Making a Better Bot

There have been several changes and improvements made recently on Themebot.

• IRCMaxell's Page Cache component for Joomla was installed. This greatly decreases page loading time for visitors once a page has been cached.
• The gallery has a link for the most recent layouts in each section.
• There are now previews of the two most recently submitted layouts from each category on the homepage.
• You no longer have to be logged in to download a layout.
• The download links in the gallery are now being created in a way that they immediately start the template download. All of the existing gallery entries will eventually be changed to match.
• Last but not least, the forums were migrated to Fireboard. The message boards are integrated with the rest of the site much better now and each article / new web layout has an automatic link for discussion in the forums.

It is an ongoing effort to keep improving Themebot. In a nutshell, these are the four main goals:

1. Provide one of the best websites for finding web layouts.
2. Support freelance web designers and web developers.
3. Support open source software through a year end donation.
4. Make enough income so that the time spent building and maintaining the site is justified for the people who are working on it.

I'd like to ask everyone who visits Themebot.com for their opinion of how the site could be improved.

Whether it is new features, changes to the site layout, or better performance, whatever would make the site a better overall experience. More specifically, I'd like to know what would make the site better for you as a VISITOR and what would make the site better for you as a MEMBER who is considering adding a layout or who has already added a layout. The forum is open for discussion :)