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You might want to check out PageLines too.

I can't really say how well this theme performs for SEO at this point and I doubt it beats Thesis, but as far as ease of use goes (drag and drop interface) It's very cool. Very, very fast dev using this with minimal (if any) code skills.

Regards,
jim

Hi kolbywhite28,

I highly recommend the headway theme. I have been using it for roughly 2 years now.

Check these some of the sites that I have created using the headway theme. We can create lots of different type of websites, for this amazing theme is so flexible and powerful.

http://lexwebsite.com/
BestHBN
affiliateonlineprofits.com
Free Stores Available - Poway
Kirkland Green
http://www.organicacnetreatmentinfo.com/

http://www.broadwaterthoroughbreds.com.au - this site has rotating header images.

Here's a landing page I created using the headway theme, Free Ebook "Learning Chinese from Scratch" , only that it appears that the optin form is no longer there. Perhaps, my last employer cancelled his aweber account.

Actually, I still have more sites here, only that they are exclusive at this point in time.

I recommend the Catalyst theme too. It's my second favorite.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Louie Tugas

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Edit: I am editing this June 26, 2012 at 3:15 AM GMT + 8 hours. I wonder why this thread was resurrected. LOL

I am afraid most of the sites that I have posted last 2011 are no longer live.

Here's another site I created using the headway theme, EZProVideos.com

Here's a simple capture page, GRN Comparison

Another squeeze page template I normally used for my clients, http://www.automaticagencyforcebuilder.com/ and again I used headway for this.

Yeah, you are right, this is my favorite color scheme. But I have other sites that I used different color schemes.

Thanks for posting this! I was just fretting last night about what to do for themes since the free ones are not really all that impressive. I'm afraid to just Google a theme (does my naivete show through) because I don't want to end up with something bad, so this list gives me a good starting point.

I hate to add yet another one to your list but I also use catalyst.

It is pretty much capable of anything and I used it for a wide variety of client sites when I was offline consulting. But you have to be prepared for the learning curve.

Thats a pretty wide variety of sites you are talking about and, when your primary aim is to get on and make money, you have to ask yourself if designing pretty much from scratch each time (by trying to make one theme all purpose) is worth it.

From the themes above, I like Thesis (for blogging) and Optimize Press for product lunches, membership sites and landing pages.

Note: Themes are just tools. If you get caught up in trying different tools, you'll get easily distracted from getting the job done. So just pick one theme and stick to it.

Chris D.

It's impossible to give a general answer there, but i personally ALWAYS come back to Thesis. Other themes might be more advanced now...but then thesis is a theme where you can start out VERY "pure", plain and simple...but this is actually a good thing.

I was never big on so called "adsense themes" since i never saw a need for a special theme "for adsense"...i can do all this with whatever other theme.

Just don't get trapped into "theme overload". Study them and select based on what your goals are as a marketer.

If you're doing products and membership sites than Profit Themes might just be what you're looking for.

If you're into making styling personal blogs then Thesis is the way to go.

First understand what you're doing and don't get lost in the weeds thinking you need a dozen themes.

I do a lot with Thesis and the rest with Profit Themes.

Whatever you decide - do pick just a handful of themes (1-3) at most and learn them inside and out.

I use profit themes. It is a great theme that you can use for pretty much anything you want for internet marketing.it even has page generators for creating landing and squeeze pages among a number of other options. Plus you don't feel like it is an arm and a leg plus your first born like genesis.

I'd go with optimize press. If not you can try something free like flexibility theme.

Thanks for the input guys. Looks like Thesis is a very popular theme and so are Optimize Press and Profits Theme.

Anyway, saw the WSO for Profits Theme and it is closed. Just wondering whether there is still good support for the theme from the creators?

I like clickbump theme. Because it's very easy to configure and save my time.

Anybody has used iThemes and Socrates as well?

When you are going to create a website for your company or business purpose, what ever it may be, Always keep in mind be decent with eye caching and as per google webmaster guide line as well.

