This week’s roundup includes some interesting news, a look at several upcoming themes, a small batch of deals and a summary of nine new premium WordPress themes.
Theme Seller News
- Brian Gardner, creator of StudioPress‘s Genesis Framework, posted the Genesis Awards on his personal blog.
- Orman Clark sold $42,000’s worth of WordPress themes on ThemeForest in September, breaking Envato’s network-wide monthly sales record. Also see Brian Krogsgard’s writeup at WPCandy.
- Headway Themes posted a video tour of Headway 3.0 Beta. Friendly design controls are the focus.
- WooThemes WooFramework now includes live typography previews for Google Fonts and is available for all 100+ themes.
A Look at Upcoming Themes
- Templatic Previews Vacation Rental and E-commerce WordPress Themes
- Preview of Starter Theme from 8BIT
- Upcoming Classified Ads WordPress Theme from ColorLabs
- DevPress Previews iPlanking, a Non-generic Theme
Three New Deals
- 50% Off EstateExpert Real Estate WordPress Theme (through October 19th)
- Four ThemeWarrior Themes Free via MightyDeals (expiration unknown)
- Coupon for 20% Off PremiumPress WordPress Themes – Use coupon code CUSTOMERPRESS
The New Releases
We indexed nine WordPress themes that were released this week.
Elementary from ThemeForest
Elementary is a multi-purpose WordPress theme that is especially suitable for business and freelance portfolio websites. It has a slider on its homepage as well as recent portfolio thumbnails. Location details, testimonials, Twitter updates, and recent blog posts can be shown on the front page as well.
$35 (Single Site), Live Demo
Clean from Theme Trust
Clean is a minimalist responsive WordPress theme for bloggers. It features a nice aslider on the homepage for featured content. Several of the latest posts are shown on the homepage in a nonconventional format. There are widgets for Twitter and Flickr. It has shortcodes, uses Google Fonts and has options for colors.
$49 (Multiple Sites), Live Demo
Luscious from StudioPress
Luscious is a professional blogging WordPress theme with a lively, feminine design. It is ideal for blogs run by women who want the stability and flexibility provided by the Genesis Framework (included with theme). Features include built-in search engine optimization options, a subscription form (Feedburner), featured post images and a Twitter widget.
$79.95 (Multiple Sites), Live Demo
Rooling from MOJO Themes
Rooling is a corporate-style WordPress theme made with attorneys and law firms in mind. The homepage has a slider and space for recent work to be displayed. There is also a portfolio post type and template that can be filtered by category. Other features include localization, a news section and contact form.
$35 (Single Site), Live Demo
Starttica from PandaThemes
Starttica is a corporate-style WordPress theme that is berserk on features. It has more than 100 customization options which the designers say are easy to use. Because of its flexibility and professional design, this theme can be used by business, nonprofits or for general information websites.
$40 (Single Site), Live Demo
Delicioso from ThemeForest
It’s obvious by the name that Delicioso is a restaurant WordPress theme. The design is impeccable and the features are useful for restaurant owners. The design uses a very nice custom font from Google Web Fonts called Rokkit. There is a post type and template for restaurant menu items.
$35 (Single Site), Live Demo
Purity from ThemeForest
Purity is a plain and simple portfolio theme for WordPress. Plain and simple is a good thing when it comes to showcasing your work. This theme’s clean, minimalist design puts the focus on your work. Some uses for this theme might be for advertising agencies, freelance designers, photographers, artists and architects.
$35 (Single Site), Live Demo
Adam & Eve from ColorLabs
Adam & Eve is a WordPress blog theme for couples. The homepage has columns for “his and hers” posts, with a “sidebar” in the middle. The top of the homepage has a very elegant slider for both his and her posts. This theme is great for all love bugs and perhaps would be useful for wedding websites and newlyweds who want to share their journey with friends and family.
$49 (Multiple Sites), Live Demo
Ice from ThemeForest
Ice is a WordPress theme for businesses and professionals who need to show their portfolio. It has multiple slider options, custom colors and backgrounds, a shortcode library, Google Fonts integration and pages for testimonials, services and contact information. You can choose from a variety of portfolio and gallery templates for showing off your work.
$35 (Single Site), Live Demo
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Thanks for the kind mention of the WPCandy article, Steven. Keep up the good work w/ your weekly writeups. I always catch something new in these.