This is the second post in my Comparison of Magazine Themes series. In this post, we’ll see about Block Magazine Theme and Revolution News Theme. I chose these two because they were so close in the layout and look.
Block Magazine
Block Magazine is a paid theme by Adii and is sold at UBD. magazine-style theme. After seeing themes like The Morning After and Revolution News themes, i have to say that there is nothing special in this theme. As in the Your Revolution theme, i don’t like the colors. Too flashy. I like the way the Recent Posts, Popular Posts and the Recent Comments are displayed. That saves good space. The “Welcome” block on the top right, sorta degrades the theme’s quality. I’m not going to go deep into discussing this theme. There is nothing special in this theme when compared to Adii’s nex Premium News theme. That is a really nice one.
Revolution News Theme
Revolution News theme is a paid magazine-style theme by the popular Wordpress themer Brian Gardner. This theme basically comes in three flavors : Magazine, News, Sports. But, all the three have a magazine-style layout. Each of them costs $100 with a single-domain license. I wouldn’t say the price is too high. But, it could have been better.
Coming on to the theme itself, the colors are very pleasant on the eyes. Very clean layout. I like all the three styles’ layout. The “Subscribe” button could have been made better. The category pages follow a layout similar to the homepage and looks nice. Nothing much to complain about in this theme and that too without using it.
Pros
- Good ad position
- Clean layout and colors
- Different styles available
Cons
- The price…
- The basic stylesheet (link style etc..) is kinda boring. Could have been more Web2.0-ish
My first time here. I’m always in awe of Wordpress themes. It’s way better than the lousy Blogger themes that I’m currently using. Wordpress rocks. Thanks for the reviews on the themes! Great one!
that’s not easy to get a good theme.
Anyway i appreciate your review
thanks
Interesting theme. Layout and the colour choice is the best part.
The Revolution theme is incredibly awesome.
Hey, nice review…I am a big fan of the Revolution themes, really like them – just a matter of deciding what I want to use them for!
But I agree, the price could be better…initially it put me off them.
I prefer designing and coding my own themes, so much faster… and cheaper
Revolution themes are good but as i allways say. D.I.Y everything.
Amazing theme.. Thanks a ton for sharing this.!
Did you know that the revolution theme is now free? Altough it is a whole new theme they are giving free but the cool layout and premium looks are still there.
Yeah, Brian Gardener must have a great heart to release them for free.
Can you tell me who did your layout? I have been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you.
I like both of those themes and actually I am going to use them at my new blogs. Nowdays those Brians themes aren’t downloadable from the web site but they are still under general public lisence so I don’t know whats the deal here.
Free themes are a good strategy to get exposure and traffic.
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