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Discussion in 'Wordpress' started by stellar73, Mar 24, 2016.

  1. stellar73 United Kingdom

    stellar73 Active Member

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    Just a heads up to anyone who has been considering purchasing WordPress themes from Studio Press

    Got an email from them yesterday stating that they're changing their "Pro Plus" package over to a subscription model from April 1st. This is the package where you get the Genesis framework + every theme they've ever released + some third party ones, updates, new releases etc...Until now it has been available for a one time payment (currently $499 or $375 if you're a returning customer)

    Always thought it was a bit of a flawed business model (though happy to have taken advantage of it a few years ago now!)

    Anyway they are grandfathering lifetime rights to anyone who buys this package by 31st March so now's the time if it's something you've been thinking of...

    http://my.studiopress.com/pro-plus-offer/
     
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  3. tifosi United Kingdom

    tifosi Well-Known Member

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    Bought the lifetime membership from them a long time ago, when they were revolution themes before they merged with copyblogger and became studiopress.

    Used genesis on and off since then. Has a lot of devotees and the base framework html/css is good, but the structure of the hooks makes it a pain to do anything other than traditional magazine/blog layouts with top to bottom layers.

    Much prefer the woocommerce theme model thesedays of a set of wp hierarchy templates that can be overridden in the theme.

    Still agree with the thought on the business model. Have had nowt from me since I bought it for ~£70 years ago. Doesn't help when the stuff is gpl and freely available with a quick search.

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    I signed up when it was about $250 for lifetime membership; it was probably the best money I've ever spent. I had no idea the price had gone up so much since though.
     
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    tifosi Well-Known Member

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    They seem to have got their sh*t together over the last few months. Site redesign, regular theme releases.

    They seemed to go through a 'midlife crisis' 2014/15, or at least their progenitor Brian Gardner did. Hardly any themes/updates and he seemed to have wandered off doing his melodramatic wordsworth lonely as a cloud crap.

    Hopefully business on track now. Latest themes have jogged my interest a bit more.

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  6. stellar73 United Kingdom

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    Agreed yes! Some of the new ones are pretty good....doing a site with Modern Studio Pro for a friend's dog walking business at the moment. Have tried some other frameworks recently (Tesla & Themify) but find I get less issues (conflicts with plugins etc) from Studio Press