2011 was the year that premium WordPress themes exploded into the marketplace. In 2012, it is radically changing the way we do business.
We build websites. In the last year, there has been an explosion of Premium WordPress themes to hit the marketplace through sites such as envato.com and independent theme makers. It has made our design-build process much more efficient. We build sites that are more beautiful and feature-rich in a shorter period of time. In fact, we’ve gotten it down to a science and have started building websites in a single day. Sure, we prepare like mad beforehand, but it’s a game changer.
The key to this new model is finding great premium WordPress themes that can be made-over to suit the needs of our clients. Check out some of our favorite colorful WordPress themes, below.
1. Narcilicious by colorlabsproject
We like the bold green in this theme, and it could be changed to any sunny color by changing a few lines of css. Also, the script font makes the site both approachable and elegant.
2. Akono by Voosh Themes
Not a bad little theme. The circles are colorful, though not the most SEO-friendly. The multi-project slider is a neat way to showcase past work.
3. MyBiz by Pliable Press
Ok, the name of the theme is a little uninspired, but this colorful gem of a theme uses image transparency to make the color seem less clunky and blocky and more spectacular. We’d pay the extra $75 for the photoshop files, as we’d love to modify the background images. Bravo, Pliable Press!
4. Outstand by NattyWP
Again, no awards for theme name, but this theme’s full width slider on the home is the perfect vehicle for infusing color and personality into a website. I would waste no time licensing some charming and/or stunning stock illustrations and photography from my favorites istockphoto.com or photodune.com. The site uses cufon which is a little outdated, (hut-hum, it takes a pot to call a kettle black, trillamar.com). I’d prefer to use an embedded font such as google web font if I’m deploying a new website. This is 2012, after all.
5. DynamiX theme by DynamiX via themeforest.com
Ahh, themeforest and all the web meta-products you can buy through envato.com. How I love thee. This premium WordPress theme has so many “skins” it blows my mind. Faves are Bokeh and Orange.
6. efolio theme by imediapixel via themeforest.com
Another feature-rich theme with splashes of color from themeforest. With judicious use of pattern for the background (perhaps using this photoshop pattern maker!) and a single colorful top and/or bottom background image, you could have a stunning color-rich site.
