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[Diana Lane]

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[Melody]

What a way to start my Sunday! This is exactly what I was looking for! I cannot wait to play with this!

Melody

[HansM]

This looks really good. Does it also include templates for squeeze/sales pages? Completely stripped? (I didn't see that in my quick tour to the demo sites)

[Diana Lane]

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[scorpio9]

Hi Diane
can you please expand on the condition

[YES] Can be sold as part of a website package

.
does this include;
sites built for flipping
site build for my customers

scorpio9

[Diana Lane]

Hi Scorpio

That's right. For you, or for anyone you'd like to create a site for. It includes everyone

[pro-jv]

Hi Diana

I like the look and am interested in the theme, however I have one concern.

on the line you said "All I do is use the 'no sidebar' page template, as shown here"

"Here" being the link, I went to see it.

My concern was that if you take the browser (firefox) off maximize the text on the right side is lost as there is no bottom scroll bar showing.

I often do not use maximize as I have lost sites by clicking on the X to close window and hit the wrong one.

This also means that if someone has different screen resolution then 1024x768 might suffer same fate

is this likely to be addressed in any update?

[scorpio9]

That's great!

I take it you will be providing updates (if required) when new versions of WP are released?

I also have same concern as pro-jv above, but would it not be possible to create a sales letter page template stripping out the php includes for the sidebar, footer, header, etc and creating css to format as sales letter?

scorpio9

[Diana Lane]

pro-jv

Thanks SO much for spotting that one. It should be sorted now. I've uploaded the new code, and for those who've already bought, your download links should be good for a few hours yet so just download again and you'll get the corrected version.

Scorpio - I use the theme myself extensively (almost exclusively), so it's in my own interests too to update it if something like a new WordPress release breaks it. Everyone who's bought the theme will of course get the update too.

On that note, I'd just like to remind those who buy to sign up to the updates list. Not everyone who has bought the theme so far has signed up, and it's the only way I can let you know if there is an issue like the one highlighted by pro-jv, and point you to the update. I'm too busy with my own stuff to be spamming you - promise

As for the sales page, what you say is true, Scorpio. In fact, the theme did have a sales page template at one time. It was much narrower than the 'no sidebar' page template, but for reasons that I can't remember, this (as well as a 'review' type page template with star ratings) seemed to confuse clients so much that I dropped them. They may be reinstated one day, but the theme's code has changed a fair bit since then and I have a lot of work on right now, so can't see it being soon and am making no promises.

Thanks again, pro-jv. Much appreciated

[Ron Killian]

Looks like a great theme. Quick question. You mentioned much of, or all of the layout, is edited through the admin, without editing files. Is there also a CSS sheet that can be edited as well?

I ask because I used a theme once that was edited as you mentioned, but that was the only way it could be edited and I never could edit other parts of the theme/layout because there was no CSS sheet to mess with.

Does that make sense?

[Melody]

Hey Ron -

I am just starting to play with it but I can conform that it definitely has a CSS file for you mess with ;-)

And I bought your Resveratrol articles earlier today - great package!

Melody

[Diana Lane]

Good morning, Ron.

Yes, like Melody says, it does have an accessible CSS file. Your question made perfect sense to me. I hit a similar wall with another theme once, only it was a 'functions' file that didn't seem to know what it was to function

I bought a package of your articles too - from your store a couple of weeks back. I found it via Google search and didn't realise it was yours until afterwards. I can't remember the topic, but the articles were top notch and I'd recommend the store to anyone.

[Ron Killian]

Originally Posted by Melody

Hey Ron -

I am just starting to play with it but I can conform that it definitely has a CSS file for you mess with ;-)

And I bought your Resveratrol articles earlier today - great package!

Melody

Thank you melody, good to hear first hand from users

And thank you for the business, I am glad you liked the articles. We try our best.

Originally Posted by Diana Lane

Good morning, Ron.

Yes, like Melody says, it does have an accessible CSS file. Your question made perfect sense to me. I hit a similar wall with another theme once, only it was a 'functions' file that didn't seem to know what it was to function

I bought a package of your articles too - from your store a couple of weeks back. I found it via Google search and didn't realise it was yours until afterwards. I can't remember the topic, but the articles were top notch and I'd recommend the store to anyone.

Thanks Diana, we might have tried the same theme. It's nice to be able to edit a theme without editing files, probably more so for those that do like or do not know how to edit, but it sure can limit what you can do. Thanks for confirming there is a CSS sheet to edit as I need. Give me something to mess up... lol

I've been looking for a magazine type theme that I can use to build blogs with, looks like I found it

And thank you for your business as well, it is greatly appreciated.

