Magazine Style WordPress Themes are “In”

So what is in store next?

My prediction is many designers who have been procrastinating (including myself) will hit the drawing boards and crank out magazine style (or at least better quality) WordPress themes! In the past, many have used magazine style as a “buzz word” to attract attention to their work, but now they will have to step up to the plate and actually create themes that work as webzines and work well.

What to watch for while using these themes?

My one complaint with some of these themes has to do with styling for IE, let’s not forget there still are a good chunk of IE users out there, so take a few minutes and fix the paddings.

Also, the pagination for each of these themes is different, even the traditional method requires “noindex” tags for SEO in pages 2 and on, so provide adequate corrections.

Finally, since keyword density is fast becoming the norm for optimizing your site for search engines, the enormous use of excerpt and limited category tag usage might be a tricky proposition for those starting out, so users should watch what they are getting into.

Final thoughts?

The aforementioned designers and their work has set the bars high, which means two things for the WordPress community; one, you can expect better quality themes from designers, and two, it solidifies the notion that WordPress indeed is the best.

This review was originally written for wpSnap as a guest author, but due to some pending technical issues, I decided to publish it here instead. If you are one those avid readers who subscribe to both my feed as well as wpSnap blog’s, you may see this review in both feeds. Sorry about that!

10.10.2007 - 6:55 pm - Design, Projects, Resources, WP - 1,400 views -