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20 video background WordPress themes and website templates

A year and a half ago a new technique was embraced by more and more web designers. It’s about using video backgrounds and nowadays this has become something common. The clients and Internet users were impressed by them, which is why today we have a constant rise of this kind of websites.
Using videos seems simple and effective, but the reality is a little bit different. There are some factors that must be taken into account. Firstly, one has to deal with the file size because if this is too large, it may take ages to load and as you all know the Internet users are the most impatient beings. Secondly, the video may distract people from the content. Consequently, choosing the video isn’t a simple task, it must match both the content and the website style. Thirdly, a video background may negatively affect the user experience; for example, it’s difficult to place the navigational menu in order not to hurt the video.
In spite of these major issues, video background websites are appreciated and surely the designers will find even better solutions. If you aren’t convinced about the mighty power of video background, we have collected 20 awesome WordPress themes and website templates based on this kind of background.

Elano

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Many developers claim that their themes are multipurpose, but in fact just a slight part of them really are. Elano is a great example that will prove what a multipurpose theme is; anyone who uses this theme has in fact eight different layouts. It may be used for portfolios, creative agencies or shops, but also for other kind of projects. It contains a drag and drop page builder, therefore the user has all it takes to create a wonderful website.

Equaly

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We live and work in urban communities and from time to time a small break from this environment is pure gold. Equally is designed for creative agencies or for business purposes and the video background is exhibiting a natural landscape that has the purpose to relax the viewers. It is definitely, a smart idea, but if you do not agree with it, you may replace the video.

Folix

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The ideas of adding videos depicting images from nature is common because in this way the users are better connected with the website. Folix is another theme that uses a video background that exhibits some great landscapes. However, it has other features that should make you interested in it, such as custom header, footer and sidebar, shortcode generator, filterable portfolio or pie chart skills. It is pretty interesting, isn’t it?

Oswald

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Oswald is a very good looking WordPress theme that is suitable for portfolios. Besides the nice video background, the users will be satisfied with the very readable and pleasant fonts, the smart use of negative space and with the creative vertical timeline.

Oxygen

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Oxygen is a Bootstrap based theme that is created to express good taste, modernism and luxury. This being said, its video background emphasizes exactly these features.

Swagger

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Swagger is a theme for e-commerce activities and its video background is the most interesting one from this list. I thought it would be a good idea to use a video to present the products, but instead this video it’s full of attitude and good taste. I guess that it’s better to check it yourself and use the comment form to let us know your impression.

Shore

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Full-screen background videos are cool and the items that were listed above are only just a few examples. Still, as everything in life, it can’t be 100% positive. One of the most important downside is the UX- we, the designers instantly understand how to get to the next page or to achieve what we want, but I very much doubt it that all the average users will know how to navigate to the desired webpage. Anyway, the theme is wonderful and it deserves your attention.

Crystal

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Modernism and dynamism are two must-have features of a creative agency portfolio. Crystal is a theme built having these features in mind and the background video emphasizes this fact by presenting a group of people walking in a big city.

North

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North is a complex theme that comes in no more than 14 versions, including a video background one. The user has the possibility to adjust the pages using a powerful page builder; therefore it’s impossible not to be satisfied with this theme.

Reflex

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A creative agency must be as original as possible in order to attract people. Reflex is a theme that offers an original and eye-catching solution: an abstract video background and some very motivating slogans. If you aren’t content with this solution, you have other seven different versions of this theme!

T.Joy

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T.Joy is a theme dedicated to astronomy projects, but it can be customized for a large variety of programs. I like the background video very much (it presents three videos from space) and I also believe that the sliders and the animation effects are extremely cool. So if you are interested in it, please check the preview. It will surely captivate you.

Thrill

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I have no doubt that Thrill is the perfect page for those who love white space. The entire website is based only on white background, except the homepage where a video showcasing hibernal landscapes works as a background. The excessive use of white gives this theme a special elegancy and you should definitely take advantage of it!

Eight

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Eight is a very complex website template: it has 8 beautiful homepages for two demo modes: for photographers and for creative agencies. Of course, there is also a homepage having a video background. It’s responsive and simple and it allows the viewer to focus on the items mentioned in the portfolio. So, this way you have a bigger chance of getting contacted.

Defrag

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The video background of Defrag is black and white, but in spite of the lack of colors, it gives a very dynamic aspect to the website. The video is only a teaser, because the entire template is really nice and it’s very suitable for any kind of modern online presence.

Standalone

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If you need a modern website template, but you don’t like the previous one, then Standalone is another solution. It’s a single page template that matches agency or business projects, whose core values are the high quality, modernism and dynamism.

Flipping

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Flipping is a website that may be characterized by having a strong and interesting contrast. I like very much the idea of combining webpages based on dark colors with those focused on white shades. Also, the white-black and yellow combination assures the most powerful contrast. Flipping is responsive and by taking into account the strong contrast it’s pretty clear that mobile users won’t encounter problems when visiting the website.

Secret

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This website template perfectly matches a creative agency or a freelancer that loves the minimalistic approach. Even though the template is minimalistic, the customization options are almost endless and every user may fully express his/her style and ideas.

Elegance

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Elegance will captivate all the users with the unique slide of the navigational menu. Of course, there are many other features that are interesting, such as its 10 home variants. At the same time, this is responsive and retina ready, it has unlimited colors, free support and 35+ PDF pages of manual support.

Phoenix

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Phoenix is a very complex website template that offers two variants of website: one single page or a multipage one. It’s build on Bootstrap 3, so it’s responsive and retina ready. The creators of the templates really paid attention to all the details, from animated counters and progress bars to 404 webpage and portfolio filtering.

