We were recently made aware of a new theme store from the designer of the Omni Theme.  This new premium theme store is called Mod Themes, and they already have a pretty decent news CMS theme available for purchase.   

Going forward, I would expect several other nice offerings from Mod Themes, as they have also brought in popular WordPress coder Nathan Rice in to work on their theme coding, among others.

The initial news theme release, Breaking News, is a nice design and proves that the website shows a lot of promise.  Here is the information we’ve collected on this new premium news theme:

Breaking News CMS Theme

You can view the live demo of the Breaking News theme here.

Breaking News Theme Features:

• Backend Options page
• Easy to follow code
• xhtml/css compliant
• PSD files included
• Breadcrumbs
• Timthumb
• Integrated ad space sections
• Integrated Social Media Buttons
• Threaded comments with Gravatars
• Widget ready Localized themes
• Video Theme Tutorials
• Support Forums
• Authorized Designers that do affordable Professional Theme Customization

Breaking News Price Option(s):

• Multiple-Use ($79.99)

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The Elegant Themes team is definitely one of the leaders when it comes specifically to buying a CMS theme, and they just so happen to also be the most affordable!   For only $20.00, you get access to ALL of their themes for a full year!  

Their most recent release, the eNews theme, is a solid example of the quality and flexibility of a typical CMS theme from Elegant Themes.   Here is the information we’ve collected from the designers of the eNews theme:

eNews CMS Theme

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

eNews Theme Features:

• Cross-browser compatible
• WordPress 2.8 compatible
• Five Color Schemes
• Threaded Comments
• Optional Blog-style Layout
• Gravatar ready
• Firefox compatible
• IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
• Advertisement Ready
• Widget ready sidebars
• Theme Option Pages
• Custom thumbnail images
• PSD files
• Valid XHTML + CSS
• Smooth tabless design

eNews Theme Price:

• Available with subscription to Elegant Themes club ($20.00)

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News-style CMS themes used to be all the rage, but lately their popularity has dipped in favor of magazine themes.   That said, we still occasionally see a nice news theme being announced.    One of these occasions is the Newsline theme by Style WordPress!

I’ve always enjoy the CMS designs provided by the Style WordPress team, and their latest doesn’t disappoint!   The best part though is the price.   For roughly half what you typically pay for a single-use license, you get a multiple-use license with your theme purchase.

Here is the information the Style WordPress team released with their Newsline theme announcement:

Newsline WordPress Theme

You can view the live demo of the Newsline theme.

Newsline Theme Features:

• 3 Selectable Styles
• Widgetized Sidebar
• Widgetized Tabber Block
• Optional Drop-down Menu
• 7 Integrated Banner Spots
• Integrated Livechat Shoutbox
• Optional Threaded Comments
• Built-In Theme Options Menu
• Easy to Modify
• Comprehensive Users Guide
• FREE! Developers License
• FREE! Support & Updates

Newsline Theme Prices:

• Unlimited Websites ($33.00)

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The News CMS themes seem to have fallen out style lately as developers primarily focus on building new magazine themes, but you can always count on the Woo Themes team to fill that need for news.    Their latest CMS theme, named The Journal, is a newspaper theme built specifically for websites/blogs that focus on reporting news!

Here is the information the designers provided about the Journal theme:

The Journal Newspaper Theme

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

The Journal Theme Features:

• Tag based Home Page Modules
• Carousel/Slider for Recent Entries on Home Page
• 4 x widgetized footer modules and 2 x widgetized sidebar modules
• 10 great color schemes to suit your site identity
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, color scheme etc. for the theme
• Automatic Image Resizer, which is used to dynamically create the thumbnails for the blog posts on the home page
• Threaded Comments for WP 2.7
• Trendy drop-down menu’s for your main navigation
• Custom Page Templates for Archives & Sitemap
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments
• Advertising management for leader board and top banner adverts.

The Journal Prices:

• Single-Use ($70.00)
• Multiple-Use ($150.00)
• Also available with membership to the Woo Themes Club.

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Bonus: CMS Themes readers can currently get 2 themes for the price of 1.  Simply click here and when you check out, you’ll be prompted to select an additional theme for FREE!

When it comes to building quality CMS themes, the Natty WordPress team continues to impress with their releases.   One of their recent releases, the Newsday theme,  is one of my favorite news themes currently available.

Here is some information we were able to gather about the Newsday theme:

Newsday News Theme

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

Newsday Theme Features:

• NattyWP Shortnews module.
• NattyWP AJAXed Be Hip widget.
• NattyWP AJAX Latest Video module.
• A completely widgetized sidebar with special widgets, developed by NattyWP
• 6 different styles to choose from
• Built in Theme Options panel, available through WordPress Admin, for the detailed set up of your theme. See screenshot
• Image Resizer, authomatically creating thumbnails for blog posts.
• Custom Page Templates for Archives & Sitemap
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments. Threaded comments support.
• Comfortable and simple managing of banners and Adsense in the blog using special NattyWP widgets.
• NattyWP Archive/Blogroll – The given widget is designed for showing the list of archives and Blogroll for your site. The widget allows to switch between subtabs instantly, which enhances usability of your site.
• NattyWP Be Hip – Be hip is a very useful widget designed for showing the most popular and discussed articles, last added comments, as well as the tag cloud.
• NattyWP Banner – With Banner widget you will be able to set up and configure banners on your blog. it supports all popular formats – - 728×90, 468×60, 234×60, 120×600, 160×600, 120×240, 336×280, 300×250, 250×250, 200×200, 180×150, 125×125. It is user friendly, as its operation can be understood intuitively. Thanks to it you will be able to set a banner of any size at practically any place of the blog, which will optimize and increase advertising benefits.
• NattyWP AdSense – AdSense widget is an analogue of the Banner Widget for placing sets of AdSense advertisements on your site. It supports all popular formats used by AdSense – - 728×90, 468×60, 234×60, 120×600, 160×600, 120×240, 336×280, 300×250, 250×250, 200×200, 180×150, 125×125.
• NattyWP combo 125×125 banners – Combo widget has been designed for running the popular banner format 125×125. this widget enables showing 4 different 125×125 banners.

Newsday Theme Prices:

• Single-Use ($45.00)
• Developer’s Pack ($150.00)

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Looking for a high quality magazine/news CMS theme?  The team over at StudioPress released a new CMS theme called Metro, which was designed to give the buyer a great looking homepage to feature all of your content, while using a blog format for internal pages. 

Here is everything that is included with purchase of the Metro theme:

Metro Theme

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

Metro CMS Theme Features:

• Advanced Control Panel
• 2-Column Themes and 3-Column Themes
• Integrate Videos
• Built-in Advertising
• Fixed Width
• Widget Ready

Metro CMS Theme Prices:

• Metro Theme ($59.99)
• StudioPress Pro Plus Package ($199.95)

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