[Ron Killian]

Originally Posted by Diana Lane

On that note, I'd just like to remind those who buy to sign up to the updates list. Not everyone who has bought the theme so far has signed up, and it's the only way I can let you know if there is an issue like the one highlighted by pro-jv, and point you to the update. I'm too busy with my own stuff to be spamming you - promise

I would like to, but have not found a place to sign up

[Diana Lane]

Hi Ron

As far as I can remember (too many late nights and a distinct vacancy between the ears tonight) an e-mail inviting you to subscribe via Aweber should have gone out to you when you purchased (Download Guard is configured to do it that way).

Your inbox is obviously too good for them. PM-ing you a link to the sign-up form now

[newton]

I've been playing with this theme on a few sites now and the amount of features is really crazy for the price. By far one of the most flexible themes I've ever used.

And Diana is quick to respond and help out too.

Highly recommended!

Tony

[Diana Lane]

Thank you, Tony, I'm always happy to help. I'm really pleased that you like the theme and hope that it makes life as easy for you as it does for me. I can't get it to do my laundry yet, but that doesn't stop me dreaming of finding a way to include the feature one day

[newton]

Hi Diana

Just add it to the functions.php file when you find it

All the best

Tony

[Aj]

Hi Diana,
Just purchased your theme, looks good so far, will get to work with it early next week, if I have any questions I will pm you if you don't mind.

Kind regards
Arthur

[Diana Lane]

Thanks, Arthur. I'm about pretty much all the time through the week, and with you being in the UK too I shouldn't be much more than a PM away.

[Dean Martin]

I run a 'managed wordpress hosting' service where I set up and maintain wordpress installations for my clients for a monthly fee. Could I use it for these sites?

Thanks,
Dean

[Diana Lane]

I don't see why not, Dean. I set up most of my own clients' installations with it (as well as my own). It's no different to any other WordPress theme, really. Apart from being better SEO'd than many, easier to manage, quicker to edit, simpler to integrate payment buttons and prices into if you want them, faster to get images from the posts onto the home page without using custom fields... no different at all

Let me know if there's a particular feature of the theme or your business which might cause problems. I can't think of one though.

[Diana Lane]

Dean,

Hi again. It's just occurred to me that you were probably asking about usage rights rather than worrying about incompatibility. In which case, absolutely you can.

*note to self. More coffee. Industrial strength. Now.

[scorpio9]

just downloaded and about to take her for a spin!

scorpio9

[Jillian Slack]

Beautiful theme, Diana!

Hey, if any of you folks who have purchased it are available for hire using this theme, let me know.

[Jeffery]

Hi Diana,

Just two questions please.

1. Sometimes my clients buy a site from me and later sell it to someone else. Are there any restrictions in that regard?

2. I sell WordPress WSOs (see my sig please). Is it okay to use your theme to sell my WordPress WSOs?

Jeffery 100% :-)

[Diana Lane]

Hi Jeffery

1. As a recipient of your site, your client would be a single user license holder. In order to sell the site on, either your client would have to buy a developer license for the theme or their own buyer would have to buy a single user license. This is only fair to those who've paid for a developer license, which would be significantly devalued if everyone else who had a copy of the theme installed on a site was simply allowed to sell it on. There would then be no difference between the developer license and the single user license, leaving those who've bought the developer license feeling justifiably short-changed.

2. No problem at all

[Jeffery]

Hi Diana,

Thank you for the professional reply.

Just purchased and looking forward to working with your theme

I thank you kindly,

Jeffery 100% :-)

[pro-jv]

Hi again Diana.

Glad to be of service on the lost info issue (missing scroll bar)

I missed this the first time - due to funds but I am glad to say..

I'm in now!

Great offer - Great price - great theme.

Nigel

[audreyly]

Hi Diana,

I have installed this theme for a few of my sites and they are simply beautiful!

So easy to configure and so easy to use. Just what I am looking for.

I have a few small issues/request and sending you a PM.

Audrey

[Diana Lane]

Thank you Audrey.

PM has been read and responded to. Sorry for being a bit late on parade today - Outlook wasn't sending and receiving properly for me earlier, and so WF notifications etc were a bit sparse here.

[pro-jv]

Diana have sent you PM

[Diana Lane]

PM received and responded to

[Joseph Johnson]

How many Developer License are left? Planning on buying at the end of the week.

[Diana Lane]

Still well over fifty. Look forward to having you on board

[rosterling]

I purchased this morning. I can see that this will be the WP theme that I use almost exclusively, too. If I had the ability to create my own theme this would probably be it. I too have used many themes and the problem with them that I see is they are not created by people who know about IM or with internet marketers in mind. Thanks for the wso and I'm looking forward to any upgrades you come up with in the future.

[Diana Lane]

Thank you, rosterling. I'm glad you like it

[Ron Killian]

I finally got around to messing with the theme and really like it. It is bare bones by default, but that's good, because I can make it how I want. Also, really not that hard to set it up. After the first time, it will be a breeze

One of the better WSO's I've gotten in a while.

