WordPress Themes

There are thousands of free themes available, but for the most part, they come with limited functionality and the layout looks very similar to each other.

Commercial themes usually have extended functionality which features such as…

• a content slider (like on the home page of this site)
• footer sections
• multiple sidebars for different page layouts
• different page layouts such as with or without sidebar
• menu navigation, analytics, and SEO options

It is important to choose a theme that is well coded and has multiple ways of displaying content.  This allows you to change and expand your site without changing themes.

Here are some recommended commerical WordPress Themes.

• Thesis WordPress THeme
• WooThemes
• iThemes
• StudioPress
• Solostream
• ElegantThemes.  The most affordable at just $20/year gives you access to all their themes.
• Templatic.  Specializes in specialty sites such as shopping cart and job board.

Commercial Theme Sites for multiple CMS (WordPress, Joomal, etc)

• RocketTheme (Joomla, WordPress, ppBB3)
• ThemeForest.  (WordPress, PSD, Joomla, EMail)