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Identify Your Aesthetic Before Choosing A WordPress Theme

Ryan Michael Farrell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:46:06 +0000

When it comes to do-it-yourself web design, WordPress is the most popular choice by far. It is free and simple. Most importantly, there are thousands of free WordPress themes that you can customize, as well as thousands available for purchase from a variety of vendors. The advantage of themes is that they take the guesswork out of web design and provide a stable architecture for your website. As you peruse themes for WordPress, however, you still have to think carefully about the choices you make. Just because you can build a website in minutes does not mean you should.

Before you even begin clicking through WordPress themes, you should identify your aesthetic. This actually can be a lot of fun. Think about the websites you visit and the designs that most appeal to you. Pick three favorites based on design not content and go to each of those sites. What do you like about them? Write down three features and three adjectives that pertain to each. A feature can be something as simple as “links on the left,” and the adjectives can be anything that makes sense to you. Next, look at what these websites have in common according to your lists. Do not panic if you cannot immediately find similarities in your lists. You do have a clearly defined aesthetic; you simply may need to look a little more closely to find the common thread.

Next, go back to those three favorite websites. What do you not like about them? Try to find three things on each site you would change if you could. This may be a bit more difficult because you like the look of these sites, but it is worth putting in the time and identifying three elements you would change on each site. After all, it is just as important to know what you do not like as it is to know what you do. Once you have your lists of likes and dislikes, it will be much easier to narrow down your WordPress theme options.

Now it is time to start looking through those themes. WordPress will provide you with a sample page, a description, and the download statistics for each theme. You should check the stats because the more popular a theme is, the more customization you will need to consider to make it distinctly yours. While nobody wants their site to be cookie cutter, this matters more if you are creating a commercial website than a personal blog. As with all things, moderation is key. Tweaks and modifications should never be made solely for the sake of change. If you like a primary element, such as the font or a particular color, feel free to keep it. You do not need to reinvent these themes for WordPress; you just need to make whichever one you choose your own. Making deliberate changes while keeping the elements that drew you to the template will result in a site that is truly reflective of you.

This is just one approach to selecting a WordPress theme. The most important thing to remember is that you should dedicate some time to thinking about your website design before committing to a theme. Yes, you can customize it and yes, you can always replace it with another one, but with this site you are establishing your web presence. First impressions are lasting ones; you might as well make a good and meaningful one.

Choosing a WordPress theme from the thousands available requires careful consideration. Identifying your needs before perusing themes for WordPress will help greatly.

Google Plus Blogger Template

Naeem Noor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:25:45 +0000

Here comes the Google Plus Blogger template called Reflex Plus developed by Hairezan Tmwwtw Baseran of LiteThemes. This template is a conversion of the Reflex Plus WordPress theme which i created a few months ago. Reflex Plus blogger template sport the same features . It’s a simple minimalist 3 columns design, amazingly fast and jQuery Powered read more pagination.

Demo & Download

Demo | Download

Don’t use Blogger? get the WordPress version from here!

Google Plus WordPress Theme

Naeem Noor — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:47:48 +0000

Introducing the Google Plus WordPress theme called Reflex Plus developed by me (Naeem Noor). The theme is of course inspired by the new Social Media Site Google+. Reflex Plus is my first ever publicly released WordPress theme ever. It’s a simple minimalist 3 columns design, amazingly fast and jQuery Powered read more pagination.

Theme Features

3 Columns Minimal Design
Google+ Inspired
Valid Xhtml & CSS3
Custom Menus compatible
Post thumbnails support
jQuery Powered read more pagination
Fixed width
GPL Licensed

How to Install

In order to use this WordPress theme all you have to do is, upload the Reflex Plus Theme package through (WordPress Dashboard -> Appearance -> Themes -> Upload) and Activate it like you do for any other WordPress theme.

Demo & Download

Demo | Download (5123)

Reflex Plus is now also available for Blogger platform, download it from here!

Winners of TechBlog Premium WordPress Theme

Naeem Noor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:24:53 +0000

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd giveaway of TechBlog Premium theme by Magazine3.com

1. Ali Qayyum
2. Graphiics
3. karan

Congratulations to the winners, you shall be contacted soon. Stay tuned for more exciting offers for CSSReflex readers.

TechBlog Premium WordPress Theme Giveaway

Naeem Noor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:18:50 +0000

Dear readers, we are holding another awesome giveaway sponsored by Magazine3.com, premium WordPress theme provider they are giving away their TechBlog Premium theme to 3 lucky winners.

TechBlog is multipurpose technology WordPress theme that is perfect for professional blogs as well as new blogs. Every aspect of theme is gently crafted so that user can gain maximum potential from their content. TechBlog fits perfect for Blogging & Tech Magazine websites. Take a look at the live demo of the theme.

Theme Features

* Featured Slideshow
* Automatic Thumbnails
* Easy Drag & Drop Menu
* Theme Control Panel
* Advance Page Templates
* Advertisement Options
* WordPress 3.0.5+ Compatibility
* 6 Widgetized Areas
* Google Fonts Ready
* Headlines News Ticker
* Fully SEO Optimized
* And Much More

How To Participate

- Tweet this giveaway
- Share this on Facebook, And like our Facebook Fan Page and leave a comment here.
- The contest will end on Thursday 14th April 2011 and winners will be announced on the next day.
- Good Luck to everyone.

10 Super Clean and Minimal Free WordPress Themes

Naeem Noor — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:50:32 +0000

In this post I’m going to show you the best freely available minimalistic themes for WordPress. Minimal white themes has become a trend now amongst bloggers. I’m a big fan of minimal design and i just can’t live without it :). Hope you enjoy the post, and don’t forget to subscribe the feed to keep updated.

