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At Spruz by far our top requested feature is more themes. In fact as a social website provider you can never have too many theme choices, being able to offer enough theme variety for everyone is a huge challenge and lets face it, the look of your website is a very important part of the decision process in selecting Spruz as your home.
In order to solve this huge problem and facilitate the demand, we are very happy to announce the official launch of our Spruz Theme Hub.
The Spruz Theme Hub is a new section located on our Owners Community (my.spruz.com) that has been designed to offer some really amazing benefits for Web Designers and Spruz Creators alike.
Web Designers will enjoy;
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Centralized Theme Publishing - A Centralize place to publish your themes creations that is easy for our Spruz Website Owners to use.
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Exposure - Every time a user views your theme creation users will see who created the theme, a bio about you and your website address.
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Distribution - When a theme is published and approved, Spruz creators can preview and install the theme from our Theme Hub page or from the Theme Library that is easily accessed from within any Spruz powered website.
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New Revenue Stream - Designers can list themes for free or optionally set a purchase price of $9.95-$49.95
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Support Structure - We want to help you grow with us! We will have help resources you can access to help you improve your techniques and learn all you can about customizing Spruz Social Websites.
Designers that want to register as a Theme Designer can register for the Theme Hub by clicking the Register link located on the Theme Hub page.
Spruz Creators will enjoy;
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Selection - Variety is key, as more designers join our the theme selection will increase. The Theme Hub will feature only themes designed by 3rd party Designers, while our Theme Library will still show themes created by Spruz and 3rd party designers.
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Quality - Every theme submitted is manually reviewed for quality. Just because someone slaps together some graphics does not make it worthy of our theme hub.
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Affordability - While Designers will offer Free themes for more exposure, they have the option to set a price. We are able to set a standard of pricing that will range from $9.95-$49.95 per theme install.
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Trust - When paying for a theme from the Theme Hub or our Theme Library you make your payment on it to Spruz, and Spruz pays the designer. This helps eliminate bad theme purchases and helps keep you happy!
An Overview of Theme Hub Features;
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Only themes created by our community of Designers are displayed.
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Tag based searching that helps you find the theme that is right for you with expanded search and filtering features coming in the near future
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Preview theme feature that has a drop down of all websites you own so you can quickly preview your theme in real time before you purchase and install the theme. (Like putting on an outfit and seeing how it fits you)
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Install and Purchase themes easily within the Theme Hub for free or purchase themes using your account balance or PayPal.
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Meet the designer, each theme includes details about who made it and their bio.
Donation Element Changes
While this update will add to the number of Free themes you can install onto your website, designers will have higher quality themes for purchase. To help with this we have revamped our Donation Element and renamed it to Website Donation Fund. This element displays the last few people who donate to your website and the current fund balance. Donations can be used to purchase themes, site upgrades and other Spruz related services. Plus we cover all transactions fees!
We really hope you enjoy this update and can see the value behind it. Like with any new feature, if you encounter issues please open up a support ticket to report the problem.
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