The Open Air theme is a recent content management system (CMS) from the team over at Woo Themes.  This theme features a similar look to their incredibly popular Fresh News theme, but adds a number of the most requested features from their users.

Here is what you get with the Open Air magazine-style theme:

Open Air Magazine Theme

Open Air Theme Features:

• Unique homepage layout, with a beautiful grid structure that keeps your content looking fresh and appealing;
• The ability to switch the look / layout of the homepage between a content-heavy magazine view (see demo) or a more individually-focused personal blog design
• Five colour schemes: Default/Blue, Grayscale, Fresh, Green, Red.
• A non-obtrusive video player, which will aggregate all of your videos into one, easy-to-use-space;
• A completely widgetized sidebar with custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required.
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, colour scheme etc. for the theme;
• Automatic Image Resizer, which is used to dynamically create the thumbnails and featured images;
• Custom Page Templates for Archives, Sitemap, Image Gallery & Video Player;
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Authors & Comments;
• Integrated Banner Management script to display randomized banner ads of your choice site-wide;

Open Air Price Options:

• Single-Use License $70.00
• Multiple-Use License $150.00

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Celebrity blogs are one of the most popular blogs these days, and WordPress is by far the most popular blogging platform.   When you combine the two, you get a large number of celebrity bloggers looking for a nice celebrity theme for their blogs.

We’ve covered a few very nice ones here at CMS Themes in the past, but the new Vanity theme by Gorilla Themes is probably my favorite one yet!   This content management system was built specifically for celebrity WordPress bloggers.

Here is what we’ve been able to learn about the Vanity celebrity theme:

Vanity Celebrity Theme

You can view the live demo of the Vanity theme here.

Vanity Celebrity Theme Features:

• 2 Colors (Pink & Aqua)
• Carousel Article Slider
• Ad your own Logo and Styles Easily
• Gravatar Support
• Middle Category Section
• Widget Ready
• Customized Archives and Search Pages
• Stylesheet switcher
• Feedburner Integration
• IE6, IE7, Firefox and Safari compatible
• Extensive help and tutorial included
• Ad your AdSense or Image Link Code
• Turn all-or-individual banners on/off
• Image Auto Resizer
• Random Video Rotator (copy/paste code)
• Flickr Integration

Vanity Celebrity Theme Price Options:

• Single-Use ($79.95)
• Multiple-Use ($149.99)
• Developer’s Pack ($249.99)

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Looking to build a blog or website that reports the news?   WordPress has quickly emerged as one of the top software available to build a content management system, and there are a number of solid themes now available to easily achieve this.

Style WordPress recently contributed a pretty nice news theme called The Beeb, which we wanted our readers to be aware of.   Here is the information we’ve collected from Style WordPress:

The Beeb News Theme

You can view the live demo of The Beeb here.

The Beeb Theme Features:

• Comprehensive theme control panel (see release page for screen shot of control panel setting options)
• Dynamic navigational area
• Multiple plugin integration
• RSS news ticker integration
• Multiple built-in promotional blocks
• Widgetised sidebars (4 widget spots)
• Gravatar support
• Integrated social links
• Valid CSS
• Major browser compatible
• PDF Users guide
• Full source PSD & font files supplied

The Beeb Price Options:

• Unlimited Websites ($35.00)

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Theme Forest is a nice community website that is starting to feature some great content management systems.  One of their recent releases is the popular Our Community theme.

Here is what comes with the Our Community theme from Theme Forest:

Our Community Theme

Our Community Theme Features:

• 2 widget sidebars for different pages.
• Login on any pages.
• Custom admin menu.
• 3 column
• Drop down menu ( for categories)
• Featured post in main page.
• An image a post. (recommended)
• Full layout PSD Included.
• 2 different categories below the featured section.
• Custom Admin Panel

Our Community Price Options:

• Unlimited License ($30.00)

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The Thesis theme from DIY Themes is one of those interesting content management system themes that gives you a bland look built upon a solid theme framework, but also makes it easy for someone to truly customize this theme to be 100% unique for your website or blog.

Here is everything that is included with the Thesis theme:

Thesis Theme Framework

Thesis Magazine Theme Features:

• SEO and careful attention to in-site link equity
• Innovative Options Panel (see release page for screen shot and full details)
• Design Options panel allows you to customize fonts and font sizes all across the theme
• Dynamic Layout: design options panel allows you to select a 1, 2, or 3 column layout AND to specify the width of your content column
• Color customization with multiple pre-defined theme color schemes plus a template for your own easy custom color scheming.
• Polished typography with finely-tuned geometrics for maximum legibility
• An em-based approach to element sizing
• An aesthetically pleasing layout that favors usability and clarity over extravagant presentation
• Multimedia Options
• Smart Image Rotation
• Customizable, Automated Navigation Menu
• Easy RSS Feed Management
• Simple Stats and Scripts Management
• Widget Ready
• Separation of Comments and Trackbacks
• Title and Tagline Control
• Author ad Date Control on Posts and Pages
• Tagging Control
• Extensive theme support
• Much much more

Thesis Magazine Theme Price Options:

• Single-Use ($87.00)
• Developer’s Pack ($164.00)

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There are a number of CMS themes available on the market today, but there are a few that truly separate themselves from the rest.   The Tauren theme from ThemeSpinner is one of those in my opinion.

Here is everything that is included with the purchase of the Tauren CMS theme:

Tauren Pro Theme

Tauren Pro Theme Features:

• Widget ready
• AdSense ready
• Gravatar ready
• Breadcrumb navigation
• PSD and fonts included

Tauren Pro Price Options:

• Tauren Standard (blog version): $49.00
• Tauren Pro (CMS version): $69.00

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