Magazine Style WordPress Themes Are Here!

Magazine Style WordPress Themes Are Here!

Magazine-style WordPress themes have been all the rage lately. What is a magazine-style WordPress theme? Well, unlike a traditional 2 or 3 column WordPress theme, a magazine style theme attempts to resemble more of a web-based magazine, instead of a traditional blog layout. Superbloggers such as ProBlogger and Emoms have embraced the magazine style layout for the home pages of their blogs.

Magazine Style Themes From a WordPress Rockstar

Unique Blog Designs has been fortunate to be working with one very talented WordPress designer, Adriaan Pienaar of Adii.co.za. Adii is a self-proclaimed “WordPress rockstar” and it is clear why – his WordPress designs are some of the best on the Net! Adii has been working with us @ UBD to develop nearly all of our Exclusive Themes.

What are Exclusive Themes?

Well, unlike free themes, which are often used by hundreds, if not thousands of bloggers, Exclusive Themes are only distributed to a handful of people. When it comes to branding, an Exclusive Theme is the next best alternative to a completely unique design.

As I mentioned earlier, Adii has been working on some gorgeous magazine-style WordPress themes lately, including two new themes, Block Magazine and Your Revolution, both of which you can see below:

 

Easily Customize Your Exclusive Theme

One particular reason why Exclusive Themes have become increasingly popular is that they serve as a great starting point for bloggers who want to customize their blog on a budget. All of the Exclusive Themes currently being sold at UBD are easily configurable. For more information about these themes, check out Adii’s blog’s or visit the Unique Blog Designs Exclusive Theme Gallery.

For those of you who don’t know Adii, you should definitely check out his blog or subscribe to his feed. Over the past few months, Adii has become one of my better friends and I am sure that you will see more great designs from him in the future!


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  • http://www.thomassinfield.com Thomas Sinfield

    Wow some great designs! I think styles like this are the future of blogging.

  • http://www.stephenwelton.com Steve Welton

    Very well put together themes. Expecting some great things from your team!
    You can bet when I’m suggesting a blog to my clients that I’m knocking down your door. I know when I move mine to something new it will be hooked up with some Uniqueness.

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  • http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2007/10/02/web-20-expert-produces-gorgeous-wordpress-themes.aspx Michael Kwan

    For anyone looking for a impartial review of Adii’s blog (and his WordPress themes), I’ve included the link to my review above. Or you can click here.

  • http://www.aimforawesome.com Vern at AimforAwesome

    Just when I was liking my current WP theme! I must admit that the new mag styles are gui and tangy. I like them a lot, but will be a while before I change themes. Too much worrying about aethetics and then not enough time to write the content. Content is the cream… Vern

  • http://crenk.com Steven Finch

    I really like these themes, very unique. I think you have to start an affiliate program for unique blog designs asap.

  • http://www.truebluetitan.com Rob Schultz

    Very very nice…+1 to my delicious. I can think of several sites that I have that could benefit from the look and feel of these sites. Great work.

  • http://www.traderbubs.com Bubs

    there are better and better themes out everyday, good stuff

  • http://www.randomjabber.com Deron Sizemore

    Very nice Nate! I noticed them the other day when visiting UBD.

  • http://www.emomsathome.com Wendy Piersall

    Thanks for the mention Nate – I agree that those themes are beoooutiful! They are also a steal – I paid more than $500 for my current home page, and technically it wasn’t even custom.

  • http://www.disassociated.com/ John Lampard

    Nice work – it’s good see some variation on the traditional two and three column layouts… if I say so myself ;)

  • http://www.undergroundattraction.com ScottUA

    These are a hell of a lot more interesting then the themes that had only a few years ago. It’s amazing what they’re creating for the Word Press platform!

  • http://www.blogstheme.com Free Premium WP Themes

    Nice themes, but I think they are a little bit too expensive. On most website that are selling paid themes they are around $50.

  • http://www.blogtrepreneur.com Adnan

    Looking good Nate and I’m loving those low prices. Great job and Adii is an awesome designer. Hope your Unique Custom Design packages are selling well too!

  • http://www.madwhips.com Anthony

    Wow, these are sexy designs, I’m excited to see what you are going to whip up for CarZi.com ;)

  • http://needlessproductions.com RyanE

    I found a fantastic magazine style theme for WordPress that really takes it to another level with custom imaging and things like that. It is called mimbo and can be found on Darren Hoyt’s blog. There is also a great accompanying article that really hacks deep into WordPress’ core. I am using it on my upcoming music blog.