Traveler

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Traveler isn’t suitable for a large area of projects like the themes and website templates mentioned above, but it’s perfect for travelling schemes. It has everything a website needs, in order to be appreciated by travelers. The video background exhibits various places, the whether widget will let you know whether you should wear warm clothes or not, the testimonials are written by other travelers, while the top destinations may give you a precious hint about what’s worth visiting. So, it’s a pretty interesting template, isn’t it?
I hope that these themes and templates convinced you that a background video may work as a magnet for some Internet users. Therefore, it’s a pity not to benefit from this situation. Do you like video backgrounds? Please let us know your opinion by using the comment form and get in touch with us via Facebook and Twitter.

20 WordPress themes suitable for blogs or news magazines

A significant part of the web design & development community have criticized WordPress that it’s unable to provide a good environment for e-commerce activities. Another part isn’t satisfied because WordPress isn’t the best solution for corporate projects. No matter how far WordPress will evolve, there will always be people that won’t be satisfied with it. In spite of this context, WordPress has its major importance in the Internet evolution that can’t be denied.
People often forget that WordPress was built for sharing ideas and thoughts. The blogs were the main target of WordPress, which is why bloggers want this content management system to remain fully focused only on this aspect. I doubt very much that this thing will be possible, but the WordPress plugins and themes for blogs and news websites must remain a predilection for developers.
Anyway, the ones interested in wonderful WordPress themes for blogs have a large pool of good solutions. If you don’t have enough time or enough patience, we are glad to help you by presenting you a collection of 20 beautiful WordPress themes for blogs and news magazines.

Anatomia

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I purposely started with a classic WordPress theme for blogs: Anatomia is a simple theme that will allow the reader to fully focus on the written content. The design is discrete, but at the same time extremely helpful for the reader. For example I was impressed with the filtering options from the main navigational menu (filter by tag, date or category).

Semantic

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Semantic is a very modern theme, based on Bootstrap 3 that may be perfectly enjoyed no matter the devices used. It has three wonderful homepages and many customization options, including five different font pairs.

Spraymag

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Spraymag is a very complex theme that integrates into a blog/magazine news a forum and a shop, so practically it may be used for multiple purposes. It’s WordPress 4.0 ready, it has 12 inbuilt styles, 12 custom widgets, 4 page templates, 3 featured content design and many other features that will convince you to give heed to it, in the eventuality that you want to achieve a WordPress theme.

Harmony

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Harmony is a wisely selected name for this theme. The white space and the cleanliness inspire harmony and quietism and I believe that this format is perfect for reading. Still this theme is very modern and it may be used for almost any blogging field.

ibloggo

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The previous theme was a very clean one, but it can’t be named minimalist. Well, iBloggo is the perfect theme for those who appreciate the minimalistic style.

Playmag

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Playmag is a theme that fully deserves its place into this honoring list. It has 7 versions of homepage, it is SEO optimized and the blogger may add any types of blog posts. Another plus is the slider from the header; its effects are really eye-catching.

Wonderful

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The blogosphere and social media are deeply connected, therefore any blogger should take into consideration adding social media buttons into the layout of his/her blog. This theme is an example of strong social media integration; obviously, it’s an example of good design, too.

Bloom

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If you are in need of a simple WordPress theme for a personal blog, then Bloom seems to be the right option. It may be considered as a classic theme for a blog format.

Material

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I believe that this theme is better used for news magazines because in a very small area there are displayed many posts titles without annoying the potential reader. It’s based on the new Google design approach, Material, so it may be a winning theme on the medium term perspective.

Paradeigm

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Paradeigm is a masonry inspired WordPress theme for blogs and it will impress the viewers with its modern design and the lack of adornments. I think that it’s suitable for urban or lifestyle blog topics.

Readolog

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If you believe that the colors may negatively affect the focus of the readers, then Readolog is another solution for you. It’s simple, but extremely appealing and the blogger has tons of features and tools to create the most engaging posts.

Bettermag

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Bettermag is a blog theme that could offer its users a wide range of options. It has unlimited colors, sidebars and fonts and in this context it is impossible for a blogger not to be able to create the desired design of the blog. The developers created 11 different versions of this theme and I think that this says a lot about the complexity of this theme.

Gauge

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Gauge is a theme that is very suitable for gaming reviews. The color scheme and the entire design are created having the preferences of the avid gamers in mind. The review system and the video headers are two options almost indispensable for this kind of projects.

Vienna

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Medium was created as a viable alternative for WordPress and no doubt, it has some features that considerable improve the readability. Vienna is a theme suited for any kind of blog and it is a nice mixture of WordPress and Medium. In conclusion, Vienna is a theme that shouldn’t be neglected if you want to improve your blog.

Blogbox

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Blogbox isn’t suitable for news magazine, but it’s the perfect choice for a personal blog. It’s very personal and it gives the impression of warmness, which clearly shows that the lecture would be a pleasure. The centered design and the lack of sidebars give me the impression that it was influenced by the Medium, too.

Snaptube

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We often associate blogs with written content which isn’t totally true. Nowadays, there are many blogs that contain video posts and Snaptube is a great theme for such projects. The design is very elegant and the white background is wisely selected because in this way, the eyes of the viewers are better focused on the videos.

Litemag

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Unlike the previous one, this theme perfectly matches a news magazine or a professional blog. The layout allows the viewer to see many blog posts and check out his / her favorite ones. Of course, it’s responsive, retina ready and SEO optimized- these features having a capital importance for a magazine news.

Typist

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Typist is a theme for bloggers that focuses 100% of their endeavors only on writing, the design being neglected. It doesn’t mean that the theme is poor designed; on the contrary, it’s beautiful, but extremely discrete and lacking unnecessary elements.

Margot

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Margot is a theme that is suitable for news magazine; it impresses with the nice design and extensive use of images. I guess that the potential readers would be satisfied to read the latest news from a Margot based website.

Fall

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I purposely added this theme the last, since it represents the inner essence of WordPress: a good user experience, no distraction and typography perfection. Do you agree with me?
Do you have a favorite theme that hasn’t been added here that you like more? In this case, please add it in the comment form, in order for us to be able to insert it in a future collection.

