Themes Desk is a new Worpress Theme Provider that has recently opened doors. In fact, it already has an array of 9 beautiful themes up its sleeves and on display at its website. The themes are of very high quality, totally magnificently designed and having an awesome lot of features.

Themes Desk Review

I tried to have a closer look into few of the themes by Themes Desk and I came to know that the themes by this provider uses their very one Themes Desk Framework which is a Multi Tasking CMS Backend offering Complete control of Social Applications, SEO and Ad Management with a single click of a button. Users can show facebook like box, twitter widgets, facebook recommendations, facebook comments etc.. with just a click.

They have themes for various niches such as fashion, news, tech, baby, auto, studio, magazine, blogger, celebrity news etc

Some more features of the Themes Desk Framework includes:

• Comment functionality allows you to display or hide Facebook and WordPress comments on the page.
• Themes desk allows you to add social icons in a slider.
• Custom Shortcodes. You can add boxes, columns, social buttons and much more to the pages, posts and widgets.
•  Option to add popular widgets in the post.
• Various theme options for better search engine optimization. We provide post settings, footer settings, meta settings, social settings, home page settings and much more.
• Various kinds of page templates.
• Clean code and structure
•  You can choose to display or hide Facebook Recommendations and Facebook Fanbox. You can also add twitter widgets.
• Various theme options. You can make simple modifications without the need of editing code such as changing the color style, adding a logo etc.
• You can create a separate gallery. Gallery widgets can be added to the page.
• Offers you many options to display ads.
• Widget Ready - You can add gallery widgets, popular widgets, twitter widgets to your page.
• Auto Resized Images – Themes Desk Framework has an image re-sizer script that can be used to re-size your image to a pixel perfect display.

Themes Desk – The Prices

Themes Desk currently have a smart pricing option, a 79$ flat pricing for a single theme of your choice, which allows multiple uses of theme at multiples websites. Unlike other many other theme providers the updates and support is also free for lifetime. There is also a All Theme Membership option at 299$ which would includes EVERY Theme they Make, Unlimited Updates, Support & Sites. No hassle of developer membership, single membership, footer link removal etc.

Theme Desk Themes My Verdict

One of the most important factor that will help this theme provider in getting into the competition with the top theme providers in the market is the fact that they are developing themes for different Niches/topics. There are many people who search for these niche specific themes like baby theme, wedding theme, fashion theme etc. etc., if they continue this trend they are surely going to hit success and get popular. One another thing I liked about them is their pricing slabs, having an all in one license and saving the user the hassle of restrictions based on different theme pricing can prove beneficial for them in the long run. Although at 79$ the pricing may still appear a little on the higher side for most newbie bloggers and WordPress users, but maybe if they reduce it a bit then they can get more customers (Newbie Bloggers) in their grasp. None the less, this is a good new theme provider that has recently come up in the horizon and is a recommended option for any blogger to try out when coming up with a new WordPress site.

Themes Desk WordPress Premium Theme Giveaway

Well, I just contacted Themes Desk a few days ago and was able to make them  agree on giving away one of their theme to my readers.  Just follow the instuctions in the Rafflecopter widget below to enter in this giveaway.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The giveaway ends on 28th January 2012. Best of Luck

Themes Desk Discount

Themes Desk are also running a promotion through which you can get discounts on their themes or membership:

Coupon Code – B56F7D8217
Discount – 10% on all Themes and Membership

Coupon Code – 3F5EF00E90
Discount 15% on all Themes and Membership

Coupon Code – 43DF73C856
Discount 25% on all Themes and Membership

Coupon Code – 5563CB9236
Discount 30% on Membership only

All the above Coupons will expire on 31st January, 2012 and new coupons
will be issued.

The TechBlog Theme is really quite a feature packed theme. One of the most fascinating feature of Magazine3 TechBlog is its Featured Gallery slideshow which is quite eye catching. TechBlog theme has 3 Advance Page Templates that will allows you to have features like Contact form page, Archive Sitemap Page & Full Width Page. Also, it has a great admin panel which will give you the ability to have total control over the look of your blog.

