Blog Tipz

While you could pay for a premium WordPress theme, there are still quite a number of free versions available. Generally, you won’t receive the same level of support with them and their back-end option panels won’t be nearly as comprehensive, but they can still be great alternatives for bloggers on a budget.

The ElegantNews theme recently caught my eye, as it offers all the features a “news” blogger needs in a template. In addition, it’s fairly clean looking and well-designed.

Main features of the theme for bloggers include an options page for changing some of the main settings, post thumbnails support, a featured content area for highlighting your best posts, and a banner ads area in the sidebar for the popular 125×125 pixel ad format.

In addition, the theme includes three columns for making the most out of the browser space you have. Gravatars and widgets are incorporated into the theme, so you won’t have to spend time coding these in.

The coding is optimized for search engines and you shouldn’t experience issues with users who can’t view your site properly: it has been tested to work across all the most popular browsers.

For more information about the theme and to take a look at the demo, please visit the theme’s release page.