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    ThirtyBees 1.5 OFFICIAL is here!

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    5 hours ago, Obi said:

    I had similar opinions during my first 4 or 5 years using Panda... I passed a number of code fixes and things along to Jonny, but like most "Open Source" operations, I believe it turned into a how can I "push" people to pay more money. But as I said earlier - I'm done with ST-Themes anyway - full stop.

    After reading the TB 1.5 new release information - I see the platform going in a direction that is not compatible with my own, so I'll probably just fork 1.4.0 and be done. I'll develop my own theme system using that codebase and that will be all. I'm 60 now, so not far from retirement, which means I'm not interested in all the money being dumped to keep up with the Joneses... and at this point, that's sort of what I see with the "Premium" stuff being rolled into TB 1.5 as well as other issues that should have been addressed in 1.4.0 - which are mostly the good things happening in 1.5. But in the end, I'm not onboard with a number of major changes in 1.5.0 so I'll be ducking out. It's a shame because I did have high hopes for ThirtyBees.

    Oh yeah, let's sum this up - I WILL NOT RENT SOFTWARE - NOT NOW - NOT EVER!!! Adobe, Microsoft, and others that started that crap are what drove me to Open Source... now it's procreating like a disease throughout the "open source" community (probably thanks in no small part to companies drove "projects" like CRELoaded and Prestashop). I think this situation is WAY worse than what Adobe and MS did - because people who WANT to see everyone benefit are being USED! You help fix bugs and create top shelf software (mostly) only to have someone else profit off of YOUR work and efforts.
    EVERY single piece of software that has gone to the "rent/subscribe" model ends up costing 10x (OR MORE) than what it would cost if you just buy it up front - death by a thousands cuts, and because each cut isn't all that painful, you don't notice it so much... at least not until you bleed out!

    In my opinion it is all about choices and objectives. Since I am involved in IT (1991) and in e-commerce (1997) I never ever encountered a piece of software which didn't have technical and/or commercial drawbacks. Technology is always evolving as well as commercial concepts do. 
    My approach is to keep it as simple as possible for our clients, our selves and all others involved. If someone wants to have custom work done I always ask to provide me a good explanation, including a solid  financial substantiation. Most of the times we reach satisfactory solutions without custom work.

    To end this discussion I want to thank Thirty Bees for heir efforts to keep going the way they do.   

     
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    ThirtyBees 1.5 OFFICIAL is here!

    in Announcements about thirty bees

    Posted · Edited by Euria

    On 10/28/2023 at 4:56 PM, Obi said:

    Yeah, last time I tried to "update" panda theme for TB, Jonny wanted to charge me for a whole new license. I guess his idea of a "lifetime license" is ONLY for the version you paid for - updates are considered "upgrades" that one should pay for. He ultimately gave me access to an update, but it did not work, so we have parted ways. I am now working on a TB 1.4.0 site that uses a customized theme based on the Community Default Theme.

    In contrast I am extremely satisfied with the support ST-Themes gave me over the years. And yes, I had to clarify some requests or questions I had for them. They always came up with solutions or suggestion without extra charging me extra. 

    I am using Panda and Transformer theme since it's inception on Thirty Bees and it still works fine, even after the latest upgrade to Thirty Bees 1.5.

    In all of this I have to note that the level of customisation of the shops we run for our clients is kept to a bare minimum just to keep out of trouble upgrading and save them money. It's a trade-off.   

      

    TB, Visual Composer en Panda theme

    in Nederlandstalig Forum - Algemeen

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    Beste mede TB gebruikers,

    De update / upgrade van TB naar versie 1.4.0 blijkt naast een aantal aanvullingen en verbeteringen een groot aantal problemen te hebben opgelost. Heel goed werk van het TB team! 

    Ter info het volgende.
    Op basis van TB 1.4.0 heb ik Visual Composer (VC) + VC add-ons in combinatie met het Panda thema geïnstalleerd op TB 1.4.0.
    Dit werkt nu als een zonnetje. Zelfs de aanpassingen in de front office functionaliteit van VC functioneert zoals het bedoeld is.
        
