EffectIO PenNews 6.7.4

Description:

PenNews is a starter theme for WordPress, also known by the name underscores. The readme introduces it in the first person, describing itself as a theme meant for hacking. This means it is not a finished theme designed to be installed and used as-is on a live site. Instead, it serves as a base that a developer picks up and modifies into something new.

The most important instruction the source gives is about how the theme should not be used. PenNews explicitly states that it should not be used as a Parent Theme. A parent theme is typically kept intact while a child theme builds on top of it, but that is not the intended workflow here. The readme makes clear that the theme is meant to be changed directly, so treating it as a stable parent would go against its purpose.

What the theme is meant for is transformation. The readme invites the user to turn it into the next, most awesome, WordPress theme out there, and states that this is what it is here for. In other words, the value of PenNews lies in what the developer makes of it. It provides a starting point, and the creative work of shaping a new theme happens on top of that starting point through the developer's own edits.

Because of this, PenNews is aimed at people who want to build their own WordPress theme rather than at site owners looking for a ready-made design. If you are comfortable working with theme code and want a foundation to hack on, this starter theme fits that use. If you want a theme you can activate and leave untouched, the readme itself signals that this is not what the product is for. The product listed here is PenNews version 6.7.4, presented as that starter theme, under either of its two names, ready to be taken apart and rebuilt into a new WordPress theme by the person using it.

Main Features of PenNews:

• Starter theme for WordPress
• Also goes by the name underscores
• Meant for hacking and customization
• Meant to be turned into a new WordPress theme
• Not meant to be used as a parent theme

EffectIO members receive updates through the managed update channel. Install the EffectIO Connect plugin on your site and it handles activation, updates and licensing automatically.

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The 6.7.4 version stays on this update channel for the subscription year.