2013 kicks off with a theme we’ve spent the large part of December/January giving our utmost attention.
Appply is a bold and spacious theme sharing similar characteristics with our own site, whilst boasting a modern edge that will give your site a fresh 2013 feel. Designed by Chris Rowe you’ll also notice lots of his tried and tested styling elements you might remember from themes like Function and Whitelight.
Support for WooCommerce
As you’ve come to expect with all our new theme releases, Appply comes out of the box with support and styling for our eCommerce plugin WooCommerce. It also supports Features and Testimonials to further beef up the feature set of this versatile theme.
Create quick and simple alternate styles
With simple, bold and flat color styling customizing Appply should be a breeze, and thanks to it’s LESS powered CSS development you should be able to make major changes to the theme with limited code edits. These alternate styles showcase it’s flexibility with each CSS file being only a few lines of extra styling.
Grab this theme with a 13% discount coupon, valid until 17th January, 2013. Just use APPPLY13 as your coupon code on checkout.
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I’m really loving this theme, guys. It’s perfect for a website idea I’ve been toying around with for a few weeks.
Let us know if you put Appply to work on that site!
same here. Can’t see it member panel
Ditto to what Shane said – really love the look of the new Appply Theme. Have been looking for a suitable design to upgrade and combine both my coaching business and my blog / eBusiness websites into one… Appply could be it.
With a few slight colour mods it could be a winner. Well done Woo!
This theme cant be downloaded from member panel :/
It’s there now, sorry about that!
Ryan, I cant see it my panel either. Could you email me across a copy by email please?
Cheers
Still not showing in my member panel 🙁 Whats wrong ? 🙂
Negative on the member panel as well 🙂 #addingtothenoise
STILL NOT HERE! ANY DOWNLOAD BUTTON SHOWING IN !
It’s not there and it hasn’t been there for me the entire day.
Cleared my browsercache and all…, tried lots. No download.
Well I finally got the download although the cart still shows full…
Problem solved, now for the install…
Fantastic looking theme, chaps! Look forward to playing with this one!
Thanks! I agree this is a looker!
WOW, Very nice looking theme. Good work.
Cannot wait to take a further look at this and put it to work.
Awesome theme.
Be sure to keep us posted on that!
Must be a lot of support staff on line presently =)
Great theme. Would be better if there was a black and grey/neutral color option as well.
As I’m sure you know, a few lines of LESS can fix that right up. Maybe one of us will get in there and add it. 😉
Please let me know if that happens.
Post example of how you changed color via LESS?
That’d be great Ryan. I second Matt’s suggestion for a black and grey or red option.
Guys,
Cant checkout, keeps emptying my cart.
Please try clear your browser cache and try again. Let us know if the problem persists.
Hey Mark,
Cleared my Caches’. Got a little further but after pressing Place Order, my session expires 🙁
you can email me on samuel.eden@sky.com 🙂
Same experience here I am afraid. I have logged a support ticket 🙂
Hey Guys
So sorry about the issues you’ve had here with checkout. We had an issue with our cache system, which we’ve sorted out now.
You shouldn’t be having any issues with checkout now, so please go ahead and make your purchase 🙂
sorry to see that they all look the same for months – nothing new, no stylish stuff.
You have put your focus on WooCommerce which is a great idea. I can understand that.
I love your framework, but the market has changed long time ago and I see so many cool templates with fantastic design on themeforest and some of them even with WooCommerce.
I see that those themes are old school – sorry.
No full screen stuff, no cool sliders like uSlider, Revolution Slider, Retina support and similar stuff.
What is so awesome on this theme?
I suspect that the first recommendations are from your own team (friends),
I was a fan from you for years, but I guess maybe I just need sometimes Woocommerce for a client but the design basic setup from somewhere else
have to agree!
Me too. Looks the same as the last several themes … no more innovation. I miss the time where you did some application themes or at least some innovative designs. Looking forward for “LMS / Sensai” and “MegaMenu” Plugin. Anything new on these one?
By the way? I’m missing portfolio component. Will it be released as plugin too?
App Themes are finished. The key lesson we learned there was that people wanted to use the functionality of an app with a different theme. Hence we’re moving that kind of functionality into plugins (WooCommerce, Testimonials, Features, WooSidebars, WooSlider etc) which makes it portable between themes, Woo or no.
Show us some examples of innovative design 🙂
So is Appply the “new Canvas” ?