20 wedding website templates

Weddings are ones of the most pleasant events in our lives and everything must look perfect. A new trend raised since some years ago and it seems that people won’t abandon it. It’s about weddings’ websites. This kind of website has multiple meanings- from letting people know the story of the bride and groom to inform them about the location of the happy event.
Obviously, the designers are happy with this idea and as a result, we have tons of amazing wedding related websites. Taking into account their huge number, it might be considered that creating such a website is piece of cake, but in fact, it’s extremely difficult. There are a couple of reasons to sustain this idea. Firstly, a wedding website must be perfect. The bride and groom need a wonderful website to impress people and convince them to celebrate together their marriage. Secondly, it’s the feelings transmitted by the lovers; no doubt, any designer will try all his best to make them happy. Consequently, the efforts to create a better website are doubled.
Thirdly, a wedding website is a sentimental investment and the clients are special. In this context, the style of the bride and groom must be reflected and usually, it’s not too simple. In spite of these, satisfying a ready to be family is a great feeling and any endeavors are quickly forgotten when both partners are happy with the final outcome.
We collected for you 20 amazing weeding website templates. Enjoy them and please let us know which one your favorite is!

Lantern

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Lantern is a great template that comes in two version: a bright and a dark one. Both of them are visually appealing and creates a very intimate atmosphere. It’s a one page type of website and it contains all the necessary webpages for such a project. A huge plus is the background where are showcased images of the bride and groom and the counter that informs the viewers about how much time remained until the great event.

Amor

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I guess that the name of this template, Amor, is very inspired. It’s destined for wedding projects and surely it will convince people to affirmatively respond to the RVSP section. The template is responsive, so no matter the device used, the visitors will benefit by the same great user experience.

Florence

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The particularity of this template is that it’s not focused only on the story of the lovers. Florence is way more pragmatic and it has webpages as Restaurant or Accommodation. In conclusion, the participants have all the information they needed, the organizers though in advance any potential issue for them so it’s impossible not to have a great party.

Boshonto

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Flat design is a good solution no matter the type of the project. Boshonto is a great example of a flat template for weddings. It looks great and the animation of the webpages makes it a great solution for any to be couple.

Luv

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Luv is a standard template for weddings…it has everything a bride and groom need. It’s nice because the template is designed to contain more image galleries and in this case, an image really does more than a hundred words.

Flores

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This template convinced me to add into this list due to the large area of customization options and due to its beautiful simplicity. Also, it’s not single page format, which is very rare for a wedding website.

Perfect Couple

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Perfect Couple is a responsive website template that comes in two versions: full or fixed width. Both of them are beautifully designed and the template is a “classical” one destined for wedding projects: one-single page, RVSP section and image gallery.

Ever After

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I guess that there are couples that love simplicity and surely they would like to have a minimalistic website presenting their wedding. Ever After is the perfect solution in this case – this template will impress any viewer with the simple design, the large white spaces and cleanliness of the layout. Another plus is the icon for menu- instead of hamburger one, it has a small heart.

Eternity

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Eternity is a responsive retina ready template that is also very simple. The design let the users to fully focus on the lovers’ story and images, but at the same time, it assures a good user experience.

R&R

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R+R is a great solution for a wedding website because it may be easily customized and it has all the necessary webpages for such a project. It impresses with the nice vertical timeline and Gama gallery- a nice possibility of showcasing images.

Lavender

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Lavender is specially created for wedding projects, but with some customization work, it may be used for a large variety of projects. There are nine color schemes and two layout options (wide and boxed). The page transitions are another plus of this template.

Sweetly

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Sweetly is a very elegant template that is suitable for pompous weddings. The creators smartly used white- to express purity but also richness. Purity is related to the bride while the white space and the images of expensive jewelry express richness and glitter.

Batik

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I consider that a wedding website must represent the style of the couple and we must accept that some of us are always on hurry or simply prefer only the minimalist things. This website template is specially created for them- it’s minimal, nice and extremely efficient. It didn’t lack any kind of webpages specific to wedding projects, therefore it deserves its place in this list.

Wedding

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Wedding Slide is made for less decided ones because it has tons of customization options. I must warn you that it might became an addictive activity…practically each item may be tailored to the bride and groom preferences.

Marriage

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Marriage is an older website destined for weddings, but its beauty manages to pass the test of time. I like very much the RVSP page that is well designed and very complex…I guess that the guests will appreciate it.

Enlance

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We showcased many simple but wonderful templates, now it’s time for a more complex one. Enlace is a pretty standard template for weddings: tons of images, lots of white spaces, many hearts and a pink and white color combination. What really matter is that the outcome is beautiful!

Gittys

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Gittys is another wedding website that extensively use images to transmit the bride and groom emotions. It’s very complex and it’s impossible not to satisfy even the requirements of the most demanding viewers. It’s responsive and the social media buttons are well integrated into the design of the website.

Kalyan

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Kalyan is another standard wedding website that is designed by a team of experts. They claimed that would offer lifetime support, so it should be taken into account if you are interested in buying such a template.

Our Wedding

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We tried to offer a large pool of solutions for wedding websites. Preponderant, we presented templates that emphasizes the visual aspect and put into the shadow the written content. This template is different and here may be added way more texts to better describe the event and the two lovers.

Hitched

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Hitched is another template that give to the user the possibility of adding more text, but at the same time, an image gallery may be created and customized according to the needs.
I am sure that the above websites will inspire you to create better ones, no matter their destination. At the end, it will be great to know your opinion about wedding websites, are these more difficult to build or are the same as other projects?

