Author Interview: iKreativ  

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Nov 27

Living in Wales, collecting Apple gear, climbing mountains, designing in the broswer. This week we meet Scott Parry (iKreativ) from ThemeForest.

If you’re an Envato marketplace author and would like to be interviewed for the blog, head over to this form. We’d love to hear from you.
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Envato’s Most Wanted – $7,500 Reward for the First 10 Zen Cart Templates  

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Nov 27

Envato's Most Wanted

We’re putting a $7,500 bounty on the heads of Envato’s most wanted file type – Zen Cart Templates on ThemeForest. The first 10 files uploaded (and subsequently approved) to the eCommerce > Zen Cart category each get $750 (with a maximum of 2 files or $1500 per author).

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Featured Workspace: Mucahitgayiran  

by posted in Community
Nov 27

There’s a great thread for showing off your workspace over on the forums. Here’s one of my favorites – it belongs to mucahitgayiran. What do you think?

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Meet Justin French  

by posted in Developers, Interviews, Team
Nov 26

Hey everyone, I’m Justin French. I’ve been with Envato’s Marketplace team for about seven months. My background is in design. I started in print and branding then moved into user interfaces and the web and now I focus on user experiences and products. Along the way I learned enough Ruby and Javascript to be dangerous and I’ve lead some pretty amazing teams and tackled some epic projects. Continue Reading

Getting Support, Modifications and Upgrades  

by posted in General
Nov 26

Authors on the Envato Marketplaces will sometimes provide after-purchase technical support, at their discretion. Learn more about what’s possible in this Knowledgebase post.
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Help Envato Get a Crunchie!  

by posted in Community, General
Nov 26

Hey everyone, we’d like to be a part of the TechCrunch Awards this year and hopefully (with your help) we will have a chance to win! :)

If you are a part of the Envato community and want to help us out, we’d love you to vote for us. Head to TechCrunch and submit one nomination per category (per day) until the December 6th, 2012 at 11:59PM PST.

Freebie Black Friday: Freebies on AppStorm  

by posted in Freebies
Nov 23

The AppStorm team have been hard at work again. Here is a huge bunch of great free apps and web services they covered.

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Evernote 5: Beauty Meets the Old Evernote ClientEvernote 5: Beauty Meets the Old Evernote Client

If you’ve read a few of my articles in Mac.Appstorm then you’ve probably seen how big of a fan I am of Evernote. It’s a wonderful service: not only does it let you create, organize, and share notes easily, but it also lets you keep everything synced up and accessible through many places, like their website, and the iOS, Android and Mac apps.

The Mac app has been around for some time now, and even though it gets continuous support and works just fine, it has been in need of a UI overhaul for a long time. Well, just a few days ago the Evernote team revealed a new update that will bring a complete re-do to the app, and just now we’ve had the opportunity to test out the beta version of the new Evernote 5. Let’s see what’s new!
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Featured Profile Image: nishagandhi +4  

by posted in Community
Nov 22

There are almost as many approaches to creating a profile image as there are authors. Some focus on showcasing artistic skills, others prioritize with slogans and company information. Some show their personal photo, while others display abstract forms. This one belongs to nishagandhi. Check below for four more! Which is your favorite, and why?

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14 Criteria Buyers Consider When Purchasing Items  

by posted in Authors
Nov 22
Image from PhotoDune

What do buyers consider when purchasing their items? It would be really helpful if authors knew the answer to that question. So ActiveDen and ThemeForest author Bedros asked.

What criteria do they consider? Do they search for items? What would make them return to the same author? What features are they after?

If you’d like to know how real live buyers answer those questions, then read on!
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Quick Question: What Is the Hardest Part of Developing a Game?  

by posted in General
Nov 21

I have a quick question I’d like to get your answer to: what’s the hardest part of developing a game? Is it finding the assets, writing the code, making it fun, or just getting someone to play it? Continue Reading