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This entry was posted on 9 September 2008 at 21:44 and filed under Arthemia: Free versus Premium Comparison
9.09.08 at 21:44 in Wordpress and Themes # 61 CommentsFor 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 |
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| 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 
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
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.
I want to buy the premium, but am apparently too dumb to see where/how! Thanks!
You can proceed to http://colorlabsproject.com.
Awesome theme! Hopefully able to buy the Premium soon.
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