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As a WordPress developer, I am in love with all those premium themes and frameworks (both free and premium), the community did just the work we all looking for. After checking out several premium themes and frameworks, I find that:

Basically they are just an ordinary theme

They can be an odinary theme as well, if you want. A few premium themes from ThemeForest doesn’t do that though. Some premium theme tend to make you think and read just to make it works. Most, are just an ordinary theme comes with some function, you either use it or leave it.

Need advance knowledge, or at least some times to understand

I first check out premium theme was from WooThemes. They have all those needed functionality, including adding Sidebar widget. However, it required some knowledge, or time to read through their documentation to understand where and how it works.

Built-in EVERYTHING

Almost all premium themes and frameworks like to build everything in a theme, widgets, shortcodes, header image, background and etc. The thing is, they did not sync with what WordPress already offer. Eventually, you’ll have to keep using their theme to make sure things are still intact, especially shortcodes.

This way or that

The one thing I like checking them out is to see how they solve those problem, differently. Many premium themes has same options, but different way to present it. That is where the “Ah-Hah!” moment, which sometimes help me on my work

Well, I did tried to get more premium theme to test, by illegal mean But I didn’t do it though. Most premium themes I get are from my clients. Yes, even the basic user having hard time to setup the premium features.

SimplyWP screenshot
If you haven’t know it, few months back, my girl friend and I opened this blog called SimplyWP. It’s a blog about free WordPress theme and custom made themes. We both separate the work, mostly she do the design and I’ll do all the coding, only design when the feel is here Although I’m not so skilled in WordPress theme coding yet, but it’s a hell of a start for now. However, I notice that she can really do sale next time. Just how many custom made has been requested upon her.
Wiehanne screenshot
She’s been working on getting custom made theme, which is the only way we made money at the moment However, the hardest theme I code all the time, is my girl friend’s theme, the requirement, the perfectionist and every little details she come into. I didn’t say I don’t wanna code it, but it takes time when coding her theme However, I get to expose more about WordPress theme though.