Buyers, what you like/want/need to be designed/developed? :)

Hi all,

Good topic. You know, I love the themes here. I’m an old school html guy and for the most part I can customize to my needs pretty well. I bought Kayapati’s “Hansum” theme and am really enjoying making it my own.

The problem with his theme is one shared by many html website themes here and elsewhere: the Blog page is for show only and totally non-funtional.

The web site sample shows 3 blog articles on the Blog page with a link to the author and listed comments, and a trail at the bottom of the page indicating 3 previous pages of blog articles. But all the links just refresh this same page.

I would strongly BEG one of you authors here to come up with a way whereby an html website theme blog page can be made functionally “active.” Within the theme or even as an add-on package for any theme with a blog page, givers purchasers an educational how-to, and a few actual add-ons or widgets that can make one of these website blog pages actually work simply, perhaps with the following considerations in mind:

• a form widget giving the ability to leave a comment, preferably with CAPTCHA that will then be added under the blog article, notifying the article’s author by email
• instruction on creating an RSS feed for pages like this one on the site that will update
• perhaps a built-in “share” widget icon, etc.

Does this idea make sense to you guys or have any application to your themes? I’d really rather not have to buy a full Wordpress version of the website because, quite honestly, they’re usually overkill and harder to set up and get right (at least for me they are).

I’d appreciate any comments; and, if you want to point me some code out there that will help me get my page functioning, I’d be happy for the links.

Regards,

Paul

Hi, I have mentioned Modx on this site a couple of times and had the comments moderated and withdrawn it will give you all you need (as above) for ANY html site template on this site – google it and learn about it, I use it for every site I make and end users love it. – and please envato, how about a modx section on the site – similar to the new tumblr section – people could buy the html templates with blog/comments/search etc all coded and then plug in to modx on the server and copy and paste some supplied code text and bingo! price wise could sit between standard and WP pricing? – I know it’s a theme site and good for it – but a little bit of real world functionality could push themeforest to the next level – after all, folks still need to install and set up wordpress on the server to get the themes working – modx is just as EASY . Cheers AL

I second ADesign1’s proposal for a MODx section!

I’ve been using MODx on several of my sites and it is an extremely powerful CMS . I really love wordpress for simple websites, but when it comes to bigger sites and higher paying customers, MODx is my only choice.

ADesign1 and I can’t be the only people using MODx…I know there are several others in this community who would really benefit from this kind of addition to ThemeForest.

Huh…I’ve heard also good stuff from a fellow designer about MODx…

...and then, one day I’ve installed it locally and after couple of minutes using it, admin panel crashed… clean installation, downloaded from the website

Huh…I’ve heard also good stuff from a fellow designer about MODx… ...and then, one day I’ve installed it locally and after couple of minutes using it, admin panel crashed… clean installation, downloaded from the website

You did something wrong because MODx is perfect for some kind of sites, I still prefer WordPress though.

Huh…I’ve heard also good stuff from a fellow designer about MODx… ...and then, one day I’ve installed it locally and after couple of minutes using it, admin panel crashed… clean installation, downloaded from the website

You did something wrong because MODx is perfect for some kind of sites, I still prefer WordPress though.

No, I didn’t do anything it crashed just like that

The problem with his theme is one shared by many html website themes here and elsewhere: the Blog page is for show only and totally non-funtional.

Paul thanks for your suggestion, yes its really good idea inserting blogging widget on html page, but where can we store the data? it needs again database and it requires a bit pho knowledge, I feel every one is building wordpress from their HTML templates, so if any one need blog functionality then they can get wp version.

Any how Paul idea is good and some one who are expert in widget creation can come up with solutions, let us wait and see.

I understand where you’re coming from but as said before, Envato do reject most minimal themes and seemingly those that don’t fit the current fashion of templates on ThemeForest (although GraphicRiver seems to allow more creativity).

I have submitted three themes in the past – a minimal theme which got rejected for not having enough clutter (my words), one rejected because it looked like a Flash site (!) and another minimal. When you think each of these themes took me around 2 weeks each it’s a lot of wasted time for $0 so it’s not surprising that a few people just don’t bother uploading themes like that. It’s a shame and I think unless Envato embrace some creativity then people will get bored, after all, with all respect to the authors, most of the themes on TF seem to just be near enough the same with a little colour/display change here and there – why would I buy two templates the same when I caneasily edit the first to look like the second.

Right now, I’m looking for a wordpress theme with a black background and without a HUGE image in the header. All black background….not just behind the white text area.

Those sites with large images look great when on display here, but it’s really hard to keep it looking good when you have to drop a crappy client photo in it’s place.

I would love to find a theme that is like this site:

http://www.kimellefsen.com/portfolio/

I’m afraid that kind of minimal design won’t be accepted for sale here.

I think it would. As long as it is sophisitcated. And not made in 5 minutes if you know what I mean. It’s not simple because there wasn’t time for it, it’s simple by design, there could be a lot of work behind it to serve its purpose.

What do all you designers do with the themes that are being rejected because its to “minimal” etc.? Would love to have a look at them, as Im always on the hunt for something minimalistic!