20 amazing WordPress themes suited for education projects

It was approximately 358 BC when Plato founded the Akademia, first institution of higher learning. It’s useless to say that at that time education wasn’t attainable for all the people.
The world evolved in the next 2300 years and education became approachable for anyone interested. Education became a universal right and society progressed along with it.
More than that, along with society development education developed many branches according to nowadays requirements. Primary education can be found almost in any human settlement, any region has a high school and some cities have even more high schools, not to mention the big cities that have at least one college.
The world evolved indeed and we are witnessing its evolution. As you sensed from our introduction, there’s no evolution without education and education evolves accordingly.
This statement is not novelty for none of those who read this. It’s a fact that couldn’t be more obvious than it already is.
Along with education development, more and more education providers appeared to satisfy the demand. It sounds like an economy class but we must face the facts. It’s all about economy. With competition growing, all educational institution felt the need to improve their appearances in order to attract more students.
Going online was a small step in this world of competition and what is more interesting is that it didn’t happen recently. It’s years since educational institution are offering a detailed description of their work, of their results, of students results in the online environment.
Why is today more special than yesterday? Maybe because of the looks. An ancient activity becomes new and more interesting with the proper presentation. To sustain this, we chose a few themes that perfectly illustrate the model of an education project.

Academy

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It is not a coincidence that we start with Academy. The old ancient Greek name and the idea of online learning are best proof of education’s evolution. All in all a serious theme that offers exactly what is supposed to offer – educational plans.

Education

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Education is a classic example of how an education website should look like: simple, serious and right to the point, providing exactly the information needed for any interested student.

My College

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Sometimes offering as much details as possible could be the winning card. My College is one of those websites that will not leave any question unanswered.
It sure attracts students to education.

Park College

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When so customizable a theme couldn’t be anything but a success. Any client in search for a theme will appreciate the theme as if they were more for the same price. With all education features included, it comes with a plus in multitude of ways of presenting them.

Driving School

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Often described as minimal, this type of theme offers more than needed for a small business. Again, although described as fitted for small businesses, its adaptive construction can fill any requirement in the education area.

Campus

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As opposite to minimal websites there are multipurpose themes. The big advantage of such a theme is that it may be fully customized according to owner’s needs and users’ requirements. All in all we have a complete theme that may become the perfect theme for educational projects if needed.

EDU

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Just when we were talking about multipurpose themes, it comes a theme special built for education projects. This fact is forcing us to say that when it comes to education there is a word than can describe better this theme than any other – complete.

WPLMS

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There’s nothing more suited for online curses than a fresh, modern looking website. At this chapter we couldn’t skip WPLMS.
Since online courses are more and more used, a website like WPLMS represents the future of education. The big words used in the prior statement are well covered by this modern theme. Don’t take it for granted; check it yourself.

Statfort

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Statfort brings us the perfect mixture between classy and modern, between traditional and nonconformity, between old and new. All in all it brings us results. A website looking like this, with so many features and with so many customization options can be only a hit.

Universe

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Universe is another example of classical adapted to modern environment. As any other theme special built for this purpose it gathers all required features combining them in a modern theme.

University

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This is what complete really means. There is no area in education that University doesn’t cover. And if you find any, the flexibility and customization option will allow you to update it.

Grand College

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Just when you say you found the theme, another one comes more powerful and more complete. Grand College has all ingredients to compete for the complete education website. It inspires education.

Guru

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Another learning management system is Guru. This theme will help both students and professors. In the online courses area, it sure has its place. Take a look and let yourself taught.

Buntington

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Buntington is another website built for education purposes. It gives all the necessary information in a manner accessible for any user. Well structured, sober, it looks exactly as an education related project.

Clever

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When it comes to online courses, Clever is definitely the clever choice to make, if you allow me the pun. Like many other competitive themes it gathers all the features an online learning management system should have. Offering a multitude of choices for courses presentation, selling or buying it is for sure one of the best themes in this category.

LMS

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LMS is another mesmerizing theme created for the online learning area. While other websites are giving a modern look to the old idea of education, LMS gives a classy aspect to much newer idea of online learning.

University

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Since University is a common name among education themes, we chose a theme with the same name as a prior one. Is there any room for comparison? Sure, but this is not our purpose. We are just glad to present you another amazing theme. With a dynamic look, University fully showcases the meaning of modern. Should we say that it comes with more variants?

Crafty Hands

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A fresh perspective on a branch of education is always welcome. That is why we chose Crafty Hands for this list. It doesn’t differ much on the other themes but it has something special. A dynamic perception on learning, a new vision, these are only a few of the characteristic of this theme.

Kindergarten

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In order to cover more areas from educational field, we chose to showcase here this theme also. Kindergarten is close to any other education related theme when it comes to information provided. The major difference lays in its look. It couldn’t be other than joyful and colorful as a theme related to kids should be.

Carry Hill

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Let’s remain in children’s education area with Carry Hill. As intended, it suits for elementary schools. Comparing to previous themes we observe the mixture of seriousness required for colleges or higher education institutions, but it slips a little of childish in its structure.
As stated at the beginning of this post, evolution requires education and education requires evolution. In a changing world the power to adapt is essential. The themes we showcased here are only a few examples of how education should or could appear online.
Also for evolution reasons, we will gladly wait your opinions regarding this issue. As in Plato’s Akademia, more than 2300 years ago, dialogue will guide us to progress.
And even for a more crowded and interesting dialogue, share this post with your friends on social media.

How to impress your clients with a grunge design

If you think of creating a grunge design, then it means that you are a fan of those elements that really impress and wow the audience. In fact, grunge designs are quite popular these days, precisely because of these elements which not only amaze people but also manage to bring a sense of reality to the entire project. In what is to come, designers will get to know more about this trend, in order to succeed in coming up with an impressive piece of work.

The elements of a great grunge design

Before enumerating the things you require in order to create a wonderful grunge design, let’s talk a little bit about the “dirty look”. One should understand that a grunge design does not need to look dirty, in order to “do its job”. To be more precise it is not mandatory for this layout to be full of grunge features and as a matter of fact it would have an equally impressive touch if it would be cleaner and more realistic. Now that this matter is clear, let’s talk about the grunge features. As far as this matter is concerned, everything is really simple. One could include broken icons, dirty images, hand drawn images or whatever the designer pleases, as long as his or her creation will look unique and it will reveal its personality. Anyway, you should know that dirty textures (which usually represent objects from our lives) are used as background images devoid of any unnecessary glossy and shiny touch.

