Comments on: Why I don’t release WordPress themes

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:36:57 +0000

Well it is quite interesting to learn what is going through the mind of a developer or designer. I find value in some of the free wordpress themes, I have used some of them on my blogs. There are some really talented developers and designers out there and I would use both the free and paid versions of their work.

By: boat auctions

boat auctions — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:50:22 +0000

Actually I’m more of a designer by nature and find my time is better spent handing over the functionality aspects of the site to developers like yourself who are more apt to get it done right.

By: paula@paralegal online courses

paula@paralegal online courses — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:33:49 +0000

I´m a designer (and perhaps SEO) and I do some coding but I loke to hire a freelancer to do that. It saves me more time and money since if I pay for 10 hours I might spend 50 hours by doing it myself

By: real estate

real estate — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:48:36 +0000

Andy, since you aren’t much into the design side of things, how much would you charge to create a foundation blog for me?

By that I mean I choose a template and you just put certain things in it hardcoded and zip it back to me. I would want 3 adsense positions and one adsense menu type link unit. I would also want a few links in the blogroll and about 5 plugins.

I think it would be 1 -2 hours work tops. To explain better all I want to make is a base blog from which to install many blogs with different content but the same basic layout.

You can reach me at – sales@propertynow.com.au . If you can’t do it do you suggest rentacoder or probably better yet a wordpress forum?

Many thanks

Andrew
Australia

By: lung cancer

lung cancer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:33:18 +0000

nanoman is right,the number of backlinks would be tremandous.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:15:13 +0000

From the standpoint of us “mere mortals” who aren’t super techie by nature, any quality plug ins are immensely appreciated. This also holds true for templates or themes. Fact is, I would pay money for good work and continue visiting any site providing quality templates and plug-ins…much of the free stuff is just plain junk!

By: Andy Towler

Andy Towler — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:30:27 +0000

You’re right of course – in my situation, sharing a project with a designer can sometimes be the logical way to go. But it also depends on finding someone with the right skills and the right empathy with the project, and of course enough time available. Finding such a person in Malta (I like to discuss projects face-to-face) can be tricky.

By: Mainostoimisto

Mainostoimisto — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:57:02 +0000

I also do lots of thing myself but when it comes to big clients I tend to share the responsibilities. I´m a designer (and perhaps SEO) and I do some coding but I loke to hire a freelancer to do that. It saves me more time and money since if I pay for 10 hours I might spend 50 hours by doing it myself… And all the things I can do in that time.

By: Andy Towler

Andy Towler — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:04:21 +0000

You raise a good point about backlinks. Perhaps I could turn a couple of abandoned designs into free themes when I have time. Mind you, with 4 new clients about to sign, that could still be some way into the future…

By: nanoman

nanoman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:57:07 +0000

I see what you mean. I am more of a designer but working for clients I still have to do development work although I’ve warned them I wouldn’t do it It is much better to work in a team that consists of a designer, developer and SEO expert thus people can do what they do best.

Regarding WordPress themes, I think you still should release at least a couple or get somebody else to do it for you. Imagine how many backlinks that would generate.