Transactions
Just wanted to thank everyone for the nice reviews on Mimbo Pro so far, and also for their patience today.
As mentioned before, Plimus, which manages the secure transactions and affiliate stuff, takes a fairly proactive stance toward fraud and spam. As a result, they hand-process the first batch of orders to ensure all transactions are legitimate. If the delays cause any serious problems for folks, we will always keep our options open. But I appreciate everyone trusting that Ben and I are staying on top of all orders and most any technical issue with the theme, should they arise.
More info, via SpamButcher:
However, my experience with Plimus so far has been really quite good. I’ve been with them for about two months now – and I feel I have enough experience with them to write an initial review.
They manually verify the first half-dozen or so orders for new accounts via phone. While this causes delays in order processing for a short period, it is understandable considering they don’t hold your funds for 60 days.
If you’re a shareware author Plimus is definitely worth considering for your ecommerce needs.
While the manual verification is characterized as a negative, it’s temporary, and it’s a testament to Plimus’ guarding against fraud and hiring actual human beings to handle all manner of support. Like with everything, there are pros and cons, but I want everyone to be in the loop (including me!) on how things are proceeding.
Translations
I’ve gotten some great emails from readers in 5-6 different countries who’ve offered to translate the theme. We are definitely interested in that, and once a bit of the initial launch stuff dies down, I’ll be getting in touch.
Tutorials
Lastly, I’m going to post a more comprehensive tutorial this weekend on how to associate an image with a post in Mimbo Pro. It’s fairly straight-forward if you’re accustomed to using Custom Fields, but if you’re just starting out, you may be interested in some more extensive tutorials, in addition to the video demo. Warning: stuffy nose and fading Southern accent are also featured in the narration.
Unwinding
After two launches in two days, I’m going to make a stiff drink, play some guitar and possibly stare at the wall for awhile (but I’ll be back on email and forums tomorrow morning…)
11:57 pm
I like this style, mimbo is so cool! Great works!
6:24 am
Hi Darren and Ben,
Great work on the Pro theme. I’ve purchased it yesterday. No problems with Plimus. It worked very smooth.
I’m translating the theme to Dutch for my site. And I will add a new skin. What color I’m gonna use, I do not yet know.
But again. Great work!
Cheers,
Patrick
11:41 am
I get an error trying to view the video demo above in both FF 2.0.0.12 and in IE7
3:28 pm
@Icy: I’ve added some conditional cross/browser goodness to embed the videos. Works for me in FF2, IE6, IE7 and Safari.
4:51 pm
Congratulations on a wonderful release. As we enter the era of professional WordPress templates, Mimbo Pro sets the bar high. I’m currently working with another pro theme (I started my re-design prior to Mimbo Pro’s release), but given the flexibility of WordPress, I will keep my options open and look forward to using Mimbo on a client’s site in the future.
7:52 pm
hmm, maybe it is my weird paranoid settings as I even tried Opera and my families (don’t laugh) AOL browser. I try on another computer
8:21 pm
Yuppers, went to my other computer and viewed it just fine.
Exactly what I needed to understand a little better, and it was nice and short and understandable.
One last question…How will Mimbo pro handle the new wordpress upgrade to 2.5?
I’m very excited and almost ready to commit, Thanks for your time and patience with my questions
12:18 am
We’ll be testing on 2.5 as soon as it comes out.
7:01 am
hello darren,
great work on the mimbo pro theme. If u need any translations to dutch, let me know and I might be able to help u out! Im still using the mimbo free version but am very interested in the pro theme.
we will keep in touch!
cheers and all the best with this theme!
joeie
http://www.surfnieuws.com
5:51 pm
Darren,
Any reason why the hook “wp_head()” doesn’t load on a Single Page? I’ve moved it on my own, but just curious if there was a design reason behind it since a lot of WP Plugins use the hook.
5:57 pm
@Ronald: it existed inside a conditional as part of something we were testing, but has been moved back, and will be fixed in all future versions.
12:08 pm
If I were to purchase Mimbo Pro, would that mean that any future updates would be provided to me for free, or would I have to pay another fee?
12:58 pm
@Bryan: minor updates and compatibility fixes are free to anyone who’s bought either version, there will be an ongoing newsletter about that. As for major upgrades, we’re still determining the ifs and hows before announcing anything.
9:52 am
I think this is my solution. Anyway, translation into Norwegian might be done by me.
10:14 am
Does Mimbo Pro work better in Internet Explorer than the Mimbo theme. My mimbo websites always have issues in IE including formatting issues and content displacement.
11:37 am
Dominic – can you specify? The original Mimbo has been tested in IE6 and IE7 and I’m not currently seeing any differences or formatting issues.