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Pro by Themeco more than lives up to its advertised features and capabilities.

This Pro Theme Review addresses those capabilities together with a review of new features and updates that are included in the recently released Version 2.

There are several qualities about Pro that differ from the more conventional WordPress themes, qualities that make this website building tool a genuine game changer.

• You build your websites in real time and in your browser.
• Pro’s “Atomic Design” approach gives you the ultimate in control and virtually unlimited flexibility.
• Product support is free, and never expires, nor do Theme updates.
• Pro also offers hosting.

There’s much more you’ll like about pro – starting with the major Version 2 updates.

Pro Update – Version 2

What’s new in Pro Version 2?

Template Manager

This feature saves you the time and trouble of constantly re-inventing the wheel or undergoing constant editing as your design activities progress from site to site. You can save and export any and every part of your website down to the element level for use on other sites or to share with others.

Global Blocks

Content you create can be placed in multiple places in your website. When you update it in one place, it auto updates everywhere. This is a real timesaver when designing a large or complex website, and also in the maintenance phase once it has been deployed.

Design Cloud

This feature provides easy access to more than 100 premium assets – headers, content, footers, and style kits for Elements. The Design Cloud can also be used as a vehicle for sharing templates with other Pro users.

Element Presets

Anytime you use an Element on a site, it will take on the custom style you’ve previously preset.

The above features and other changes and updates are based to a large extent on feedback from customers over the past year. The other changes include bug fixes, minor feature improvements, and the ability to easily click back and forth from the Header, Content, and Footer Builders. Navigation has also been updated so that anywhere you want to go is just two clicks away.

Pro’s Original Set of Features

Pro is aptly named in that it was designed and built with professional designers and developers in mind. The resulting product is equally adaptable to beginners and those who aspire to become pros.

The original version was already a game changer. When building a website with Pro, first-timers will discover that many things are done differently than they may have become accustomed to when using other WordPress website-building tools.

Yet, the designers were able to proceed without encountering problems. Pro is a case in point that advances in technology don’t need to make things more complicated. It’s quite the opposite in fact.

This was before Version 2 was released. With the new and advanced site-building features that are found in this latest release, Pro is easier and more efficient to use than ever.

Why this is true:

• You don’t need to purchase and install an app. All you need to do is choose your browser and get started; and, everything is done on a single platform.
• Site-building work is done in real time. Pro is the ideal platform if you prefer using a rapid prototyping approach to build a website. Pro’s lean, stylistic foundation for your site-building undertakings follows an orderly and uncluttered workflow that allows you to get from here to there with maximum efficiency; plus, you only use the features you need.
• The Header, Content, and Footer Builders make up the three primary building block features. They work together seamlessly, and each builder features a drag and drop interface and has access to Pro’s extensive Elements library. Headers can also be mixed and matched without limit and can be placed anywhere you want.
• Pro follows an emerging design trend by taking full advantage of the “Atomic Design” approach. This modular approach not only makes site building easier and more orderly, it also enables you to save and reuse small building blocks like markup, styling, and scripting. Features similar to the “Atomic” reusability capability are rarely found in most WordPress themes.
• The Theme Options Panel serves as your command center. It’s powerful, fast, and gives you precisely what you want in terms of design flexibility when site-building in real time.
• Pro is responsive. It is also optimized for conversion down to the minutest of details to maximize ROI.
• The Intelligent Dropdown feature makes complex navigation easy to manage and implement. Many of the navigation design details that once had to be attended to are taken care of.
• More than two dozen 3^rd party and Themeco plugins come with the package. These extensions are free, and they come with free updates and support.
• Presets enable designers to create special elements using only native features; a collection of different button styles for example. Presets can also be applied to other design elements including dropdowns, navigation, modals, off-canvas content and more. When you find a style you like, you don’t have to reinvent it later on.

A Game Changer

There are a several ways to look at Pro.

It’s a definite game changer. Its features and capabilities are more than enough to justify the claim that it is the most advanced website creator for WordPress.

The ability to save and store content down to the atomic level means that with every website built, more content elements can be saved and stored for future use or shared. From a purely creative aspect, every website built contains the seeds for future design and website building ideas.

Pro is built for creatives and professionals (and everybody else), it gives its users the opportunity to play and experiment. And it will make anyone who serves multiple clients more productive than they thought possible.

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