Blog Tipz

Great themes have been covered and reviewed on Blog Tipz in the past, but this post is going to separate the main types of themes currently available. Most people stick with the main WordPress or Blogger themes, those that allow them to publish “regular” content on their site, without the need for doing too much work.

However, there have been some great themes released that are aimed at specific niches, which might perform better than themes designed solely for blogging. They are sometimes priced differently than normal themes, either higher or lower, depending on the set of features and the specific niche.

The Main Types of Themes

CMS – These themes are ideal for a wide variety of sites, and can be customized to suit your needs. They generally have more features to make managing and organizing your blog fairly easy. Rather than having to change the title through the editing of code, you can do this through the back-end panel. The main page of this site generally focuses on directing the visitors to internal pages.

Photography – There are dozens of photography themes now available, making it easy to publish photography to your site. Traditional themes are not that good for photography, as there is little to no control over how archives are created, and you really need a photography-related theme to publish photos to your site. They often have settings as to how your photography will be displayed and options for your visitors to interact more easily with your photos.

Business – While many businesses would rather have a custom theme designed for their site, there are plenty of themes that do the job on smaller business sites. They revolve around providing a simple, but functional template for promoting the services and/or products provided by a company. The main page may simply be a landing page, with a separate blog area, or a complete template with everything included on one page.

Video – VIdeo themes are ideal for bloggers who are publishing video – whether their favorite videos from the web or their own that they have uploaded. Again, they are more specific, and may not be best for people who want to publish text to their site in addition to video. Using these themes makes it easier to properly showcase your content.

Magazine – Magazine themes are one of the most popular types of themes, ideal primarily for sites that showcase a lot of content. Like popular news websites, they allow visitors to quickly browse and scan through the content on your site. Advanced options panels are often included, as these themes are often a pain to edit – there is a lot more complex code included to setup the themes.

Personal – Personal themes have been around for some time, although they have been given a new light recently. People want a place to showcase all their content as well as more personal thoughts. They are generally simpler, and have fewer options than “blog” themes, but still allow posting. Social networks are generally showcased within these sites.

Portfolio – Personal themes are often designed to showcase your thoughts, but portfolio themes make it easy to publish your work online, such as photos, projects, and video to your site. Portfolios are extremely important to make distributing a “real” résumé online with everything you’ve done.

Conclusion

While there are other, more specific categories of themes on the market, these are some of the most popular. What types of themes do you prefer to use? Please recommend some themes that others should check out within the categories above.