Best Wordpress Theme Structures

13 years ago

Hey Dialady,

Since you're familiar with design, the following frameworks are very good and free:

Thematic:
http://themeshaper.com/thematic/

Hybrid:
Hybrid WordPress Theme Framework

Carrington (Very good):
Carrington - The CMS Theme Platform for WordPress

Whiteboard:
Whiteboard – A Free Wordpress Framework

They don't have as many themes are WooThemes but they have solid frameworks.

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haymanpl

13 years ago

There's 2 Premium WordPress Framework creators that stand head and shoulders above the rest.

I've written an entire blog post on the top 7 Best WordPress themes/templates

Once you own the framework you can fully customise it so your site is totally unique or

Use a premium theme/skin on top of the premium framework which adds premium styling

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cartoonist

13 years ago

I didn't know these things existed! Thanks for posting

It'll come in handy just for my own site redesigns.

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andreasnrb

13 years ago

WooThemes is not that great. There are some stupid programming stuff in most of the themes.
If you do your own themes check premium Genesis or free Hybrid.
You develop using childthemes with those too.

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cupul89

13 years ago

wow great theme lady, seo friendly?

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fusiongenesis

13 years ago

Thesis Theme is my bet! Its super SEO friendly. Plus its very flexible.

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russjam

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dialady

HI Folks,

I'm an experienced WORDPRESS website designer and I'm considering buying into one of the Wordpress theme platforms. It's tough to decide which one to start with . . .

So far, I'm considering
WooThemes | Premium WordPress Themes
www.flexithemes,com
StudioPress - Premium WordPress Themes

They each offer great themes that can help meet my wide variety of local clients (from remodelers to artists). Up until now, I've been either using free themse and spending time to customize them or purchasing from themeforest and spending time customizing, too.

What would you suggest? Are there others I should be considering as well?

Thanks for your insight.

Theresa 8-)

Hi Theresa

These are my rules of thumb for theme selection

Choose Genesis if one of their child themes is a close match to the site requirements and minor customization is necessary

Choose Thesis if SEO is the main concern and low to medium customization is required

Choose Hybrid if something highly bespoke is required

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Walter1 13 years ago

Thesis was great - maybe a year ago. It hasn't kept up. A better term is "antiquated." (Though it still is great for SEO). There is much better out now. Trying to decide myself right now, but these blow Thesis away. Completely SEO friendly and extremely flexible and user friendly. You'll be impressed. Take a look and try and decide yourself. Here they are:

Headway Themes
Catalyst
Genesis (haven't actually investigated this one, but highly rated - but I think the others are still better)
Themeframe (this one is actually different. It's not actually a theme, or even a framework. It's software for creating themes. Both this and Headway use VISUAL EDITORS - something you won't find anywhere else, period).
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- haymanpl 13 years ago
  
  I have written an entire blog post on the TOP 7 Themes for WordPress
  
  Headway
  Thesis
  Genesis
  Catalyst
  
  Are all included
  
  I totally disagree with your comments on Thesis as i own all these themes and framework and have also worked on all of them for clients
  
  I have also written an entire blog post on the seo benefits of Thesis and a full review which are amongst the most popular posts
  
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  eman_atx 13 years ago
  
  I'm using catalyst right now and it simply rocks. Plus you can export anything you created as a theme for your clients. It kind of reminds me of how squarespace lets you have total freedom of customization without knowing code but having the complete control of custom css.
  
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- Shelle-K 13 years ago
  
  If you want to cut time down on customization - Thesis is not a good way to go. As a licensed developer for it, i've seen the newer versions and they do continue to upgrade it but out of the box it's very plain and generic. Yes, the SEO for it is awesome, but you have to customize it like crazy to make it look good. I originally thought it was going to be a great investment but when you factor in the time involved to make it look custom and not like every other thesis theme - it's actually a bad choice! I still have clients that run on it but I don't generally recommend it to new clients.
  
  Originally Posted by Walter1
  
  Thesis was great - maybe a year ago. It hasn't kept up. A better term is "antiquated. (Though it still is great for SEO)."
  
  Originally Posted by haymanpl
  
  I totally disagree with your comments on Thesis as i own all these themes and framework and have also worked on all of them for clients
  
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  SteveJohnson 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RushGraphics
  
  If you want to cut time down on customization - Thesis is not a good way to go.
  
  What Shelle said ^^^
  
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Nto2k3

13 years ago

I've a had a blast developing child themes for the Genesis Framework, I really love how integrates SEO, customization and a great structure. Its very versatile.

Although I'm researching a bit more on the blog by haymanpl. Really great info, and im actually starting to consider other frameworks.

But overall I think Genesis offers a really good balance between SEO and customization with an amazing framework.

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haymanpl

13 years ago

Thesis is the best premium wordpress framework in my opinion followed by Catalyst and Genesis

Really depends on your experience level and how much customisation you need to add

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christopher jon

13 years ago

I don't understand the infatuation of some with Thesis. It's nice but cut through all the hype it's not any better than any other well made premium theme. As Shelle Said, out-of-the-box it's a very expensive and generic theme.

It's not the gold standard of WP SEO like some believe. Proper SEO coding really isn't that complicated. I get the impression that often people are only repeating what they have heard or want to believe to justify their purchase.

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WillR 13 years ago

Originally Posted by christopher jon

I don't understand the infatuation of some with Thesis.

I would imagine the ongoing support and updates has something to do with it. A lot of times you can download a free theme and after a few updates of Wordpress the theme is broken.

I would much rather put my trust in a theme that is heavily supported and I know I can rely on.
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Douglife

13 years ago

Thesis is a great framework, but there are very use-able alternatives. It's really about how extravagant you want your design to be, or how much functionality you need, and balancing the both.

In the case of Thesis, I feel like they are lagging behind as far as design and theme choices.

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moneymakerz

13 years ago

Headway Wordpress theme all the way.............it rocks

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