The end of the year is upon us and it looks like I’ll be eating banana slug stew. Vantage will not be ready by December 31.
Our development team has been burning the Vantage candle from both ends the last several months. We’re close – we just need a little more time. It’s important to us that we get it right before releasing it into the wild.
We understand that everyone has waited a long time for Vantage. As we come closer to completion, we are prepared to offer up a mea culpa. So here it goes:
30% Off All Themes
Next week, all our themes and Club packages will be on sale. 30% off ClassiPress, JobRoller, Quality Control or Clipper. Or take 30% off either of our Club packages. The sale starts at midnight January 1st thru January 7th (PST -8 GMT). Coupon code for the sale is: BANANASLUG
Any Love for Club Members?
That’s great for new customers, but what about all our loyal Club members that have been waiting patiently for Vantage to be released? Well, all AppThemes Club members will receive Vantage first. That’s right, you’ll have exclusive access to Vantage before we release it to the rest of the world. It’s the least we could do for our most devoted customers.
Another Sale Later
Finally, when we do release Vantage to everyone, we’ll be offering it at a 30% discount from our normal price.
We really do appreciate our customers and we’re very excited to offer Vantage to the world as soon as possible. We thank everyone for their patience while we complete the final details of what will be a great theme.
What about the Slug?
And lest you think we have forgotten, we’ll have more news on the fate of our friendly banana slug soon. Happy holidays and have a great New Years!
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7/10 Joined
Really excited for the upcoming release. Im sure the people at appthemes will deliver a quality product. Been using classipress for 3 years now and love it.
I’d be happy to be a Beta tester. Please contact me.
Regards.
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6/11 Joined
I’m looking forward to Vantage. It’s certainly better to for Appthemes to take a longer time to release a quality theme than to release a crap theme earlier. I hope Vantage is worth the wait.
I got domains. I do pages about us etc. I start seo now just wait to buy Vantage and start
Please people i know its hard. But get more people to work on it.
will there be one big map like on geo pleaces i like that widget where shows all places. But their theme is so BUGGY like my english
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5/11 Joined
Hi there,
We already use one of your themes at clasificadosmenorca.com but we would really like to know when Vantage will be ready so we can get ont with our next important project for the Island of Menorca.
Keep up the good work guys and do not forget to keep us posted on any updates on Vantage.
Thanks.
Hi,
When will Vantage be sold ? You wrote this month… Tic-tic-tic… This is the sound of this month running out…
Regards,
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Tic-tic-tic. March 5. Not quite this month – just a few days later.
And for non-menbers, when i can buy the Vantage theme? I understand, the March 5 for members of the club, but I want to buy only Vantage theme, when i can buy?
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4/11 Joined
Pleaaaaaaase I have a big project planned with this script, do you have a specific date of release?
Thanx in advance for your answer.
Regards,
Seb
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March 5.
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1/12 Joined
Any update on Vantage? Has it gone to your internal team for testing yet?
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Support team has Vantage and is testing. Beta release date is March 5.
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7/10 Joined
Okay, I have to ask:
Is the Appthemes Development Team for Vantage and Classipress and these other themes USING their own Quality Control issue-tracking theme to work on your themes projects?
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We already had issue tracking systems in place before introducing Quality Control and we have not moved our projects to it…yet. We will be using Quality Control to manage beta testing on Vantage. Eventually, all our projects will be on Quality Control.
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Vantage beta release date is March 5.
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7/10 Joined
Thanks for the update, Shannon. Is Vantage going to be a quality release or is there a chance there could be bugs?
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The release will be thoroughly tested but it is a beta release and has not been through the ultimate test. We already have a large team of beta testers ready to hack on the theme further. The lead dev team will be standing by to attack any issues that may come up. Compared to previous releases, I’m very confident that Vantage will be very robust.
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7/10 Joined
Okay, great and thanks for replying, I appreciate it.
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7/10 Joined
Thanks Shannon! Look forward to the release on March 5. Thanks for giving us a concrete date.
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7/10 Joined
Great to here that Vantage is only two weeks away.
This has been a long time coming, and I have been waiting a year for this release. Glad I didn’t have a project with a deadline.
Can you write a blog to give a rundown of the features that vantage will have? I understand Events Management is out for now, but it would be good for those waiting to get a picture of the features of Vantage so we can preplan on how to build out a site.
I am particularly interested in the search feature and how filters could be used with this.
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@radlam, We will have a blog post, but not in the next few days. We really are cranking hard on Vantage and have little time for anything else. We’ll post something as soon as we can. Thanks.
I am looking forward to Vantage. We have been looking for a directory theme that really works.
I can’t find how to become a Club member. Could you point me in the right direction?
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@Sheila: http://www.appthemes.com/cp/signup.php and scroll down. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at support@appthemes.com.
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7/10 Joined
Thanks Shannon. I would like to see a list of features also.
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We’ll have a list of of features and some screenshots soon.
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11/11 Joined
Will the current customers wait so long after March,5 for vantage to be released to the public?
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We do not have a timetable for releasing Vantage to the public at large. Right now, the only item scheduled is the beta release date of March 5. We’ll certainly post more info when we have it.
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7/10 Joined
Hi Shannon,
I am a Appthemes Club Member and would like to have access to Vantage when released on March 5. Do all Club Members get access on March 5 ???
Thank You
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All Club members will have access to Vantage on March 5.