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1. Pure II

Pure II is absolutely stylish WordPress theme with minimal and clean layout and great typography.

2. Minimal Guy

The Minimal Guy theme is stripped bare, to the essentials, without any distractions from the content.

3. Abov

Abov Theme is a personal blog designed theme, with a very clean and elegant style. Both versions are great white WordPress themes for everyone!

4. Outline

Outline was created to have impeccable typography. It is a child theme of the Hybrid theme framework, which means you must have Hybrid installed for it to work.

5. Neutra

Neutra is a simple and elegant theme for WordPress. Grid-based with focus on simplicity and typography.

6. Structure

The Structure Theme is a set of premium WordPress themes with a modern, minimalist design offered by Organic Themes. The theme is designed to adopt the style of the content added.

7. Modern

Modern is a light, simple and modern theme for WordPress 1.5-2.0. Page links in Modern are layed out horizontally at the top—rather than in the sidebar—creating a clearer distinction between permanent and updated content.

8. Clear

If you write good content, Clear may not be the theme for you. But, if you think your content is great, if you think your content should capture the hearts of people, you may just want to take a look at this theme.

9. The Standard

The Standard is a siiimple WordPress theme built on Vladimir Carrer’s “Golden Grid”. The administration area is rather extensive and allows for a tremendous amount of customization.

10. Minimal Xpert

Minimal Xpert is a FREE “Minimal WordPress Theme” developed AJ Clarke of WPExplorer.com that comes with a very simplistic design, however, it has been enhanced with some great premium-like features to make it awesome.

Premium WordPress Theme Options Framework

Naeem Noor — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:03:01 +0000

Theme Options Page have become a necessity in every WordPress themes free or premium, and are very user friendly and self explanatory to set up. With the presence of a Options Page the user don’t have to edit the code manually. Now anyone can make an Options Page with AdminPage Class, it is a Theme Options Framework created by Markus Thömmes. The AdminPage Class relies on Object-Oriented PHP. The AdminPage Class gives you a simple yet flexible abstraction of this task. In less than five minutes you can build a whole set of pages containing options of every kind. It handles all the saving and security stuff for you, so you can concentrate on building what you need.

Features

* Build your option pages as fast as you have never seen before
* Every function you will ever need is fully documented
* It uses WordPress internal styles so it fits in the menu as if it would have been there before
* It is simple but yet flexible enough to fit the needs of everybody
* Build Sub-Pages for existing WordPress Menus or build brand-new custom Menus
* Types of fields you can put on you option page: Titles, Subtitles, Paragraphs, Inputs, Text areas, WYSIWYG-Editors, Drop-down fields, Radio buttons, Check boxes, Sliders, Date pickers, Uploads & Custom Help.

What are you waiting for? Purchase it for only $10.

13 Free Professional Looking WordPress Magazine Style/CMS Themes You Wish You Knew Earlier

Naeem Noor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:56:40 +0000

Hello There! I’m finally back in action after the exams and Holidays with a whole new design. As you know, the WordPress is a semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. But some websites use this great blogging platform as a CMS. With its flexibility and power, WordPress can be customized into a full fledged CMS, and many people are already doing just that. Here you will find a collection with themes aimed for use as CMS. It comes with 13 completely FREE and unique professional Magazine Style/CMS themes.

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Ashford CMS Theme

The Ashford for WordPress theme framework is free. And can be used as a CMS theme. Thousands of online professionals and developers have downloaded Ashford to empower remarkable WordPress web sites

Paintbox CMS

Paintbox-CMS is a grid based CMS theme layered on my actual theme-canvas Paintbox (Check it out here). It comes with a smooth 960 grid layout plus some creative jQuery effects for content loading.

MIMBO WordPress Magazine Theme

It is a clean, customizable magazine-style theme for WordPress. It’s also a simple framework which can be modified with child themes, discussed further down in the documentation. It can also be used as a CMS for sure.

The Morning After

The Morning After is a magazine-style theme for WordPress created by Arun Kale. The theme was created based on a brief survey on the WordPress forums about what people would want to see in a unique magazine-style theme.

Linoluna: Magazine-style Theme for WordPress

The Linoluno is a great looking wordpress cms theme where the content is presented in a very pleasing way. You have a featured post column in the front and other posts below it, carrying a description and a picture alongwith. The theme use the WordPress’ template tags quite extensively but still, it is very easy to use.

Corporate Life free wordpress theme

Corporate Life is a magazine-style theme for WordPress with 3 skins for your blog to make it match your taste to the maximum. It is a free WordPress theme created within the frames of Getacustomdesign.com project. It is perfect for small corporate websites

Channel – Free WordPress theme

WordPress Magazine theme

WordPress Magazine theme is a 3-column WordPress theme features a tableless and unique design, improved widget support (3 sidebars), dropdown navigation, valid CSS & valid XHTML.

Magiting

Magiting is a featured-packed and multi-colored free WordPress theme with TweetMeme retweet button. It has 2 columns, with an easy Options page for customization.

IsoTherm News

Radioactive Free Premium Worpress Theme

This theme has custom settings for the home page and a dynamic menu for categories. The sidebar has 3 regions for widgets. Radioactive is a Premium WordPress Magazine Theme that can meet all your needs.

Blue Rooster

he theme is a two column layout with a extra templates that can convert your blog into a CMS. The sidebar and footer are both widgetized, author and category templates included, as well as social buttons already intact. The theme style is a mix of rounded corners, flat edges and wooden elements with a schema of muted, dark colors on a plain white surface.

Wordousel Lite