Things one should know when creating such a design

The first thing you need to take in consideration is that you should be careful not to create a crowded design. In other words, although you may love the grunge elements, you should not fill your creation with them otherwise you will come up with something dirty that will bother your audience. As far as the typography is concerned you should make use of a handwritten style. However, you should know that this particular typography would work better on your headings and not on your body text. The reason why you should take care of these things is due to the fact that if you will use something like this for the entire text, the readability will have a lot to suffer. Therefore, make sure that your customers actually understand your texts, but still impress them with a big handwritten heading. Your clients will love this impressive style and will certainly continue enjoying your content.
As it was mentioned in one of the previous paragraphs, the secret behind a wonderful grunge design lies in the simplicity of elements that you add. These being said, you should know that sometimes it is enough to just add a few hand drawn doddles or a dirty background, in order to get a more realistic touch.

The colors used in a grunge design

It goes without saying that you need to learn one thing or two about the colors of this design style in order to do your job right. Well, as far as this matter goes, you should know that the color palette of a grunge design contains dirty and dull colors. The most important colors are brown beige, grey and black, while the vivid shades sometimes disappear, being replaced with something more natural and subtle. However, one should know that although the choice of colors may seem a bit dull, actually the web page does not appear boring at all. On the contrary, if the designer will pick interesting and impressive elements, such as handwritten items, then the design will attract the visitors. But, there are situations in grunge design, when the creator uses vivid colors, such as dark green, blue and red, which are devoid of their power, so that they will seem more realistic.

Learn more about the messy edges

I bet you all have seen those websites with those messy edges. The truth is that these attract the audience, but at the same time, the designer should not use this style excessively. In other words, messy, jagged, ripped or rough edges are great, but only if they are mixed with some clean ones. The result of this mixture will give you a simple and beautiful design that you will surely be proud of.

Don’t forget about the contrast

Every designer desires to offer his or her visitors a great user experience. However, dark and moody colors might not have this purpose, precisely because people would have to read a light text against a dark background, which may cause them eye strain. As a result, you will have to think about the contrast, too. So, if you are determined to use a dark background, then you will have to emphasize your texts and to make them easy to read. You could do this by using a lighter background for your blocks of texts or by shedding some light over the entire design. Anyway, no matter the colors you will use, you will have to make sure that your texts are easy to read and that there is enough contrast between them and your background.

Grunge trends you should know about

Because you desire to create something fashionable you should know more about the trends of this designing style. To begin with, it is important for you to use a dirty texture or a dirty background image, so that you will expose the nature of the grunge style. Also, irregular line frames or yellowed scotch tape might bring that rough style to your page. Web designers will definitely manage to create something impressive if they will use paper and photo clips, needles, pins, coffee rings, spilled out liquids and dirty stains. Not to mention that if you will attach some dog-ears, hand written elements or torn paper to your design, you will totally grasp your visitors’ attention.

Conclusion
These being said, you can go ahead and start creating a grunge design that will impress all your clients, customers and visitors. You will see that you will manage to come up with something really amazing that people will definitely appreciate.

20 wonderful Blogger themes

A good design remains a good design, no matter the context. It’s obvious that the content is the one that makes the difference, but it’s extremely difficult for an average user to identify useful pieces of information when dealing with a poor design. The widespread idea that quality will always shine and it will be discovered by someone is still valid, but it’s useless to wait for the respective moment. The modern entrepreneurs or website owners know that time is the most precious entity and the design of a layout is working as a catalyst. The more appealing is the design, the more chances are to have a heavy visited website. As everywhere in our lives, the originality is highly appreciated in the online environment. Definitely, a good looking original design is the key to success.
Theoretically, everything is simple, but to put in practice is a whole different thing. Quality requires passion, talent and hard work and this combination is difficult to achieve. Deeply studying the quality works of other designers is a good source of learning and we strongly encourage this manner of sharpening the skills.
Today we showcased 20 good looking and original Blogger themes. 100% sure, by checking them, you will have a better idea about what quality design really means. Of course, you may buy them if you are interested. Blogger is a great platform and it assures the perfect foundation for a great online presence.
It will be great to know your opinion about Blogger and your preferred theme from this list.

Quote

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Mega Mag

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Safety

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Paranoia

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Agista

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Pinotes

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Flat Mag

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Blogzon

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Masqoli

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The Book Of Hours

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The Firestorm

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Bmag Magazine

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Photofolio

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Cody

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Ajb Spot

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Deco Mag

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Colorful

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Festzeit

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Gothica

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Masala

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20 modern visually appealing Drupal themes

WordPress is the most famous and used content management system (CMS) and its position seems that won’t be endangered in the immediate future. The great advantage of WordPress is its universality and the fact that people accustomed to it. In fact, there are many other CMS that are as simple and user-friendly as WordPress is, but people don’t care about them. As long as a theme and some plugins may transform a basic WordPress website into any kind of projects, the lack of interest for other CMSs is normal.
Drupal is one of the best CMS, but only approximately 2.1% from the total of online presences are build using this solution. It’s very subjective to express a decent opinion if this percentage is small of big. It will be great to have your opinion about, so feel free to use the comment form to let us know your thoughts about Drupal.
The Drupal community is very active and in the last time the endeavors of the Drupal developers are more obvious. The latest themes created are really wonderful and we already exhibited here some of the most beautiful ones. The Drupal theme creators developed amazing themes from the latest post published here and it’s time to offer you a new set of amazing themes. Check them, enjoy and use these in the eventuality that you are interested in purchasing a Drupal theme.

Spring

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Spring a Drupal theme that is suitable for portfolio projects. It’s retina ready and responsive, based on Bootstrap 3, the user may choose from 5 different homepages and he/she has unlimited options to customize the theme. One of the most attracting aspects of this theme are the social media buttons- big, bolded and well-designed.

