This announcement should be online like 7 hours ago but something weird happened. I finished writing the post and are 100% sure I clicked the publish button. But then the post status suddenly return to be a “Draft” with nothing written on it, only the title. That’s what you got when you change things during a server migration. I just found out about it 30 minutes ago, that’s why this announcement is a bit late. Sorry, guys.

Enough with the rambling. Happy time!

The Site5 Giveaway that we started last Wednesday has ended and now it’s time to announce the winners of One Year hostBasic Web Hosting Plan from Site5. So, without further ado, the winners are: Continue reading »

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The wave of selling online is just starting and we believe e-commerce themes have a lot of prospect. So in case you’ve been looking for a nice e-commerce theme for your website or any ongoing projects, we’ve got something coming up for you. We are going to work on yet another e-commerce WordPress theme called  ”Sneakers Addict“, designed by Andre Septian.

Sneakers Addict is very simple by using more white space and a dark theme on menu navigation. The design doesn’t highlight only the content, it also put the products in the spotlight by using subtle effect and images. Backed by a cool color scheme and beautiful typography that nicely fits the overall feel of the theme. The ribbon placed on the left upper corner of the product is a nice touch and it’s interesting how Andre also add cool effect on the product details.

Good website navigation is essential for any site, but much more so for e-commerce sites interactive. So we’re going to provide a sophisticated product filter this time where customers can filter based on price, materials, categories, brands and even colors.

Here is a first peek at Sneakers Addict’s homepage. As always, feedback is welcomed with open arms. :D Continue reading »

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WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” was released on December, 2011 to the masses, a fact that I think you are well aware by now.

We had been testing our themes on 3.3 since the release and had found some minor problems. We have fixed the problems and everything works perfectly fine now. We’ve updated all themes to include all the fixes and all is well.

If you want to upgrade to WordPress 3.3, you have to upgrade your themes first to the latest version. NOTE: Before upgrading your existing site to WordPress 3.3, it is highly recommended that you backup your site and deactivate all plugins. We cannot promise that all of your plugins are compatible, so make sure you check those for compatibility before updating.

The latest version numbers are listed below: Continue reading »

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Backbone Theme Framework is Finally Here!

The Backbone Theme Framework was officially launched last week. We also prepared 2 Backbone child themes, Vidio and Sakura—both are included in our Backbone purchase. If you purchased Backbone during the pre-order, the download link is now available on your member area. If you haven’t and wondering why you should, then read this blog post.

5 One Year Unlimited Web Hosting from Site5 is Up for Grab

With one week left in January, we thought it would be nice to team up with Site5 in order to host another give away. Just like last time, up for grabs are 5 web hosting accounts with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. You can win a Web Hosting Account for 1 Whole Year!   Continue reading »

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Wow, who would have thought that it’s been 6 weeks since my last theme sneak peek post. We were so caught up working with Backbone that time just fly by. Don’t worry. We are not being lazy.

Over the past few weeks along with developing our Backbone Theme Framework we have also been hard at work developing two robust WordPress themes. I have featured the first one on my previous sneak peek post (check it out and make sure you leave a feedback or two :D).

The second theme we are working on is called Neu. Neu will be a magazine/news theme ideal for content-heavy websites. Continue reading »

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With one week left in January, we thought it would be nice to team up with Site5 in order to host another give away. Just like last time, up for grabs are 5 web hosting accounts with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. You can win a Web Hosting Account for 1 Whole Year! This is a giveaway that you simply don’t want to miss. Read on to see how you can win this excellent prize.

About Site5

Site5 has top-notch hosting along with even better support. Site5 was created to provide high quality web hosting services for individual blogs as well as large companies. Their servers are configured so that WordPress runs perfectly. The winner of this contest will get the hostBasic plan for 1 year which allows UNLIMITED bandwidth and disk space.

See more of details of what Site5 has to offer here.

