From Gorillas to Alohas

From Gorillas to Alohas

July 22, 2009 in News, Portfolio

Goodbye and Hello / Aloha

I was founding partner with Carlos Aguaron (foreward thinking WP Developer and a great guy) in a little venture we called GorillaThemes.  We never met in person, but we worked together for about 9 months over IM and email. Things went well but we soon hit a stumbling block with time schedules and client work. Long story short, I recently sold my interest to Carlos, and he continues to do a wonderful job running the site.  You could say he is the Gorilla in charge.

I still have a soft spot for the big ape. Working on a project like that for many months – putting in a lot of late nights and drinking lots of caffeine – it begins to grow on you. I even taught my 1 year old to do the Gorilla (pounds her chest with her tiny fist and say ahhahhhahh – too cute).  That being said, I know GT will flourish under Carlos’ guidance and direction. He is customer focused and has a can-do attitude.

Being proud of GorillaThemes, I wanted to share with you some of the things I worked on while at GT.  I think this helps illustrate my love for WordPress and design, and I have asked Carlos’ permission to include the design in my portfolio).

So here are some of the things I worked on while at GT (granted many things we’re a joint effort):

  • General design of the Gorila Themes  site (the image you see to the left)
  • Bel Air Theme Design
  • Smooth Theme Design (using 960 grid) // Carlos did a great job implementing Google Maps here
  • Gorilla Themes logo
  • Tribal theme design
  • Vanity Theme design

What’s next?

Well, as part of the agreement, I am allowed to resell all of the themes Carlos and I built together. I have release the Smooth Theme under the http://wp-realty.com site. but I plan on launching a new site relatively soon called AlohaThemes.com. It will showcase these 5 themes:

  • Tribal
  • The Bel Air Single Agent
  • The Bel Air Multi-Agent
  • Vanity
  • Smooth Real Estate Theme

I’ll keep you posted. Lots of new projects and client sites in the works too.

Heres a peek at our latest release:  WP-Popular.com – fun site for WordPress Geeks like me ;-)

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