Key Features of this magazine style theme:

1. Admin panel inbuilt for managing options
2. Inbuilt Ajax feature for expanding and collapsing posts
   
3. Drop down menu inbuilt (pages or categories)
   
4. SEO friendly
5. Lightweight, optimized for fast loading.
6. Tested on Wordpress 2.8
7. Compatible with IE7, Firefox 3, Opera and Safari
8. Ready for Gavatars
9. ready for thumbnails – no need to use custom keys, images are pulled automatically from the post.
10. beautiful web 2.0 magazine style design.
11. Based on a GPL theme hence: License: GPL!

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Many people like Craiglist, and use it daily, but let’s face it: the amount of scam, especially scam that comes from “international” users, can turn any user away and I know personally a few people who stopped using craiglist because it’s hard to rely on its content anymore. If you are an US resident, one of those who got fed up with browsing iffy classified ads — Fruzo Classifieds is exactly the website for you.

This is a new, better and improved version of Craiglist, that took over 2 years to build — as Richard Fox, Fruzo’s co-founder, told us. We can indeed see that they took this project seriously, and  included a great deal of handy features that will beat competition with any similar websites. The innovations include a very easy user interface, advanced security features and most important:  this site is only available in the US and all IP addresses outside of the country are blocked.  I personally really loved the rich-in-icons interface, posting a ad or finding one, was extremely fast and easy. All you need to do is click on “post ad”, click on “category” (nicely illustrated with icons as well), choose sub-category, location, and post your ad. That’s it! Ads are 100% free to post, free to browse and would stay online for 30 days, unless prolonged or deleted prior to deadline. Anything that is illegal, or remotely not “safe” is disallowed by the administration, which guarantees a clean and family-friendly environment for all the ads.

I believe Fruzo.com Classifieds is going to be a huge competition to Craiglist now that they heavily promote their website and I can see many bloggers actually express their positive expectations from this project. I also noticed a great deal of positive feedback from users, and that comes as no surprise — this is by far the best classifieds website you will come across, just have a look!

Christmas is almost here and most of us want to get a nice seasonal design now already — right? So here is a theme you are going to love, full of Xmas atmosphere, ready for thumbnails, widgets and with tabbed menu for pages navigation. Give this theme a go, I am sure you will enjoy this design!

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WordPress is the blogging platform favored by a rapidly growing number of bloggers and online business owners. WordPress is free, which is part of it’s appeal, as are many of the enhancements that can be installed to change the look and function of WordPress, including its themes. However, although there are hundreds of free WordPress themes that you can download and use quite easily, sometimes it’s wise to invest in a premium theme instead. Why? Here are 5 reasons:

1. Customization

The best premium themes are far more customizable than the best free themes. If you want to have the most options for design and search engine optimization without having to learn HTML backwards and forwards, a good premium theme is definitely your best choice.

2. Support

It’s common for the developers of free themes to offer very limited support. And sometimes they offer no support at all. The developers of the best premium themes have more incentive to offer support and will usually have both detailed instructions that are updated frequently and an active user forum. Even the best themes can have technical glitches from time to time, so having good support is manditory when using any WordPress theme.

3. Updates

There is also less incentive for developers of free themes to fix bugs and update their theme when WordPress goes through one of it’s many upgrades. Sometimes they’ll stop offering the theme altogether. Purchasing a good premium theme will usually give you a lifetime of bug fixes and updates so any issues with be corrected in a timely way.

4. Quality

There are very few free themes that come close to the quality of the best premium themes. Everything from design elements to search engine optimization is covered by a good premium theme.

5. No unwanted adware

Free themes sometimes contain hidden code that inserts ads or other things that benefit the theme’s creator instead of you. The best premium themes do not have adware and often you can purchase a license to remove the companies’ logo, etc. so you can ‘brand’ your site and your client’s sites as your own.

While there are good free themes available and honorable developers, the 5 advantages of using a good premium theme should be taken into consideration. If you want to create a site that will hold up well over time and give you the most options, the best premium themes are your best bet by far.

Article written by Lillea Woodlyns.  Lillea Woodlyns helps people master WordPress quickly. For more free Wordpress tips and information about the best WordPress themes, visit: http://www.speedonlinewealth.com/blog/better-business-blogs-best-wordpress-theme/

It’s a pleasure to post another free wordpress theme that will be available for our readers. As always, please post your feedback or if you have any problems customizing the theme.

Theme Key Features of this magazine style theme:

1. Admin panel inbuilt for managing options
2. Inbuilt Ajax gallery using Flickr or Picasa images (very easy to manage)
   
3. SEO friendly
4. Lightweight, optimized for fast loading.
5. Tested on Wordpress 2.8
6. Compatible with IE7, Firefox 3, Opera and Safari
7. Ready for Gavatars
8. Comments and trackbacks are separated
9. Nested / threaded comments
10. ready for thumbnails – no need to use custom keys, images are pulled automatically from the post.
11. beautiful web 2.0 magazine style design.
12. No sponsored links!

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Theme Key Features of this magazine style theme:

1. Admin panel inbuilt for managing options, social bookmarks and more..
   
2. SEO friendly
3. Lightweight, optimized for fast loading.
4. Tested on Wordpress 2.8
5. Compatible with IE7, Firefox 3, Opera and Safari
6. Ready for Gavatars
7. Comments and trackbacks are separated
8. Nested / threaded comments
9. Ready for social bookmarks
10. Ready for thumbnails – no need to use custom keys, images are pulled automatically from the post.
11. beautiful web 2.0 magazine style design.

Demo | Download Barcia

Theme Key Features of this magazine style theme:

1. Admin panel inbuilt for managing options
   
2. SEO friendly, SEO is managed through admin panel
3. Lightweight, optimized for fast loading.
4. Tested on Wordpress 2.8
5. Compatible with IE7, Firefox 3, Opera and Safari
6. Ready for Gavatars
7. Nested / threaded comments
8. ready for AJAX and… winter and Xmas!

Demo | Download

In my series of eco-friendly wordpress themes I am happy to introduce a brand new, very advanced wp theme that comes with 2 admin panel pages, one of managing the Twitter and Gallery settings, and the other for customizing the header file (if needed). So as you can guess the theme is ready for widgets, gravatars, Twitter, Flickr or Picasa gallery and of course the showcase is jQuery powered. Theme supports nested comments. This theme is really cute and you will love it when it will be up on your environmental blog!

Live Demo | Download Galencia

Many thanks to Patrick who made the backend of this GPL theme available for the web!