Comments on: What Makes A Premium Theme Premium? http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/ The Art Of Customizing Wordpress Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:47:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jerry - SEO for Beginners http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1853 Jerry - SEO for Beginners Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:57:26 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-1853 I think premium themes should include the basic framework that will make it easy to ensure they are search engine friendly. Header, ALT and TITLE tags at the minimum. Jerry SEO Tips For Beginners<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1853','Jerry - SEO for Beginners'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1853','Jerry - SEO for Beginners','I think premium themes should include the basic framework that will make it easy to ensure they are search engine friendly.\r\n\r\nHeader, ALT and TITLE tags at the minimum.\r\n\r\nJerry\r\nSEO Tips For Beginners'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think premium themes should include the basic framework that will make it easy to ensure they are search engine friendly.

Header, ALT and TITLE tags at the minimum.

Jerry
SEO Tips For Beginners

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]]> By: Robert Plank http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Robert Plank Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:22:40 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-1852 Yes, #3!!! I wish many premium theme authors would make sure to keep their themes up to date. Having handled a crap load of support for a wordpress plugin that I sell, 90% of the issues came from someone using one of these "premium" themes. Either the theme only worked on older versions of WP -- so the people using it had issues with my plugin -- or the theme was missing simple hooks like wp_footer to allow plugins to insert code. Frustrating...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1852','Robert Plank'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1852','Robert Plank','Yes, #3!!!\r\n\r\nI wish many premium theme authors would make sure to keep their themes up to date.\r\n\r\nHaving handled a crap load of support for a wordpress plugin that I sell, 90% of the issues came from someone using one of these \"premium\" themes.\r\n\r\nEither the theme only worked on older versions of WP -- so the people using it had issues with my plugin -- or the theme was missing simple hooks like wp_footer to allow plugins to insert code. Frustrating...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yes, #3!!!

I wish many premium theme authors would make sure to keep their themes up to date.

Having handled a crap load of support for a wordpress plugin that I sell, 90% of the issues came from someone using one of these “premium” themes.

Either the theme only worked on older versions of WP — so the people using it had issues with my plugin — or the theme was missing simple hooks like wp_footer to allow plugins to insert code. Frustrating…

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]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-1787 Kyle Eslick Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:52:56 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-1787 Hi Jason, I was unable to find a contact form, so I am leaving this is a comment here. Feel free to delete it if you want. My name is Kyle Eslick and I am the primary author of WPHacks.com (formerly HackWordpress.com). Due to our domain switch, I am contacting people that have previously linked to our articles in the hope that these links can be updated to our new domain name. I am hoping that you could update the Hack WordPress link in the above post to the following URL: http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/ This will help avoid dead links on your end. Thanks so much for your help with this! If you have any questions, please let me know. -Kyle WPHacks.com<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1787','Kyle Eslick'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1787','Kyle Eslick','Hi Jason, \r\n\r\nI was unable to find a contact form, so I am leaving this is a comment here. Feel free to delete it if you want. \r\n\r\nMy name is Kyle Eslick and I am the primary author of WPHacks.com (formerly HackWordpress.com). \r\n\r\nDue to our domain switch, I am contacting people that have previously linked to our articles in the hope that these links can be updated to our new domain name.\r\n\r\nI am hoping that you could update the Hack WordPress link in the above post to the following URL:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/wphacks.com\/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery\/\r\n\r\nThis will help avoid dead links on your end. Thanks so much for your help with this! If you have any questions, please let me know.\r\n\r\n-Kyle\r\nWPHacks.com'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi Jason,

I was unable to find a contact form, so I am leaving this is a comment here. Feel free to delete it if you want.

My name is Kyle Eslick and I am the primary author of WPHacks.com (formerly HackWordpress.com).

Due to our domain switch, I am contacting people that have previously linked to our articles in the hope that these links can be updated to our new domain name.

I am hoping that you could update the Hack WordPress link in the above post to the following URL:

http://wphacks.com/best-premium-wordpress-themes-gallery/

This will help avoid dead links on your end. Thanks so much for your help with this! If you have any questions, please let me know.

