After seeing the discussion on our latest theme release (Sealight) explode, we decided that it would be a good idea to engage with our users, and potential future users, about what you would like to see from us going forward.
For those that didn’t follow the conversation, we’ll quickly provide a bit of a recap:
- Opinions on the latest theme release range from it being great, to it being not so great (this is specifically being leveled at the design of the theme and not as much the functionality which most consider to be awesome);
- The criticism seems to be that we aren’t being innovative enough with our themes – particularly our business themes – and that other theme providers are doing this much better than us;
- Our strategy is to release themes that meet the requirements of as many of our users as possible, and as a result we try to avoid going overly niche when designing new themes;
- Furthermore, we always need to find the balance of the features that should be included in a theme out-of-the-box versus what should be left for custom development should single users require very specific / unique functionality.
That’s been the discussion up until now (you may want to read through it yourself to catch all the little bits). So what now?
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We’re working on a few new things (non-themes related) in the WooHQ and as is the case every now and again: we require your feedback & help!