Some other features that this Magazine3 theme provides are:

• Compatible With WP 3.0.5+
• WP 3.0 Compatible Navigation
• 6 Widgetized Areas
• Google Fonts Ready
• Advertisment Options & an Ad Widget to add banner anywhere in sidebar
• Headlines News Ticker
• Fully Seo Optimized!
• Featured Post Section
• Add Logo Easily
• Native Thumbnail Support
• Threaded Comments
• Social Bookmarking Module
• Twitter Stream on Tooltip
• jQuery Tabs
• Adsense Ready!
• Related Posts With Thumbnails
• Amazing In-Built Pagination
• Using HTML5 Elements
• Works On All Modern Browsers

You may also want to check out the theme demo. You can do so Here : Magazine3 TechBlog

The theme’s Pricing are as follows:

Single Site:  49$

Single Site  Footer Removal: 59$

Single Site + Footer Removal  + PSD: 69$

Multi Site: $99

Multi Site + Footer Removal + PSD: $129

Conclusion:

The pricing for Magazine3 TechBlog seems to be a little bit on the higher scale but it is worth the deal since you hardly get any suitable magazine type theme for a Technology Blog which has a look and feel of a Tech Blog. After all first impression is the last impression and If your site is able to give a good impression to your visitors then it is certainly a win situation for you and you will be able to recover your investment in no time.

Buy Magazine3 TechBlog Now

Although thesis is a great framework but one small thing that you may have noticed is that most of the thesis powered blogs look almost the same, design wise since most of the blogs use the default Thesis skin. But, having a unique design is really important for the branding of a blog.

So, in this case we can make use of Thesis Skins but  there are very few Quality thesis theme providers out there namely: ThesisThemes.net, Templatica.net, and Hesham Owned ThesisAwesome . So you certainly run out of options.

It is really very important to have a good amount of choices when you are searching for Themes or Skins. In comes another Thesis Skins Provider, Kolakube.

What is Kolakube?

As I said above Kolakube is a Premium and Free Thesis Skin Marketplace and Thesis Design Resource Site. Kolakube was launched only 3 days back, that is on 1st of January 2011. Kolakube is the work of Alex Fraiser, the owner of Blogussion.com, a blog which has earned a lot of name and fame in the blogging world. Blogussion is one of the top blogging resources on the web today and contains some of the best tips about Blogging and SEO. At a young age of 17, Alex has certainly generated at lot of name and fame for himself through his blog.

How is Kolakube Different From Other Thesis Skin Providers?

One of the main reason, Kolakube is different from other Thesis Skin Providers is because it comes from the same person who has designed the Blogussion blog and skin. As far as I know Blogussion is the most visually appealing blog design ever on the Thesis Framework. The Blogussion design was so popular and appealing that it got multiple mentions by the creator of the Thesis Theme Framework Chris Pearson on his Twitter account. Alex at that point of time created a clone skin inspired by the design of his blog Blogussion and started selling it. The Blogussion Skin was so much popular among Thesis users that I am pretty much sure its is the Blogussion Skin’s popularity which inspired him to take his work to a larger scale.

Thus, he started to work on Kolakube, the all in one resource site for Thesis. Alex was so dedicated in this project, that he was not able to update her blogging tips blog Blogussion. Now at the end of almost one year, he has completed the project and has launched it:  Kolakube – The Best Free and Premium Thesis Skins Marketplace.

So what can you expect from Kolakube – Excellently Designed Skins. Design is what Alex Fraiser is known for and I am pretty much sure you will be amazed at the level of quality skins he has in offering. If you just visit the main site of Kolakube, you will be pretty amazed at the way he has moulded thesis to look so elegant.