How to Participate

This giveaway will run from today until January 29, 2012. We are using this awesome giveaway widget from Rafflecopter to host the giveaway, so to participate and win Web Hosting from Site5, all you have to do is follow the instruction on the giveaway widget below.

Continue reading »

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Still remember the last ‘All for One’ deal? Of course you do!

We bundled up 23 premium WordPress themes from our collection and present the bundle as a deal to you with a heavily discounted price. The deal stayed on for a very limited time and was available exclusively for purchase directly through ColorLabs Deals Page. Which is why the ‘All for One’ deal is ColorLabs’ most successful (read: best-selling) deal ever.

And today, it is back!

Get 23 ColorLabs premium WordPress themes for only $59. That’s $2.6 apiece! Keep in mind that the deal will remain for until February 29, 2012 ET. Terms and Conditions apply.

Want More Discount? Continue reading »

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The Lunar New Year promo has ended. But you still can have ColorLabs 23 premium WordPress themes for a low price of $49. Click here to find out how.

Whether you’re Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese or any other nationality – On behalf of ColorLabs & Company, I wish you all a Happy Lunar New Year!

To welcome and celebrate the Year of the Dragon, we are giving you an awesome present. For ONE day only (January 23, 2012 ET), receive 30% off of all ColorLabs premium WordPress themes by entering a discount coupon code: LUNAR.

Wishing every single one of you and your families the best new year ahead of year filled with lots of good luck, health, prosperity and happiness!

May the Year of the Dragon be fruitful in success to all of us!

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The LOOONG wait is over. The day you have all been waiting for is finally here. It is with a tremendous amount of pride and excitement that I am pleased to announce that the version 1.0 of Backbone Theme Framework is now available. A major milestone for us, having spent the past 2 months creating this framework and getting to know the awesome WordPress community that surrounds us.

If you purchased Backbone during the pre-order, the download link is now available on your member area. If you haven’t and wondering why you should, then read on.

A Powerful WordPress Theme Framework

Before theme framework, web design meant one of two things: Heavily modifying the code of existing free themes to accommodate a design OR creating a new theme from scratch—including every line of HTML—to go with a fancy, new design. By using a theme framework, you are giving yourself the ability to create a one-of-a-kind website with ease. Continue reading »

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Backbone is undergoing beta testing. Our Dev Team dedicate most of their working hours evaluating feedback from testers, calibrating and fine-tuning to ensure you will have the best WordPress experience possible. Now that the Beta has been going for more than a week we wanted to give you a bit of insight into how it went and what our next steps are.

The Objectives of the Beta Test

A beta test is the final stage in the testing of new software before its commercial release, and is conducted by testers other than its developers.

The Backbone Theme Framework is maybe the biggest project ever in ColorLabs & Company milestone. We have very high expectation for Backbone so we set the bar higher than ever this time. We want Backbone to have features that will greatly enhance people’s experience with WordPress. We want to release a successful product and a beta test is one of the best tools to accomplish that goal. It will help us to be more prepared for Backbone release and ensure its quality.

Private Beta Test and Why Continue reading »

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We have a great news for everyone!

We are very pleased to announce that from now on, each time you purchase a premium ColorLabs theme (including the Backbone theme framework) you will get not only future updates and tremendous support, but also 2-month web hosting service from Site5 (the hostBasic Plan).

Here are what you’ll get for every premium WordPress theme purchase: Continue reading »

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You already know that here at ColorLabs, we love to give you chances to win awesome prizes. Take for instance the 1 year hosting from Site5 prize we posted about 3 months back.

We are planning to run more batches of contests and sweepstakes in 2012, but before that we would like to know what you want. Most people like free stuff, but it would be great if we offer you, our audience,  something you actually want and will use.

So here is the big question: What prize do you want to win from us next?

We’ve set up a poll on our Facebook with some options we think you might like, so please answer there. Since the purpose is to find out what you really want and need we left the poll open-ended, so you can offer your own suggestions and add new options to the poll.

Don’t hesitate to tell us on the poll, because you know we’ll do our best to make it happen!

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