Artisteer as well.

If you are looking to build Adsense niche sites, then go for Thesis.
But for squeeze/sales pages, Optimized Press is the best out there.

If you are looking to build Adsense niche sites, then go for Thesis.
But for squeeze/sales pages, Optimized Press is the best out there.

I personally love and use Catalyst for my sites. They also have top-notch support and I love the Catalyst forum because the staff and members are very helpful when I'm stuck on something. <3

Why pay when you can get it all for free with Atahualpa? Excellent support forum and regularly updated.

Take a look at Premium WordPress Themes | Elegant Themes

Of the few themes I've seen in action, I still prefer Thesis.
Initially, it was more for the initiated but it has come a long way and is now not only infinitely configurable but also pretty user friendly. It's absolutely great for SEO, comes with lots of support and there are also some free plugins that make header and footer widgetizable (is this a word?).

Short of that, the latest WP themes that come as standard (2010 etc.) plus Platinum SEO should take you very far without having to spend any money.

Max

I own Headway, Thesis, Clickbump Engine, and Profits Theme....and all I use now are: Thesis for authority sites, Clickbump templates for small made for Adsense sites, and Profits Theme for general IM stuff like product launches, etc...I prefer Profits Theme over OPtimize Press for many reasons--a good summary of these can be found in Darren Scott Monroe's excellent blog post on this exact topic--Optimize Press vs Profits Theme -- just Google it...If you decide on going with Profits Theme Darren I believe may still be offering an amazing set of bonuses on ways he uses Profit Themes for his many IM tasks if you buy it through his link....hope this helps.

Thanks guys. Will look more in-depth into those themes.

Anybody has tried Pagelines or iThemes Builder?

Try using Divine Elemente. I've recently found it, and it's great for quick creation of WordPress themes in Photoshop. But you need Photoshop! (no Mac version, 32 bit only)

Woo Themes are great. You have to play around with them to get the best CTR. But at least if your site gets a manual review then you should survive

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Optimize has proved to be the most beneficial to me. Its extremely simple to use and once you get the hand of it, you can really churn out some good stuff.

I also like its flexibility in that I can create a blog, squeeze page, thank you pages and etc all with one click. It just makes things simpler rather then jumping to different themes for different reasons.

Well now... Since the thread still is alive I guess I might just jump in and add my 2 cents:

Using Profits Theme on most of my sites. It can be used to make a blog and for launches. I have OptimizePress also but I was encouraged to get Profits Theme and I am glad I did. I prefer it over Optimize Press. Looking into WooThemes as they are on the top of evolution when it comes to updates in Wordpress but that is not seriously an issue.
Flexsqueeze is a great theme if you use some time and get used to it. It can make a site look pro even if it is fairly simple. But I still encourage the Profits Theme though. Looking into Thesis for another project also and those are the ones I prefer.
That's my two cents.,,,,,,,

Hi Kolby!

I can say that I have personally utilized Optimize Press and Thesis. Thesis has a bit of a learning curve, and I am not very good with design, however, it can be amazing for creating an authority blog. I use optimize press for my WSO's and info products. It's very user friendly and the things that you are able to do works seamlessly. It's great for creating a list and easily integrating it with aweber.

So... I think that it's a great thing to try out multiple themes just to see what works for you.

I'm a huge fan of Catalyst. Great customizable theme and some fantastic features. Great community as well. But I use Optimize Press if I am just working on a squeeze page or quick sales page.

I never understood the love of the Thesis theme. Structure wise it's a mess and for a theme that markets itself as the pinnacle of wordpress, it's coding could use some work and I really don't thing thesis is a theme for newbies unless they like getting into (or learning) custom functions and hooks.

Woothemes do a good job with design if you like their style, but I found it riddled with so much of their woo-branding within the code that it makes it difficult to customize. That being said, if you like the site out of the box, have minimal experience with wordpress, and don't want to customize more than changing the logo, then Woothemes is not a bad option.

