It's been a really (really really) long time since the last Pro Theme Design update. In the time since I started this group in 2008 many things have changed.
Unfortunately the group was forgotten about and so, recently, I have been thinking that I should try to reconnect with the early Pro Theme Design followers. If you are no longer interested in the site then I would totally understand and apologise for the intrusion into your already busy schedule. Just head on over to Google Groups and unsubscribe and I will bother you no more.
If, on the other hand, you want to know what's happening, then please keep reading as a lot has happened in the last 2 years.
THEMES
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Since the release of Mimbo Pro 2, there have been 6 new theme releases, and a whole host of updates. You can view the current list of Pro Theme Design themes here:
http://prothemedesign.com/products/
The most significant theme release is for Elemental, a WordPress theme framework. 4 of the other themes released rely on Elemental for their functionality, and without it they wouldn't exist. Elemental is a surprisingly flexible theme that works equally well on it's own or with others. There's a proper page about it on the website here:
http://prothemedesign.com/themes/elemental/
THEME ADMINISTRATION PREVIEWS
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Another significant addition is the theme preview site. You can now preview WordPress themes and their administration panels, without having to purchase anything - making your decisions a lot easier to make. You can try it out for yourself here:
http://prothemedesign.com/preview/
THE FUTURE
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The next Pro Theme Design theme is already lined up. This time it's going to be a newspaper theme called Bulletin.
I also plan to write more of these newsletters, hopefully one a month. If they prove to be popular then I will likely move over to software like MailChimp or Campaign Monitor, to make the whole process more pleasant for everyone.
Thanks for reading
Ben
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