Okay I have created a WordPress theme that we want to sell on ThemeForest. I developed it all and one of our designers designed it. So it wasn't something that we just hacked together, it was something we spent quite a bit of time on.
The theme is designed for movie theaters, as a way to showcase the current movies and allow users to view the current movies and sort them by multiple criteria. You can view the theme at www.starmoose.com/themes/.
We submitted the theme to ThemeForest and it as rejected within hours, despite them telling me it would probably take a week. I wouldn't have minded so much, but they gave no feedback on what needed to be changed. So we went and redesigned most of the pages, as far as the look goes, and resubmitted. Again, the theme was rejected in just a few hours.
This time I actually got some feedback. They said the theme didn't meet their quality requirements and "While I like the general concept and direction this theme has taken, the template's design will need to be polished up significantly to be considered for approval. Right now, your use of white space, the layout of elements and general styling will need significant improvements. I'll be able to provide further feedback as to how to get this approved but only after the design itself has crossed a certain threshold with regards to design quality. I'm sorry to say it's not there yet."
So my first thought was the reviewer didn't even really look at the theme. The initial time we submitted, the blog page and other pages (besides the home page) weren't the best designed, but we fixed all of that. So I'm not sure if he even checked those pages out the second time, or saw it was the same theme and just rejected it.
But I don't know where to go from here so I'm look for some feedback on what everyone thinks as far as the design goes. Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially if anyone has experience with getting approved at ThemeForest.
The theme is designed for movie theaters, as a way to showcase the current movies and allow users to view the current movies and sort them by multiple criteria. You can view the theme at www.starmoose.com/themes/.
We submitted the theme to ThemeForest and it as rejected within hours, despite them telling me it would probably take a week. I wouldn't have minded so much, but they gave no feedback on what needed to be changed. So we went and redesigned most of the pages, as far as the look goes, and resubmitted. Again, the theme was rejected in just a few hours.
This time I actually got some feedback. They said the theme didn't meet their quality requirements and "While I like the general concept and direction this theme has taken, the template's design will need to be polished up significantly to be considered for approval. Right now, your use of white space, the layout of elements and general styling will need significant improvements. I'll be able to provide further feedback as to how to get this approved but only after the design itself has crossed a certain threshold with regards to design quality. I'm sorry to say it's not there yet."
So my first thought was the reviewer didn't even really look at the theme. The initial time we submitted, the blog page and other pages (besides the home page) weren't the best designed, but we fixed all of that. So I'm not sure if he even checked those pages out the second time, or saw it was the same theme and just rejected it.
But I don't know where to go from here so I'm look for some feedback on what everyone thinks as far as the design goes. Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially if anyone has experience with getting approved at ThemeForest.