The following is the list of things that you will currently find in Kolakube:

• Thesis Free Skins
• Thesis Premium Skins
• Thesis Tutorials
• Thesis Resources
• Thesis Newsletter
• A Showcase (A showcase of blogs Using Kolakube Skins)
• Sell Your Own Skins

Kolakube Skins

Ok, now lets get to know more about the skins Kolakube has at offering right now.

1) Marketers Delight:

One of the most advanced Premium Thesis Skin. This is a perfect skin for Affiliate Marketers. It is optimized for affiliate marketing, building your email list and  promoting a product. It has 3 built-in beautifully designed eye-catching optin boxes featured in the header, content column and sidebar area. Also, it has customized 3 column feature box towards the top of the page, a 3 column footer and even 4 different color schemes to choose from and an excellent admin Panel

Cost: 37$ | Demo | Buy Now

2) Velocity

Velocity is a very smooth, orange and gray Premium Thesis skin with great features built-in.Velocity features a custom homepage template that is very easy to enable and manage. You can stream the latest post in your blog onto its custom homepage, manage ad banners and write a quick bio about your site Without even touching code. The best thing about Velocity is its is the featured content slider.

Cost: 37$ | Demo | Buy Now

3) Blogussion

The first ever skin designed by Alex / Kolakube. The Blogussion skin is Inspired from the Blogussion main Blog and has a lot of unique design features. Smooth, bold and with pre-styled headlines and other post formatting, it has built in admin options such as navigation management and a color chooser.

Cost: 37$ | Demo | Buy Now

4) Nexis (FREE)

Nexis is  a free Thesis Skin from Kolakube. It features a large headline and 3 column, widgetized footer and organizes your content very well. The best part about Nexis is the navigation. It  Features support for Thesis’ built-in nav menu as well as WordPress nav menus, and a secondary bar that displays the category of your choosing.

Free | Demo | Download

5) Lights Out(FREE)

Lights Out is another Free Thesis Skin from Kolakube. It is simple, elegant and minimal skin which comes built with simple post styles, easy to build around code and includes a cool 3 column footer. This skin leaves plenty of room for further development, and adding some color to it is as easy as making a few CSS edits.

Free | Demo | Download

If you download any of the free theme then you should SignUp for a Free Account so that you can get Support on those themes.

Monthly Subscription

If you are unable to decide which Thesis Theme to buy and if you like all of the above Thesis skins then you could signup for a monthly subscription.

You Monthly Subscription To Kolakube would include:

• Access to All Skins and new releases (usually about once a month), new features, bug fixes and more
• Thesis Tutorials which include thesis how-tos and code tutorials sent to you via email weekly
• PSD Files of all Skins

The cost of the monthly subscription is only 67$ per month. Click here to Subscribe Now.

Kolakube Review in Short

Let me tell you Kolakube is certainly a great option if you are using Thesis, and I would certainly recommend it. It has some greatly and elegantly designed skins which will certainly help your blog have an eye catching look. I am sure you know the Phrase “First Impression is Last Impression”, and Kolakube’s skins will certainly help you create a good impression about your blog.  The Prices of the skins are pretty less compared to other Thesis Skin Designers. Kolakube has all the materials to become the Best Premium and Free Thesis Skin Site out there

Although I am must say Alex’s Kolakube will certainly be facing some stiff competition from Hesham’s ThesisAwesome which too contains a lot of beautifully designed Thesis Skins. Although ThesisAwesome stands a little bit in disadvantage here since Kolakube’s skins comes at cheaper price then ThesisAwesome. Also, you can even submit your own skins to Kolakube which is an added advantage.

So summing it up, if you are using Thesis and are in need of a good design, then you should certainly give Kolakube a go and well I would pretty much be happy if you could use my link to buy if you are in the mood of buying the skins.

