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Craigslist truly revolutionized the idea of running a classified listing site. Now more people are using the similar concept to launch super niche listing sites. But now you can create listings sites on the fly with Classipress premium wordpress theme.
The Classipress is a very simple to use and comes with everything you need to help you run without any additional plug-ins. All you have to do is define your classified site’s categories, and also the image that you want to use per category to differentiate between different listings under the latest listings tab.
You can also define your currency symbol. Currently Dollar, Euro, and Pound are supported with Classipress Wordpress Theme. But it wouldn’t be that difficult to program more symbols into the theme. Overall, the theme is very simple to use and yet very powerful. Classipress Wordpress theme is also reasonably priced as you get get a single license to it for $79.
Verdict: 4/5 stars. The Classipress classified listing Wordpress theme is easy to install and deploy. But we would’ve preferred to have seen a few design options for those not too familiar with “theming” Wordpress blogs. In addition, more flexibility would’ve been great. Nevertheless, Classipress is a very powerful niche premium theme.
Whether you are looking to run a fully-fledged Wordpress blog or just a corporate site, it is essential to choose a theme that is attractive and provides the platform for your best content to be show cased on your Wordpress site.
BlueSky theme is one of the most attractive themes for pro-bloggers and even some of the startups. It is highly customizable and the contrast of colors used on this theme is simply breath-taking.
At the top of the page you have a place to replace the bluesky logi with yours. In addition, the search box is featured right below the logo to encourage users to search for things they want to read on. I also like the fact that there is a section of the top right side of the page that has the most popular entries, the recent entries, and recent comments.
The ad section is also not intrusive which allows you to show ads on your blog without disrupting your readers (see below).
The theme is feature rich but it loads fast and is highly customizable. Best of all, you can get unlimited rights to this domain for only $19 a year. But that’s not all. You get a bunch of other top themes with your subscription. Also, you can keep the themes even if you cancel after your first month. The themes that you download at the time when you had an active subscription are yours to keep, which makes this subscription program more affordable.
Verdict: 4.5 out of 5. The theme is good looking and is feature rich. But if you decide to sell your blog, you will have to purchase a $19 fee to the programmer for his work. I personally think it’s very affordable if you are making $200 or more with your blog to pay something back to your designer. But I could do without it.
I don’t know about you but I have always been fascinated with new technologies and what’s better than blogging about what you are passionate about. It’s true that Slash Dot has been very successful at running their tech oriented blog (though they are not more than just about technology). But you can always a micro-niche in this broad niche and make decent money. Technology blogs can be monetized easier through media ads and contextual advertising than other types of blog but that is a discussion for another story.
ModBlogger – Tech Wordpress theme is designed for folks who are looking to run a super geeky Wordpress blog. The designer has put a lot of time and effort to get the colors right for the theme. Tech ModBlogger is XHTML and W3C compliant, and it is optimized for SEO. You have breadcrumbs all over the blog which makes it yummy for search engines.
The pages are drop-down-based, which makes it very easy to add multiple pages and sub-pages. You also get to highlight the products you want on the top of your blog in a slide-show fashion.
The RSS button is located in a prominent place, making it easy for folks to subscribe to your RSS without having to search for it. And finally pagination is also provided with this theme.
ModBlogger is an excellent theme if you are trying to get into the tech blogging niche. It’s very attractive and highly customizable. I would’ve liked to see different colors to choose from for this theme. Also, having the popular posts section is great, but there is no place to show the most recent posts (which could be added in form of a tab). Finally, since the logo is text-based, you will most definitely have to create one from scratch. I would’ve liked to have a sample Photoshop logo to work with.
Verdict: 4/5. Modblogger Tech Wordpress theme is an attractive theme that can be used for tech bloggers. It’s highly optimized for SEO and uses JQuery to give a Web 2.0 look to the blog. It could use some minor improvements but in general is worth the price if you are starting a tech blogging business. You can see a demo here, or you can buy it right here.
I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for videoblogging themes. There is just something so attractive about the whole videoblogging issue that makes me a bit biased towards these themes. evid is the latest theme by elegantthemes that is designed for super videobloggers. In a glimpse, it is attractive and has everything videobloggers need to succeed.
eVid video-blogging theme comes with a news slider that allows you to feature your best Wordpress video posts and allow your readers to slide through them. Call to action is built in, encourgaing folks to follow to your video page. The post pages all come with the below video player which not only is attractive but makes it easy for folks to embed your videos on their sites.
The main page also comes with proper ad places, which means you can easily monetize your videoblog. In addition, you get a recent news and videos section that you can use to get your visitors to go through your posts more easily.
Overall, eVid is an extremely attractive videoblogging theme, and it does come with the Photoshop files you need to modify the theme as you wish. You can get eVid theme and a selection of other themes on elegant themes. Here are some of the features in summary:
I had a story about WP.Element’s Jason moving on to doing bigger and better things. Jason’s new theme shows that he hasn’t been wasting anytime developing new themes. His RevolutionTV theme is arguably the best video-blogging theme I have seen.
The Revolution TV allows you to host your own video show on the Internet. On the right side, there is a section for the latest video episodes, and also you can promote your highest rated videos right below it. You are also provided with the place to actually blog about your videos:
The theme is well-designed but would be most likely useful only to super video-bloggers (someone like the star of Ask the Ninja). You can get the Revolution TV theme for free on Revolution 2, but I strongly recommend signing up for their Pro program. Not only you get support for all their themes with their pro program, but they also provide you with help on how to customize these themes. It sure as heck beats paying $1000s to create a custom theme made from scratch.
Ratings: 5/5. The theme is perfect even based on my picky standards. Vloggers rejoice.
