitter plugin featuring Twitter API 1.1 – DW Twitter

Some of you may know that, just recently Twitter has announced the official retirement of their API v1. Twitter API version 1.1 contains major updates and improvement since its first version. Well-prepared for this news, we now proudly announce the release of DW Twitter plugin for WordPress. This WordPress Twitter plugin is available for free download.

Update Jun 21, 2013: This plugin now available on WordPress.org – Click here to download

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Responsive News & Magazine WordPress Theme: DW Focus

In this February, we are pleased to introduce DW Focus – a premium Responsive News & Magazine WordPress Theme. With just a glimpse, you can tell that DW Focus is a perfect fit for any modern News site. Besides the neat and clean design, DW Focus is also well-equipped with many features like HTML5, Grid Based design, LESS & Bootstrap, News Slider, Quick Tabs and so on.
Now sit back and enjoy the showcase of our WordPress theme DW Focus. Continue