150 Best Theme Frameworks and Starter Themes for WordPress Development

For our 150th episode, we discuss a busy week in WordPress news and our main topic, the best starter themes and theme frameworks for WordPress development. Our panel this week: Carrie Forde https://carrieforde.com/ Kim Shivler https://whiteglovewebtraining.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke Lockedown SEO ============   Episode 150 Table of Contents 0:00 Podcast Intros 2:06 WordPress News Story #1: State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle https://wptavern.com/state-of-the-word-2016-mullenweg-pushes-calypso-as-future-of-wordpress-interface-proposes-major-changes-to-release-cycle 11:21 WordPress News Story #2: Pantheon’s $100K WordCamp US Sponsorship Revoked the Night Before the Event https://wptavern.com/pantheons-100k-wordcamp-us-sponsorship-revoked-the-night-before-the-event 25:53 WordPress News Story #3: GoDaddy Acquires WP Curve: What This Means For Customers Of The WordPress Services Provider http://www.techtimes.com/articles/187902/20161206/godaddy-acquires-wp-curve-what-this-means-for-customers-of-the-wordpress-services-provider.htm 38:45 What are the pros and cons of developing with a theme framework? 46:39 What are the learning curves of working with a theme framework? 52:32 Some of the other theme frameworks that aren't named Genesis. 1:03:58 Why do many agencies lean so heavily on ThemeForest themes instead of building custom themes using a theme framework? What are the considerations that go into this business model? 1:09:38 How long does it actually take to develop a basic theme framework? 1:11:39 More theme frameworks we've seen people using for building WordPress themes. 1:13:18 The trouble with "Swiss army knife" themes. 1:17:33 A quick discussion about ecommerce sites. 1:23:20 Thanks to the rest of the panel members not here today. 1:24:40 Podcast outros.   ============   Links mentioned during the show: Siteground: PHP 7 available on all servers https://www.siteground.com/blog/php7-available-on-all-siteground-servers/ CNN: Google will soon call out websites for not being secure http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/technology/google-chrome-flag-non-secure-sites/ The Value of Sponsoring a WordCamp from a Business’ Perspective https://wptavern.com/the-value-of-sponsoring-a-wordcamp-from-a-business-perspective WP Curve joins GoDaddy https://wpcurve.com/wp-curve-joins-godaddy/ What is a WordPress theme anyway? — Draft podcast https://pos