I saw the link to this article in my wordpress dash, and read the comments with great interest.

I am a themeforest buyer, not a designer (I am a ballerina with the Royal Ballet in the UK). I disagree with all the comments slagging themeforest authors, at least insofar as the theme developer I use: Striking MultiFlex. I believe it is above reproach for both how it works as a theme, and I think the support offered by its developers could certainly be classified as legendary. I have owned it for 5 years now, and I think they have offered well over 70 updates always updating code, scripts, and a constant flow of new features. But what I like best is that everything, everything, works.

I read the comments about Divi. I tried it and I thought it was good, unlike some other Elegant products i experimented with in the past. But the Striking guys have a private theme called WP Champion which I canoodled a license from them, and it really blows. I am now working on redesigning my site with it. They have been dropping hints on the support forum about releasing it to the public, so we shall see.

I don't know what Striking is going to do about this new support policy, they have not said anything yet and I think they mostly ignore Themeforest other then supporting Striking MultiFlex religiously. I am going to ask on their support forum and find out.

Anyways, I thought I would "dance" into the discussion as every time I come here all I read is hate for Themeforest and its authors. Perhaps because I have been using Striking all these years I am insulated from this and these perceived issues about Themeforest and the products sold at it, but the Striking team have been incredible from a theme owner's perspective. I do note that after 5 years, they still have a 4.75 rating out of 5, and all one sees is a stream of happy comments in the comments thread from its users - so I am not alone in my belief about them.

And btw, although I am a professional dancer, I am no wallflower, math is my strong subject and comprises much of what I am studying at university in my off season. I love numbers and I love code!

Alys Shee