Quality content is an important factor for any blog but it doesn’t mean that we neglect the theme for our blog. Having useful content for blog is good but having an attractive theme for your WordPress blog is equally important thus before selecting any WordPress theme it is important that do take care of following factors.
Smoothing looks:
Believe or not but first impression is always based on looks. Before reading articles, visitor will first notice theme of your WordPress blog. Thus it is important that you select your theme according to your niche. If your blog is about blogging tips, technology, make money online then prefer to select a professional theme and if you have a personal or fun blog then you can go for a funky theme. Make sure that the theme colors should not repeal readers.
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Good navigation:
Themes are available in different layouts, number of columns but select theme which provides an easy navigation. Visitors should find it easy to navigate, subscribe to your blog and find it easy to search articles they are interested in. A theme with good navigation always helps you to reduce bounce rate.
Easy Customization:
WordPress theme should be easy to customize. There are many customizable themes available which are easy to modify according to your requirements and you even don’t have to learn lot of PHP coding or CSS for same. Even if you are not a geuniess in customizing theme then also you can play with themes if the theme provide you easy customization. If you don’t have knowledge about theme customization then you can consider to take theme customization service from professionals.
Advanced features:
There are many themes which provide you useful features like managing advertisings, different comment styles, customize dashboard, customized error pages, built-in plugins or different options to promote your post via social networking websites. Such features are available in free as well as in premium themes, you can select one which suits your requirements.
Support:
Always prefer to have a theme by a developer who is active when it comes to support part. Make sure that developer update the theme on regular basis according to WordPress latest version and it must support the new features of updated version like widgets, tags etc.
No matter you select a free or premium WordPress theme but make sure that you go for best theme. What are your criteria to select WordPress theme for your blog? Do share with us.
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selecting a theme is always a though decision.
for me a theme should have good typography, nice looking navigation, support and easy to customize like thesis or genesis
thanks for offering such great tutorials on thesis.
could i expect some more tutorials on thesis like
> adding tabbed widgets in sidebar
> how to create static site using wordpress conditional tags (liek wpfreesetup and thesiscustomizationservice)
???
Thanks for your comment Vivek. I agree with Typography, it is one of the important factor to consider while selecting a WP theme. Typography should be look professional. And we will surely come up with more tutorials soon.
nice tips..but it would be a bettr post if you have given the best themes under every section i.e. like some themes having good navigation etc. anyway useful info..
Thanks Sumanth, but I don’t want to clutter too much. I will come up with more posts related to WP themes so that it can give readers better idea.
I think Thesis and Genesis are two the best choice for bloggers when they help us SEO better than any else. Of course these two themes is not best as you might think at the first look. I have ever wondered why tons of blogger are passionate with them.
PS: When will my comment be approved automatically Whiztechy ? I hate that manual approval!
Thesis is all time best because it provides you lots of features and it’s easy to customize. If anyone is a professional blogger than it is always recommended to use a Thesis theme.
And about commenting part Voung, it’s quite tough be even few regular commentators do spamming and which is not acceptable thus we prefer to moderated comments manually.
Interesting blog entry, thank you. Have to think about it.
Glad you like the post Jennifer.
Thesis is the best theme as it fits all the criteria in the post……..
Agree Akhilesh, Thesis is all time favorite.
Nice Tips, one important thing to add, check the theme first with plugins like wp antivirus, because there is so much infected themes available today…
Thanks Jojo for adding one more important tip. I agree there are many themes available which have virus and can harm your blog.
I don’t know why here always thesis theme is recommended ?
Hey Nick, I guess this article will help you with same : http://bit.ly/ieR4CA.
And you can also read more reviews of Thesis themes on SML.
@nick i agree
Nice post. Very helpful for newbies especially. When it
comes to SML, I feel sad about the first point mentioned above
“Smoothing looks:” “Believe or not but first impression is always
based on looks” this thing doesn’t fit well when I am here. I
really like the stuff around but the color scheme isn’t so good.
Just, a friendly suggestion, I request you to come up with a better
and new design in the New Year 2011. SML is among top 5k Alexa
sites. So, I think it should look “good”
Puneet are you talking abt SML or themepremium design??
I am talking about SML.
Theme Premium looks good as such except for the background color. A light blue would be better, I guess
You are absolutely right. But there are many themes of wordpress which are good in navigation and look but still they are slow ones. I think using a theme with low php calls will be better option.
yeah Rakesh, if blogger have a bit knowledge of PHP then it is better to check it before installing the WP theme.
by the way m not rakesh.. its rajesh or you can call me rahul..
Hey Rajesh, Sorry it was a typo.
Good look, good navigation and easy customization is my top consideration when I select a theme.
I would also consider the uniqueness of the theme. There are quite a number of blog that has the exact look and feel of SML, with just a different logo.
Absolutely right.
Theme is very important factor for the success in Blogging