Im not a friend or a team member (otherwise my comments would be green).
The themes are not all the same, they are all different 🙂
Woo are really focusing on making things better for its users and in my eyes are presently doing a great job.
I know the green ones… yeah yeah….
the structure is since about July 2011 similar. The shops as well (there was once a little change with round pics I guess).
But hey… you cannot close your eyes on what´s going on on Themeforest. Comon…
I use some of the themes, but the latest I used was BURO and we updated CANVAS. That´s it.
Since about a year (!) design stands still.
I guess I will quit my developer licence. There is no more use for paying each month 25,-
If I need some Woo Commerce add-ons, I have to pay them anyway separately.
And I can read in many Blog Entries, that there are a lot of disappointed members.
As the statistics say;
An Unhappy customer is more likely to spread the news of upset 3 times more than a customer who is happy.
A unhappy customer is likely to tell at least 10 people, where as a happy customer is more likely to tell 3.
Thankyou, Goodnight
This theme is going to save my bacon! (Sorry, im British)…
I customised the hell out of Canvas for a client project and fell out of love with my work a week before the deadline.
Kudos!
Really brilliant theme – love the style! Going to use straight away to give one of my sites a fresh start for 2013.
Not showing up in my downloads list at the moment despite clearing cache. Any known issue?
In fact tried three browsers all with completely cleared cache and no sign
Hey Guys
So sorry about the issue here, we’ve fixed that up for people on the Standard Club membership and anyone who may have bought the Standard theme.
Apologies for the inconvenience!
Can’t enter the coupon code for a standard purchase
Hi everyone,
Thanks for reporting the issue with not seeing “appply” in your dashboards.
I have checked with our webmaster and can confirm that “appply” should now be available for download for all who are eligible (club subscribers and single-theme purchasers).
Our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused here.
Thanks and regards,
Matty.
Hey Matty,
Ive finally managed to purchase it, it hasnt appeared in my download list though…
A copy of Canvas has that i chose as a bonus theme..
it links to this though
https://woocommerce.com/?product_variation=18885
and the title of it is Variation #18885 of Canvas.
I keep ending up at alot of 503 pages…
Please help 🙂
Just contact us directly, we’ll check in on the order and make sure it works from there, sorry everyone! – info[at]woocommerce.com
Hi Matty
Strange thing, the theme is now listed but the download button is missing.
All caches have been cleared.
Any ideas?
+1 on that issue. Thanks for looking into it so promptly.
+1
Is this still happening on your side guys? I’m able to download it from my account.
It isnt at our member panels, check it !
Yep – issue still persisting. Appply shows up in the download page for subscribers but no blue download button in the right hand column of the table.
Still a problem for me too i’m afraid. Could I get an email copy please?
Ditto!
Good clean design! I noticed one thing on the iPhone in portrait mode: the featured slider buttons block the slider title.
I agree with guys who says that this theme is like other. I am thinkink in no resuscribe to club here. Themeforest, themify, magazine3 and elegantthemes are doing things better. Woo doesn’t have nothing exciting since a year ago. Is a shame
agree – once Woo was the star.
I’ve been fan of WooThemes and all things Woo especially the WooCommerce.
I would have to agree with some of the comments about the new themes that have been released is very blend in the design. I have no doubt that the functionality of the theme is getting better with the introduction of Testimony plugin, Feature plugin…
To WooThemes, keep doing what you are good at. I’m getting a feeling that you are stronger/focusing on WooCommerce front.
If i could offer a suggestion of tapping the design talent/hunger of the current Woo fans here. Maybe introducing sort of competition for designers to hand up their “dream Theme” design for a chance to win so good prize (1-2 year free WooTheme membership, or 5 free WooCommerce extension)….. blah blah
🙂 anyway. Keep up the good work again.
Hey Samuel, we’ve always had the “Submit your design” page, but aren’t actively promoting since our re-design. http://woocommerce.com/submit-your-design/
The submissions we receive are seldomly theme ideas we believe our community will like, and the design elements are usually below par. However, we always point
Regarding a competition we are very weary of getting caught in the spec work debate.
I’m confident at least one of the two themes we have in development will please some of the vocal few with a very unique layout in comparison to our recent work.
Good news, Mark. I also would be pleased to see something really different, for instance a business theme without a slider on the homepage…
@gd6d You know the sliders are optional right? 🙂
I’m looking for a good “book blogger” theme for a couple websites, any chance something to that effect coming our way from Woo any time soon?