YOU WILL NEED THE THESIS THEME FRAMEWORK TO USE THESE SKINS

If you still do not have Thesis, why dont you get one. Thesis is one of the best optimized and highly customizable theme framework for WordPress. It is easy to use and will help you get high rankings in Search Engine if properly used. The Personal (1-Site Pack) comes at $87 and the multi-site Option comes at only $164. What more, you also get lifetime support and update, Access to members-only Answers and Forums and 30 Days Money Back Guarantee . Why are you waiting, Get Thesis Now.

Yesterday, I came to know that WPZOOM, one of the leading WordPress Premium themes company, has released a new theme called Newsley.

I went over to their site and checked the demo and screenshots. Indeed it has to be said that this is one of the most elegant and feature rich theme that I have come across in a long time. WpZoom’s Newsley theme is perfect for anybody who maintains a magazine style blog. Although the setting also allows you to toggle the theme into a blog like layout too. Thus you have a 2 in 1 style theme in a single theme.

This theme also has an inbuilt SEO option which will provide you lot of help in Search Engine Optimizing your blog.

Some of Newsley theme’s Elegant Features

- Featured Slider

In this slider are shown articles, from a category you select from Themes Options.

-Tabbed Widget

A built-in widget which let you to display Recent Comment, Recent & Popular Posts, Tag Cloud.

- Built-in Widgets

2 more built-in widgets will give more functionality to your theme: Flick Photos & Social Profiles!

- Theme Options

Configure the theme in a few seconds, or add your Google Analytics code.

- SEO Options

The new theme Option Panel will allow you to control most important SEO Settings

- Threaded Comments

Built-in support for threaded comments.

Theme Screenshots

Blog Layout Style

Magazine Layout

Admin Panel

Prices

Developer License – 149$

This license allows you to use on a multiple website.
All updates and new versions of this theme will be free of charge for existing customers.
+ Includes PSD layered files

Demo

Check the Demo Here:

Newsley Magazine Demo

Discount

If any of you want to buy this elegant premium magazine style theme then I have a 15% discount coupon code which you can us on any of WPZOOM themes for you.

I also have another coupon code using which you can buy any two themes of WPZoom for just 99$!!

Hope You enjoy the theme discount

The Big Foot theme comes with a lot of cool features like:

• Powerful & Easy-to-use Theme Options
• Image/Text Logo Switcher + Custom Logo Support(New!)
• Post Excerpts Control(New!)
• Localization Ready(New!)
• Automatic Thumbnail Creation (No Custom Fields)
• Thumbnail Dimensions Configuration via Theme Options
• Advertisement Management
• Site Tracking Management (Google Analytics, StatCounter…)
• Built-in FeedBurner/Twitter/Google Buzz/Facebook Support
• Custom Page Templates (Full Width, Archives, Links, Redirect)
• Custom Breadcrumb (No Plugins Needed!)
• Threaded Comments
• Widget Ready
• Gravatar Ready
• Dropdown Menu Navigation
• Cross-Browsers Compatibility (IE6/7/8, Firefox, Safari…)
• Forum Support
• Lifetime Upgrade
• Affordable Price

The theme comes with an easy-to-use theme control panel is there to help you set or modify the various theme options.

Theme Price and Special Offer:

Standard package price: $29.95
Special Offer: Pay $49.95 and get all themes from the developer!

Discount Code:

Use the following discount code for 35% discount

Demo and Download Link:

Bigfoot Demo | Download Bigfoot Theme

Check  out the current working Theme Junkie Discount Code which is updated regularly.

Today I am writing this post to show you some of the fastest loading WordPress theme that are there. As we all know speed in today’s world has a lot of impact on SEO as well as on the visitors. If your theme is slow loading then you will certainly loose many visitors because the blog may take a lot time to load and visitors do not like waiting long for the site to load on the other hand even the search engine spiders may not be able to crawl the blog properly if your blog is slow which in turn will prove bad for your site’s SEO.

Also you will be losing a lot of Conversion and Ads and affiliates because the ads will load slow since the theme is slow. So probably you should use a fast loading theme so that your blog loads faster and you can save yourself from the above problems. Moreover if your host is slow then there themes can do a lot good to you.

