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I wasn't sure if these noob themes questions should go under the themes forum or the beginner forum but its so basic, I figure this is where to put it.
1) For a classic wpmu site for free and premium hosted websites catering to a certain type of professional, what are the most suitable themes? I figure the front page will be static.
2) Do any of your themes have an option for a full width Thesis-style header where the body container is narrower (kind of like the premium.wpmudev.org header)?
3) I saw on a wpmudev facebook post something about a new "Studio" theme but don't see it in the themes menu. Is that a wpmudev theme? Is it and others listed elsewhere on the site?
4) What are the theme packs, e.g., Farms 100 and Farms 133? Why are they in a pack rather than individually on the menu? Are they basically child themes (what parent)?
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Hiya!
I wasn't sure if these noob themes questions should go under the themes forum or the beginner forum but its so basic, I figure this is where to put it.
Here's cool. :D
1) For a classic wpmu site for free and premium hosted websites catering to a certain type of professional, what are the most suitable themes? I figure the front page will be static.
2) Do any of your themes have an option for a full width Thesis-style header where the body container is narrower (kind of like the premium.wpmudev.org header)?
At the moment we do not. Many of our themes could be customized to work in this way, however. Feel free to take a look at our site with firebug to see how it's accomplished through CSS.
Also, as a side note, many of our themes are available to take a look at in "demo mode" on this site: http://themetastic.com
3) I saw on a wpmudev facebook post something about a new "Studio" theme but don't see it in the themes menu. Is that a wpmudev theme? Is it and others listed elsewhere on the site?
Check it out at themetastic, and grab the download here: http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/studio-theme (There's a sticky at the top of the forums about it. It's not got a link yet as it's so new)
4) What are the theme packs, e.g., Farms 100 and Farms 133? Why are they in a pack rather than individually on the menu? Are they basically child themes (what parent)?
The Farms 133 pack (which replaced the 100 pack) is a pack of themes we've created for sub-sites. They're not particularly set up to be parent or child themes per say, they're really just a whole heap of themes we've put together so that you can offer a variety of tested themes very easily to your members. Making some of them "premium" through the use of Supporter also ads value for your clients.
Hope this helps! Best of luck on your new project! :D
Remember even if you see a theme marked for BuddyPress doesn't mean it will only work for it we have a nifty function to make sure it works just for WordPress Multisite too.
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Hiya!
Here's cool. :D
Honestly, my favorite is one from back in the day. Maybe I'm old school, but I still love this one:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/the-edublogs-homepage-theme
For something a bit newer, I'm also a big fan of the daily theme:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/buddypress-daily-theme
At the moment we do not. Many of our themes could be customized to work in this way, however. Feel free to take a look at our site with firebug to see how it's accomplished through CSS.
Also, as a side note, many of our themes are available to take a look at in "demo mode" on this site: http://themetastic.com
Check it out at themetastic, and grab the download here: http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/studio-theme (There's a sticky at the top of the forums about it. It's not got a link yet as it's so new)
The Farms 133 pack (which replaced the 100 pack) is a pack of themes we've created for sub-sites. They're not particularly set up to be parent or child themes per say, they're really just a whole heap of themes we've put together so that you can offer a variety of tested themes very easily to your members. Making some of them "premium" through the use of Supporter also ads value for your clients.
Hope this helps! Best of luck on your new project! :D
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Super answers, Super quick! Thanks Mason!
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Just a point you may want to try Scholar that has a full width header.
http://themetastic.com/buddypress/?wptheme=BuddyPress%20Scholar
Remember even if you see a theme marked for BuddyPress doesn't mean it will only work for it we have a nifty function to make sure it works just for WordPress Multisite too.
Member (joined April 2009) Likes (0)
Oh dang. Forgot about that one! Thanks for chiming in Tammie! :D
Member (joined May 2010) Likes (0)
ooooh, its pretty . . .
Member (joined May 2010) Likes (0)
It also looks like Studio has a full-width header, no?
Member (joined April 2009) Likes (0)
Indeed it does. Good catch! What was I asleep at the wheel? :P
Good news is: you've got options! :D
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