    Een vraag aan jullie. Visual Composer voor TB is niet in staat om te werken in verschillende talen. VC heeft voor Wordpress hiervoor de plugin Translatepress. Heeft iemand een vergelijkbare oplossing voor VC in combinatie met TB?

    Alvast dank voor jullie reacties.

    Image thumbnail missing

    in English

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    Hi Paul,
    In my cases (plural) every TB install has this problem. I am using different hosting providers different themes, any and all browsers and also the standard TB themes. Result is the same. This "problem" exists for a long time now and did not start with TB version 1.3.
    Since this is not a real problem but more some sort of inconvenience I don't care much personally, but my clients do.
    So, any suggestion how to fix this minor problem? Anyone? Please and thank you!

     

    ThemeFusion

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    Posted · Edited by Euria

    Hi all,
    The Thirty Bees webshop uses ThemeFusion. I asked ThemeFusion/Avada if this piece of software is compatible with Thirty Bees. They could not give me the assurance of compatibility. 
    Is anyone here familiar with ThemeFusion on Thirty Bees and if so, what is your experience / take on this? In other words, can we use ThemeFusion without major adjustments?

    Thanks in advance for your feedback.

    Welke webshops draaien op TB?

    in Nederlandstalig Forum - Algemeen

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    On 9/3/2022 at 10:33 AM, JanL said:

    Dank, zojuist begrepen dat TirtyBees nu een Nederlands bedrijf is. En even contact mee gehad. De visie van TB voelt voor mij zoveel beter dan die van PS. 

    Ik gebruik een paar NL modules naast de standaard modules van PS1.7. Echter de module van MyParcel blijft in rommelen in PS1.7. Of dit komt door de multishop weet ik niet... 

     

    Wat is de beste optie om alle data (producten, orders, klanten, afbeeldingen, bijlagen PDF, etc) om te zetten naar TB? Heeft iemand hier ervaring mee? 

    Is het verstandig om de multishop functie te blijven gebruiken? 

     

     

    Hoi Jan,
    Waar kan ik nalezen dat TB nu een Nederlands bedrijf is? Wie heeft TB overgenomen?
    Alvast dank voor deze info.

    Compatible themes

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    19 hours ago, zen said:

    Yes.. I am also greatfull that TB still exist and people work on it.. but it deserves better, there are so many more people willing to help !

     

    Yes, there are people still wanting to help TB forward. But for some reason a really up to date modern theme with loads of handy features is still not here. If this continues I am less hopeful that TB is here to stay over time. So my fellow TB adepts, shall we stop discussing and start building a nice, handy and stat of art theme for TB now?
    I am personally not a tech guy, but I think I know how to initiate and manage a project like this.
    Anyone? 

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    Compatible themes

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    19 hours ago, the.rampage.rado said:

    ruzzian war in Ukraine

    It is a W-A-R against all life on this planet. Uk is only a small part of it all. But we have to continue building nice webshops an do good for all those in good faith. 

     

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    Compatible themes

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    Warehouse, Panda, Transformer, all these themes are running on TB to a large extend. There are some glitches and these themes need maintenance (over time). However, all those themes are a bit boring and around for years now. I would like to see features as in Visual Composer to be able to pimp the themes and to show some cool features.   

    Compatible themes

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    17 hours ago, zen said:

    Well, I believe this will not happen soon, Visual composer is a huge piece to implement into a new theme.

    Are you guys willing to pay for a theme like that (without visual composer or elementor in first version)?

    The most common system now is to subscribe for a payment each year like WP and WOO do for all their themes, or one time fee only but have to pay for next updates after purchase ?

    If some one can manage to build a modern easy to maintain theme with high design flexibility and a bunch of handy options, I would pay for such a theme. Even if it costs more than a regular theme. Maybe the people running TB right now could consider joining this endevor. TB is at least a stable platform compared to other platforms out there. So they could spend some resources on front end development...

    Compatible themes

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    Warehouse, Panda, Transformer, all these themes are running on TB to a large extend. There are some glitches and these themes need maintenance (over time). However, all those themes are a bit boring and around for years now. I would like to see features as in Visual Composer to be able to pimp the themes and to show some cool features.   

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