-Kyle
WPHacks.com

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]]> By: Duoremix http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Duoremix Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:14:20 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-533 IMHO, premium themes should have full WP features support. I've seen a few out there with a sidebar without widgets support!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('533','Duoremix'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('533','Duoremix','IMHO, premium themes should have full WP features support. I\'ve seen a few out there with a sidebar without widgets support!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> IMHO, premium themes should have full WP features support. I’ve seen a few out there with a sidebar without widgets support!
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]]> By: Free themes versus premium themes — WP Project http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Free themes versus premium themes — WP Project Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:10:57 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-230 [...] now? How do free and premium themes differ? Support, quality, features? How should they differ? What makes a premium theme premium? So many [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('230','Free themes versus premium themes — WP Project'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('230','Free themes versus premium themes — WP Project','[...] now? How do free and premium themes differ? Support, quality, features? How should they differ? What makes a premium theme premium? So many [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] now? How do free and premium themes differ? Support, quality, features? How should they differ? What makes a premium theme premium? So many [...]
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]]> By: Jason http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Jason Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:02:26 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-184 <blockquote><a href="#comment-167" rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By George Serradinho</a><br/>Premium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.</blockquote> I completely agree. Not everyone needs premium themes, and there are TONS of free themes out there to choose from. I'm glad the premium theme you purchased was a good buy, though! There are some places out there not pulling their weight very much, unfortunately.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('184','Jason'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('184','Jason','<blockquote><a href=\"#comment-167\" rel=\"nofollow\">Originally Posted By George Serradinho<\/a><br\/>Premium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.<\/blockquote>\nI completely agree. Not everyone needs premium themes, and there are TONS of free themes out there to choose from.\n\nI\'m glad the premium theme you purchased was a good buy, though! There are some places out there not pulling their weight very much, unfortunately.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Originally Posted By George Serradinho
Premium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.

I completely agree. Not everyone needs premium themes, and there are TONS of free themes out there to choose from.

I’m glad the premium theme you purchased was a good buy, though! There are some places out there not pulling their weight very much, unfortunately.

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]]> By: George Serradinho http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-167 George Serradinho Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:06:53 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-167 I bought a premium theme a couple of days ago from a store which has a good name (won't mention their name) and I thought it was a good buy. Only to download a free theme and alter it. Premium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('167','George Serradinho'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('167','George Serradinho','I bought a premium theme a couple of days ago from a store which has a good name (won\'t mention their name) and I thought it was a good buy. Only to download a free theme and alter it. \r\n\r\nPremium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I bought a premium theme a couple of days ago from a store which has a good name (won’t mention their name) and I thought it was a good buy. Only to download a free theme and alter it.

Premium themes are ok in my opinion, some people can get fooled into paying for something that could not work for their business.

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]]> By: ptahdunbar http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-6 ptahdunbar Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:13:48 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-6 Great suggestions! I'll be sure to do all 6 of these plus a whole lot more in my premium themes.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6','ptahdunbar'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6','ptahdunbar','Great suggestions! I\'ll be sure to do all 6 of these plus a whole lot more in my premium themes.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great suggestions! I’ll be sure to do all 6 of these plus a whole lot more in my premium themes.
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]]> By: Premium Customizer (Easy Theme Customization Helper) : Pressography http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Premium Customizer (Easy Theme Customization Helper) : Pressography Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:09:54 +0000 http://pressography.com/wordpress/what-makes-a-premium-theme-premium/#comment-3 [...] I was writing the What Makes A Premium Theme Premium? post, I started thinking about the fact that most designs are not easy to customize if you’re [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3','Premium Customizer (Easy Theme Customization Helper) : Pressography'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3','Premium Customizer (Easy Theme Customization Helper) : Pressography','[...] I was writing the What Makes A Premium Theme Premium? post, I started thinking about the fact that most designs are not easy to customize if you’re [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] I was writing the What Makes A Premium Theme Premium? post, I started thinking about the fact that most designs are not easy to customize if you’re [...]
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