Optimize Press Includes New Blogging Theme Functionality and more

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1. Sebastian says:
   Hey, nice overview of OptimizePress. I use it since almost 2 years now and it is really great. One of the best investments I made in Internet Marketing.
2. John Chatman says:
   Hesham, First off Kudos to you my friend for such a great article series on Optimize Press. Very well thought out and a pleasure to read. Now as to my question... Do you know how easy it would be to convert from Flexx Theme by iThemes to Optimize Press? Just your thoughts on it would be great. Thanks, John
   • Hesham says:
     Hi John, So from what I see, there is no easy way to convert from Flexx theme to OptimizePress, you need to start over by creating the whole thing as OptimizePress have different settings and options, however getting OptimizePress ready is not hard and I am sure you will enjoy it!
3. Tom says:
   The main issue/confusion we are having and is preventing me from simply going to purchase optimizepress immediately, is the whole CAN IT BE A BLOG or NOT???? It seems the answer is NO from most people, however, the theme MUST be the site's main/only running theme So a catch 22 situation, unless optimizepress can be made into a good blog... People say about installing a second WP installation for this on a sub domain but then having to link between them for the pages. What about simply using OP for it's squeeze pages, etc etc and simply work locally with it or work within a sub-domain and just access and copy the html code to paste into our standard/normal blogs in any pages making sure we paste the code with 'html' tab selected in 'New Page' wysiwyg Has anyone tried this?
   • Hesham says:
     Tom, Optimizepress can be user as a normal blog theme as it's clear in my post and optimizepress blog demo!
     • Tom says:
       what about posts? OP states it does not support posts, so does this mean i will not be able to use posts at all or what does that mean exactly? cheers
       • Hesham says:
         mmm.. I have no idea from where you've got that statement! OptimizePress will give you full blogging features, just link any normal blog plus SEO for posts! I hope this is helpful!
         • Tom says:
           ok, wonder why JAmes Dyson said in comments somewhere that it is not compatible with posting? cheers
4. Hung Hong says:
   It's great to hear about new features and see your demo
   • Hesham says:
     Good, it's a very basic OptimizePress demo site, but it's cool :)
5. Marvin says:
   Hi Guys! Thanks for this wonderful product. I never imagined this would be a great help and a great time saver for me especially I am a newbie on internet marketing. If you have tips on using the product I would greatly appreciate it, it would be a big help for a starter like me. And to all incoming readers and followers of your site and product, what are you waiting for? grab Optimise press now!
   • Hesham says:
     Hi Marvin, OptimizePress has a lot of videos that help you setup everything on your product or membership site! Thanks for stopping by!
6. Mick Fallon says:
   Hi Hesham ,just had to buy it and I am bowled over with all its features thinking about using the theme for my main blog ,Do you know of any blogs using this theme? Cheers Mick
   • Hesham says:
     Hi Mick, I think it's find to use optimizepress as you main blog theme now as the new version has SEO features. I hope you will enjoy it! P.S. I don't know any blogger who is actually using it on his/her blog so far!
7. Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey says:
   OptimizePress seems to be doing well. Many people have lots of good things to say about it. The new feature will certainly boost it more.
   • Hesham says:
     Hi Isabel, OptimizePress theme is really great, I can not tell enough how much I am happy with it, I have big plans using it on my coming and under development sites!
8. Pete Carr says:
   Hi Hesham, What a excellent addition to a already good theme. Like you say you can now truly have one theme for all your sites, products etc. James has done a brilliant job with it. I am sure there is more to come. Pete
   • Hesham says:
     Hi Peter, I completely agree with you that James has done a brilliant job by putting together this great product. After digging a little in competitors products, although it's not a deep look as I didn't get the chance yet to try other products that dose the same job (probably I will do) I've found out that OptimizePress has extra features! Thank you for stopping by
9. Lennart Heleander says:
   Hi Hesham, A good friend has OptimizePress and he is very happy with it after having tried several other sites. I will check with him about what he thinks about the new update.
   • Hesham says:
     I am looking forward to hearing her/his thoughts!
10. Tinh says:
    Great update. The most important thing that make any products successful is to ensure fast development and reflect clients' feedbacks into new version. Optimize Press seems to be on the right way :-)
    • Hesham says:
      OptimizePress is really cool product, looking forward to use it personally in a new product in development!
11. Devesh says:
    Great Post and awesome theme. Actually i'm thinking to get a theme like this from a long time. Will going to buy it soon. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day man.
    • Hesham says:
      Good for you if you are developing your product or building a membership site
    • Prasenjit says:
      Yeah its really a great theme. With OptimizePress, we can turn our WordPress installation into a wonderful landing page, excellent for any product launch. By the way Devesh, are you planning to come up with any product. I believe you've got some plans since you're planning to buy OptimizePress. Thanks, Prasenjit.
12. Edwin says:
    OptimizePress looks pretty cool. Thanks for telling us about it
    • Hesham says:
      No problem
13. Karan says:
    First thesis, then genesis and now this. Looking for more SEO optimized themes coming up in the market.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Karan, most of WordPress theme in the market is SEO optimized these days!
      • Prasenjit says:
        Thats absolutely right. All big theme companies like ElegantThemes, StudioPress, ThemeForest, ThemeJunkie, etc are now focusing on SEO.
