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DIYthemes Special Offer: Thesis & Cosmo

Chris Pearson has added some impressive features to his latest update of his Thesis theme including:

• New “Design Options” panel allows you to customize fonts and font sizes all across the theme.
• The Layout constructor in the new “Design Options” panel allows you to select a 1, 2, or 3 column layout and to specify the width of your content column.
• New title tag constructor allows for detailed title customization through the options panel.

In addition to this, Chris is planning another update within the next week or so with multiple pre-defined theme colour schemes and a template for your own easy custom colour scheming.

By the way, Chris is currently preparing to launch a new magazine-style theme called Cosmo, which is great news. Even better news is that if you purchase the Thesis theme by Sunday 31 August, you’ll receive the Cosmo theme FREE as soon as it’s released. Not bad, eh?

Thesis Demo | Purchase | Personal License: $87 | Developer License: $164

Revolution Exclusive

I just checked my neglected twitter account, and discovered that Brian Gardner has released a new version of the classic Revolution theme. It has that grungy look which is very fashionable at the moment, and is an earthy brown colour.

According to Brian’s tweet, he’s only selling 10 copies of this theme for $499 each. Check out the demo, before they all go.

UPDATE: You may now purchase the theme at the Revolution site, which has been discounted to $399.95 until Sunday, August 31st at 12:00 midnight CST.

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High-Def Theme

High-Def by Graph Paper Press is a minimalist multimedia theme with several impressive features.

I love the sliding content area at the top of the homepage, as I haven’t seen anything like it in a WP theme until now.

Like all of the other Graph Paper Press themes, High-Def has a low-key design, but I like to think that the theme is like a newly-built home waiting for an owner to dress it to suit their personality. I’m looking forward to seeing some great customisations of this theme.

Features:

• Mac-style sliding content region
• Built in HD video player with full-screen capabilities
• Theme Settings Page to omit/include/configure every element of the homepage
• Automatic post thumbnails
• Cool Flickr-esque drop down navigation
• Five widgetized areas
• Uses Custom fields for multimedia support
• Uses Blueprint CSS Framework
• Cross-browser compliant
• Works with WordPress 2.6+

Demo | Purchase | Single License: $75 | Multiple Site License: $199

Or purchase all Graph Paper Press themes for $99 (single license) or $499 (developer)

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Viva7 Theme

The new Viva7 theme is the brainchild of Tim Waddell of Mediatricks, the creator of several image-related WordPress plugins including Viva Thumbs and Viva Carousel.

Viva7 is based on the popular free Mandigo theme, but it has been converted into a magazine theme with an incredible amount of additional functionality.

By purchasing Viva7 you would gain the features of several of the Viva plugins, within a theme which can be completely managed via the comprehensive Theme Options page, no coding knowledge necessary.

More than 600 possible theme appearance variations are available, including 7 colour schemes (red, orange, green, blue, teal, purple, pink), 2 widths (800px and 1024px) and 2 header heights.

Features include:

• Dynamic Video Widget which serves videos at random from a playlist or offers specific videos on key pages and posts
• Integrated Viva Carousel for post images or general gallery in a choice of 2 positions
• Change colours of key elements via the Theme Options page
• Homepage thumbnail images created automatically and zoom out to the full image
• Upload a Per Post header image for use exclusively on that post or page
• Viva Menu Bar adds an unobtrusive admin menu to your homepage
• Viva Events plugin allows you to publicize events and list them on their homepage by event date rather than post date
• Change the homepage appearance (include or omit date information, comments and author information as necessary)
• Preconfigured Adsense ad palettes so that your adsense units blend right into your site
• Drop down Page Menu
• Integrated Feedburner Sign Up Form
• Tabbed Quick Links area links to recent posts, search box, archives and categories
• Breadcrumb Navigation Plugin

There is currently an introductory discount running on this theme until the end of August. Use the code EARLYBIRD at the checkout to receive $20 off the single license and $50 off the multiple-use license.

Demo / Purchase | Single Use: $79.95 | Multiple-Use: $199.95

iReal Estate Theme

The iReal Estate Theme by iThemes is a modified version of the popular iCompany theme specially designed for real estate agents.

Sample Property Listing

iReal Estate and iCompany are sold together as a bundle.

Features:

• Easily customizable via Theme Options page
• Integrated blog
• Home page template
• Wide layout for content heavy sites
• Widget ready sidebars and feature areas
• Drop-down navigation
• Search engine optimized

Demo | Purchase | Single-Use: $49.95 | Multi-Use: $59.95

iThemes have recently revised their All-in-One Theme Package to provide multiple/developer usage of 14 themes for $399.

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On Demand by Press75

On Demand is another fantastic video theme from Press75, and was inspired by the popular video streaming site Hulu.

On Demand will allow you to stream high definition videos from services like Vimeo or Blip.TV, or to host your own self-hosted videos. The theme will happily display any embeddable video format up to 1024px wide.

Features:

• Maintain a non-video based blog alongside the video posts
• 4 widgetized sidebars
• Social links on single video pages
• Link to embed code on single video pages
• Compatible with WordPress versions 2.3 – 2.6.1
• Cross-browser compatible (FireFox 2 and above, Internet Explorer 7 and above, Safari and Opera)

Demo | Purchase | Single Site: $75 | Multi Site: $150 | Developer License: $250

Gabfire Suvi Theme

Gabfire Suvi is the latest premium theme from Mehmet Özekinci, and is a fresh take on the magazine theme for the summertime and beyond.

Suvi aims to be easy to use yet highly professional. By using tabs and excerpts the theme maximises the available space without overwhelming the reader.

Features:

• Integration of the Get The Image plugin to automatically resize the first uploaded post image for the featured thumbnails
• Fully widgetized sidebars
• Ajax tabs to show, recent comments, popular tags, archives and a chosen video post
• Flickr integration
• Drop-down menus
• A well structured code which can be edited easily through CSS
• Ready for 125px ads
• Custom video template page

Demo | Purchase | Single Use: $59 | Multi-Site: $159 | Developer License: $259

MagLive by Premium Themes Now

MagLive is the second premium theme released by the Daily Blog Tips network, which has set up a separate site solely for their premium WordPress themes called Premium Themes Now.

MagLive is an appealing magazine theme which provides an easily customised homepage, and a tab-based featured post area and more.

Features:

• Advertising space holders for 426×60, 250×250 and 120×600 ad units
• Social Bookmarking Integration
• Related Posts placeholder

The price of the NewsDen Theme has been lowered to $47 for the launch of Premium Themes Now.

Demo | Purchase | $47

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Arthemia Premium

Arthemia Premium by Colorlabs Project is an extended version of the popular free Arthemia theme. It’s a vibrant, feature-packed theme which will work as a Content Management System, magazine or blog.

Features:

• Theme Admin Panel
• Choose a colour for each category
• Drop-down menu
• Automatic thumbnail generation
• Widgetized sidebar and footer
• Ad banner management
• Gravatar-styled comments
• WordPress v2.5+ compatible
• Cross-Browser Compatible

Demo | Purchase | 1 Site License: $70 | 5 Site License: $140 | Developer License: $240