Classipress 3.0: WordPress Classified Ads Theme

We have all seen Craigslist. It’s one of the best sites to look for those super deals. Let’s not forget that it’s one of the largest websites around. That site does not use WordPress as its platform, but that does not mean you can’t make a classified ads site using this platform. ClassiPress 3.0 is a powerful WordPress classified theme that makes creating classified listing website like a piece of cake. It comes with a ton of features and is designed to handle payments easily, giving you the opportunity to start a paid classified website in a flash.

Since this theme is form-based, it’s very flexible as far as the items your visitors can add to your website. All you have to do is define the appropriate form layout, and you are all set. Classipress also lets you define custom fields and gather as much information as possible about your visitors. This theme comes with multiple styles and color schemes for you to choose from. Directory style has a more classic look and feel to it. The Standard flavor has a blog layout. (more…)

10 Awesome Things To Do with WordPress

Millions of people use WordPress to run their blog. We all know WordPress is good for more than just blogging. You can create all kinds of awesome websites using this content management system. Businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs can all use WordPress to accomplish great things.

While there are plenty of projects you can tackle with WordPress, here are 10 awesome things that you can do with WordPress right now:

Start a Social Voting Website

Creating a Digg style site could not be any easier with WordPress. Themes such as Nominate let you start your own social news aggregator and get your community involved too.

Start a Question & Answers Website

Q&A websites can get you a lot of traffic if you play your cards right. Besides, they can connect you with your readers and customers. That’s always a good thing. Themes such as Instant Q&A and Answers have you covered here.

Build a Forum – Discussion Board

You don’t need PHPBB or vBulletin to get your forum online. gForums is a simple to use theme that takes advantage of WordPress to do the job, so you get to use your favorite platform to start your board.

Get Your Wiki Online

There are plenty of open source CMS solutions for Wikis. If you have tried those and still want to use WordPress to get the job done, WordPress Wiki has you covered. (more…)

Start a Social Voting Site with Nominate for WordPress

There are plenty of content management systems that allow you to develop a Digg type website. A type of website that people can use to submit and vote on stories. Pligg is one of those platforms. Unfortunately, some of these software solutions are tough to get a handle on and not easily customizable. Besides, why use a different CMS when you can use WordPress to get the job done. Nominate is a powerful WordPress theme that lets you create your own social voting website without relying on anything on than WordPress.

Nominate is based on Elemental framework, which means you can always customize it further, especially if you know your CSS and PHP. It comes with 3 color schemes and a complete voting system to give your visitors the opportunity to submit their work and vote on other stories on your website. This theme does not use any plugin to accomplish the article submission process. It has custom login and registration forms to make it easier for new members to join.

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Start a Knowledge Base with KnowPress for WordPress

Knowledge bases can be quite useful if you are interested in researching a specific topic and knowing everything one can possibly know about it. They are a great way to organize and manage a large set of articles and information. These days, a lot of people use Wiki software to create these types of websites. KnowPress is a handy WordPress theme that lets you do just that using your favorite platform.

KnowPress can be used for all kinds of purposes. You can use it to create a support website for a product that you are selling. It’s also possible to create a research site on a specific topic. Last but not the least, KnowPress seems like the perfect solution for FAQ websites. KnowPress is easily customizable and includes 5 different color schemes for you to customize the look and feel of your Knowledge base.

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10 Unique WordPress Themes That Rock

There are plenty of high quality, premium WordPress themes that one can pick up to do all kinds of things with WordPress. Not every one of those themes stand out. Sometimes, you want a unique looking theme that makes your website rock. These 10 premium themes fit the bill in my book:

Elements: a pretty versatile and colorful WordPress theme that can be used for magazine sites (or any site with multimedia content). Pretty dynamic too.

CouponPress: one of the few WordPress themes that can transform your website into a coupon site. Has plenty of options and styles. Makes it much easier to promote your best coupons to the world.

Gallery Pro Theme: one of the most attractive gallery WordPress themes. Has 3 different color schemes and 6 page templates.

Accumulo: turns your website into an AllTop clone. Gives you an easy way to organize all your feeds or build an AllTop like portal. (more…)

Start a Twitter-Like Blog with Conversate for WordPress

Twitter is one of the hottest sites on the Internet these days. Millions of people from around the world come to the site to share their thoughts in form of messages as lengthy as 140 characters. While Twitter can be a whole lot o fun to be a part of, you do have the option to start a similar type of website using WordPress as long as you choose the right theme. Conversate for WordPress is one of those themes that lets you do just that. It’s an innovative Ajaxified template that supports inline posting and commenting, giving your visitors a similar experience to Twitter.

Conversate comes with 5 different color schemes (Blue, Green, Red, Orange, and Aquamarine). You can easily change your background or upload your own logo (if you intend to brand your website). The theme is Ajaxified, which means your page does not refresh every-time someone posts something. Users are not limited to text comments. They can post video, mp3, and all kind of things to your wall. Inline commenting is supported too.

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Hospitality Theme: WordPress Theme for Hotels

In the past, we have discussed many themes that one can use to take a business online. If you would like to take your restaurant online or just want to build an online presence for your retail business, there are plenty of themes that you can take advantage of. Hospitality Theme is another one of those business themes that lets hospitality business owners to start an online presence. The theme is clean, quite well designed, and ready to go out of the box.

Due to the nature of this business, you are going to need a theme that is not only attractive but also image friendly. That’s exactly what you get with Hospitality. It also comes with 5 color schemes for you to choose from, giving you some flexibility there. This theme supports localization and is pretty easy to customize from the back-end. The dynamic drop-down menu is a plus too.

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