Posts by jremick

I have to say I also love this site. There are a few things I didn’t like at first and a few things that could probably be improved upon but overall, I love it here! Thanks Jeff and Mark! (and anyone else that works on this site)

OXYLUSDESIGN – I took a look at your ThemeForest portfolio and my opinion on the matter would be your choice of complexity and target audience. The two templates that have turned a profit have been the simple, least complicated ones.

At this stage in ThemeForest.net’s life, I would guess that the majority of purchasers do not have a need for such complicated themes nor do they have the skills required to modify/manage such complicated themes. They are probably individuals looking to setup their own personal website or small businesses (like restaurants) that just need something simple.

I would stick with the simple and easy to customize themes for the time being. Those are also faster to produce.

Anyway, that’s just my thoughts.

If I could only add one thing, it would probably not be this but nothing else comes to mind at the moment… More features in the forum like subscribing to a thread, etc.

As far as Steve’s suggestion, I respectfully disagree. People come here seeking fully functional themes, not PSD ’s that they will have to slice/code themselves. Plus, a coder can’t buy a PSD theme, code it then resell it on here! So, I would suggest…

A system where designers can design their PSD themes and “hire” a coder to create the fully functional theme. Then, once the theme is approved for sale, each party will earn their percentage, 50/50, 40/60…. I don’t know what that would be but you get the idea.

The system would probably be nice to work in reverse for the coders who can’t design too.

Themes have a rating, so designers and coders could also be rated so that when either side is looking to hire someone, they get to choose based on rating, etc.

So visitors, designers and coders all get what they want!

Can authors advertise on their live preview sites?

For instance, I have two themes, both are setup on my web server so people can view them live. When people preview them live, at the top could I put a “frame” or something similar that I could place advertising? It wouldn’t be just for advertising but something saying “Live Preview” visit ThemeForest.net to purchase.

@Mark – Thanks for the replies. As much as I understood that was the direction Jeffrey was coming from, I still disagreed. Something about the way you explained it though makes me sit here and say, “Ok, that sounds good enough to me”, while shrugging my shoulders. Sorry Jeff!

Also, you explained what it is you look for and compare in the themes you review. That makes it easier for me when I build additional themes. That way if I’m building one for a particular goal, I can achieve the results I’m looking for instead of guessing and being disappointed.

I hope I didn’t offend anyone!

Is it really that silly? Freelancer’s don’t charge based on a “gut feeling”. They charge based on features, complexity and quality.

I see the direction you are coming from, I just disagree. But, to each their own I suppose. I don’t want to get any of of you or your team heated up about this and end up spoiling anything so I will let it be. I still look forward to submitting more themes!

I have my qualms with your response, but I will keep my mouth shut. I will say, however, that author’s looking to make some extra money building themes for this site will be quite turned off to the idea that the value of their work is based on a “gut feeling”.

My first template here was a “test” template to see how the whole process went. ( http://themeforest.net/item/moderntime/19824 ) I sort of rushed it and didn’t include that many features and all that extra stuff. It was posted for sale at $15

I have just had my second template approved ( http://themeforest.net/item/digital-drink-with-twitter/20457 ) included many more features including jQuery plugins, PHP processing to minimize customization work required, Twitter plugin, etc. The coding was of a higher quality and overall was a much higher quality theme. It was posted at $12

Now, a $3 difference doesn’t seem like much but every little bit counts, especially when the author’s of these themes don’t make much from each sale. How do you guys come to a conclusion on the price of a theme?

I would really love to get into regularly building themes here but as these last two “test” themes have proved, it seems there are quite a few issues that need to be dealt with first.

@Mark – Sorry about that!

Hi everyone, I’m pretty new to the community and have only built two themes for Themeforest.net thus far (the second one is in queue). I’m getting ready to start on my third theme but instead of finding a direction to go in and building, I wanted to take a different approach.

Does anyone here have an HTML theme request? Maybe something that has some fun/interesting modules/scripts?

Are there needs in a specific category for style/features?

I would really enjoy putting something together that someone needs/wants so give me a hollar.

My first template was ModernTime and was used as a “test” template to see how the whole process here at ThemeForest.net went.

My second template is (hopefully soon to be approved) Digital drink