Feed your WordPress Demons!
Are you a video blogger? If you are, then you should definitely check out TV.Elements. The TV.Elements WordPress theme is designed for those who primarily do video blogging. You can allow people to add comments or subscribe to your videos, which is cool in itself.
You get multiple sidebars for pages, category pages, and posts, and you can drop your META or Tag Cloud widget in there if you prefer. You can also add ads easy, which is great.
You can post videos to TV.Elements easily. You can try the demo here. This theme works with videos from several sources including Blip.TV, Flickr, MetaCafe, MySpace, Veoh, Viddler, Vimeo and YouTube. Besides, if you have FLV player available on your server, you can pretty much point to anything from this video blog theme.
This theme is compatible with WordPress 2.3, 2.5, and 2.6. We have not tested it below that but the good news is that it’s compatible with the latest WordPress release. You can purchase TV.Elements for $50 for one site. You can get the multi-site license for $125 (that’s for 5 sites). If you want to use it for unlimited number of sites, I suggest you get the developer license for $225.
TV.Elements is a beautiful modern WordPress themes designed for Video Bloggers only. You can easily change it and make it absolutely unique for your blog. Even at $225 (developer license), you still save yourself a ton of money and time and get an absolutely stunning theme.
Videoblogging is one of those trends that is catching fire these days. Videoblogging is becoming more and more popular as people spend more time consuming video online. Besides, there are things that you can only communicate through video and audio. Press75 has been known for having some of the best video blogging themes available on the market (I personally use TV.Elements for my blog. The good news is that Press75 has just released their best video Wordpress theme in “On Demand.” So let’s dig in and see what makes On Demand Wordpress theme special.
Design: I am sure you have heard of love on the first sight? Well, On Demand is absolutely incredible looking. You get a featured video section with the ability to flip videos by clicking on the left or right arrows. In addition, you get a category section, where your users can search for their favorite video posts based on your defined categories. The “sideblog” on the sidebar allows you to point to your non-video posts, which I think is great. The dark/light contrast of color on this theme makes it an incredible videoblogging theme. Let’s say you want to run a movie trailer blog. You can do so easily with On Demand (check out the sample site here).
Functionality: like other video themes by Press75, On Demand comes with a host of features for video bloggers. You can import posts from high definition video services such as Blip.tv or Vimeo. In addition, your users can rate videos and your highest rated videos show up in your right sidebar (see picture below). Of course, this theme is widget ready and compatible with the latest Wordpress release.
Cons: This theme is great looking and comes with a lot of features, but no alternative CSS is provided unlike some other premium Wordpress theme. In other words, you will need to either change the CSS yourself or hire someone to do it for you if you want a drastically different look. In addition, we would have liked to see the videos zoom out and play on the same page rather than opening up on the new page. That can however be fixed with minimal coding.
Pricing: On Demand comes with three different types of licenses. I do recommend you signing up for the developer license if you plan to change and reuse the theme for your clients:
Verdict: 4.75 out of 5. The theme is great looking and a must have for new video-bloggers. There are a few small areas that can be improved but nothing that should stop you from getting this theme. Considering that lifetime updates are included, we wouldn’t be surprised to see this theme get improved further in the near future.
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.
You got to love the Wordpress community. That’s probably the biggest advantage of using a platform such as Wordpress. These guys don’t sleep and keep innovating and designing new things for other Wordpress users to use. Video Flick Theme is one of those things. The theme is designed by Press75 specifically for folks who dream of running a movie Wordpress blog. Let’s say you want to build your own movie review site. That’s going to be a snap with Video Flick.
Video Flick comes in two colors. In essence you get two themes for the price of one. The front page of this theme allows you to show case your favorite movies. Of course, when someone clicks on any of the links, a separate page opens up that they can use to see the movie trailer in full-screen.
Video Flick is a hybrid Wordpress theme, which means you can add your very own review on each post under each video. (more…)