Nevermind

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Nevermind is a great Drupal theme that may be used for a large variety of projects. It is very modern, the cleanliness, the cool and readable typography and the dynamic page transitions being some of the features that contribute to the modern look of the template. The user may choose a boxed or a wide layout and there are many other options to tailor the theme according to the needs.

Bedford

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Retro is always cool and Bedfort is a great example to sustain this idea. This Drupal theme is very simple, but at the same time, very complete. It is aimed for portfolios or blogs, but its destination must be in accordance with the retro design. Despite its retro aspect, Bedfort is responsive and retina ready, so it may be enjoyed no matter the device used.

Shoot

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If you want a complex Drupal theme, then Shoot is really a solution. It comes with 20 different versions so there is nothing more to add…practically, it’s impossible not to be satisfied by at least a single version.

Mukam

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Mukam is another brilliant theme and its features speak for themselves: fully responsive, retina ready, 8 different headers, 8 top sections, 20 sliders, various animation effects and Google maps and video integration.

Cleanse

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Cleanse is a pure flat Drupal theme that is suitable for portfolios. Beside the beauty of flat design, this theme was added here due to the nice colors and due to the smart use of white space.

Real Estast

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This theme is perfect for real estate projects. The white background let the user fully focus on the images and contributes to express luxury and quality. The forms of the advanced filter convinced me that this theme is designed by a skilled team.

Flat Metro

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Metro is another design approach much debated these days. Flat Metro is a Drupal theme that is Metro inspired, it’s extremely simple, but paradoxically, it’s multipurpose. Obviously, it may be fully customized so there is no worry that your website may look alike others.

Progressive

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Progressive is a very complex Drupal theme that contains more than 200 items. It has all the webpages for any kind of projects, including 404 webpage. What impressed me is that there isn’t just a single version of 404 webpage…the template has three solutions.

Stilo

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If you are searching for a Drupal theme suitable for a modern portfolio, then Stilo is for you. It’s simple and elegant, the generous white space let the viewer enjoy the items showcased and the nice sliding and page transitions create a very modern atmosphere.

Minima

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It’s normal to add it in this list a theme that is minimalist. No matter the trends, a minimalist website would be always highly appreciated. Now, it’s the case of Minima- a minimalistic theme that offers many customization options.

Flatize

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Flatize is an e-commerce Drupal theme that almost sure will satisfy even the most demanding tastes. There is nothing to distract the viewers, but at the same time, the website is complete. Obviously, it may be easily customized and it has even a blog section.

Beige

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Beige is another modern theme that is multipurpose. It’s built on Bootstrap framework, but you shouldn’t be afraid that there would be other websites looking alike to it because the developers of it really tried all their best. Beige would captivate anyone attention due to the slide effects and due to the bold buttons.

MDST

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MDST is a very original Drupal theme that will amaze everyone with the unconventional menu. The submenus are situated at the extremities of the layout…how many websites did you visit having such a menu? Another original idea is the use of horizontal scrolling…definitely, the theme is developed taking into account the mobile users.

PSDN

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The ones that need a colorful and joyful online presence should visit PSDN, a great Drupal theme. It’s one of the purest flat constructions, so you have all the reason to check it and eventually to buy it!

Wunderkind

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This theme is in opposition with the previous one from the color perspective. Wunderkind is a one page website that is based on a mostly black and white combination. The theme contains 4 different homepages, 15 premade color skins, Font Awesome icons, extensive documentation and many other features that can’t be ignored.

Montage

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Montage is a special theme because it brings a new type of layout into the market. I strongly recommend visiting this theme, the words are powerless in these cases. The alignment is totally new and the dynamic effects are cool; I may bet that none will become bored with such an online presence.

Elos

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Elos is a Drupal theme that is a living example of what means good design, talent, and respect for clients. The theme is multipurpose, it has webpages for any kind of projects and all are beautifully designed.

Simpleflex

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This theme is suitable for portfolios and it’s specially created for a great mobile experience. It’s distinguishable due to the bold and big typography and the large sections of pure colors; of course, it’s flat inspired.

Fullscreen

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Fullscreen is a theme designed for showcasing photos and I think that is one of the best themes for photographers.
Drupal is a CMS that can’t be neglected and the above themes convinced you that it’s true this idea. It will be great to share the post with your friends and if you want to stay in touch with us, please follow us on Twitter or check our Facebook page!

20 amazing WordPress themes for entertainment projects

“Dreams won’t work unless you do.” Though I don’t remember the author of this statement I guided myself according to this. I’m quite sure that many of you agree and act accordingly.
Work is an important part of our lives and no matter the area of activity, we follow pretty much the same patterns. The evolution changed in many ways the work we do but it didn’t change the need itself for work. Either we like it or not, we have to work.
Another undeniable fact is that we are not robots. We can’t work 24/7. We have enough energy for a daily job, for daily jobs if there are many, we have energy for any freelance activity we might have but we always need a break. I began my idea saying that we are not robots but also the robots need maintenance.
There are many ways people choose to “recharge the batteries”. Listening to music, enjoying the good food in a quiet restaurant or simply a lunch break in a café are only a few choices people make in order to come back fresh and ready for work.
While some people enjoy their leisure time, other people must work in order to make this possible. Those involved in entertainment industry know this better than anyone else. The same rule applies in the design area too. When entrepreneurs need an astonishing online presence, designers must work hard to provide quality.
Creating websites related to entertainment is a pleasant job. Designers have the chance to be as creative they can. This job still requires a lot of work since people with various tastes will be the judges for their work.
I am afraid that too many words will keep you away from the true meaning of entertainment projects as seen online. Let’s get closer to it by analyzing some WordPress themes related to this.

Berg

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For those willing to design a theme for a restaurant, Berg is a fine example. No need to say that is functional on many levels (any nowadays responsiveness is a mandatory condition for any website). With many other interesting features like blogs, galleries, booking section, Berg is a really tasty theme.

