Historically we haven’t spent a lot of time covering the photo themes available, but there are times when some hybrid designs are released which fit into the Content Management System category.   One recently example of this is the new Spectrum theme by Woo Themes, a photo theme designed for content rich sites showcasing their content with beautiful imagery. 

The Spectrum theme is packed with 7 widgetized regions and lots of custom woo widgets, like a video player, Flickr and Twitter streams, to customize huge amounts of the theme on the fly.  Here are the features listed with the Spectrum theme:

Spectrum Photo/Magazine Theme

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

Spectrum Photo Theme Features:

• Built on Woo2 Framework
• Custom Theme Control Panel
• Built-in SEO Options
• App Store Friendly
• Apps Features Area
• Featured Slider
• Custom Widgets

Spectrum Photo Theme Prices:

• Multiple-Use ($79.95)
• Developer’s Pack ($249.95)

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When I look through the CMS themes available at Woo Themes, the ones that catch my eye all seem to be from the same designer, Magnus Jepson, one of the co-founders of Woo Themes.   In addition to designing the theme that Woo Themes website actually uses, he has also done a brilliant job of making some great designs that are available for WordPress users to purchase.  

The latest release from Woo Themes, named Coffee Break, is a new CMS release by Magnus, and this time it was built with small businesses in mind.    Here are the details we’ve been given regarding this new CMS design:

Coffee Break Business Theme

You can view the live demo of the Coffee Break theme here.

Coffee Break Features:

• A home page featured slider showcasing specific pages that have been enabled in the back end theme option’s panel
• “Mini features” section available on the home page to present the website visitor with a list of services or benefits of your company/product. Again the pages listed here are specified in the back end theme option’s panel
• A completely widgetized sidebar with 7 custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required
• 11 amazing color schemes to choose from
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, color scheme etc. for the theme
• Threaded Comments for WordPress 2.7+
• Custom Page Templates for Archives, Full Width Page, & Sitemap
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments

Coffee Break Prices:

• Multiple-Use ($70.00)
• Developer’s Pack ($150.00)

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When people tell me they are looking for a flexible CMS theme, one of the first places I send them is to visit Woo Themes, one of the industry leaders in CMS themes who is also known for their complex control panel and custom widgets included with each of their designs.

One of their recent releases, the Mortar theme, might be their most flexible theme to date, and offers a great design to compliment who easy the theme is to setup.   Here is the design and features included with the Mortar theme:

Mortar Magazine Theme

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

Mortar Theme Features:

• Built on the popular JQuery layout plugin Masonry (Source code here), the home page arranges blog posts vertically then horizontally to make sure there is a neat grid of posts with no spacious gaps between them
• 8 amazing color schemes to choose from
• The home page and archive page also have the option to arrange the posts in 1, 2, 3, or 4 columns giving you complete flexibility with your layout
• A completely widgetized sidebar with 2 custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, color scheme etc. for the theme
• Threaded Comments for WordPress 2.7+
• Custom Page Templates for Archives & Sitemap
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments
• Integrated top banner ad space, which can accommodate both image banner ads or AdSense embeds

Mortar Theme Price Options:

• Multiple-Use ($70.00)
• Developer’s Pack ($150.00)

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Bonus: Woo Themes is currently offering an excellent deal for CMS Themes readers.  You can now click this link to get one FREE WordPress theme whenever you purchase a premium theme.   You will be prompted to select your free theme at checkout.

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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The Woo Themes team continues with their impressive monthly release schedule with their latest release, Blogging Stream.   This new hybrid CMS theme combines both lifestreaming and blogging, while offering the buyer a CMS homepage that includes support for videos.

If you’d like to learn more about the this theme, here are the features listed for the BloggingStream theme:

BloggingStream WordPress Theme

You can view the live demo of BloggingStream here.

Blogging Stream Features:

• 2 different layout options for both the featured area, as well as the header
• 7 ad spaces (468×60, 300×250, 125×125) in total
• Sidebar video player
• Integration of a lifestream
• 2 widgetized areas (homepage middle column, site-wide sidebar)
• 8 custom Woo widgets
• 11 great color schemes to suit your site identity
• 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 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
• Integrated Banner Management script to display banner ads of your choice site-wide

Blogging Stream Price Options:

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

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Note: You can also use this link to get a second theme free with the purchase of any premium WordPress theme.

The small business themes market continues to grow, and with the new CMS theme from Woo Themes called The Station, I imagine small businesses will continue to be tempted to switch their websites to WordPress.

Here is what we’ve learned so far about The Station theme:

The Station Business Theme

You can view the live demo of The Station here.

The Station Theme Features:

• Featured Tabber section on the homepage to emphasize your most important messages
• Page-based homepage which enables you to control all of the content on the homepage
• 3 different widgetized sidebars
• Integrated Breadcrumbs, PageNavi and loads of different navigation spaces & options with regards to those navigation sections
• 3 Additional custom page templates (Archives, Sitemap & Full Width)
• 6 Custom Woo widgets (Flickr, Twitter, Search, Campaign Monitor, Feedburner and Recent Posts)
• 7 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
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments

The Station Theme Price Options:

• Single-Use ($70.00)
• Multiple-Use ($150.00)
• Included with Themes Club Membership

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Bonus: CMS Themes readers can click here to get 2 themes for the price of 1.  When you use our link you will be prompted to select a second theme of your choice upon checkout!