The WonderThemes BETA period is almost over. We have a good slog of feedback to get though and some minor bugs to wash away but after that the site will be ready for launch.

Its been a very valuable and busy few weeks where we’ve learned a lot about our awesome WordPress-powered system and how we can improve and build upon the strong foundations that are already in place. No doubt we will be missing a few key and cool features for launch (Real Artists Ship, right?) but they will be introduced soon enough :)

Currently we are aiming for a Friday the 13th of May 2011 launch date, superstitious? Na, those guys in Apollo 13 came back home just fine!

We got knocked out of #wpmadness

We lost our round 2 bout with worthy opponent WPZoom in the Theme Madness at WPCandy competition which is shame but for a site currently in BETA with a small following we did pretty well! Thanks for all the votes people, you did us proud.

The winner of Hardboiled Web Design is..

Hayley Fazzani (@byhayley)
from Cardiff, Wales

Well done Hayley, the book will be on its way soon. Expect a private email from the team soon!