Agree. I abandoned them months ago and now go with Genesis. No monthly fees and no drama. Easy peasy.
Thanks for the feedback here Marcus.
It would be very similar as if you purchased Canvas from us. Although not quite a true framework, it’s the most comparable. 🙂
I have to agree. I posted some ideas for new themes, but my post got deleted. It`s time to come up with some new designs. Some of them look the same. I would like to see more WooCommerce themes geared for digital products and even regular products. But themes that look like a store.
I am happy to see that I am not the only one the feel this way.
It time to change up a little, or maybe a lot. As you can see the customer`s here are starting to be unhappy, and pretty soon they are going to be looking else. The only reason why I do not buy more themes from themeforest is because each designer does their themes in different ways, and it would be hard to get support and keep things standard.
Come on guys pay attention to what your customers are saying. This is not the first time I see people sharing this type of thoughts.
I am sure you guys are busy with the new version of WooCommerce and the new WP 3.5, but it is time to blow are minds with some really cool WooCommerce Themes..
That`s my 50 cents.
Thanks
Davys
It does seem that themes are similar.
I like this one though, maybe because I am a big fan of purple (it’s a Wiccan dream).
To those not seeing it in your downloads, I grabbed it about 7.,30/8pm (UK time, and there weren’t any problems.
I’m already using it on my site at http://www.business-web.co.uk and will be workign on it tomorrow.
One thing I’m confused about though, is the use of the green in the theme.
This really doesn’t seem to fit in with the whole purple feel.
Glad you do like Appply! The green button is an addition to the initial purple [ button ] shortcode. You don’t have to use the green button at all!
Looks good.
Congrats.. I guess I will setup mine kind of like yours..
Cheers
Davys
Very nice. Almost got it though I don’t even need it right now, then saw that its not responsive entirely though it is so close i cant understand why. Also its a shame the header and slider don’t share the same background.
What issues do you note with it being responsive?
slider image does not get small enough from my testing.
Don’t see the download button in my download page! I’m a club subscriber!
Im subscriber but this theme is in my panel but without download button?!
Love this theme – it’s clean, no “wooy-look” and really versatile (if you can design properly and see through the negativity. More like this please.
Forget comments re Themify and Elegant Themes – I have a great deal of them, many are unusable for real-world projects, and when you have to roll your sleeves up to build- they’re really too much like hard work.
Woo, this would make a great Canvas child theme too. BTW can you recommend a good portfolio option as I can’t see one here?
Bravo though, Woo.
PS. Let’s not forget, how you (and Jigo Shop) basically single handily, drove affordable eCommerce forward last year and helped make developers lots of money.
(short memory some people – like most when they get something for nothing).
Keep up the great work 🙂
Thanks for the kind words!
Always welcome Mark.
Hey, let’s all do the math:
$70 = £43 / 3 = £14.30 per theme incl. great support, best framework, free plugins and update – oh, and you can use the theme for unlimited sites.
Basic website £500 for a days work – gee, let me have a good think about that one!!
DUH?
I’ve not searched far and wide for a plugin to add portfolio functionality, BUT our portfolio functionality in most of our themes has plans to become a plugin.
Just like we’ve done with features and testimonials. 🙂
Thanks for that Ryan.
I’ve searched far and wide for a good portfolio (Good Layers themes are great actually).
Good call. Makes sense to make the Portfolio a killer plugin, as it’s something not everyone needs for every site, so why waste time implementing.
We could use lots more options re thumbnail image control, rollover event handling and multiple image management. I do think that all pretty much suck on WordPress, so hope you guys have a fab one in dev.
PS. Can I now easily add a blog to my Canvas 5 easily via widgets, or am I mistaken?
This would be a great way to go. For one thing, it means just having to concentrate on the plugin when making updates, rather than every theme with a portfolio.
I think this is also a great way to keep the themes lean, as we can then add the plugin we need, such as WooCommerce or Portfolio.
Defo. A few months a go, I was seeking to build a few restaurant sites. Unfortunately, at that time I couldn’t find a decent, responsive food menu – only ones were on a few theme sites. I hated the design on everyone – too themy!
I eventually found a crackerjack plugin that befitted my design properly.
The fact is, no one theme does everything because all needs differ. The best way forward is to always start with a basic, clean site and build up layers of design and functionality.
If you look closely at almost any website or product, it’s the subtle changes that make the difference, so lets focus on getting the basics right like high performance and robust expandability.
