OrganicThemes Overview
2013 Edition – Organic Themes is managed and founded by two top-notch design artists and WordPress Theme developers, Jeff Milone and David Morgan. Both are Florida-born graphic experts with years of experience in web design and WordPress Theme creation. Jeff was previously part of the web development team of Studiopress until he parted ways and partnered with David to form their own design company. David is a graduate of Computer Animation with expertise in CSS, HTML creation and web design. He is presently residing in Hawaii where he founded the Muku Studios, a design company established in 2007.
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ThemeForest Overview
2013 Edition – ThemeForest.net is powered by Envato, an online company geared to help individuals earn and learn online.
Envato is based in Australia and was founded in 2006, although their huge network of workers come from all over the world. They are a world class open source (PHP code) and a creative company committed to creating high quality products and services for their worldwide clientele.
The company’s CEO is Collis Ta’eed and the company was co-founded by Collis and Cyan Ta’eed. Some of their many websites include a host of Envato marketplaces where you can buy and sell digital goods: Tuts+, which is a wide network of online educational sites where you can learn online fields in graphics and development, audio and motion productions; FreelanceSwitch, an online freelancer community website; AppStorm, a site for the latest in computer technology; Creattica, a site showcasing online galleries, 3D works, advertising, business cards, web design and more; and Rockable Press, which is an online publishing brand for freelance writers.
Their most profitable and well-known site is ThemeForest – a marketplace for html templates, themes (WordPress, Joomla, Magento etc), and more. Join us for this in-depth review of the ThemeForest marketplace including actual user feedback and ratings.
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StudioPress Overview
2013 Edition – Choosing the right theme provider is important! A poorly designed and coded theme can not only have devastating consequences on your visitors and sales it can also effect your brand and business.
In line with this, we are conducting reviews on all major premium WordPress theme providers and reporting back to you. Our first StudioPress review was in 2009, however it has been updated many times throughout the years with our current 2013 Edition being the latest.
With Brian Gardner as the founder, StudioPress is well-known in the WordPress community. Specifically, they have created the very popular Genesis Framework which allows users to quickly and easily build sites with WordPress.
The credentials of the company owners and managing officers are one of the aspects that you should check when selecting for the best provider of WordPress themes. It is important ake sure that they are experts in the field of website development and WordPress specialists with years of experience. Thankfully Brian and his team have been long standing members of the WordPress ecosystem.
Knowing the expertise of the people behind the services that you are subscribing is important because it can give you assurance that you are getting premium services and backed by exceptional support from experts who can provide excellent technical assistance if you encounter difficulties and issues on the use of your chosen theme. In this case, the people behind StudioPress have excellent credentials; each of them has their own specialty and expertise in different fields to ensure broader knowledge for the whole team.
Theme-Junkie Overview
Theme-junkie is a newly opened premium WordPress theme provider in 2009. The company offers user-friendly, great looking, and efficient WordPress themes.
Like many other online WP theme providers in the likes of Graphpaperpress, Theme-junkie is also known to provide excellent support forums to all its clients. If there is a distinctive feature unique with the company, it is definitely their very affordable prices which is almost comparable to Wpnow.com’s rate, and is great for users and developers who are looking to save up on their start-up blog site costs.
Theme-junkie’s themes are licensed under GPL. Their themes are proud to be in full compliance with W3C standards and all the licenses set forth by WordPress.
Although the company offers great support network, unfortunately, this is only limited to their paying customers and not for their free account holders.