  • http://www.neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

    Some nice looking themes there Nate.

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  • http://www.affiliatedefined.com/ David Wilkinson

    Damn… Adii’s got it going there! ;)

  • http://www.neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

    Agreed … it`s evolving at an exciting pace too.

  • http://cheapmp3store.com/mika/art16343/ Mika

    I needn’t magazine template for now, but I thank you for site you gave. Bookmarked it. ;)

  • http://www.yourworldgallery.com Collin

    Getting the right theme is not an easy choice. I have noticed that as time goes on my needs for what my theme can do vary. It gets frustrating!

  • Bill Snow

    The demo of Revolution seems to be down – I am getting a WordPress error.

  • http://www.fatmanunleashed.com/ Israel

    agreed. especially with all the new blogs that have multiple bloggers on one site.

  • http://weburbanist.com Urbanist

    I had problems with loading too … but I do think that alternative and more magazine-style themes are definitely too few and far between. I also suspect they may be a more common choice in the future.

  • http://www.theblogexperiment.com ses5909

    Very nice designs. I’ve been buying unique themes to offer to my membership at TBE for free and one of the most recent ones is a magazine style layout. Your themes are definitely ones I am keeping my eyes on.

  • http://origamifrog.origamidesign.net/ Origami Frog

    Lookin good, nice job Adii!

  • http://origamifrog.origamidesign.net/ Origami Frog

    An affiliate program would be a wise move ;)

  • http://www.discountwebdesign.co.uk Discount Web Design

    This is good to have a unique blog. But uniqueness have a price.

  • http://getdigg.com alemon

    I think it’s pretty good ad for designer company. Just make blog design for top bloggers for free.

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  • http://www.PassportMentors.com Megan

    There are some really great themes in here. Reading this came at the right time as I have been doing some mentoring on blogs and presence. This is a great place to refer people

    http://www.PassportMentors.com

  • http://thenewsleak.com Mike C

    Very cool blog design templates. How many orders do you receive a day with your blog design business?

  • http://gigle.com Collin

    i liked templates. very nice

  • http://www.myafricansafaris.com Natasha

    for sure, it also makes your blog look a lot more professional.. whihc is what a lot of blog lack these days

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  • http://vikdulat.wordpress.com/ Vik Dulat

    Loving the designs. Keep up the great work once again.

  • http://bloggingmix.com Tips For Bloggers

    Really great magazine wordpress themes. No doubt, the magazine style is the future of blog themes.

    I’m also running a giveaway of magazine wordpress themes from Brian Gardner (Revolution) and R.Bhavesh (WP Remix). You can check out this post for more information.

    http://bloggingmix.com/2007/12/25/win-your-blog-a-new-wordpress-theme/

  • http://www.articlesmodern.com/ tarawat

    Wow! great designs!

  • PHP

    I am been using these designs since 5 years ago. But maybe that is because I know PHP and HTML and CSS. Good to see people are finally catching up.

  • http://homesecurityguru.blogspot.com/ Chris

    Nate,

    This is really good news. I like these magazine style themes because they immediately help brand a site and make it look more legitimate and less like a blog–not that blogs aren’t legit. I like your blog–it’s helpful, entertaining and well-written. I plan to come back here often.

  • http://prosperitywriter.com/ Prosperity Writer

    i like magazine style themes better. they maximize the spaces in your blogs, that means more places to ads.

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    Those’re some very nice themes. :]

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    Hello, I started to collect some magazine style themes

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    nice templates….! nice work..

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    These wordpress themes lookin good good. Thank you for sharing these. I think that a lot of blogs would be more successful if they had beautiful professional designs like these :)

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    I agree magazine style templates for blogging look great and are the future of blogging templates, but they are hard to implement for the average blogger. It would be nice to have a video showing the exact implementation and set-up of these new magazine style themes. I also agree with you about Adii, his site is one of the best around for information about Word Press themes and how to set-up your Word Press blog.

  • http://www.theshadowboxonline.com Stefanie

    Wow. Very good job

  • http://www.theideasculptor.com Maggie Chicoine

    Thanks for the chic info…I’m updating and this is very useful!

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  • http://www.fernandosouza.org Fernando Souza

    Great Theme! going to try on my blog!

    Thanks

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    Really cool themes. Thanks for this list.

  • http://pianocritic.com William

    thanks for sharing…great stuff

  • http://shakageek.com William

    thanks mate