Features of PhotoBlog Premium Theme

• Built exclusively for WordPress 2.7. (Not tested on earlier versions).
• Featured Content on the homepage and in the Sidebar. Number of posts is controlled on the Widgets Page in the Admin Panel.
• Main menu is custom-built (same as on EVENTINA). Check this for an example of hierarchy.
• Auto-resizing and cropping for thumbnails (TimThumb script)
• Only 1 custom field for images, the rest is done by TimThumb
• Custom image sizes for uploaded images
• Widgetized Sidebar
• Integrated Social Bookmarking Plug-ins (Add to Any)
• jQuery Tabbed Sidebar: Popular Articles, Recent Comments, Recent Articles, Tags
• Comments, Trackbacks and Pings are separated with jQuery Tabs
• Comments by Admin account are highlighted in the comments section of an article
• Gravatars Support
• AJAX Lightbox for viewing images in different sizes
• Special room in the header for a 468×60 banner.
• Sidebar is 300px wide, which allows the addition of banners of almost any size: 125×125 (in 2 columns), 300×250, 300×300, etc.
• Mostly uses relative CSS font-sizes: [em] instead of [px].
• Compatible with all major browsers: IE 6&7, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome;
• Valid XHTML & CSS Code
• Very easy installation

Features in detail

Custom Multi-Level Main Menu.

The main menu looks great both on sites with a few categories and on sites with tens (or even hundreds) of categories. On page load, it does not load ALL categories as most drop-down menus do, it loads only the required categories.

Featured Posts on the homepage

You can add any amount of “Featured Posts” on the homepage. You can control the number of posts in the Widgets section of the Admin Panel, you don’t have to edit any files.

Featured Posts in the sidebar

You can have any amount of “Featured Posts” in the sidebar. You can control the number of posts in the Widgets section of the Admin Panel, you don’t have to edit any files.

Dynamic Image Resizing

On the post’s page, visitors can preview the uploaded images in a wide range of sizes. TimThumb creates (and caches, if configured correctly) all these images. Very nice for resizing photos as wallpapers for different screen resolutions. Upload only the image of the highest size available, PhotoBlog will take care of the rest.

jQuery Tabs in the Sidebar

In the sidebar, 4 important blocks are done with jQuery Tabs, thus saving a lot of important space. These tabs include: popular posts (most comments), recent comments, recent posts, popular tags.

Comments Section Structure: jQuery Tabs and highlighted comments (by admin account)

jQuery Tabs are also used in the comments section of every post. Comments, Trackbacks and Pings are separated in different tabs, which is very nice and useful.

Comments added by Administrator are highlighted in the list of comments, this is very useful for posts with many comments.

The theme is called Photo & Graphic Studio. If you can’t wait to see it in action, preview it here.

The author of this premium theme is Akay from Istanbul, Turkey. Here is how Akay describes his theme:

This is a wordpress theme suitable for photographers and graphic & web designers.

Features
Valid CSS /XHTML Files (1.0 Strict)
Commented and clean CSS /XHTML, and theme files
All browser compatible
Flash like, jquery based 2 type showcase (Easy setup with custom fields)
Fullscreen background for photography and graphics
Fixed size in content for web works
Modern look WEB 2.0 style layout
Editable auto cycle and dotted pattern on background (showcase)

I wish there were more themes like this: sleek, modern and elegant. At just $25.00 per license, I think it would make a great theme for a portfolio blog. But it is up to you to decide.

What do you think about Photo & Graphic Studio WordPress Theme?

Comments or Suggestions?

Do you think I missed some important premium portfolio themes? Leave a link in the comments area, I’ll make sure to feature it in my next articles.