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Arthemia: Free versus Premium Comparison

For the last 3 week, I’ve been receiving many emails asking the difference between both versions of Arthemia. Some seemed to be confused, referring the free version to the premium version, and one was even trying to get the free version by purchasing the premium version! It is true that Wordpress theme reviewers out there categorized Arthemia Free as a ‘premium’ theme already, considering the layout and features the theme has. But somehow, everything became a bit complicated after I released the ‘pro’ version of Arthemia and named it: Arthemia ‘Premium’. Ahh.. :)

Frankly speaking, I have two version of Arthemia; the free version was released on May 2, 2008 while the premium version was released on August 18, 2008. If you want to get a glimpse of the theme, here is the demo page of Arthemia Free and this one is for Arthemia Premium. The most significant difference between the two versions is the theme administration panel, which is included in the premium version. Arthemia Free users would probably be familiar to experiencing the time-consuming installation and configuration as they have to deal with ‘invisible’ category ID in WP 2.5+ and the never-ending frustration caused by the Post Custom Field while trying to assign thumbnail for posts. Novice users would find everything even more difficult as they do not have enough skill and knowledge about PHP, (X)HTML, and CSS to do all the stuff. Then, the theme administration panel is the one-stop-solution to address all those issues.

And this is the side-by-side comparison of the themes:

 
Arthemia Free

Arthemia Premium
Release Date May 5, 08 Aug 18, 08
Template Files
Index Page YES YES
Post Page YES YES
Archive Page YES YES
Search Page YES YES
Author Page NO YES
Features
Thumbnail Generation YES YES
Thumbnail Assignment Custom Field Auto (First Image),
Custom Field
Theme Admin Panel NO YES
Featured Posts (jcarousel) NO YES
Random Post Gallery NO YES
Video Feature (YouTube and Flash) NO YES
Colorful Category NO YES
Mini-Headline NO YES
Gravatar Author Photo NO YES
Google Analytics Integration NO YES
Feedburner Integration NO YES
Google Adsense Integration NO YES
Custom Ad Banner Management NO YES
Localization Support (PO and MO files) NO YES
Semantic HTML NO YES
SEO Optimized NO YES
After-Sales Support NO YES
Easy Upgrade and Free Updates NO YES
Price Free USD $70 (1-site)

Anyway, there is an ongoing development on Arthemia Premium localization. Several language files are about to be available in a week: English, French, Polish, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, and Bahasa Indonesia. Full list of available languages can be read here.

Well, premium version, anyone? Check it out at http://colorlabsproject.com :cool:

71 Comments - newer to older

  • pSy says:

    ola…
    i Would known if Arthemia theme premium is compatible with (future) WordPress 3.0 .

    biez.. pSy

  • James says:

    Is there a way to make the “Headline” posts rotate automatically?

  • James says:

    Michael:
    I belong to a couple other theme groups. But I still keep coming back to Arthemia. It fantastic ! I’ve done a bit of customization on my INFOtainment News site (http://www.infotainmentnews.net) and find the theme extremely easy and straightforward to manage.

    I’m about to upgrade to the Premium version this weekend.

  • kadin says:

    Awesome theme! Hopefully able to buy the Premium soon

  • Tracey Loslo says:

    Hello,

    First I would like to compliment you on a superb theme. I have scoured through 100’s and 100’s of themes to build a ‘catering services site’ without any hitting the mark. Until I found Arthemia that is. And given I am not a developer I was even more excited to learn that I could purchase the premium version that’ll make my life a whole lot easier.

    Unfortunately I have discovered (I think) that it only works on Wordpress. I tried loading it on my home server to no avail. Can you help? You’ll absolutely make my day if there is a way I can make use of this fabulous theme.

    Kind regards… Tracey

  • lupi says:

    voilĂ  ce que me manque sur la version gratuit
    -Featured Posts (jcarousel)
    Et aucun tuto pour le rajouter :)
    Peut ĂȘtre que la prochaine version l’aura ??

  • [...] beberapa feature tambahan yang merupakan penyempurnaan dari versi gratis (bandingkan perbedaan premium dan free version). Arthemia Premium Theme dilepas dengan harga $70 untuk penggunaan di satu situs. Tapi tak lama [...]

  • Elsa says:

    Hi, we are trying the free version but we can’t upload any images, is that normal?

    we want to know before we buy the premium version.

    Thanks.

    EF

  • Peter says:

    What is the licence for the free version. Can I modify it visually and use it still use it.

    Also if I try to add some of the features in the premium version is that ok.

  • nas says:

    Would love to get arthemia but have a few questions

    I already have a blog with 80 posts will I have to deal with any back end code to make the blog work and be upto date

    Are there any promotional codes, a bit tight for cash at the mo but would love to get this theme, if not ill have to wait :(

  • Jaun Millalonco says:

    Just wanted to say great job with the blog, today is my first visit here and I’ve enjoyed reading your posts so far :)
    Juan

  • Michael says:

    If I’ve started with the free version and upgrade to Premium what effects will that have? Will any code into’d by me, headers, side bar stuff need to be redone?
    BTW, Artehmia is awesome. Thank you.

  • Matthew says:

    I want to buy the premium, but am apparently too dumb to see where/how! Thanks!

  • Fel says:

    Awesome theme! Hopefully able to buy the Premium soon. :)

  • [...] If you want to know all the differences between the themes, have a look here. [...]

  • Adi Pranadipa says:

    kang, Kira-kira kalau dirupaiahkan berapaan Harga theme untuk Arthemia Premium ?

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