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Why Do WordPress Themes Have to Be So Hard to Use on the Backend? (Hint: They Don’t!)

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 11, 2022Posted in Articles, wordpressTagged wordpress theme backendNo Comments

Whether you’ve designed websites with only a small handful of WordPress themes or have used dozens of them over the years, we can all agree on one thing: Many WordPress themes that are visually stunning on the frontend of a website end up being ugly as sin and difficult to use on the backend. Why does it have to be that way? It doesn’t. If a WordPress theme looks and feels great on the frontend, there’s no reason why its backend doesn’t as well. BeTheme is proof of this. BeTheme is one of the top 5 best-selling WordPress themes of all time, with more than 260,000 sales and a 4.83-star user rating. In this post, we’re going to show you some of the ways in which this WordPress theme backend is going to make your life easier as a web designer. Upgrade your workflow with a WordPress theme backend that doesn’t suck After you install BeTheme, you’re going to notice something is different. Gone is the drab and oftentimes cluttered and unintuitive backend of WordPress. In its place, you’ll find a clean, attractive, and useful theme dashboard and tools. Don’t worry. WordPress and all of its content management tools are still there. But when you’re inside of BeTheme, you’ll find yourself in a space that is at once visually appealing and so easy to use you’ll wonder why the rest of WordPress isn’t built this way. If you haven’t been inside of BeTheme before (or even lately), join us as we walk through some of its best and most useful backend features: 1. Dashboard design Your BeTheme dashboard will appear directly under the main WordPress Dashboard link. So there’s no need to sift through the sidebar trying to figure out where your theme settings are. It’s not just convenient access that makes the BeTheme dashboard great. Click on BeTheme or the Dashboard link and you’ll discover: Navigation bar that takes you to the most commonly used BeTheme toolsStatus and plugin updatesStep-by-step website creatorNew feature announcementsLatest pre-built websitesTheme registration informationPopular BeTheme integrations Everything in the dashboard is here for the express purpose of helping you get more out of your WordPress theme. Whether it’s streamlining your website setup or discovering new features to use, the dashboard is there to help. 2. Dark/light mode The research on dark mode and the benefits associated with it is inconclusive. That said, enough people have shown a preference for dark mode (which is why popular devices and apps offer the option now), so it could demonstrate big benefits on an individual basis. The most common benefits that users report are reduced eye strain, better sleep, and longer lasting device batteries when using dark mode. As a web designer, you’re working in front of a computer screen all day. If you find dark mode to be beneficial for any of these reasons, then you should find yourself a WordPress theme backend like BeTheme’s that enables you to toggle on dark mode. 3. Step-by-step website creator When you first install a WordPress theme, it’s not always clear where you should go next. For instance, you know that your theme comes with demos, but where do you go to find them? Some themes bury their demos or pre-built websites inside their settings panel, so it can take some digging around. BeTheme removes all the guesswork. You’ll find the Setup Wizard under BeTheme as well as in the dashboard. Click on it and the step-by-step website creator will help you: Name your website.Choose your preferred editing mode.Select a page builder to work in.Pick the perfect pre-built website for your industry/niche.Remove existing content and replace it with your new site. This whole process takes less than 30 seconds to complete — from the moment you click the setup wizard button to the time it takes to load your new site and page builder into WordPress. 4. Pre-built site previews BeTheme has over 650 pre-built websites, with new ones being added to the collection all the time. You’ll find them under the Websites link in the dashboard or under Pre-built websites under the BeTheme sidebar menu. As a web designer, you’ll quickly become acquainted with the options that are available — and you may even find favorites you prefer to start with. That said, you want to make sure you’re always designing websites using the latest and greatest design trends and styles. Because of this, BeTheme places previews of its newest pre-built sites in your dashboard. Having the newest themes front and center will be useful in a number of ways. For starters, you’ll know when you have new sites to design with. Even if you choose not to use those sites (because you already have one you like, for instance), seeing the latest styles and features will be a good source of inspiration. Either way, this will enable you to utilize the latest design trends in your website designs going forward. 5. Plugin manager The Plugins area of BeTheme isn’t the same thing as the Plugins area in WordPress. While there is some overlap, the purpose of the BeTheme plugins manager is to give you a place to: View your actively installed plugins.Update plugins that need it.Install and activate recommended plugins for your pre-built website only when you need them. It’s the last point that’s important to take note of. You won’t see any of these plugins in the WordPress plugins manager until you’ve installed them. These recommendations come directly from BeTheme and can help you get more out of your theme and pre-built site. On the flipside of that, not installing them can also help you cut back on unnecessary plugins which will allow you to keep website performance high. 6. BeTheme support WordPress might be the most powerful and popular content management system in the world. However, it’s a mostly community-driven platform when it comes to themes, plugins, and even providing support. You shouldn’t have to dig through forum after forum on the WordPress.org website to find

How to Help Your Creator Clients Monetize Their Content with a WordPress Membership Site

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 9, 2022Posted in Articles, wordpressTagged memberful, membership, wordpressNo Comments

With the boom of the creator economy, there’s no doubt that independent publishers, content creators and entrepreneurs are looking for ways to monetize their passion. One way to help these creators achieve sustainable and reliable recurring revenue is by implementing a membership business. However, oftentimes, these creators need help to build out their site’s functionality, gate their content, and implement the membership program. That’s where you (and we!) come in. Memberful is a powerful, yet easy, way to create a paid membership business on WordPress websites. When you combine the protection capabilities of our WordPress plugin with a beautifully designed WordPress site, the outcome is an unmatched membership experience. Getting started and creating Plans Sign up at memberful.com and install the Memberful WP plugin on your client’s site. You can try Memberful for free in test mode for as long as you need. A membership Plan is defined by specific price point and frequency of renewal, such as $6/month, as well as subscription length (a defined time or until a member cancels). Sign up for Memberful Memberful’s settings allow you to enable taxes, free (or paid) trials, upgrades and downgrades, and which content is included such as podcasts or downloads. You can also specify which page or post you want your client’s members to see when they finish logging in or signing up. Restrict access to members-only content There are two ways to restrict access to private content: the Restrict access meta box found in every page and post (or custom post type), or the Bulk editor that allows you to restrict content by category or tag. You can choose who can access each page or post: All members — active, inactive, or free (this works well for a “Freemium” tier)Members with an active subscriptionAnybody who owns a specific download If your creator client would like to display the beginning of their post and then fade out with a lock-type image, as seen in many well-known publications, you can use our Global marketing content setting. Teaser text Memberful will pull the first two paragraphs from any protected posts to use as teaser content for non-members or logged out members. Ready to launch? You can use your Memberful account in test mode for as long as you like. This means you can use Stripe’s test credit cards to complete dummy member purchases and recreate the onboarding experience. When you and your client are ready to start processing real orders, connect Memberful to their Stripe account. We will reset the dashboard member metrics, but your settings and customizations will be maintained. Now your creator client is ready to start selling memberships! Encourage them to announce the membership on their social media and to send an email newsletter to their community to spread the message far and wide. Menu to Grid Layout Animation How to Recreate Stripe’s Lava Lamp Gradient with Three.js