Angkloong

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If I were into music industry my website would look pretty much like Angkloon. This is a complete theme for any music project. Shop, event list, photo and video galleries and blog sections cover all areas of a music project.

Smooth

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What I always loved in design was originality. There is no surprise as all those who benefit from this love the same thing. Smooth is a theme that shows a lot of originality. Great ideas are simple and this theme fully emphasizes this. It covers all areas of a music project in a simpler manner by highlighting the exact information needed to be offered.

Triven

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The expression culinary art used to describe the food making process finds from time to time its true meaning. Extremely talented chefs transform an ordinary habit into an art. Triven is the theme that makes the design an art in the restaurant business. Although a multipurpose theme, it is perfect for a restaurant project.

Colette

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Colette is a perfect WordPress theme for any restaurant, brasserie, pub, bar or any other restaurant business. This theme is focused both on interacting with the online audience and on products provided.

Night Rock

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NightRock is another theme that would delight music fans and any other visitors. This is a complete theme focused on selling (WooCommerce support) but also it keeps all the other elements required for a competitive music website.

Munch

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Munch is another tasty theme. Ideal for restaurants, bars, cafes this theme will sure attract any business owner and what’s more important the clients.

Kataleya

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Unlike other themes designed as multipurpose themes, Kataleya is special designed for restaurants, pizza and coffee shops. The best part is that it contains 3 themes, one for each particular business. A delight, isn’t it?

Vocal Music Event

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Music is in many occasions more than a hobby. Vocal fully highlights this statement. This is a complete theme for any music business you might be into. All elements are combined in such harmony that will make you wonder if it looks great or it sounds better.

The flavour

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In any business seriousness is mandatory in order to attract clients. Restaurants have always applied this principle. The Flavour is a fine example of how a classy theme should look alike. Seriousness and hospitality are the two words inspired by this theme.

Glamour

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Just from first “steps” into Glamour Nightclub theme you get into party zone. No matter you own a nightclub, you want to go to a nightclub or you want to design a theme for. You will get inspired on every level to party.

Event

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As a music fan I was always in search for websites related to music. It is a real pleasure to find a theme built with this purpose in mind. Event is ideal for an event (who would have guessed?) planning website. Future and past events are brought to life by cool animation effects.

Spikes

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Another complete music-bands theme is Spikes. It offers you all the elements for a band or singer willing to be known worldwide. Worldwide becomes even easier to achieve with WPML feature. Your events, album releases will be read in over 40 languages.

Nosh

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Smart, modern, robust and amazingly customizable, Nosh is another mouth-watering theme. Any restaurant becomes more accessible and attractive with such a theme.

Garnish

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When you offer more is a sure thing that you’ll be noticed. Garnish is one of those themes that cover all demands. There is no requirement in restaurant businesses area not to be answered by this theme. Book your table now!

Clubix

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The many options that Clubix theme offers compel us to save a place in this list. It is a perfect theme to illustrate the nightlife – crowded, busy, offering and entertaining.

Beatheaven

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Beatheaven is another music WordPress theme that will delight both your eyes and ears. Built on a classic template, it shows its originality in multitude of features included.

Unik

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When competition is harsh, originality is the key. Unik is a theme that gives a lesson on how should things be done the same but completely different. You will find all the needed features for a music website and more.

Good ol Wine

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Good Ol’ Wine is a theme created for wine enthusiasts and wineries. It is of course built in a classy and elegant style that will make you see the glass half full.

Sweet Life

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I don’t avoid using the word “minimal” but I prefer to use “smart” instead. Sweet Life theme is a theme that focuses entirely on presenting the products. This is a good theme for restaurants and ideal for cafés. It will sure sweeten your business.

Showcasing a list in design industry is always a challenging task because of the many possible choices. Unfortunately this list is more or less subjective. If there are themes that you find suited for this list, share with us your opinion. Also don’t forget to share this post with your friends via social media.

20 simple, light but cool JavaScript plugins

People are terribly wrong thinking that a website is a static entity. Many consider that once a website is made online, it doesn’t need maintenance. The reality proves that the situation is very different; in fact keeping a website updated requires many constant endeavors. Much more, the small tweaks seem to be part of the multitude of factors that massively contribute to the success of a website.
The design world is very dynamic and the designers hardly manage to resist in this climate. However, the final outcome is a bigger number of better websites and this is very beneficial for Internet users. In this context, we may conclude that anyone willing to have a heavily visited website must take care of each aspect and correct any downside. It’s not simple at all, but there are some modalities to constantly improve a website. One of the simplest, but effective ways to do so consists in adding various JavaScript plugins. Some of these are very common, while others are less used, but the results may be very appreciated by users.
On the other hand, it’s not simple to search for various plugins…or maybe it’s not that complicated, one thing we know for sure, this is definitely a time consuming activity. As usual, because we care about your time we have established a list of 20 simple, light and cool JavaScript plugins for your website that will surely delight the visitors.

Background Colorful Generator

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Any website owner wants to bring something new to his/her online presence on a daily basis, but it’s pretty impossible and maybe the changes will put the users in difficulty. This plugin offers the perfect balance: it allows adding, on a daily basis, something new without negatively affecting the user experience. Background Colorful Generator as the name already says it, is responsible for creating background colors. With just few tweaks, a new background may be added daily.

Progress of Page Reading

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More and more websites have included a blog. Something that will be great for the users is to have an indicator showing how much they read from a blog post. Content Progress is a light JavaScript plugin that brilliantly does this job and it may be tailored to perfectly fit the website design.

Super Dialog

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A dialog modal window is a subtle and neglected website component. Altogether, if other webmasters neglect it, you shouldn’t make the same mistake. This JavaScript plugin allows creating a wonderful flow dialog window that will captivate the mind of the viewers. The small details make the big difference.

Swirl Slider

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A modern website must be very dynamic and the best solution to improve the dynamism of a website is the use of images sliders. Swirl Slider not only substantially improves the dynamism, but due to the interesting sliding effects it offers a very original touch. Check the effects in the preview page and please let me know if you agree with me!

