The Blog

We've made efforts to making the experience of choosing a WordPress theme from Obox easier over recent weeks.

This guide will take you through the process of a basic setup and configuration of WordPress on your own web host (also called a 'wordpress.org' install) and the installation of your theme.

Azione, our popular video blogging theme has undergone some recent updates as part of our theme overhaul. The updates include the removal of timthumb, auto-generated thumbnails, WordPress customisation options and an easier install.

Following on from our previous free weather icon pack, I've been working hard on a new free social retina ready icon pack for everyone to use.

Created at 326DPI they're ready for your retina web and mobile projects. In the collection you'll find 30 different social icons in PNG file type including; 500px, AIM, Android, Badoo, Dailybooth, Dribbble, Email, Facebook, foursquare, github, Google+, Hipstamatic, ICQ, Instagram, last.fm, Path, Pinterest, Quora, rdio, reddit, RSS, Skype, Spotify, The Fancy, tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo, Xbox, YouTube and Zerply.

Hot on the trail of our latest theme release, we're excited to show you what else we've been working on at Obox. We're huge fans of photography themes over here and our next release is something we're extremely proud of. You'll be seeing 'Picks' very soon but for now, check out the sneak peek visuals below.

Are you looking to delve in to the world of eCommerce and start an online store? Today it's easier than ever to do. With an eCommerce WordPress theme and a powerful plugin, you can be up and running with your online store in around a couple of hours.

This guide has been created specifically for those people looking to start an online store using WordPress whether you're wanting to sell a large or small number of products. We're going to take a look at how to setup your own store right from step one, taking you through each step and showing how simple it is to get you up and running.

WordPress is truly fail-proof most of the time, as long as it is running in a healthy environment with updated plugins and themes. However, weve probably all encountered an error or odd behavior at least once in our tenure as WordPress site owners. Below are a handful of very common hiccups one may encounter in WordPress 3.4+, and the quick and simple solution.

We wanted to give you a big update on two of our most loved themes, Gigawatt and Ambition which are two of our top 5 themes in our theme leaderboard.

Well, you guys LOVE Gigawatt and Ambition.

We do as well, which means we've spent a little time updating it with some new features. We've concentrated on an easier install process and the ability to make full use of the new WordPress customization API.

The Obox site is always in a constant state of change. Not a week goes by where either Marc or myself push a new update to the site in the aim of improving user experience or conversions.

One of our missions this year was to focus as much as possible on User Experience and then take those learnings and apply them to User Interfaces.

We were tired of just going by feel and wanted to actually see and know what was happening when a user experienced Obox in any shape or form.

Theme updates are probably not at the front of your mind as a website owner or blogger, but they are a critical part of maintaining your website. We strive to keep Obox themes in top performance, which requires a lot of time, testing and hotfixing. As a result, your theme likely sees several revisions and fixes throughout its lifecycle.