AnnouncementsPosted by Adii Rockstar on 04 Nov 08
We missed our own birthday… #fail…
Eek… This is kinda embarrassing, but we missed our own birthday, which occured on Sunday, 2 November. We had been planning to do a post about it, but things just never really panned out, considering we were busy finalizing stuff for the WooContest. But better late than never, we say…
So then I think it’s time that we hear a nice big “Happy Bday Woo!” from all of you folks! 
Now sure - WooThemes itself is only 4-odd months old, but this whole journey started out on 2 November 2007, when I released The Original Premium News Theme (I was also on my own at that stage). Back then, I definitely was not as serious about the business as I am now and it was only when Magnus & Mark joined that things really started to take shape.
In hindsight, our business has far exceeded my wildest expectations and I think all 3 of us are more motivated than ever to continue building WooThemes!
Now, with all of that out of the way, we’d like to give all of you a present (even though it is our birthday). So since The Original Premium News Theme started it all, we’ve decided to release the theme to the public for free. We’ve learned a helluva lot since releasing The Original theme, but that theme is one of the cornerstones on which WooThemes has been built. So we’re sure that everyone will enjoy this free release…
The theme will be released under the same terms as our Snapshot theme i.e. you will need to purchase a support package from us to get access to the support forums & tutorials. Otherwise you will need to enjoy the theme without our help!
So download the theme and enjoy this one as a celebration of the journey we have undertaken in the last year!
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Belated wishes Adii
Congrats for the 1 year of good success.
Wow, has Woothemes been going for a year already, amazing how time fplies. You guys have really been doing some great stuff and it’s good to see the free themes being released as well. All the best for what lies ahead.
Nur - nomad-one
Happy Birthday guys. Keep up the great work. All the best for the next year.
Happy Bday to WooThemes,your themes always inspiring me.
Thanks for the free themes.
definitely. congrats!
happy bday, would send you a cake if my provider allowed it !
Happy birthday Woo! You’ve released a lot of great themes so far, and I’m sure there’s a fantastic amount to come
*Checks to see how much it will cost to send cake to South Africa*
Beautiful! I’m loving Woothemes already. Happy first b-day and here’s to many more!
Congrats WOOteam!
You’re doing great stuff!
Keep on keep it on!
@Jordan - Send the cake to Norway, it’s way cheaper
I think a theme developed around the concept of a cake would be very practical…
(joking)
Happy Birthday WooThemes.
Happy birthday WooThemes !! Keep a beautiful design
voww
happy birthday woothemes and fresh news 
Congrats on the birthday!! Keep up the great work.
Happy BDAY! Keep the great work up! You’re designs are some of the best around!
Congratulations on hitting the 1 year mark! That’s a big task in itself. Here’s to another great year at Woo Themes!
Isn’t there a template missing?
I can’t show featured post on the front page.
I can’t see the point in releasing a theme that doesn’t work properly.
ah yes, marketing?
@Daxion - The theme works fine; so stop trying to put a negative spin on something that everyone else here as experienced as very positive!
I’m not doing that and it doesn’t work out of the box. The control panel link menu doesn’t correctly links to the control panel page. It works if you change add_menu_page() to add_theme_page() in functions.php, and I’ve tested it in a wamp server and uploaded to a Linux server before changing that line. Perhaps it’s because of WP 2.6.3? which is what I fresh installed on both servers?
@Daxion - The theme works - just ask all of our users that are currently using the theme. If you’re a WooThemes user, we’d gladly assist you to get it working within your hosting environment.
@Daxion - Are you using WPMU? In that case you will need to replace what you have done, but if you use our theme on a normal WP 2.6 install it will work perfectly.
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