Say hello, Webly.

Hello Webly.

Oh my, we’re off to a dumb start.  Moving on.  This is Webly, from Elegant Themes.  Elegant Themes are most well known for their theme called Divi, (or their other theme, Extra) which is all about flexibility.  It’s a massive page builder with tons of features and it’s worth the money, but I also recommend Elegant Themes’ other offerings that aren’t so packed with bells and whistles.  One such theme is Webly.

Webly is simple.  It maybe stands to reason, since it’s been around for a while now, but Webly just *looks* different than some other themes out there.  Webly isn’t bashing you over the head with clean, flat designs.  It’s not looking to have every single possible use.  It is what it is.

Elegant Themes has this to say about Webly.

Webly is a professional theme with just enough charm and whimsy to give your website that fun and unique edge. With powerful tools, such as the multimedia slider and content bar on the homepage, Webly provides you with creative ways to engage your visitors. If you are looking for creative theme that will make your business stand out from the crowd, then look no further!

So, yeah, since this is from Elegant Themes, it’s hard to find user reviews that aren’t actually *from* the Elegant Themes website.  It’s not like Theme Forest where you can read the comments and see who says what.  What the known issues are.

I can say this though, I’ve been a subscriber to Elegant Themes in the past and they’re great to deal with.  They offer good support and the documentation is really strong.  Webly is a fast loadng theme, because it’s not overloaded with useless code that nobody needs or wants.  It’s easy to navigate from page to page, the images are well framed. Webly is responsive and that goes a long way to making this one of the better themes around for your next website.

Strong recommend.

So, we’re back to take another look at Chromatic, from Graph Paper Press.  This theme is ultra simple.  Honestly, it’s going to be too simple, to sparse for some people, but if all you want is to show your images with very little extra to get in the way, this theme does the job wonderfully.

They call Chromantic the ultimate photography WordPress theme for good reason, it’s a wonderful way to sell your images, get noticed by your next client and to showcase your work. The simple design and clear navigation mean it’s easy to focus the attention where it needs to be, on your incredible visual content. Chromatic, from GraphPaper Press, is a delightful choice if you truly believe that your content should come first.

If you’re looking for a WordPress portfolio theme that will be eye-catching on every size or type of electronic device, then Chromatic has what you’re looking for, 100% responsive design.  This sort of feature is incredibly important these days, some would say it’s crucial, because responsive themes tend to out-rank the equivalent fixed width site, all things being equal.  And your users will appreciate the fact that it is responsive when they try to access your site on a device like an Android or iPhone.  That gives you confidence that you’re delivering the very best user experience you can to every visitor you get.

Even though Chromatic is basically a WordPress portfolio theme, it can serve well as a blog too with a variety of post formats, like links, video or audio files, quotes, images and, of course, normal text posts.  Add galleries from one to five images wide, sell photos and prints, not to mention MP3 or eBook files, with the built in Sell Media plugin, made by GraphPaper Press.  All in all, Chromatic is a high powered portfolio theme that can really help give your website a nice, fresh look.

So, there it is, our review of Chromatic.  Solid, dependable, incredibly simple and possibly too simple for some tastes.  Still, worth a look because Graph Paper Press does such a great job coding their themes.

The Norris WordPress theme comes packaged with 14 clean and attractive demo web pages that can be used with any individual’s or company’s content no matter what their industry. With the sturdy structuring and the highest-quality code coupled with appealing style, this theme is ideal for both one page and multipage websites. Its framework allows users with no development experience to create stunning web pages with sophistication and versatility. With all of the tools, plug-ins, features and resources included with Norris, it is virtually impossible to make a website that fails to attract attention and keep it. Due to its amazing options, this WordPress theme can be used again and again to create a variety of sites for many purposes.

Norris is an elegant & super-clean onepage WordPress theme for corporate, agency, business, personal and organizations. Norris not only has an eye-catching design with all modern standards: Responsive, Retina-ready, Translation ready, HTML5 & CSS3 but also contains everything you need to build an amazing onepage site: 14 unique demo homepages (with DEMO.XML included), more than 100 options for customizing UNLIMITED colors, 500+ Google fonts, background images & patterns, logo upload… We also offer best support ever!

Each of the demo pages and your uniquely designed styles has a multitude of amazing options to include. Smooth scrolling can be combined with Parallax style for a modern and engaging look. Portfolios created with AJAX offer space to showcase products, projects or other creative endeavors. The Norris WordPress theme offers more than 100 possible options for customization on each page of a website. These may be different, but they combine seamlessly to create eye-catching pages that stand out from competitors. Norris is completely responsive and includes powerful search engine optimization features.

For another high quality minimalist theme, we recommend Mango.