ElevateThemes.com Almost Ready to Launch!

With less than a day ’til launch, I wanted to let you know that ElevateThemes.com has two great, completely free(!) themes just waiting for consumption! :-) And remember, in keeping with out mission statement, these are going to be some of the best, most feature-rich themes you’ve ever seen released for free, and they will always be 100% free (GPL) themes.

Skyye News Theme

Skyye News Theme will be released as a beta due to it’s complexities. We’ll be asking users for feedback on bugs and feature additions.  It’ll be perfect for people wanting to incorporate a more news/magazine style on their blogs, rather than the traditional, reverse-chronological look that you might be used to on a blog.

It will feature an “intelligent” homepage that will never show the same story twice.  But the technology running the homepage will be our advanced Theme Options panel.  Homepage construction, SEO, analytics code, custom feed URL will be available for you control freaks out there. :-) We’ve also tried to make this theme compatible with both WordPress 2.5/2.6, as well as the soon to be release 2.7, including that cool new threaded comments feature.

Look for Skyye News 0.9beta at launch.

Altitude Blog Theme

If you’ve ever visited MSNBC’s AlphaChannel Blog, you’ll see where the inspiration for this theme came from.  A friend of mine asked me recently if any free or paid themes featured the same title/post/sidebar configuration of the AlphaChannel Blog.  I couldn’t think of or find any, so I decided to build it myself and release it for free here at ElevateThemes.com.

Altitude is nearing completetion and will be available soon after launch.

Another News Theme

Thanks to the generosity of Antonio Lupetti of The Daily Inspired, I have been given permission to convert his Blogger template into a free WordPress theme.

And this theme will feature all the ease of any of the other themes that will be released here on ElevateThemes.com.

Photo Theme

Ever since WordPress 2.5 was released, I’ve wanted to explore the possibilities that the Media Gallery feature could offer.  And that’s what I plan to do with the first Photo theme here at Elevate.  No more messing with custom fields.  This theme will be driven 100% by the built-in, WordPress 2.5+ Media Gallery feature.  I can’t give you too many more details, as the theme is still in the planning stages, but needless to say, it’s going to be awesome!

The Photo theme will be available sometime in November or December.

So, I hope you’re ready for the coolest, most innovative free themes you’ve ever seen! Stay tuned, either through our RSS feed, Email subscription, or twitter updates.  It’s going to be a fun couple of months!