(Locked) 2 Week Challenge

Starting November 1st, I am giving myself 2 weeks to code a full-fledged theme and get it accepted on TF. The goal is to show that it doesn’t take a lot of time to make something great.

Care to join me in this challenge?

Good luck in making it and if you get more than 100 sales you are the master.

duotive said
Good luck in making it and if you get more than 100 sales you are the master.

I’ll be the master, then.

That is exactly my goal – on Monday I am finishing a work for a client and I’m off to The forest to create an awesome site template (no WP for now).

I gave myself two weeks to finish the template, right now I’m doing my research on what category, style and features to choose.

Let’s roll, Landon!

- Boris

If the html is ready 2 weeks are quite enough using a solid framework. If you also have to design the theme… 2 weeks seem not enough, at least for a quality product.

Good luck anyway

i actually agree with you – when you set aside the time and focus you can create a theme pretty easily. It’s the add-ons that take the time lol

jeffeatworld said
i actually agree with you – when you set aside the time and focus you can create a theme pretty easily. It’s the add-ons that take the time lol

Definitely.

My first ever theme for sale hit about 210/220 sales and it took me 3 days from paper to photoshop to code.. which I know is nothing amazing but it’s proof that time spent on a theme is not the critical factor.. I really don’t get the attitude from some around here that you have to spend 6 months on a theme to get more than 100 sales.

LandonWilson said
Starting November 1st, I am giving myself 2 weeks to code a full-fledged theme and get it accepted on TF. The goal is to show that it doesn’t take a lot of time to make something great. Care to join me in this challenge?

By the way, man.. I’m not sure if setting a deadline to be approved here is the right way to go.. I can tell you from experience that I, myself, spent months focusing on building the perfect theme, writing perfect code etc to get it accepted, before ever finally submitting something for review.. but the most valuable experience for me was having my themes rejected for various reasons to highlight where I was falling short.. and just kept coming back every time.

I enjoy setting timelines like this, they can be useful tools.. but try not to focus on a deadline to be accepted and more on building your theme simply to be reviewed.. because even if it isn’t approved you’ll learn something and bounce back. Make your goal simply to build a theme to be reviewed and feel good when it’s in the queue.

Good luck

@pau1winslow I believe it’s more like a personal challenge, rather than a strict deadline.

LandonWilson said
Starting November 1st, I am giving myself 2 weeks to code a full-fledged theme and get it accepted on TF. The goal is to show that it doesn’t take a lot of time to make something great. Care to join me in this challenge?

Didn’t you already started coding it…like 2 months ago? You said it will be finished in november