Clickbump is really nice for adsense style sites. I think the interface and the options panels can be streamlined quite a bit, but I think Scott's kidding himself if he thinks clickbump is the best option for an authority site.

Socrates is another good option for adsense sites, but they all pretty much look like the Socrates theme. The header gallery is a nice feature. Unfortunately, I think all the headers in there are ugly, but I like the idea.

I've only tooled around with Profits Theme, Optimize, and Flexsqueeze. They seemed ok if your main thing was landing pages and I like the member ship site options in either Profit Theme or OptimizePress.

I don't particularly like the feature, but Headway does a nice job with the front-page editor, so you basically get a wysiwyg interface to design right on the page.

I haven't done much work with the others so I can't really comment.

My personal choice is Genesis. I've been developing with it for the past year. At first I was annoyed that it didn't have many fancy options, but when you look under the hood your realize its got a lot going for it and features don't just mean how many buttons you can click in an option panel.

I also like that they maintain a number of child themes. It was awesome when I was just starting to work with the theme because I could use them as a reference to see how they put together different features.

I went back and forth for a while, but everyday I like Genesis more and Thesis less.

Optimize Press 100%

You can create funnels, sales pages, squeeze pages and they give you so many different templates for each and a graphics pack.

It really is worth it.

Easily customizable and well SEOed.

Worth the purchase price PLUS you can just keep licensing sites with it.

GOOD LUCK!

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Will only comment on ones worth mentioning:

:: Headway - pretty to look at plus drag'n'drop, bloated s@@ty code = poofy all round

:: Thesis - intense learning curve, can do pretty much anything, very powerful, good support forum, start with a blank slate = smart people only apply

:: Genesis - good framework, has child themes (solid designs available out of the gate) = needs work, but good.

My Pick: Thesis - go heavy or go home.

I am playing for some time with The Website Weaver Theme Editor and It works the best for me. They plan to release a major update to the plugin which gives heck more options. It is easy to use and you don't have to know coding, just play with your mouse.

Out of your list I've used Thesis and FlexSqueeze. Of the two FlexSqueeze is easily the best. This is purely because of all it's features and the fact that you don't have to know any coding to get it to do so many remarkable things.

I have used Thesis on a couple of sites and have found it pretty easy to use and great when it comes to SEO.

if you are looking for discounts on any theme, please skype me..i can get your the theme at a discounted price as well as provide assistance and support installing and getting it up and running.

I use the Catalyst Theme Frame Work and have a lot of really good things to say about it.

The thing is that if I was developing/designing Websites all the time I probably would build a theme from scratch and being a designer that is my tendency.

However, I don't make my money developing sites I make it developing businesses. So I've ended up putting way to much time into the site design using Catalyst and now am looking for a someone to collaborate with.

This will also take time, so I've been looking into setting up a temporary site, because the copy is SEO ready and the site should be up gaining authority. It is for this reason that I'm thinking about an intermediate easy to deploy solution and thus far it seems to be a toss up between Optimize Press, Profits Them or Headway.

I'm also intrigued by ClickBump 5 but would like to know more about it.

Cheers

Now I've decided to go with ithemes Builder. Looks like a very good program and is built by the same company as BackupBuddy.

Seems like a solid state Frame Frame Work.

Wish Me Luck

I decided to go with iTheme Builder. They are the same company that gave us BackupBuddy and it appears to be very simple to use.

You may want to check it out!

Cheers

Thesis is a harder theme to maneuver in once installed. Though catalyst would be suiting to your needs I believe.

AppSumo.com is having a 72% off deal on Pro Affiliate Theme which looks very similar to OptimizePress, etc. Anyone have experience with ProAffiliateTheme? appsumo.com/proaffiliate-wordpress-theme

i like the clickbump themes
i heard a lot about them
i am going to buy one of those of 10 $ themes - adsense templates-
but i don't know how ?

