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Mint Themes. WonderThemes: WordPress Theme Marketplace. Photo and graphic: Michael Kimb Jones Michael Kimb Jones — or Kimb, as he prefers people call him – sat waiting for his time to stand up and speak. There he sat, on the ground floor of Surgeons Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons, running over the things he was about to talk about. His presentation was for WordCamp Edinburgh in 2012, the largest WordPress unconference event in the UK. The slide sitting behind him on the projector, waiting for him to start, read “How I Made WonderThemes.” His pitch on the WordCamp Edinburgh wiki said that his presentation included the initial concept for WonderThemes, cost breakdowns, development struggles and how he sometimes felt like he was “punching [himself] in the face.”

Because this presentation wasn’t all positive. In it Kimb would tell his WonderThemes story, as well as the various elements that contributed to him closing his WordPress theme marketplace down and moving on. And Kimb found himself driving home from WordCamp feeling inspired. ThemeForest. Envato. StartBox WordPress Theme Framework. Atomic Kitten. As of April 2013, Atomic Kitten have sold over 10 million records worldwide.[3] History[edit] 1998–99: Formation[edit] Atomic Kitten was first conceived in 1998 by British musician Andy McCluskey, whose globally successful new wave group, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), had disbanded two years previously (and would remain inactive until 2006).

McCluskey explained on BBC Breakfast in 2010: "I left the music industry kicking and screaming in terms of performing, because at the height of indie rock and Britpop, [OMD] were totally out of fashion. I was conceited enough to think I could still write songs, and [founded Atomic Kitten]. 1999–2001: Right Now and Katona's departure[edit] Kerry Katona departed the band in 2001. 2002–03: Feels So Good and international breakthrough[edit] Atomic Kitten performing in 2005 with former member Jenny Frost. During January and February 2003, Atomic Kitten toured Southeast Asia, visiting Singapore, Thailand, and Korea. WooCommerce.

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