So I have been working on a little surprise for Press75.com for about the last week, and I am glad to finally reboot the site with a brand new design. I realized something the other week which caused me to re-think everything I have done with Press75.com over the last few months. My focus has been on growing the site “bigger and better” which in actuality drove me to lose site as to why Press75.com became popular in the first place. In short, this reboot is just the first step in getting back to what I do best… delivering a unique and quality product without a bunch of unnecessary hype.
Keeping Things Simple
My goal for the next few months (and probably for the life of Press75.com) is to continue on the path of keeping things simple and efficient. So what does that really mean anyway? Well, lets start with Press75.com… the last design (which I launched in August of 2009) was so content heavy including huge theme screenshots and descriptions that I think the underlying product got lost in a sea of information. The concept behind this new design was to eliminate all the unnecessary promotional garbage and just deliver my themes, short and sweet. I have this idea (and set me straight if I’m wrong) that this is what you are really looking for in my WordPress themes as well…
New Themes and Theme Updates on the Way
With simplicity in mind, I will be spending the next month updating all of my older themes using a new development framework to eliminate unecessary bulk and deliver clean, efficient and extremely well documented code. Every theme will become consistent with 100% valid XHTML and CSS, key customization and content management options within a brand new options pages, as well as several new custom widgets and features. I have concepts ready for brand new themes as well that will change the way you think about WordPress. Some of these theme concepts rely on new WordPress 3.0 functionality (scheduled for a May/June launch), so you can expect new themes being released on Press75.com within the next month as well.
WordPress 3.0 is on Its Way
Of course I haven’t forgotten that WordPress 3.0 is well on its way to becomming official. Every single Press75.com theme has already been tested on 3.0 beta without any issues, but of course when WordPress 3.0 finally launches, I will be adding all the great new 3.0 functionality within every theme. Some of this new functionality includes a brand new menu management system, custom post types, improved multimedia features and much more. WordPress 3.0 is going to open the door to do so much more with WordPress and themes that I am very excited for the next few months.
A long Awaited On Demand Update
So I know you have waited a long time for a new version of my popular On Demand theme, and I wanted to mention that I have already started development on version 2.0 of the theme which will include a slightly updated design as well as many new features.
Thanks Again for Making Press75.com a Success
I recently stumbled across a little site called “IMReportCard.com”, and to my surprise, Press75.com already had a profile created with several reviews by random Press75.com customers. As I read through the few customer reviews I was very happy to find that the general consensus was that Press75.com delivers quality WordPress themes at a very reasonable price with outstanding customer support. With that in mind, Press75.com would not be where it is today without its customers, and I wanted to take a second to thank every single one of you for your continuing support.
Press75.com has been delivering professional WordPress themes for nearly 2 years now, and while it is not always an easy task, it is my ongoing goal to get as close to 100% user satisfaction as I possibly can. Web design and development is my passion, but reading reviews like these keeps me going. Check out IMReportCard.com including the Press75.com report card here. Thanks again…
I think you are right on target with everything you are doing with Press75.com and your themes. It’s nice to know that you are devoted to your business, product and your customers. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your comment…
Where has the seven five demo gone?
I use that to keep upto date with what you are upto through twitter. (for some reason which I am yet to work out that demo is the only working twitter feed I can get on the whole of the internet…due to Chinese firewall)
Please put it back up… I enjoy your daily updates!
P.S. Nice revamp by the way although I did love the comment section of the previous one!
The Seven Five demo is still available here:
http://www.press75.com/demos/seven-five/
Also, if you want to keep up to date with everything I am up to, you should just subscribe to my personal site here:
http://www.thesevenfive.com
Jason
aha good stuff!
the bookmarked link that I was using had just changed.
Unfortunately I can’t get twitter stuff on your thesevenfive.com only that demo.
cheers.
sven
Well… you could always just go to my twitter account directly at twitter.com/jschuller.
Twitter is blocked in China.
Nobodys twitter feeds come through on anysite…
however for some strange reason yours comes through on the sevenfive demo site….
its weird…
its as though it pulls it from somewhere else and bypasses the block.
you’ll be privileged to know that I can only read one persons twitter feed on the whole internet..yours!
cheers
sven.
No twitter in China huh… Lame!!!
Are you sure?
I have a lot of friends in china, and they use twitter..
(in shanghai, beijin and HK )
and I am following Jackie Chan who twitte from china very often..
check your firewall, or connection setting, or I don t know what.. but you can have acces from china ;-)
no believe me,, its blocked in all of china… as is facebook and nearly every western video sharing site.
your friends are using a proxy service to get around it.
It’s the GREAT CHINESE FIREWALL of censorship.
Hong Kong might be the exception due to a different political system.
Crazy…
Hi Jason, just to say that the new press75 website is AWESOME..
Fresh style 100% effective!
I can’t wait the update on the ondemand theme..
it is really a pleasure to customize your theme! I can spend hours and hours testing new design without even see the time passing ^^; (a problem for my wife (-_-) )
keep going in the same way ;-)
see you
Thank you very much for your comments… and I will try and get On Demand out sooner than later for ya ;)
yeah.. I am ready for the customization :-P
Hi Jason. Loving the new site design. I am thinking about purchasing your on demand theme, but wondering if I should wait for 2.0 or is that upgrade included for paying customers if i buy it now. Thanks.
If you purchase it now… you still get 2.0 for free. All theme updates are free of charge for current customers.
Hi your new site rules, only i dont have access to the support for the theme, i registered in the forum but looks empty, wanted to know about the featured images thumnails
thanks
If you purchased a theme on Press75.com, a forum account has already been created for you. Which theme did you purchase and when?
I’m excited to discover you new WordPress Theme Concepts ;)
Thanks… I definitely have quite a few concepts in mind, especially for WordPress 3.0 and custom post types. The iPad is a big consideration right now for me as well.
Hey DUDE,
i love your themes. All are the result of great work!
I`m a proud owner of two themes from your collection….always open to get more!
Don`t forget to integrate social networks in some themes.
Thank you very much for your comments. Social Life was just the start as far as social networking integration goes. I am currently developing several custom social widgets that will be included within all my themes.
hi
can i use the them purchased for 2 different web site?
You can use purchased themes for as many websites as you like…