Posts by jremick

This is what I use to fix png’s for IE 6 . Works great.

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/iepngfix

When I get stuck like that I just spend some time browsing around and checking out really nice websites I like. I usually form ideas then. When I’m really stuck it helps me to pull out some paper and start sketching some ideas down.

If you jump on Google and search around for IE 6 bugs, you’ll probably find your answers. That’s how I did it when I started at least.

The templates at press75.com can play your own hosted videos as well. If you want something built custom, I would assume it will cost a pretty penny depending on how you go about it. (All static vs database driven)

If you like the press75.com templates, you could pick one of those up and just customize it to give it your own unique look.

As far as hosting, there is no such thing as unlimited space and bandwidth. If you don’t mind my asking, what are you paying per month for your hosting? The closest you can get to that is using services like Amazon EC2 & S3 (which is amazing).

I looked at their page and what you’re probably using is the typical shared hosting. They market it as unlimited but if you start using too much resources, they will force you to upgrade. You will probably be fine using that hosting for awhile but since you will be hosting streaming video, downloads, etc. You will need a lot of resources when your visitors start increasing.

If I was you, I would start with a small VPS (Virtual Private Server) at a company that can easily bump you up to the next level without effecting your services. I pay approximately $50 for my VPS but there are a few cheaper options out there too.

If you’re interested, check out ServInt.net, CreativeVPS.com, LiquidWeb.com, or MediaTemple.com. Those are just a few of them out there but they all have a pretty good reputation. The first one is who I go with.

I’ve heard a lot of positive things about CSS frameworks but I’ve also heard just as many downsides. I don’t intent on using them at all but I would like to learn to use them efficiently.

I’ve basically been setting up my own “famework” that seems to work well so far although it does have some evolving to do.

I’m wondering how long it takes you guys to build a template?

The first two templates I submitted here took two days each from designing the PSD & AI logo to the finished product. The current theme I’m working on has taken almost three working days so I’m wondering if that is slow for production?

I’m slowly developing a base framework to speed things up but this last theme kind of did away with that, lol. Any tips on speeding up the process? Some people recommend CSS frameworks but I tried two of them and found them to be more of a hassle than actually helping.

Yeah, I definitely agree. The recognition potential here is awesome even for how new this site is. Another thing to keep in mind aside from the advertising potential is that if a theme sells well, it could bring in multiple times its individual value.

When you start taking into account advertising (both yourself and in your templates), experience, creative freedom, etc. The theme can realistically pay for itself fairly quick and even faster the more you contribute.

Not an instant gratification but an investment that pays off for quite awhile.

So far we’ve got people who build templates here for… 1) Enjoyment 2) Side cash 3) Self advertisement/investment 4) Design freedom 5) Experience 6) Advertising (in your themes for more income)

Anyone else care to add to the list?

Can you post the coding that is causing the problem for you?

Yeah, it’s young enough that it will only go up from here. Also, figuring out how to utilize the rest of the potential from using this site (like the huge traffic increase on your live server) could easily bring in a significant additional source of income.

I wasn’t trying to complain, it just seems like it takes awhile to get your money’s worth of work (if you want to do this full time, which I do). But, once you really get into it, the money goes up from there!

Once you get 20+ high quality templates submitted, utilize the additional traffic to your live previews (advertising, new clients, etc.), etc. You could generate a solid income.

One thing I’m wondering is if the percentage of sales increases based on overall sales or just each month. So it could just take time to build up to a higher percentage or you would have to have high sales each month to retain the higher sales percentages.

Before I say anything, this is not intended to be a post against ThemeForest.net! I am loving this site so far, I simply had a few observations…

I am working on my next theme and had numbers in my brain which got me wondering how long it would take a Theme/Template to pay itself off (HTML not CMS ones). So…

It takes me 2 days to design, slice and code a theme. That’s approximately 16 hours.

I recently launched my portfolio and will be heading into the full time freelancing world, so I will be charging $25/hr for this kind of work. Which totals $400 for 16 hours of work.

So, 1 theme is equal to $400 to me.

I have had 7 sales since my first theme was uploaded (Oct 16). That’s 11 days (not including the 16th since it was approved later that day). So that’s about 1 sale every ~1.5 days. Assuming an average template is $15, that’s $3.75 per sale for us newbies (25%).

So… $400 / $3.75 = ~106 * ~1.5 = ~159 days to accumulate $400 in sales. That’s nearing in on 6 months!

Now, if it’s a popular theme and is selling ~50 times per month at $15 (25% for newbies like me). That’s ~64 days to accumulate $400.

Seems like it would take a lot of work to actually make a living doing this kind of thing.

Anyway, just some observations. I wouldn’t mind staying home and building themes all day, lol.