A website should be led by its business functionality first and the design modified to enhance its experience and aesthetic appeal.
Woo is so on the right track and I look forward to plugins that do the job well.
Hey Ryan,
I think Woo are going down the right route with the plugins, however, a Portfolio plugin for this theme is very much needed (IMO).
Hence, my question:
When?
Ta.
Freddie
P.S. Love the features and testimonials plugins, they certainly work seamlessly with this theme.
I like the new design, very impressive and beautiful theme.
However I have to agree with others, that the new themes are boring and very similar to the previous themes.
And please, please test the themes on smaller screens! You don’t even need an iPad, you can resize your browser to test the responsive styles.
It is disappointing, that the front page has problems with the slider even on a 1024 px wide resolution.
In iPad portrait mode, the page looks terrible! No margins?
So my conclusion is: it’s a shame WooTeam. You can do better, I know.
Beautiful theme but iPad Portrait looks awful!
Very clean and professional design. Happy its responsive to some extent. Will recommend this theme to my clients. Kudos Woo team.
Can anyone fix download link in our member panels ?? HALLO !!
Guys – the main page slider image isn’t responsive and stays large on small screens. Can you fix?
thanks!
Are you viewing this demo directly, or somewhere else? Make sure you visit the demo direclty if you aren’t – http://cld.wthms.co/6TzJ
http://demo2.woothemes.com/appply/
I was finally able to download it using IE9…
The download button does not show up on Firefox or Chrome
It looks nice, but I would like to see you guys develop a theme concentrated more on ecommerce and less on blogging, by that I mean, make it look more like a store.
Like this one for example: http://themeforest.net/item/breeze-html5-css3-store-template/full_screen_preview/3722352
The themes developed are nice but to me it seems like they are all very similar except for some unique theme tunings and colors. The next one should be 70% store and 30% blog. Anyway, this is just my 2 cents, let me know if this is in your future plans.
Our philosophy, and in general the philosophy on WordPress themes, is that the theme should only be the colors and layout. Essentially the design you put your content into.
Plugins are then there specifically to provide functionality, like adding sliders, testimonials, ecommerce, etc…
So with that in mind, we try to have unique designs that are still very flexible in their nature. If you want your site to be 70% store and 30% blog, you can then setup this theme to do that. It has support for WooCommerce and includes a blog page template, so you can do something like set the shop page as your homepage or craft a custom shop homepage. Then use the blog page template as you see fit to have the other 30% be a blog. 🙂
exactly
🙂
I understand what you are saying, you are trying to make the theme fit for everyone’s needs and if we want, we can tune it to however we want. I’m just saying that the themes in my opinion are not designed (styling) to look like an Ecommerce website. it just looks like another blog theme with a little bit of Ecommerce added to it, it’s perfect if you want to sell some t-shirts and hats for your brand, but if you are thinking large scale like many users and myself, it won’t work. This plugin is more than capable of doing this, so we need something to fit those needs. Most users are not speaking out about this, but the demand is there. Themeforest authors are making a fortune by doing this. I prefer your themes, because they are professionally coded, but I wouldn’t buy any at the moment because I can get a free blog theme that looks very similar (again, styling, not functionality) to what you created and tune it to my needs.
We’re working on a theme right now that I think you might like. Watch this space.
Great, i’m looking forward to it!
A clean rock solid design. I think with all the basics covered in this theme it could be used for anything like Canvas can. With a little skill adapting this alot seems achievable. I would strongly disagree with themes that are overly designed and too clever for their own good. I think for 9 out of 10 projects Canvas those the trick and can be adapted into anything. So I hope you can continue on this road. Thanks again.
I would agree with your points here on Canvas. I think we should start thinking of Canvas as a theme framework, and thus treating as such.
It’s still positioned right now between a theme and true framework I think though. 😛
That would be great. I mainly use “blank” themes so i can put my own design around it — such as Catalyst, Genesis and Thesis, etc. I would use Canvas more but those just have benefits on most sites that Canvas doesn’t (although I love Canvas for some projects.)
Look forward to Canvas become a real framework as you say.
Just note, these are my personal thoughts. Not necessarily a definitive direction we’re going.
I’d have to make the case to our whole team and people who have the final say, but it’s a worthy idea I think. 😉
This is what I was saying a while ago, along with others.
It would also be good to see some Canvas child themes being released, so we can use Canvas and then have different looks at the click of a button.