More Premium Wordpress Themes

Yesterday I picked up a Premium News Theme designed by Adii. You may already have spotted variations of this news style theme on a number of other blogs. I was actually waiting for Adii to release his ‘Kineda-inspired’ theme, but since putting the mock-up out on November 23rd of last year, the design isn’t yet available for sale… so I went with the Original.

Along with crediting Brian Gardner for inspiration, advice and guidance; Adii notes that “the aim of this theme is to offer the mainstream public the opportunity to implement such a website at a very low cost” and also notes that this “theme is not for the average Joe blogger however - it is a high-end theme and CMS solution that has just been made affordable and accessible to everyone. This theme is perfectly suited for ambitious bloggers looking to earn an income from their blogs / websites”.

These themes are definitely not plug and play and do require some tweaking to get them running right. For example, I installed the theme to RosalindGardner.com yesterday, worked on it for an hour and haven’t yet filled all my ad spots, figured out how to designate a featured post (that big gap at the top of the page) and haven’t written a page for the ‘Advertise Here’ link. All that said, it shouldn’t take me long to sort out.

If you like Adii’s theme but are worried that it may be too advanced for your coding abilities, Adii does provide thorough installation instructions, a Support Forum and a contact form. You may have to wait awhile for a response through the forum, as I notice that a question posted one month ago about issues with the video loading on the homepage still hasn’t been answered.

If you really like the theme, don’t let that dissuade you! There are always designers around at Scriptlance, Elance, etc. who can de-bug and fix those issues. I think it’s worth the cost and a little tweaking to have a theme that looks and acts higher end than the Joe Average themes on the Codex.

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