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Why don't they make a WP theme like this? (or do they?)...

by TimothyW
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When I surf the web, I click on NEWS ARTICLES all the time.

They look like this...

Yahoo!

or this...

Yahoo!

It's like a newspaper -- I trust what I am reading cuz it's from a third party. It has an EDITORIAL look and feel. NEWS.

In the print media, there are ways of advertising called ADVERTORIALS. They purposely look like real newspaper ARTICLES. (many newspapers and magazines force them to say "Advertisement" at the top)

Online, there is a "newsy" format that we are all conditioned to trust, the moment we see it.

So, what's stopping us IMers from using that style/format to make our own ONLINE ADVERTORIALS?

What's needed is a fill-in-the-blanks WP theme.
A theme that cranks out pages that scream NEWS! (and not, SALES!)

-- TW
#make #theme
  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Header- Footer - Sidebar - Content

    How are your examples different than any WP theme?
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  • Profile picture of the author drewfioravanti
    You serious, Clark?

    I use a few wordpress news themes. I think I got a pack of 3 for like $19. Just google wordpress news theme.

    Also, if you want advertorials to check out...go to huffington post and click on any of their green coffe bean, mom makes money or testosterone ads.

    The ads are obvious and whoever is running those ads has been running them forever to the same advertorial landers...though the landers change, the content is still just about the same.

    So, what they are doing must be working.

    It looks like they are doing lead gen and I assume running high payout CPA offers.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    Thanks! I knew I couldn't have been the 1st person to think of this!

    This one looks good!...
    WPZOOM Demos

    -- TW
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  • Profile picture of the author jgant
    Most theme merchants have a news style theme available. They've been around for a long time. I use a news theme on several sites. I use news by StudioPress, but there are a ton you can check out.
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  • Profile picture of the author SandraLarkin
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    Yes, there is a them, or a plugin for literally everything in Wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author Snatch
      I was looking for similar themes, thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Corey Geer
    You do know that you can customize a theme to make it look however you want right?

    Also, if you want full power over the look of your theme and to go with something completely custom, just download a barebones framework. If you know basic css and html, you can get by with the customization just fine usually.

    You can make any theme look however you want.

    However, you'll have to remember to use the custom CSS section that comes with most themes when modifying existing styling because theme updates usually delete existing stylesheets and create their own default stylesheets again.

    Just please don't use these $1 or $5 theme sites. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to take over a client's website and they're using this budget theme garbage. The code is usually done by a $50 web developer, there's no organization what so ever in the folders, they're not responsive, they're not tuned well for all resolutions, etc.

    Themeforest is your friend for good themes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Snatch
    struggling for days to find the best news magazine theme comparing prices and finally searched in god'ol google for free news themes and thats what came first: The 60 Best Free WordPress Magazine Themes - WPMU DEV

    who new right...

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