Best WordPress Themes: Weblizar
By meadrose, 2015-03-12
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"> <title></title> </head> <body> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In order to understand what the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="">best WordPress themes</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are, we need to have a few understandings:</p> <ol style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">Some themes are more tightly constrained than others. This means that if you choose it because it suits your current endeavor, it may be difficult to modify at a later date and not worth the trouble. Conversely, a more flexible theme might not fit your needs like a tailored suit, but when you need to change it, doing so is not a problem.</li> <li style="">Don’t be deceived into picking a theme based on the color scheme. Usually this can be modified.</li> <li style="">Note the industry maxim: “Ugly sites make money. Pretty sites lose money.” Why? Because when you take into account everything you want to accomplish, you are likely to discover tradeoffs in the sense that every square inch given to screen space for pretty graphics subtracts from space you need for something else you might need such as an email opt-in offer or a video interview which describes your offer to a “T.”</li> </ol> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here are a few suggestions for things to consider:</p> <h3 style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best WordPress Themes: Criteria</h3> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The first question to ask when trying to determine the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u style="">best WordPress themes</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are is, “<em style=""><strong style="font-weight: bold;">What</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>am I trying to accomplish?” Here are a few suggestions:</p> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">Sell Products</li> <li style="">Sell Services</li> <li style="">Acquire Fame/Reputation/Brand Recognition</li> <li style="">Have a lively discussion forum</li> <li style="">Be visually appealing</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best WordPress Themes: Functionality</h3> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The next set of questions have to do with “<em style=""><strong style="font-weight: bold;">How</strong></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>do I accomplish what I am attempting to do?” Here are a few suggestions for questions to consider. How do I:</p> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">Get found?</li> <li style="">Build traffic?</li> <li style="">Acquire customers?</li> <li style="">Appear to be a trustworthy professional?</li> <li style="">Take orders?</li> <li style="">Collect email addresses?</li> <li style="">Create/moderate discussion forums?</li> <li style="">Integrate social media?</li> <li style="">Look really nifty</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Best WordPress Themes: Limitations, Expectations and Choices</h3> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Although we might like to imagine that we can do it all on one webpage, the truth is we need to prioritize in favor of the desired results. Why? Because of people’s expectations and what might be called “Onscreen Real Estate.” The fact is that user habits limit what you can do with a website. For instance:</p> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">You only have about 10 seconds to convince a user that your webpage is the destination they want and to stay.</li> <li style="">This needs to be accomplished without scrolling or going into content buried behind the menus.</li> <li style="">This also need to be true when they arrive by way of a search engine to one of your back page articles.</li> <li style="">They can’t be expected to read a wordy article.</li> <li style="">If it is a blog, they need to see immediately how to find the most recent posts.</li> <li style="">If they don’t see what they are looking for front and center, it had better be on a banner or menu.</li> <li style="">If they don’t buy immediately, they need to have a darn good reason to give you their email address before they leave.</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All these reasons point to 3 main types of design templates:</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Best WordPress Themes: The 3-Column Classic</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This sort of design has a proven track record for sales and list building. Features that make it one of the best WordPress themes are listed below the snapshot:</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ScreenHunter_193-Feb.-20-08.42.jpg" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; text-decoration: none ! important; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"><img title="best wordpress themes" class="alignnone wp-image-75" src="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ScreenHunter_193-Feb.-20-08.42.jpg" alt="best wordpress themes" style="border: 0px none ; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;" height="409" width="640"></a></p> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">The Site Title and Tagline are displayed prominently at the very top.</li> <li style="">A Page menu follows with clear and obvious subject-related menu headings.</li> <li style="">A banner validates the site title.</li> <li style="">A Post menu follows with clear and obvious subject-related menu headings.</li> <li style="">The Left Column confirms that this is indeed a blog as well as providing access to posts.</li> <li style="">The Middle Column clearly says what the site is about with links to share social media.</li> <li style="">The Right Column has a place to subscribe (Although a compelling reason why is not given in this example).</li> <li style="">The Right Column also shows that this website has video content.</li> <li style="">All this can be seen without scrolling.</li> <li style="">Drawback: Wasted space on the left and right due to assuming some users have screens only 1024 pixels wide.</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best WordPress Themes: The Popular Single Sidebar Type of Theme</h3> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In order to make the user experience less confusing, many people favor a single sidebar rather than 2 in a “squishy” configuration where the total width adapts to the screen size. Research has shown that placing the sidebar on the right rather than the left seems to work better.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_198-Feb.-21-11.18.jpg" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; text-decoration: none ! important; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"><img title="best wordpress themes" class="alignnone wp-image-90" src="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_198-Feb.-21-11.18.jpg" alt="best wordpress themes" style="border: 0px none ; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;" height="327" width="640"></a></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Above is an example of a single sidebar theme. Note the uncluttered look. The right-hand column could optionally contain a video or an opt-in form or both. Something really great about this particular one is that it is the standard design for a sub-page on the following theme:</p> <h3 style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best WordPress Themes: The Popular New Tall Page w/Slider Responsive Theme</h3> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In an attempt to have a less cluttered look, but still communicate the essentials a design was formulated to display content on a slider providing a reason to scroll down a tall page. “Responsive” means that the theme detects the device and browser and adjusts the display to fit. Features that make this a candidate for one of the best WordPress themes are listed below the snapshot:</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_195-Feb.-20-08.46.jpg" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; text-decoration: none ! important; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"><img title="best wordpress themes" class="alignnone wp-image-83" src="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_195-Feb.-20-08.46.jpg" alt="best wordpress themes" style="border: 0px none ; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;" height="347" width="640"></a></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">With this theme, it is not immediately evident that it is a blog, but several other features make up for this:</p> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.5714px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style="">The Site Title and Main Menu are at the top.</li> <li style="">The Slider displays visually appealing pathways to content</li> <li style="">The Description section below the slider provides additional info as well as inviting the user to scroll down to find out more. When they do, they discover it is indeed a tall page, as follows:</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_194-Feb.-20-08.45.jpg" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; text-decoration: none ! important; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"><img title="best wordpress themes" class="alignnone wp-image-84 size-full" src="http://webdesignbymead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ScreenHunter_194-Feb.-20-08.45.jpg" alt="best wordpress themes" style="border: 0px none ; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;" height="620" width="568"></a></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This taller view clearly shows that the website is indeed a blog. Other versions of this theme (The Pro version) are easily customizable in terms of layout and color scheme and have places for a gallery as well.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(103, 103, 103); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">…and all of the sub-pages show up as the uncluttered single-sidebar layout. Thus, this is my current recommendation for best WordPress themes. Download the Weblizar WordPress Theme here: <a rel="nofollow" title="Best WordPress Themes: Weblizar" href="http://weblizar.com/" target="_blank" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; text-decoration: none ! important; color: rgb(75, 75, 75); -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;">http://weblizar.com/</a></p> </body> </html>
