Gazelle Themes

Best Wordpress Theme Resources

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:29:25 +0000

In the world of online applications, there are many different themes available, especially for Wordpress. Searching through these huge directories of themes can be annoying, and somewhat disheartening after installing cookie cutter theme after cookie cutter theme. It seems too many of the themes out there are just boring remakes of standard designs by developers who want those footer links for SEO reasons.

Well, its time to break out of this. Let me show you the best places to find themes on the net.

Top Lists

A hugely popular way to find some cream of the crop themes is to browse a few “top lists.” Top lists are lists designed to showcase the authors favorite designs or features through a list of themes that feature exactly that. Lets start are own top list of top lists for Wordpress themes:

And just incase that isn’t enough theme love, make sure to check out Wordpress’ official theme directory. They do a great job of keeping the site clean by removing those useless cookie cutter themes with footer links designed for SEO. Feel free to check out a few of our themes, they all have completely free versions, and a few have downloadable demos.

Magatheme: The Minimal Magazine Theme

Bryan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:39:36 +0000

Wordpress magazine themes are all the rage, but sometimes they get a little frustrating, especially if you just want to control your homepage content! Compatible with WP 2.8, Magatheme attempts to solve this by making customizing your theme as easy as adding a widget to a sidebar, checking a box, or modifying a text box. Gone are the days of hiring someone to do those mundane changes, or even spending hours fixing them yourself. This magazine theme for Wordpress has it all ready, out of the box. In fact, if all the features don’t meet your requirements, just hit me up in the support forum (Dev Package Only) and we’ll get a customized fix you you!

Check out the demo! or Download The Test Drive Now!

Please note: all subsequent custom code is hereby released under the GPL! For the sake of simplicity and the lack of time, I don’t post every custom line I write for customers, but feel free to share with others among the Wordpress community!

Out Of The Box Features:

Full access to the support forum with email support! (Dev Package Only).
New by popular demand! Automatic and custom resized thumbnails on home page excerpts (view demo).
An incredibly customizable homepage; category/widget window slider, 4 widget areas and sortable columns.
Over 15 different widget-ready sidebars for ULTIMATE control (4 homepage, 3 sidebar, up to 4 slider and 3 footer). View widget locations!
4 light and subtle color themes: Blue, Red, Green and Grey.
Header/top navigation bar style selection, and image header option.
Custom post meta styling and automatic but optional drop-caps.
Ad integration, Adsense or similar in sidebar and header.
Drop down menus, and Google’s hosted java-script for fast loading.
Gravatar integration, zebra striped comments and author comment styling.
Full Feedburner (or similar) integration (email subscription and site RSS).
Easy tracking code integration, no PHP file editing!
And of course: 100% valid XHTML and CSS!
Recently updated with new features/fixes on May 19th

Instant Download:

We use 100% safe PayPal for your convenience. 100% satisfaction guaranteed, if you don’t like the theme and the support you receive, get your money back! If you prefer, you can download the full-featured demo (it does contain a few header nags, but the features are 100% intact). A email link will be sent to you immediately containing a unique download link, unique customer only support forum registration link (Dev Package Only) and a unique key for unlocking the demo. You’ll need the newest version of Wordpress for this theme.

Take a Quick Peak at the Pro Options Page!

You can view the options page here. If our wordpress magazine theme doesn’t have all the options you need, you can always add them by visiting the support forum (Dev Package Only) or emailing us directly!

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Get Magatheme Basic: Free!

Clean Home: Big Picture Minimalism

Bryan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:22:50 +0000

Clean Home is a godsend for all those looking for a really clean and customized theme for use with Wordpress. Completely compatible with Wordpress 2.x and the new 2.8, it is a great theme to use as the basis of your branding project or as a theme that lets your content shine.

Check out the demo now!

Please note: all subsequent custom code is hereby released under the GPL! For the sake of simplicity and the lack of time, I don’t post every custom line I write for customers, but feel free to share with others!

Out of the box, it features:

Full access to the support forum with email supportt! (Dev Package Only)
100% valid XHTML and CSS!
Two widget areas, one on the Sidebar and one as the Top Navigation.
Fully customizable blurb - select between hidden, random phrase, image, Twitter Status and assigned text.
Three locations for Adsense integration.
Over 7 color schemes.
2 distinct styles, selectable from inside the options.
Complete Feedburner integration.
Fully customizable Home Page, select different categories and how many articles to showcase!
Gravatar integration onto the homepage and in the comments.
Easy tracking code integration, no PHP file editing!

Advanced Options Preview:

Does the theme have all the options you want (view a sample option page!)? If not, send us an email at support @ gazellethemes . com or visit us at the support/help forums and let me know what you need in customizing the Pro Package!

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Get Clean Home Basic: Free!