…but it seems that the cart system subscription has lapsed. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Brandon? The “Contact Us” form on his website is also broken. It seems he hasn’t been active in awhile, but the themes still look fantastic.
That thread is too old (2021). But all signs seem to indicate that he’s no longer working. IMO that doesn’t mean I can’t make good use of a beautiful theme though.
Yeah, because there was a period of a couple years we moved forums to a new software, so there is a gap in forum activity here between 2022 until 2024. Here’s another comment from back in 2020 though talking about the same thing.
People asked this on the other forum too, the answer was the same, Brandon Lee is no longer developing or supporting themes for the RW ecosystem.
I’d disagree, there are a lot of talented and active theme developers here in the RW community that offer great support. I’d personally rather spend money with them instead of on themes that have been abandoned, regardless how “beautiful” they look.
And you still want to buy themes from their website?
I’m a sucker for great design, but you’re 100% right… even without the broken website, it’s a bad idea to implement an old product that isn’t being supported anymore.
Wonder if y’all could tell me your favorite (currently operating) theme makers these days? I’m heading to Michael David now, but curious about others.
Themes are great for those who don’t have the time to build something from the ground up, or for those who are talented in areas other than website design. There’s still a place for themes in 2024.
There are some themes in the Marketplace you can check out. Sadly not every theme developer has posted their themes there. @curiouschuck has/had a great list of third-party themes/addons. I meant to copy it from the old forum before we switched back over to this one, but I can’t seem to find it.
@curiouschuck has/had a list of websites from third-party theme/addon developers still active in the RW community. Hoping he will see this and post that list here, it was a great list.
I formatted it a bit so it’s easier to scroll through, and removed Yuzool from the list since they aren’t developing for RW any longer. Really appreciate you posting this here.
@amdrecording The above is great list to check out if you are looking for addons.
Thanks all. The list of high quality theme providers is too short. Archetypon’s stuff is amazing and stylish - I might go for it. Thanks so much @curious !
One more thought that I’m sure y’all will agree with. The absence of Nick Cates, Brandon Lee, and Michael David, is sorely felt. There are far fewer themes available today than there were 5 years ago