simpleCart + thematic (weekend) challenge

By Dan Milward | July 3, 2009

The first person to submit a Thematic Child theme that looks the same as the simpleCart demo site and functions in a comparable way will win $240 USD and get profiled on our site.

I built the same thing last week using Thematic and WP e-Commerce in just under 2 hours so I know its possible.

If this works and turns out to be fun then we’ll look at running a weekend challenge on a regular basis. The main goal here is to make more e-Commerce themes available for WordPress e-Commerce users and help profile your skills.

The Rules:

  • Must look the same (or a nice variation)
  • Must use Thematic
  • Must use WP e-Commerce 3.7 Beta 4 or Higher
  • Must be emailed to dan@instinct.co.nz before the end of the weekend

Notes for future challenges:

  • Submission must include checkout page design
  • Pay attention to fonts, margins and padding

Challenge Closed!!!

Thanks for all the interest. A winner will be announced soon.

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8 Comments

  1. Henry
    Posted July 3, 2009 at 7:57 pm | Permalink

    Wow! This is so cool!!! Nice job on simplecart by the way.

  2. Nick Armstrong
    Posted July 3, 2009 at 10:34 pm | Permalink

    Whew!

    I’m really going to have to dig in to Thematic. This was my first time playing around with it or child themes. I also really like the e-Commerce plugin, but with the time-crunch, I couldn’t really prod around as much as I’d have liked.

    Thanks for the fun contest!

    -Nick Armstrong
    PsychoticResumes.com

  3. Dan Milward
    Posted July 4, 2009 at 1:35 am | Permalink

    Thanks Nick!!

    I just realized you (as in anybody participating) might need Grid View.

    Ordinarily to obtain Grid View you need to buy the files from our shop. However for this challenge – if you send me a zip file containing your initial efforts (like Nick) then I’ll gladly send you the files and an API key on the house.

  4. Dan Milward
    Posted July 4, 2009 at 1:42 am | Permalink

    I think next weekend we’ll do a threadless.com challenge ;)

  5. Chris Wallace
    Posted July 4, 2009 at 4:09 am | Permalink

    Dan, you should have a present in your inbox. :)

  6. Dan Milward
    Posted July 4, 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    Hi team. This just came in from our resident template guru Tom; Take the code from the following file and apply the same logic to the cart_widget.php file.

    http://s3.getshopped.com/instinct/challenge/cart.rtf

    Integrating this code would generate a 48 by 48 px thumbnail image in the shopping cart thus making your submission that much more like SimpleCart ;)

  7. Allen
    Posted July 5, 2009 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    Does this have to be a weekend thing. What if I email you something on Tuesday??

  8. Dan Milward
    Posted July 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    Deadline closes Sunday night US time / anytime before sunrise. New Zealand time providing it arrives in my inbox before I get to work Tuesday I’m happy.

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