Website Review and Suggestions

**ATLChris** · 12-28-2009, 10:17 AM

I have created a premiem theme called Simply Colorful. My intent is to sell it, but I wanted to get your thoughts first. How can I improve this theme. I have included a demo link at the end of this post, but first, let me tell you a little bit about the script behind the scenes:

Uses the new Post Thumbnail functionality built into Wordpress 2.9 for all site thumbnails.
Custom Admin Options Panel
All colors are 100% customizable via the Options Panel
Customizable Contact and Archives pages all done from Options Panel
jQuery powered featured section and pre & code field expansion.
RSS reminder to help you increase your subscriber count

Please help me improve my theme. I have close to 200 hours of development into it, and I am not one to give up. How do you think I can improve it? Any positive or negative criticism is welcome, I wont be offended.

Thanks in advanced!

DEMO : http://simply-colorful.atlchris.com/

The first 2 posts discuss some of the sites features as well as demo them! Screenshot of the custom admin options panel: http://simply-colorful.atlchris.com/...options-panel/

**Knight13** · 12-28-2009, 06:32 PM

It looks good but when you view it with a 800 x 600 screen resolution the gray part on top that has the rotating image does not stretch all the way across and the page it stops and breaks the text where you can not read it all.

**ATLChris** · 12-28-2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knight13

It looks good but when you view it with a 800 x 600 screen resolution the gray part on top that has the rotating image does not stretch all the way across and the page it stops and breaks the text where you can not read it all.

Thanks for the comment, I just viewed it at 800 x 600 and I didn't see any problem. You get a horizontal scroll bar, but that is expected at a low res like that.

Can you maybe take a screen cap of the problem you are experiencing. Thanks!

**Leopard** · 12-29-2009, 11:38 PM

It looks great. I too create wordpress themes, and I would have to say, yours looks pretty usable.

As a side question, where do you intend to sell it? Themeforest? Or on your own site?

Back on topic, I think it will interest many shoppers.

In my opinion, you don't even need to worry about the 800 x 600, because the days of smaller resolutions are going away, plus if the intent is for more tech savvy users, the chances are that they will have a higher resolution anyway.

**ATLChris** · 12-30-2009, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leopard

It looks great. I too create wordpress themes, and I would have to say, yours looks pretty usable.

As a side question, where do you intend to sell it? Themeforest? Or on your own site?

Back on topic, I think it will interest many shoppers.

In my opinion, you don't even need to worry about the 800 x 600, because the days of smaller resolutions are going away, plus if the intent is for more tech savvy users, the chances are that they will have a higher resolution anyway.

I am trying to get it accepted at ThemeForest.net, but man they are strict with reviews.

I have made some more changes today, would like if you all could revisit it and let me know what you think of the changes.

**juscapsli** · 12-30-2009, 04:21 PM

Thanks for shaing:

Uses the new Post Thumbnail functionality built into Wordpress 2.9 for all site thumbnails.
Custom Admin Options Panel
All colors are 100% customizable via the Options Panel
Customizable Contact and Archives pages all done from Options Panel
jQuery powered featured section and pre & code field expansion.
RSS reminder to help you increase your subscriber count

**huumingh** · 12-31-2009, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leopard

It looks great. I too create wordpress themes, and I would have to say, yours looks pretty usable.

As a side question, where do you intend to sell it? Themeforest? Or on your own site?

Back on topic, I think it will interest many shoppers.

In my opinion, you don't even need to worry about the 800 x 600, because the days of smaller resolutions are going away, plus if the intent is for more tech savvy users, the chances are that they will have a higher resolution anyway.

Thanks all for contributing to this thread. Lots to read in this forum but I like it.

**Knight13** · 12-31-2009, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATLChris

Thanks for the comment, I just viewed it at 800 x 600 and I didn't see any problem. You get a horizontal scroll bar, but that is expected at a low res like that.

Can you maybe take a screen cap of the problem you are experiencing. Thanks!

Here is a small screen shot the part i am talking about is outlined in red.

**Leopard** · 12-31-2009, 11:41 AM

The control panel looks useful, but I would recommend creating a tabbed interface for it.