3 Magazine Themes For WordPress
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Written by Mark of MeAndMyDrum | Fave MAMD | Subscribe to MAMD
Magazine themes are making a stronger presence on the Internet for bloggers. What’s a magazine theme? It’s one that provides snippets on your blog’s home page for one thing, so readers can see a variety of things going on in your blog, not just a summary of posts you’ve made.
To give you a better idea of what one looks like, I’ve rounded up three magazine themes that I think are pretty cool. Only one of them has to be purchased, but I think you’ll see why when you take a look.
Mimbo Magazine (free)
Mimbo is very clean and a nice balance between text and images. I also love the drop-down menus in the nav bar at top.
Revolution – Magazine Style (pay)
This is the one that’s pay-for, but honestly, you’ll get no argument from me. Revolution is a darn good layout that’s well-thought out. There are two other themes that are variations that you’ll find when you work the demo — all equally as nice. Single and mutli-use licenses are available depending on your needs.
Cybercafe Sandbox (free)
A very narrow theme, but still possesses elements that make it a magazine theme.
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Jenny said:
I like the MIMBO theme the best.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:30 am -
Jonathan said:
Good post! I am totally impressed with the Mimbo theme and may have to use it.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:50 am -
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my vote is for the revolution one.
good find.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:57 pm -
Mark said:
@Jenny and Jonathan
I love that one too, in fact, I loved it so much that I used it to create my own online portfolio of blogs I’m associated with.November 29th, 2007 at 6:18 pm -
Jonathan said:
@Mark
Looks good Mark. I was in the process of re-designing my site when I saw this post. Now I’m using that instead, but tweaking it a lot.November 29th, 2007 at 6:35 pm -
Kotsengkuba said:
WOW!!! I will use the Mimbo theme when I launch my photo blog. Cheers!
Thanks for posting this! Great!
November 29th, 2007 at 6:59 pm -
Mark said:
@Jonathan
Thanks a lot!@Kotsengkuba
Always a pleasure to find something useful for someone else. Glad you like it!November 29th, 2007 at 7:02 pm -
K-IntheHouse said:
Nice collection of themes buddy.. I have been long itching to use magazine style theme for atleast oen of my sites. I love the Revolution theme especially!
November 30th, 2007 at 5:35 am -
Mark said:
@K
Thank you, buddy. Yeah, that Revolution theme is pretty sweet.November 30th, 2007 at 5:40 am -
Missy said:
Revolution is absolutely gorgeous. Brian did a great job on that theme. Love the black on blue header at top.
Sucks that it is NOT free.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:32 am -
Darren Hoyt said:
Mark – thanks for the mention, and glad folks are enjoying Mimbo.
I’m going to be releasing a much slicker and more graphical version of Mimbo in the next couple months. It may be something I charge a small amount for, but I promise it will be worth it. The current “clean” version will always be available for free.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:43 am -
Mark said:
@Missy
Indeed it is gorgeous, but I have to admit, if I did some wonderful work like that, I’d ask for a little monetary compensation, too. 😉@Darren
You are most welcome! I look forward to the slicker version of Mimbo. 🙂December 1st, 2007 at 12:12 pm -
Why women cheat said:
i’m looking for something a bit different. I magazine format. So far the best i’ve gotten is the revolution magazine.
January 19th, 2008 at 12:59 pm -
Mark said:
@WWC
Indeed, I think that Revolution theme is good too. I’ll be writing a review of the News theme soon.January 19th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
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