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NewsPress WordPress Theme


Coming Soon: Open Source WordPress News Theme

Current Status: CSS/XHTML Coding and Interface Design

The NewsPress WordPress theme is a widget-ready, customizable theme that provides ideal solutions for online magazines, newspapers, and other news publishing agencies. With advanced content display, including automatic thumbnail generation and featured posts on the homepage, NewsPress can easily handle unlimited articles in a user-friendly interface.

Feature Overview

Complete Documentation

NewsPress includes both installation, customizing, and usage instructions.

Integrated Advertising

Monetize your news site with several strategic ad placements.

Automatic Thumbnails

Instantly generate thumbnail images and speed up posting.

Ajax Tabs

Display more content in less space on the homepage.

Featured Posts

Display the most recent articles on the homepage in all (or some) categories.

Customized Search

Includes complete article search and customized templates.

Sidebars With Widgets

Design includes two sidebars that are widget ready for further customization.

Dropdown Navigation

Displays links to both parent and child categories on all pages.

Custom 404 Error Page

Provide useful information, such as search and latest posts, on error page.

Professional Design

NewsPress is professionally designed and fits any need with neutral colors.

Valid CSS/XHTML

NewsPress is cross-browser compliant with valid code.

Requirements

NewsPress is optimized for the latest version of WordPress 2.6+. The theme also requires two custom plugins, which are included, to generate the thumbnails and handle the article excerpts. All AJAX scripts are also included.

A mild understanding of WordPress templating may be beneficial for further customization, though is not needed.

License

The basic version of NewsPress WordPress theme is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

This means that you are free to use and modify the theme for any purpose, but you must include the provided links back to Impress Lab. You must give credit where credit is due. Learn more about upgrading ยป

Posted on September 5, 2008 - by Impress Lab

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