I'm not sure if you know this but you can get a second opinion from another reviewer or even request a group review (all the reviewers take a look and come to a group decision).
I had no idea. I just had a feeling that my reviewer wasn't willing to reconsider. I took care of the minor issues he suggested but he still declined it wholesale.
Its odd that you have to go back to the homepage to see the demo.
On the details page for each theme, clicking on the image should take you to the 'Demo' site. I clicked a few times before realising i had to go back to the home page. You could also add the 'View Demo' button...
Thanks for the feedback. I whipped this site up in a day (today) so I'll go back and tweak. However the "detail" page is actually the sort of "add to cart" page. The intension was to shorten the funnel and have people at the checkout page as fast as possible.
Do you serve up themes that aren't based on Wordpress? Otherwise, it makes more sense to just mention Wordpress in one place instead of tagging everything with it.
- tabs should be reversed. They make no sense as is.
- the orange down arrow top right needs to go or change. Looks like it's pointing at the tab for a reason. Nothing about the design suggests that I should interact with it to slide down a contact form, etc.
- maybe ditch the cents on the prices, they just make the numbers look bigger.
- you have "Terms" mixed in with side-projects in your footer; perhaps differentiate them?
- the site is called "themeESC" in the footer, but "themEsc" in the domain and branding.
- not sure about the gradient on the logo text. It's the only place you've used a gradient in the design (ignoring shadows).
- the pulldown has a shadow, but the logo/mark don't.
- if the site is about themes, put that tab before and far more prominent than 'Products'
- sandwiches might bring a point of difference, but this section is just a load of wank (sorry to be blunt):
"I am fervently altruistic in my desire to serve up fun, intuitive and elegant products that bring the humanity back to online interaction."
Are you planning to do do anything other than Wordpress ?
if yes, then may I suggest Drupal. Drupal 7 is already gearing up to be an amazing framework and it is a seriously untapped market. I have lost count of the number of times people have asked on IRC about a Thesis like theme framework for Drupal (Acquia is not quite it).
Another popular request is an admin theme for Drupal that is geared towards people used to Wordpress (me included).
I do not think that is a fair comment, nor is it constructively phrased. These themes are equal in quality to loads of the ThemeForest templates. While not perfect, I am not sure they should have been rejected.
OP... a big gap in the ThemeForest market is decent admin templates, which are suitable for use in a SaaS app. There are some templates on there already, but they leave a lot to be desired. I think there is a lot of money to be made with themes that include:
* Landing page
* Signup/registration form
* Login form
* Standard admin template features (forms, tables, page layout examples etc)
At the moment my only option is trying to find two themes (for front and back end) that mesh reasonably well together.
Also, an "AskHN: What do you want in a web app theme" could throw up some useful info.
I quite like it. I'm not a design guru so I'm fairly inarticulate when it comes to suggestions, but I would suggest that your sign-up thing at the top (that drops down) should be changed so your sign-up is on page. I imagine most people will miss it, and it is disproportionately large when you click on it.
I can see why you were rejected from Theme Forest. Your designs are derivative and show poor design concepts. You have no grasp of the grid model, and use poor color choices and inconsistent UI across the board. Even your own landing page is poorly designed...
This sophomoric response to being rejected is akin to a baby's crying. While you waste energy crying, we're all still going about our lives. You should put some of that pent up frustration and focus that energy on improving your web designs.
I doubt you'll get any sales on your poor wordpress themes. You should also price them higher to look like they have some worth.
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Hope this helps.
I love the designs. They're quirky, and different. Too many WP themes these days are templates of templates. At least these have some personality.
if yes, then may I suggest Drupal. Drupal 7 is already gearing up to be an amazing framework and it is a seriously untapped market. I have lost count of the number of times people have asked on IRC about a Thesis like theme framework for Drupal (Acquia is not quite it).
Another popular request is an admin theme for Drupal that is geared towards people used to Wordpress (me included).
And armature use of colours and gradients.
OP... a big gap in the ThemeForest market is decent admin templates, which are suitable for use in a SaaS app. There are some templates on there already, but they leave a lot to be desired. I think there is a lot of money to be made with themes that include:
* Landing page
* Signup/registration form
* Login form
* Standard admin template features (forms, tables, page layout examples etc)
At the moment my only option is trying to find two themes (for front and back end) that mesh reasonably well together.
Also, an "AskHN: What do you want in a web app theme" could throw up some useful info.
Destructive criticism is never good.
Screw themeforest, best of luck with the themes!
This sophomoric response to being rejected is akin to a baby's crying. While you waste energy crying, we're all still going about our lives. You should put some of that pent up frustration and focus that energy on improving your web designs.
I doubt you'll get any sales on your poor wordpress themes. You should also price them higher to look like they have some worth.