Killer Premium Themes at an Affordable Price at WPNow

Yep, I’m still here! Though I have taken a break from posting here, I’ve been quite busy doing other online things. One of those things is getting to know WPNow, a great new resource for some beautiful and functional WordPress themes. You can currently find five very reasonably priced premium themes they’ve produced, all of which provide the eye candy and features you’ve been looking for.

As you can see below, there’s plenty of space allowed for graphics to be incorporated into the posts and thumbnails on the home page for each. And depending on the theme, there’s also space for advertisements, either Google Adsense or 125×125 blocks. They have price packages to suit your needs and budget, too, ranging from branded single-use to non-branded multi-use.

I’m using one of these themes now (Triumph, see below). As I got into making the modifications I wanted, my journey could have been a little smoother had there been supporting documentation. At least in the theme I was using, there wasn’t a control panel to adjust certain features, but luckily, I had enough experience to find most of my way around.

But when I got stumped I either referred to their FAQs or submitted support tickets. The latter was the most effective, actually. They responded quickly and stayed with me until I accomplished what I set out to do. That is something rare you see these days, even with premium themes, so it was quite refreshing to know I had people to ask questions to.

WPNow is one to keep an eye on. More and more premium themes are coming out these days and it’s becoming harder and harder for theme designers to distinguish themselves from their competition. These guys seem to have no problem with that though.

Triumph

This theme is one I’m using on a phpBay site of mine. I really liked its layout, particularly the three modules you find on the front page. This made for a nice way to introduce my visitors to the three main categories I wanted them to visit. Plus, it offers space just below them for welcome text with even more links that lead deeper into the site.

Features:

• 2 column layout
• Adsense and widget ready
• threaded comments
• several templates
• five level dropdown menus

VintMint

• Adsense and widget ready
• multi dropdown menus
• several templates
• featured video space

Simplista

Features include:

• Adsense and widget ready
• several templates
• Javascript category menu
• Flickr photo stream

Elements

Features include:

• Adsense and widget ready
• several templates
• multi dropdown menus
• featured video space
• minimize/maximize sections

Bloom

Features include:

• 2 column layout
• Adsense and widget ready
• several templates
• five level dropdown menus