AppThemes Review
AppThemes was started in 2010 by a team of wordpress fans who were seeking to help businesses trying to establish an online presence. Their wordpress themes are built with easy to use features,so there is no technical complexity. It is also easy to translate and therefore it is used by thousands of customers in more than 25 languages. They also have a strong community which helps interaction and sharing of ideas.
AppThemes Features
Some of the other features of AppThemes are that they have a tight wordpress integration which means that the user does not have to worry about conflicting programs or future upgrades. AppThemes takes special pride in the quality of its coding. Every code under the hood is fully commented and easy to understand. All themes made by them are licensed under GNU general public license which means that they can be used on unlimited number of websites. Those customers who buy the developer version have access to the photoshop image files which would enable them to modify the images to create a customized design. However the files are licensed and copyrighted under AppThemes and the users cannot redistribute these files or claim it as their own work.
AppThemes are focussed on providing easy to use themes with custom option panels. So any user can setup and manage their website without any hassles whatsoever. One of their strengths is that their customers instantly become a part of the community. The community platform facilitates interaction, support, sharing of ideas, etc many of which also become a part of their future products.
AppThemes Price & Support
Apart from the forum, AppThemes have the theme documentation, language packs and frequently asked questions listed on their website to help customers. Most of their themes are priced at $99. AppThemes also has a resources section which contains wordpress tutorials for beginners, list of certified partners for custom development of themes – which are useful for those users who want to customize their theme further to have a unique look for their website, recommended plugins, etc. However, all these resources are not free and they cost the user additionally. AppThemes does not allow free trial of their themes because their software codes are not encrypted. However they do offer live demos of each of their themes in which the potential customer can try out modifications and even create an user account. AppThemes also do not offer any money back guarantee or refunds.