I'm still convinced that Twenty Eleven, once the stock header image is replaced and you make use of it's other customization features will give you more bang for the buck than any of the premium themes.

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Does anyone have any opinions about elegantthemes.com? I was thinking about trying out their themes!

Since we are on the subject of wordpress themes, is it a good idea to change themes, I currently use the flexibility 3 theme and thinking about going with thesis. Any suggestions?

We use Thesis exclusively... i love the open hook features and they haven't let us down yet. Also pretty good support

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The fact is that some of those free theme site offers can indeed be bad news

I can tell you for sure to avoid iThemes. You don't get what they promise, their themes are full of bugs, and the technical support stinks.

I paid for the all-access pass and it was a huge waste of money.

FlexSqueeze great if you're trying to make squeeze page with WP base

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I have the Standard theme and it's satisfying for my needs, but then again I kind of like minimalistic designs anyways and I appreciate easiness over anything else.

I am in love with genesis theme.

I don't have a particular theme to recommend you seem to have a lot of the good ones pegged anyway but I wanted to say that I agree with some of the responses that I read in that as long as you have a good base theme all the rest can usually be easily done including optimizing for AdSense and squeeze pages.

As soon as you own a website you need to know some minimal html anyway so don't let that scare you. Good luck

What theme do you think would go best if you want to sell ebooks and other products on wordpress?

The best options for you are themeforest and thesis. I have had much success with these premium themes providers

Avoiding free themes found via Google is a good idea. Although there are some good ones, many are there to provide a dubious company with hidden backlinks for SEO.

That said, the free themes listed on wordpress.org are safe and often of very good quality.

1. Define your needs/wants for a WP theme...

2. Find a theme that fits those criteria "out of the box"

3. If you find one that gets close, but is lacking in some areas- look for plugins fill the gap... worst-case-scenario: spend a $50 to $200 on a freelance developer to make the tweaks you need

Basic rule of thumb: look for solutions, not tools...

I love TheProfessional wordpres theme of elegantthemes. They have many great themes for a low price. They also great support and a huge library with tutorials

After using a lot of themes..I tend to just go with what gets the job done..I really like optimize press...I have a few thesis sites as well. both great themes, Ive also used genesis framework which is quite good for a quick site for clients.

I did try maybe 10 themes just this week and i found a real gems name Zahifa , that is sooo nice, so looking good, so easy to work with and soo much stuff and possibility (ok enough with your sooo lol)

really take a look, it`s awesome and it`s the 4th theme most used on internet right now by i don`t know which evaluation

Genesis, I have found hands down the best for SEO and ranking. Light weight and user friendly.

Canvas is already one of the most powerful and extensible frameworks on the market for wordpress and it continues to evolve very nicely.

Here`s the one i try and didn`t cut it, they where too simple or too much difficult (and i`m a black belt 5 dan computer geek

Thesis
Genesis
Headway Theme
PageLines Theme
Artisteer
Woo Themes
Avada
AffiliateTheme
Canvas
Genesis
Leadgen
Serenity
X theme
Yamidoo Pro

As i said, there`s many more but my Top choice still Sahifa, it`s very beautiful just look what i have done with it in a couples of hours of work, now i only have to write somes article and it will be done, very very easy and complete theme (a very great control panel)...

I've tried Thesis, I didn't like it although I still use it for one of my sites.

I stopped looking for themes once I bought Flexsqueeze. It does everything I want from it including the ability to make Squeeze pages. It's so easy to set up, has heaps of features and if I want I can even make my sites look like a normal website and not a blog.

I was looking mainly between Thesis and Genesis... it was a tossup... but then I found that many top bloggers were moving from Thesis to Genesis... and when I noted that Matt Cutts had moved to Genesis, that made the decision easy.

I've found that Genesis is a very speedy, and easy to use framework. You can do virtually anything you want without a degree in programming.

If you do a lot of websites, I'd suggest it's best to stick with a single framework, and learn it. No need to constantly switch between many different themes.