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Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:20:29 +0000

Heh, yes it is!

And if you already have the Genesis framework, then each individual theme is pretty affordable at less than $30. But yeah, Minimalist & Balance are my favorites.

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Rosemary jayne

Rosemary jayne — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:13:18 +0000

Genesis is actually drool-worthy. At least from my point of view. It does all the hard work leaving me to have fun with the bits I want to play with. Definitely my idea of coding heaven!

I’ll look into the themes you’ve mentioned. I only have the basic framework, but there is that 25% off code… Eek!

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:22 +0000

Ha, you and I think alike!

Yep, I often get in that mode where I like one thing from one site and one thing from another. The problem with me now is that I’m indecisive. I’ve switched themes so many times in the last few months.

I’ve used the Minimalist Theme, Generate, Prose and now, this one. The Minimalist theme and this one are by far my favorites. That said, I think I’m going to stick with this theme for awhile.

As for whether I like Genesis? You bet. The more you play with it, the more you learn. Once you learn your way around using hooks, it’s really easy to add new stuff and make things work.

But anyway, happy to bounce ideas around with you!

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:01:48 +0000

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment Rob. Happy to help with any questions you might have in regards to Genesis and bounce some ideas around

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:44 +0000

Hey Sergio,

Good choice on purchasing the developer’s license. That’s certainly money well spent and I agree, there’s lots you can do. Not just with this theme, any of them really.

When I’m looking for design inspiration, I usually wonder around the showcase on the StudioPress site just to get some ideas on what others are doing – things I like and don’t like, et cetera. So yeah, I think you’ll have some fun with it.

As for the WPSubscribers plugin, no I haven’t tried it. But I’m also pretty happy just using and customizing the web forms provided by Aweber. They work very well and I can track which one’s are converting.

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Rosemary jayne

Rosemary jayne — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:14:44 +0000

Heya Ricardo!
I really love this theme on your blog. It’s minimalist without being too minimalist. Which other themes have you used from Studiopress, and if I might ask for a (shortish) summary, what did you think of them?
I’ve currently got a barely-modified free child theme of Genesis on my blog but I’m working on coding my own as I keep going “Oh, I like this feature from this blog, and this one from this one and… ooo shiny!”, well, you get the idea
Of course, I probably shouldn’t be asking about templates because it will just delay this project further, oops!

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Rob.G

Rob.G — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:41:00 +0000

Hello Ricardo I am currently use Copyblogger theme and also love it best looking blog and design I have every had. I am still learning about Genesis so there are still things that are very new to me….I hope we can stay connected my friend I am sure we can learn a lot from each other…Have a great day

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Sergio Felix

Sergio Felix — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:19:30 +0000

Hey Ricardo,

Well I don’t know anything technical about Studio Press themes since I have never used them myself. I am running a business that offers micro sites to local businesses and I recently purchased a developer’s license for Studio Press.

So having said that, I really enjoyed your article, gives me a few ideas of what’s possible to achieve with at least this theme in specific.

Will definitely have to invest some time learning how to customize the themes but I know it will definitely be time well spent.

Take care and have a great day!

Sergio

PS. Did you ever tried WPSubscribers in order to put more optin boxes through your site?

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:45:32 +0000

Hey Bruce,

I noticed you weren’t using any of the “welcome” or “sign-up” forms on the home page. Those were a big factor in why I changed to the Balance theme – they make it easy to enable that lead capture.

Dig the logo otherwise, looks solid.

Comment on Overview of the Balance Child Theme from StudioPress by bruce cat

bruce cat — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:51 +0000

Great job you’ve done with the Balance theme. I’ve just changed my blog’s theme to Genesis Balance last week. I haven’t done much customization apart from the logo. Have a look at it here http://www.buzzpatrol.com/