[alloo]

On your demos It seems like the images on the front page are the same size as on the single page post. Does it automatically resize the images for the front page? Say the image is 300 x 200, what will appear automatically on the front page?

One problem I have had with free magazine themes is the images need to be manually re-sized, and if some auto-blogging is done or scheduled posting the images get messed up.

[Diana Lane]

Hi there, alloo. Apologies for not spotting your query sooner.

Yes, the theme does automatically resize the images for the front pages (as well
as search and category archives etc). Originally the images in the these places
were always 150px square, which works well with plugins like Amazon Autoposter.

However, when people began using the theme with WP-Robot it soon became
apparent that WP-Robot's Amazon images are fetched via a different method and
the majority of them aren't square. Because these images don't pass through the
WordPress uploader, they won't be cropped square either (not necessarily a bad
thing) and so of course they were distorted when forced into the 150px square that
the theme had allotted for them.

Due to this, image height is now 150px and a proportional width is automatically
calculated. This means that square images of any size in posts will be displayed at
150px by 150px as before on the home page etc, while rectangular images will be
150px high by (proportional)px wide. The 300x200px example you give would
show up on the homepage as 225x150px.

Very occasionally when using WP-Robot, an Amazon image will turn up in the feed
that's too wide for a narrow spot on the front page, in which case backdating it will
see it drop out of sight to be replaced by something that looked tidier. It can still
be seen in search and category archives, but these are plenty wide enough to
accommodate it.

If it turns out that the images being returned by WP-Robot for a particular site will
always be substantially wider than they are high (perhaps because you're selling
DVD players or keyboards), you can edit the Get The Image plugin file so that
width is 150px and height is the dimension automatically calculated instead.

Hope that helps

[Chris Grable]

HI Diana,

This looks great!!! Is there any reason that this theme couldn't be used with a plugin like phpbay?

Thanks!
chris

[Diana Lane]

No reason at all, Chris. I've often used it with phpbay myself.

[Chris Grable]

Originally Posted by Diana Lane

Hi Ron

As far as I can remember (too many late nights and a distinct vacancy between the ears tonight) an e-mail inviting you to subscribe via Aweber should have gone out to you when you purchased (Download Guard is configured to do it that way).

Your inbox is obviously too good for them. PM-ing you a link to the sign-up form now

Diana,

I didn't get a link to the sign up form either....

[Diana Lane]

Hi Chris,

Aweber tells me you're subscribed now, so I take it this one sorted itself out. Let me know if you do have any problems.

[Chris Grable]

LOL

I'm a dunce!! Sooner or later, I will learn to read and pay attention. God, I hate when that happens. <grin>

[coolio]

Will the theme work with ReviewAZON?

Thanks.

[Alminc]

Hi Diana,

This seems to be a very powerful theme.
I can imagine how many hours you spent
on perfecting all the features.

I wander if you offer any customization
and set up service and what wouldbe your
fee?

Almin

[Diana Lane]

Sorry coolio, Alminc, for not responding sooner. I've only just noticed that Outlook hasn't been sending and receiving here (again) and so I hadn't had any notifications that there had been an addition to the thread.

I don't use ReviewAZON because it has no reseller license. I don't build every site to flip it by any means, but I do like to keep the option open to me. I've seen it used by others though, and there is nothing to suggest that the theme would not work with it.

I don't offer any customization and setup service, but I'm always open to suggestions. However, the theme really is very easy to set up and customize, and I've had people tell me that they paled at the sight of the user guide only to realise how very easy it is after reading it. It's also something that could be outsourced to anyone with basic WordPress experience.

I hope that helps. I'm off to have strong words with Microsoft Outlook now

[coolio]

Originally Posted by Diana Lane

Sorry coolio, Alminc, for not responding sooner. I've only just noticed that Outlook hasn't been sending and receiving here (again) and so I hadn't had any notifications that there had been an addition to the thread.

I don't use ReviewAZON because it has no reseller license. I don't build every site to flip it by any means, but I do like to keep the option open to me. I've seen it used by others though, and there is nothing to suggest that the theme would not work with it.

I don't offer any customization and setup service, but I'm always open to suggestions. However, the theme really is very easy to set up and customize, and I've had people tell me that they paled at the sight of the user guide only to realise how very easy it is after reading it. It's also something that could be outsourced to anyone with basic WordPress experience.

I hope that helps. I'm off to have strong words with Microsoft Outlook now

Thanks Diane.

I've used the other autoposting plugins you've mentioned but I really like ReviewAZON. I also like the features offered by your theme. However, I am a little concern with compatibility. Do you have a refund policy?

Thanks.

[rosterling]

I installed ReviewAZON today on this theme. I am still tweaking the ReviewAZON display template. So far it is working fine. One thing I have noticed is with the ReviewAZON post on the homepage the post does not have the "... read more" at the end of the excerpt. The other posts do have "... read more" at the end of the excerpt.

Would this be caused by the theme or the plugin?