There has been a thunder of debate here at the WP Now developers table, all over the perceived use and ideal functionality of the WordPress “Theme Options Panel”.
You may know it as that little tab on the WordPress admin page, where you can manage various aspects of a specific theme, such as logo, social media links, banner advertising, Google Analytics and more.
Some theme developers are of the opinion that making the Theme Options panel as in depth and comprehensive as possible is best and provides the most flexible user experience.
Other developers are of the opinion that less is more. That aside from a handful of necessary options, the majority of site owners don’t use this page, use other plugins, or are totally intimidated by it.
….since we are at an impasse, we decided to take to our users. We’ve put together a short survey (its only 11 questions and should take no more than 5 minutes to fill out), to get your opinions on what you think should be included.
To the first 100 users who fill out the survey at the link below, we will send you a coupon for 50% off ANY theme order. Use this for a standard theme and save $25. Use it for a developer theme and save $40. Use it for our Developer Theme Club (which includes ALL of our themes) and save $65!!! (Plus you’ll get a warm fuzzy for helping make WordPress and WPNow Themes even better.)
Thanks and keep an eye out in your email box for our newest theme coming out in the next couple of days!
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I filled out the survey. Personally I would love an a theme options panel for all themes as it really makes it easier.
I love your themes and I can’t wait to see what new things are coming. Hopefully you make a new version of GameNow.
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RE: Titan – We actually do have a theme options panel built into all of our themes as of the 2.9 update. If you purchased your theme prior to January 2010, you may not be in our new membership system to receive update notifications. Please email info@wpnow.com with the email address you used to make the original theme purchase and we’ll set up your account for you. Once we email you back with login credentials, you can download the updated Gamenow theme and make use of the great Theme Options Panel!
Thanks,
WP Now Support
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wendyachmmad Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
OK, this is a great info from you … I love your theme, I read it on your theme review, design is OK, and now, everything is complete with your new panel … good works …
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I truly love the collection of themes and the graphics in it..
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I’m a little late to the party, but my thought is “why not?” For those that want to be able to customize the design without manually editing the underlying PHP it’s nice to have a page or two within the admin pages to do it. For those that don’t, having the page there really doesn’t hurt anything – they’re pretty easy to ignore.
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