Blog Themes
We need a blog theme developed that we can replicate and install on multiple sites without requiring additional help. Clear installation instructions and a user guide will be required.
For graphics and background, we would like something similar to websites [login to view URL] and [login to view URL]
For general layout, we like [login to view URL] and [login to view URL]
However; we are open to suggestions and if you have better ideas for layouts, graphics and backgrounds, we don't mind taking a look at it.
We would like the themes to be visually appealing yet lend themselves to SEO optimization and monetizing through Ads.
Initially, we would like to have 10 templates with different graphics / colors but the underlying engine and structure to be identical.
Features preferred:
1. Searchable
2. Easy to comment – should not require creating an account
3. Option to moderate comments or not
4. Allow people to use their open-id to comment
5. Make it easy to subscribe via RSS or email or follow on Twitter
6. Spam filter
7. Captcha for comments
8. Set up a feed on [login to view URL] so the site gets regularly spidered by the Yahoo search engine (see tutorial on [login to view URL])
9. Similar thing for Google and other blog feed services
10. Use Ping-0-matic to ping blog directories. Do this every time we publish with the option not to. [login to view URL]
11. Set up so every blog publish gets sent to other blogs through [login to view URL] and other similar services.
12. When submitting, have the option to submit to all directories or only to some. [login to view URL] may already offer that option but double check.
13. Every time there is a new post, Twitter Followers get a tweet
14. Every time there is a new post, the post is to submitted to article directories also
15. Provide a widget for polls and surveys. The ability to activate or deactivate the widget as and when needed.
16. Mention Tags in the right margin but at the lower right
17. ‘Add this' button from [login to view URL] after every post so people can tweet, email … their favorite posts
18. After every three posts, have a horizontal box for Ads like [login to view URL]
19. Should be picture friendly like [login to view URL]
If a picture has to be posted, the writer should have the option to wrap text around it or next to it.
20. HTML friendly. We intend to use Front Page editor.
21. Recent readers in a block on the right hand side with pictures if available
22. Comments to be in a different shade background like [login to view URL]
23. Ability to embed videos with text wrapped around it or besides it
24. Search engine friendly with the blog post title embedded in the URL
25. Ability to control the length of posts with excess lines in the detailed page
26. Good archiving of posts. The archives should be searchable
27. A sidebar with excerpts from comments
28. A sidebar with names of top commenters
29. A sidebar with Twitter Updates
30. Allow others to contribute posts as [login to view URL]
31. Pop-Up bar at the bottom for special promos. Activated as and when necessary as at [login to view URL]
32. Categories mentioned in the right margin / sidebar in a drop down list box. Clicking on a category to present posts relevant to that category
33. Option to activate or deactivate a box that shows popular posts like [login to view URL]
34. The width of the blog should be flexible. As widescreens get more popular, it would be best for the blog to stretch into or contract into the available space
35. Multiple sidebars so as the length of the blog increases, more sidebars show up with Ads etc.
36. Multiple layered footers so I can have multiple layers of Ads if and when necessary
37. Recommended links at the footer like [login to view URL]
38. Easy to edit any and all parts of the theme
39. This should be a theme that we can install on as many sites as we want without a problem.
40. Installation guide
41. User guide
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