14. Jayant from TheAdMatrix says:
    Yes, I have visited the website and check the features OptizePress is offering. I will say its really useful for creating a sales page and even integrate your auto-responder. But currently I am using Thesis them so whether I can use both simultaneously or I have leave Thesis for using this.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Jayant, You don't have to leave Thesis or anything, the thing is if you need to create a sales page for your product then the ideal way (in my opinion) is to buy a new domain name for it (or create a sub-domain for example), setup a new WordPress installation then you can be able to install OptimizePress theme to run on it! Note that OptimizePress is not a replacement for your current theme!
15. Rahul says:
    hi hesham, thanks for the info. i think optimizepress giving huge facilities. still i'm not thinking of new one. i'm still happy with mine. anyway, keeping watch on it.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Rahul, Just to make sure you understand what OptimizePress is really for, it's to create landing pages and memberships websites, so basically it's not for blogging!
16. DiTesco says:
    Interesting my friend. One question, is this a standalone theme or can I use it with an existing theme, I mean like a plugin? That aside, I have been going crazy lately with so much themes to choose from and all I know is that if there was ever a good time to buy them, now is the time. Thanks for letting us know about your experience, it always helps
    • Hesham says:
      Hi DiTesco, Yes Optimize Press is a stand alone theme, it can be used along with another theme but in this case you must setup OptimizePress to be your default theme, the other way will not work! mmm.. I would prefer to write a post about this as I've got a few people asking, so maybe a coming post will explain this in details and also there is a nice trick to share, so stay tuned :)
      • Phil Montero says:
        Hesham - Yes please write the blog post about how to use Optimize Press along with another theme. I purchased it about a month ago and am just starting to use it. I have found one trick someone else suggest which involved a plugin that allows you to choose page specific themes - is this what you are referring to? I did find that with that solution if I didn't make Optimize Press the default theme I didn't get all the options. I noticed on your sample blog that you have the about page using 2010. Is that how you did it? I agree that in many cases it is best to have a separate domain for our sales pages but I am interested in adding a few squeeze pages and sales pages to my existing blog and I if I make Optimize Press the default theme there I would have hundreds of pages I would need to go into (as well as every new post) in order to change them to the old theme I am currently using. I was hoping I could make my blog theme as my default theme and then just apply Optimize Press to certain pages. I guess I could do that by setting up a new wordpress install in a sub directory or sub-domain but that would mean 2 installs - one for the blog and a separate one for the sales/landing pages. Probably not that much of a hassle - but I think if you wrote a blog post on the various ways to handle this it would answer a LOT of questions and be very well received!
        • Hesham says:
          Hi Phil, Yes, this is what I am referring to, but this technique will not work (the way we want it)! I actually have done the setup as a demo in the about page to test it, your can see it's using the default WordPress theme! So you are right about that! But what I wanted to say is, the opposite can NOT be done, if you have a live blog, and you want to use OptimizePress to create a landing page on that particular live blog, this can not be done as OptimizePress needs to be your default theme (this is how it loads it's power to your system)! Actually there is a note in the footer of OptimizePress site, it says "OptimizePress is a WordPress Theme, not a plugin. It is not designed to integrate with an existing theme" This perfectly answer it all! After all, it's really nice product, I don't have a problem to create a new WordPress installation as it's quick and easy from hosting CPanel, although it's a little of headache if you plan to setup several websites! P.S. I will do my best to publish anything related to the topic in case I found a solution! By the way, your blog is extremely entertaining :)
          • Phil says:
            What you mentioned is what is what I suspected and I was aware when I purchased Optimize Press that it was a Theme and not a plugin - James did a good job of making that clear. I will have to test setting up a subdomain or subdirectory on one of my blogs and doing another wordpress install there to see how that works. Thanks for the quick reply, the props on my blog, and the RT I just saw!
17. Mani Viswanathan says:
    A landing page associated to a blog. Nice concept I must say. We can put up short info's on Squeeze pages & explain them in detail in the blog. Good work by OptimizePress.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Mani, yes it's a good concept if you need it, some people would write posts about their products and share more info, updates and news, this is ideal for that purpose! Also it could work great if you have a membership site and want to share updates with those who are out of the membership! Very nice!
18. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach says:
    Anything that makes it easier to get to market sooner....a good thing indeed!!
    • Hesham says:
      Indeed Barbra, OptimizePress is a time saver! Thank you for stopping by
19. Dana says:
    It seems a great theme for store. This theme will be as my first choice if start an online store.
    • Hesham says:
      Online Store? probably with a little of customization!
20. Tom says:
    I have been watching this product for a while now, and just waiting for an opportunity that I will need it for!
    • Hesham says:
      When I bought my license I was like you, I don't have any product to sale at the moment, but you know when you got in love with something you know there is a use for it soon! I think it's one of the best themes I came across Tom, I hop you get it on the right time, as you know.. and like always with good stuff.. price increase when we need it!
      • Karan says:
        I'll consider it buying if you recommend.
        • Hesham says:
          Karen, in the last 2 days I was looking into other themes, so far OptimizePress is the best! Any product I buy it and review it here means I highly recommend it, so go for it , it has a 30 days money guarantee in case you didn't like it, but I am sure you will!
          • Karan says:
            Wow, the 30 day moneyback guarantee makes it more tempting.. :P
            • Hesham says:
              Many marketers and bloggers bought it from my aff link, so far I see no refunds! most of them love it!