Expander

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Of course, a slider has its contribution to the dynamism of a website, but it’s not enough. This plugin is very useful, but it also impresses with the nice dynamic effects. Its aim is to better visualize the images: the user clicks on a thumbnail and immediately a larger image is revealed. It’s responsive and the transition effects are really cool, therefore it’s the best plugin for a portfolio or an image gallery.

Morphing Slogan

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Another modality of making a website more dynamic and original is the use of Slogan Morphing JavaScript plugin. It creates dynamic images from the words of a certain text. However, since words can’t fully explain the beauty of the effects, I advise you to check the previews and you will definitely understand what I mean!

Arkansas

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We are daily assaulted with tons of information and the brain has a limited capacity of processing. As a result, a plugin that better structures the information is always welcomed. Arkansas is doing it very well and it deserves a place into this list.

alBox

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alBox is a JavaScript plugin that is very light, but its effects over the user experience are very powerful. The best thing about alBox is the fact that it contains tons of different variants of images that are based on CSS3 transitions.

Magic Tweets

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Social media has been here for many years and it was integrated not only in the online environment, but in our lives, too. This plugin has a limited area where it may be used, but in some situations it’s pure gold. It creates a Twitter timeline; so for the ones that are very involved in social media it’s very useful. Taking into account that it is touch enabled, this plugin becomes more and more attractive for every webmaster.

Metro Sidebar

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A sidebar is a good thing that one could use to impress his / her potential viewers. Metro Sidebar is a great plugin that it’s aimed to create stunning sidebars. The modality of displaying the information into the sidebar is very customizable and it won’t take more than some minutes.

Google Maps with Infowindow

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Each and one of us used Google Maps and we all know that it sometimes doesn’t assure the best user experience. This helpful plugin was created, in order to help people search for a place, let’s say a restaurant. It creates info windows on the maps, so it will be way easier for the user to identify the local they want to visit.

Rating Plugin

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A modality of having a stronger relationship with the website visitors and keep them loyal is to interact with them and heed their requirements. This plugin is very useful for blogs or for written content centered websites because it allows the users to rate their impressions. It’s simple and effective, isn’t it?

Auto Menu

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The navigational menu is a capital part of any website. Auto Menu is a plugin that is able to create a wonderful menu. Definitely, many other plugins can do the same thing, but this one creates stunning menus in just few minutes. Beside these, the ones using this plugin have tons of options and it’s not required for them to know HTML or CSS.

Select Text

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Social media buttons are a constant presence for almost all the websites. Altogether, this plugin offers a more interesting possibility of interacting via Twitter. The idea is simple: the user selects a text, a phrase or just few words and all he / she will have to do is to click on the Twitter icon that appears once the selection is made. In this way, the Twitterverse is richer with a new interesting tweet!

HTML5 Scratch Card

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If you want to create some buzz around your blog, then this plugin may be a good solution. HTML5 Scratch Card allows creating cards that should be scratched by the users to see if they gained a prize. It’s enjoyable and funny, so it will relax the users.

Clarity

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A music player becomes something usual for the newest online presence. I hate the automatic music players, but there are many cases when a good one is needed. Clarity is a very interesting music player that without any doubt, will delight the users.

Page Loader

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Some potential visitors doesn’t have a strong Internet connection or some webpages are heavier and need much to time to load. The Internet users doesn’t have patience and they will search for other websites unless they aren’t captivated with something cool. An interesting pre-loader is a good solution and this plugin will do this job wonderfully.

Flat Modern Notifications

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Another modality of making a website more attractive and personal with the user is the use of notifications. Taking into account that flat design is everywhere, the notifications must be in accordance with this approach. It’s the case of this wonderful plugin that gives to the user a high degree of customization.

Image Gallery

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The Internet is full of plugins to create stunning image galleries but still not many allow creating impressive 3D galleries. The ones interested in having a great 3D visualization of the image should use this plugin. Beside these, it’s very light and the user doesn’t need to know any coding in order to install it.

Check Plagiarism

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We know that Google hates plagiarism and it’s a disaster to be penalized by them. This plugin helps a lot in fighting against duplicated content. In some situations, it may prove being a one of the best purchasing, so check it and eventually buy it.
I hope that all the above plugins to help the readers to make more attractive their websites. It will be great to know which one was more helpful and the most useful reward for our team is to share the post with your friends.

20 very creative Joomla templates

Everyones agree that Joomla is a very reliable content management system. Tons of Joomla based websites were simple to maintain and the users didn’t encounter major bugs. Each new Joomla version brought new improvements and people expect more from the versions to come.
Obviously, Joomla isn’t perfect and it must be corrected accordingly. One of the in the red aspects regarding Joomla is the lack of the possibilities of making very creative templates. WordPress is considered a better environment to make more creative websites, while Joomla is considered more technical. It’s a matter of personal taste, but this idea is widespread amongst web designers, therefore there it’s extremely probable to be true this situation.
Personally, I think that it’s a matter that very soon will be resolved. The huge WordPress advantage is that way more developers are interested in creating WordPress themes than Joomla templates. WordPress is more versatile and it’s suitable for a large pool of projects. In fact, there is no type of website project that can’t be created using WordPress! In conclusion, there are fewer developers that create Joomla templates and it automatically means that there would be fewer creative templates. Also, Joomla is more limited comparing with WordPress, but these “limits” may be easily skipped by a talented designer.
Luckily, anyone may find online some quite creative Joomla templates by doing a ten minutes search. We care about your time and to sustain our point of view here is a great list of 20 creative Joomla templates. Enjoy them and don’t forget to share the post with your friends!

AEON

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Visia

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Aragon

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Benz

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Degree

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TD creative

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Anthe

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Next

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Vastudio

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Fussion

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Argo

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Spirit FX

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Tattoo

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Jarani

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Reversal

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Surreal

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Cashemir

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Flat Metro

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Flatrix

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Nicanian

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