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Pre-Launch Clear Out

mkjones
posted in News
May 12th 2011
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Hey guys, you know those accounts you signed up with during the BETA? Well sorry :( but we gotta remove them all and start over. I hope you understand.

If you had anything uploaded that you need or wanted to keep for whatever reason then log in now and get hold of anything. All accounts will be removed Friday 13th of May 2011 at 11:11am GMT.

Sneak Peek

WonderThemes will launch without any themes so our launch site won’t look that different to how it does now. We anticipate that the first themes will be available for purchase in around 2 weeks, sooner if we can agree terms with our vendors.

We do of course have a few home grown themes in development,  some of which utilise our Wonderflux Framework and some that do not – that’s all we can share with you for now :)

BETA Closure/Launch News and Book Winner!

mkjones
posted in News
April 26th 2011
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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!

Breathing life back into the BETA

mkjones
posted in Beta
April 7th 2011
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Hey all! The first phase of proper WonderThemes BETA testing went live this week!

If you weren’t on the BETA mailing list then you will have missed out on the first sign-up code but its not too late! If you want to muck in just get in touch and state your case.

95% Inspiration

Remember, all BETA testers get the FULL 95% fee on their first published theme FOR LIFE!

So if you’re a WordPress theme designer or developer and have a theme in the works why not sign up now and help out with our testing phase?

Even if your theme isn’t ready yet, it doesn’t matter becuase the offer is for your first published theme no matter when you decide to publish it.

A chance to win a copy of ‘Hardboiled Web Design’

All of our WonderThemes BETA testers who sign up to the site as either a vendor or just a standard user will be placed into a competition to win the latest hot web design book ‘Hardboiled Web Design’.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is:

  1. Sign up as either a vendor or standard account
  2. Follow the @wonderthemes twitter account
  3. Supply feedback at the end of the BETA period

No too shabby ‘eh? We’ve also got a couple more prizes and gifts to hand out to our BETA-gang, just keep watching this space :)

Helpful User Guides

We know that any WordPress-savvy user will find adding products and updating their WonderThemes profile pretty easy but just in case we’ve come up with these simple guides to help ease the process:

Closing the BETA

mkjones
posted in Beta
January 31st 2011
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Due to massive demand the WonderThemes open BETA invite will close in approximately 24 hours. This will allow us to halt list and user management and concentrate on getting the current alpha system ready for some live testing.

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up, the response and comments have been very encouraging :)

Currently we are still awaiting approval for our snazzy PayPal gateway which allows vendors to get paid straight away and makes purchasing themes super-simple (no messy credits or registration required). Once this has the thumbs up we can get started!

In the meantime, if you have any questions or queries just get in touch.

Now Hiring: PHP & support gurus

mkjones
posted in Beta
January 19th 2011
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Currently we are engineering and alpha testing the WonderThemes system in order to get it it ready for our looming BETA launch (FYI, its ‘BETA’, not ‘beta’!).

A big thanks to everyone who has already signed up for the testing phase(s). We still have room for a few more testers so sign up if you’d like to be part of it.

Alongside our small army of testers we are also looking to hire new members to the WonderTeam in the coming months. So, if you think you can cut the mustard, listen up…

Who do we need?

Anyone with strong PHP skills and a solid background in WordPress and WordPress MultiSite development should get in touch.

We also need some PayPal junkies who have a good knowledge of the PayPal X Developer Network and have worked with the PayPal Sandbox.

If you don’t know code but have your head screwed on the right way we are also on the look out for Forum support superheroes to help fight evil in our nascent theme support network.

Please note that these skills alone are not enough, you’ll also need a pinch of passion, a desire to constantly improve your work and lots of love for open-source software licenses like the GPL.

Think you fit the bill?

What to join in the fun? If so, send your CV/resume or a link to your website which contains work examples to jobs [at] wonderthemes.com and we will be in touch.

Open BETA Extension

mkjones
posted in Beta
January 18th 2011
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Its a week on since the open BETA invite site was brought online and already a lot of back-end testing and improvements have gone ahead. Couple this with the launch of the Wonderflux framework and we’ve been pretty busy!

On to business

Our first week hasn’t gone exactly to plan, without going into too much detail the snags lay with what we like to call our “sooper dooper advanced adaptive split revenue PayPal fair vendor gateway system” or just “PayPal gateway” for short. Initial testing has thrown up a couple of bugs that means we are able to extend the open BETA an extra week.

So, what now?

We’ve currently hand-picked 20 people for the initial BETA testing phase which should still be set to start at the beginning of February. If you are one of those people then that’s great, you will be notified via email newsletter in the next 24 hours with the full low-down on what is expected of you.

If you signed up for the BETA over the past 7 days and would like to opt-out then please un-subscribe from the BETA mailing list. Doing so will end your involvement in the live testing phases.

We can always use more recruits!

If you’d like to join us get the marketplace right and instantly earn 95% payment-rates then you can still sign up to the open BETA until January 25th.

We Launched!

mkjones
posted in Beta
January 11th 2011
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Its now 1.11.11 (or 11.1.11 depending where you come from) and the WonderThemes marketplace beta site has launched to the world.

What is the BETA?

Full details of the beta can be found here. If you think you have what it takes to help us out then sign up. We need people who are willing to upload test themes for sale as well as dummy customers to fully test our advanced marketplace system before we unleash it on the rest of the web.

Am I eligible??

If you have experience making WordPress themes/sites then sign up (we review each case separately). If you just want to help us test out the marketplace system, then sign up too – all you need is a PayPal account!

When will the official launch be?

We currently have the official launch planned for between March and April 2011. For updates and other news follow WonderThemes on twitter or sign up for news and updates here.

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