Ravi Saive: A Technology Blog For Newbies

WordPress is one of the most popular open source blog tool and publishing platform. Its latest version is WordPress 3.2.1. WordPress is a remarkable tool in many ways, one is the plethora of themes it puts on offer for its users. These themes provide excellent functionality.



Every theme is as different from the other as chalk and cheese and yet they maintain the consistency of perfection. The designs are pixel perfect and boast of custom typography. A number of these themes make brilliant use of Cufon and Google fonts. Here is a list of some of the best WordPress based themes.

One consistent feature in all the WordPress themes is the sophisticated administrative feature options. As a user you get complete control over the layout and design of your Website.

Mingle

Mingle functions on the drag and drop layout. By dragging and dropping self created layouts you can apply them to any post type. It is based HTML5 and CSS3, as a result of which is can create advanced styles through latest Web technology. You can buy this theme for $40.



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Qlassik

The best thing about Qlassik is its simple and easy to install user interface. It has a single click based install feature. It is also available in five different variations. The whole theme is short codes based that makes your work easier and quicker. The whole theme has a very sleek feel to it. It also offers you five different homepage slider options. Buy this theme for $49.




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Maximus

Maximus is a very specific task based theme. It allows you to create portfolio kind of Websites and other such projects. Its tool and options panel allows for a very flexible working setup. Some of the features on offer are filterable gallery, huge color range, custom typography and font options and Cufon font replacement. This theme is slightly more polished and focused than the other ones, so the first time user might be annoyed by the excessive documentation. Purchase this theme for $35.



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Classica

Classica is another specialized theme that lets you create portfolio based websites. The interface and the look are simply amazing. As a user you are instantly impressed by the clean, precise and beautiful typography. It allows you to create a much focused portfolio website, which rather talks about your work and not the unnecessary white noise that we usually see. If you are an artist and you are looking for a much more structured view and set up for your Website, then this is the theme for you. The theme panel is unbranded, which is a huge relief. The drop down menu and the jQuery sliders impresses you from the moment go. Buy this theme for $40.



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Enterprise

This theme is from the old school, but is equally impressive. It was among the very first Web based theme on WordPress. Enterprise has been specifically created for businessmen and other professions. The latest version of Enterprise released alongside WordPress 3.2 has many added features. It is based on HTML5. The design consists of four different sidebar positions that you can customize as per your need. It also offers 9 different page templates and multi level drop down menus. Buy theme and framework for $79.



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