Bradley and I were talking about how to help clients choose a WordPress theme, and thought I’d include this link to an article that discusses these considerations (in addition to solid code):
- A beautiful home page
- Multiple skins/colors (including holiday customization)
- Custom widgets
- jQuery capability (e.g. for slideshows)
- An interactive contact page (nice idea, with example)
- Ad integration
- SEO
The article was written for theme developers, but the content is also useful for helping clients—especially those who are new to WordPress—through the process of choosing a theme.
Bradley and I also came up with these nice-to-have features (what designers want in a WordPress theme):
- Horizontal navigation with built-in pull-down menus
- Automatic thumbnail creation
- A tabbed sidebar
What else? Please add your favorite features (or your clients’ favorites).
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This is really great stuff. I’m wondering if either of you, or anyone out there in the interwebs, has a few go-to themes that are solidly good out of the box and easy to customize to a client’s liking?