Comments on: 5 steps to something that will sell http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/ Design Disease provides cost-effective Web design services focused on usability, accessibility and Web standards. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Nanang http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-1716 Nanang Wed, 21 May 2008 06:22:33 +0000 http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-1716 I agree with you Dem. But i want to add one more thing to make this combination more powerful : nice useful programming. I agree with you Dem. But i want to add one more thing to make this combination more powerful : nice useful programming.

]]> By: Dem http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-1241 Dem Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:30:54 +0000 http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-1241 Well... Design is not everything. Content either. Both, design and content, have to complement... Well… Design is not everything. Content either. Both, design and content, have to complement…

]]> By: Small Potato http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-994 Small Potato Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-994 It sounds like you're describing me and wpdesigner.com. I don't mind it if you do and would like to response to this post if you are writing about wpdesigner.com. --- If my blog has been erroneously designed then I'm open to whatever suggestions you might have. FYI, I am not a self pro-claimed "theme guru designer." Please don't put words in my mouth. I actually call myself a Small Potato and an amateur web designer. Are you saying I shouldn't promote my own product on my own sidebar, which is on my own blog? I'm not a saint, but I think I deserve the opportunity to work for some returns on all the time I've contributed to WordPress (like everyone else). As for my design tips, they were simply what I thought could help the bloggers separate their own blogs from the rest of the pack. Although it's hypocritical, I chose to not follow my own design tips mainly because of laziness and it's because not every blog can make use of the given tips. It sounds like you have a gripe against my early position on the sponsored themes debate. Like I've explained time and time again, I do not have a problem with sponsored themes, but I did have a problem with theme authors abusing that business model. They were basically spamming the Theme Viewer. In the past, I pointed out that Design Disease's Insense theme was the right way to do sponsored themes, which was to not require the link to stay and actually tell the users the link is there. Another FYI, I also have a problem with how weblogtoolscollection.com and themes.wordpress.net chose to define sponsored themes. Their rules fail to filter out companies that are hiring theme authors to create exclusive free themes for their companies. About your "premium" point, premium simply means that you have to pay for it. And no, I was not the one to start the "premium" craze. I think the term premium is misleading at the moment because it is subjective and not every author strive to make their themes "premium." It sounds like you’re describing me and wpdesigner.com. I don’t mind it if you do and would like to response to this post if you are writing about wpdesigner.com.

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If my blog has been erroneously designed then I’m open to whatever suggestions you might have.

FYI, I am not a self pro-claimed “theme guru designer.” Please don’t put words in my mouth. I actually call myself a Small Potato and an amateur web designer.

Are you saying I shouldn’t promote my own product on my own sidebar, which is on my own blog? I’m not a saint, but I think I deserve the opportunity to work for some returns on all the time I’ve contributed to WordPress (like everyone else).

As for my design tips, they were simply what I thought could help the bloggers separate their own blogs from the rest of the pack. Although it’s hypocritical, I chose to not follow my own design tips mainly because of laziness and it’s because not every blog can make use of the given tips.

It sounds like you have a gripe against my early position on the sponsored themes debate. Like I’ve explained time and time again, I do not have a problem with sponsored themes, but I did have a problem with theme authors abusing that business model. They were basically spamming the Theme Viewer.

In the past, I pointed out that Design Disease’s Insense theme was the right way to do sponsored themes, which was to not require the link to stay and actually tell the users the link is there.

Another FYI, I also have a problem with how weblogtoolscollection.com and themes.wordpress.net chose to define sponsored themes. Their rules fail to filter out companies that are hiring theme authors to create exclusive free themes for their companies.

About your “premium” point, premium simply means that you have to pay for it. And no, I was not the one to start the “premium” craze.

I think the term premium is misleading at the moment because it is subjective and not every author strive to make their themes “premium.”

]]> By: David http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-993 David Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:11:34 +0000 http://wp-themes.designdisease.com/2007/12/03/5-steps-to-something-that-will-sell/#comment-993 While I do agree that design counts, I think that great content is even more important, as design changes, content remains the same. If you have a good post surrounded by a horrible design, people will still read the article. If you have a bad article and a great design, people will look at the design and then leave. While I do agree that design counts, I think that great content is even more important, as design changes, content remains the same.

If you have a good post surrounded by a horrible design, people will still read the article.

If you have a bad article and a great design, people will look at the design and then leave.

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