1) Swift:

SWIFT, as the name says is the fastest loading, SEO optimized server friendly wordpress theme. This theme is mainly aimed at blogs running on low server resources and for those who like clean and simple designs. It’s always good have themes like SWIFT at your disposal so that you can easily switch to it if you are expecting a spike in traffic from social media sites. Here are some of the best features of SWIFT which makes it stand away from crowd.

1. Loads very fast, minimum number of http requests. Your server will love it

2. Zero images used.

3. Clean typography.

4. SEO friendly, For example,this theme uses h1 tag for post titles, instead of the blog title.

5. Cross browser compatible (Works well on ie6 too , except for the curves )

6. Lot of features in to the options page to make your SWIFT THEME unique

7. Popular posts are highlighted on the home page to give them more exposure, this will turn the first time visitors to your blog into regular readers.

8. Sidebar and footer with four widgetised sections.

9. Eight different color schemes to choose from.

10. Ads integrated into theme options page.

11. Fully XHTML Complaint

12. WordPress MU Compatible

To know more about the theme and download it, visit http://swiftthemes.com/2009/08/wordpress-themes/swift-the-fastest-loading-wordpress-theme/ Demo: http://geeksplanet.net/ http://swiftthemes.com Download: http://swiftthemes.com/download/

2) 281:

The 281 WordPress theme is designed to look minimalist, load fast, and rank well in search engines. It’s a simple two-column, black-and-white theme that provides a simple blog layout. It’s also well coded, so provides a good base to work off if you’re looking for a template you can pull apart and put back together again. Even some simple style and colour changes can make this theme looking very appealing. It’s already very legible and puts the content front and centre.

Features:

• Simple, stylish design
• Fast to load
• Optimised for search engines
• Highly legible
• Simple to make small changes and create a unique design

Download:

More info & Download

3) Corbodo Green Park 2:

Cordobo Green Park 2 is a simple & elegant light-weight theme for WordPress, built on top of the fastest known page-rendering optimizations and seo in mind.

Featurelist

• Fully compatible with WordPress 2.7.1 to 2.9.2 and WordPress 3.0 Alpha
• Settings page: easily configuration of the theme itself, Twitter &, Feedburner integration, Google Adsense and Google Analytics
• Support for WordPress widgets
• Light-weight: optimized CSS for fastest cross-browser rendering, less graphics
• Fast: the minimum set of SQL queries
• Findability: SEO optimizations for humans and search-engines
• Accessible: clean and structured code for screen-readers and “jump links” for navigation
• A very clean typography for advanced readability
• Intense use of image sprites for less http-requests
• Built-In Twitter support
• Built-In Sitepagination-Plugin support
• Nested comments

Demo |  Download

4) WPSimpy:

WPsimpy is one of the fastest professional WordPress theme. It designed only with valid CSS, without using much images. Checkout the demo page. You will feel how fast it is.

Features: Widgetised footer and sidebar. Customizable colors. Gravatar enabled comment system. Valid CSS Fast load time. Adsense and seo friendly More details and download available here.

Demo:

http://www.datakerala.org/

Download:

http://www.downhub.com/download-wpsimpy-wordpress-theme/

5) Afterburner

Afterburner is the fastest WordPress theme ever and is completely free. The theme balances speed and search engine optimisation with a full feature set. The theme is based on the standard SEO layout used in club templates, and is therefore fully dynamic and collapsible.

An assortment of 8 preset styles, both light and dark also accompany the template.

• Speed Optimisation
• SEF Optimised Layout
• Advanced Colour Selection
• Suckerfish Dropdown Menu
• 8 Preset Styles – Light / Dark Variations
• 14 Widget Positions
• FF3.5, Opera 9.6, Safari 4, IE6,7,8 Compatible
• W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS 3 Valid

Demo |    Download

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