8 Magazine Styled Themes for your Blogger Blog
Blogger is without a doubt one of the most popular blogging platforms in use. Brought to you by Google, Blogger is usually the platform of choice for newbies. As a free hosted platform, it provides more features and customization out of box which makes people side with Blogger. However, blogs that are looking to expand generally shift to WordPress as the self-hosted platform of WordPress is far more versatile in terms of features than Blogger. While there are innumerable themes available for Blogger, the majority of themes appear to have a rather personal style.
This could be one of the reasons why you might want to consider switching platforms, however if this is your only reason you might want to take a further look. Despite the overwhelming majority of the blogger themes available having a personal, amateurish or simple style to it, there are some powerful themes that can be used on large scale blogs publishing a considerable amount of content with a good following of readers. Here are some of these magazine or news style themes. It should be kept in mind that these themes may not have the functionality of professional magazine style WordPress themes however relative to other blogger themes, these themes are certainly a step ahead in terms of style.
NewsWeb is an excellent magazine style theme for Blogger blogs. It comprises of all the features of the ideal news or magazine style website. Posts are supported by thumbnails to increase exposure. Additionally, a dynamic featured section is present on the top of the website to accentuate certain posts. There are also strategic locations available for ad placement without obstructing the design of the theme. The navigation bar can be customized to display sub categories in up to two tiers.
As the name suggest, Blues is a primarily blue theme with other standard colors being part of the color scheme such as white and black. the theme can be used as a magazine theme due to the visual styles incorporated. It has a dedicated section above the fold on the sidebar to place advertisements which is useful if your blog accepts private advertisers. Another striking feature is the extended footer that is usually included in major websites. The footer provides the option of placing virtually anything allowing you to provide access to all areas of the website or to link to related third party websites.
Nivex is another excellent choice if you are looking for a full blown magazine style theme. Featured section, image supported posts, tagged navigation, you name it. One issue is that the choice of colors (green being one of the primary colors) may not suit certain types of websites.
As the name suggests, News One is ideal for a news website, particularly a news website that specialized in a particular area. News One comprises of a featured section right above the fold when you enter the website. Unfortunately, it only supports a single image and link for a post rather than a section that allows you to toggle through 3-5 posts. Besides this feature, the theme is pretty standard. It has a section to place ads and supports a single column on the sidebar.
Elegant News does not have the signature features of a news or magazine style theme however the styles used are professional and will blend well with a website that focuses on news elements or covers a range of topics. Notable aspects of the theme include two columns on the sidebar as well as the sleek navigation bar situated at the top of the website. The theme uses simple colors; black, white and a hint of orange red.
DailyInspired is rather minimalistic in choice of colors. The theme primarily uses black and white and uses fonts that are easy on the eyes making it ideal for websites with a lot of text content on them such as news websites. The theme has been designed in a manner making it easy to scan. The theme is highly customized and may not be a viable option for bloggers who do not have at least preliminary knowledge in CSS and/or HTML.
Despite the WP prefix which is characteristics of WordPress themes and plugins, WP-Polaroid is a Blogger theme. The custom text frames at the top of the blog incorporates a professional appearance to the theme making it a good choice for lifestyle websites. it also has a customized location for 125 pixel banner ads on the sidebar. One drawback is that the choice of colors may not be ideal as they don’t appear to blend well with each other.
These are a series of themes that can be considered magazine style themes due to the choice of colors as well as the support for sub-navigation on the navigation bar. It also has two columns on the side bar leaving plenty of room to provide access to much of the site as possible.
These are some of the best magazine styled themes available online. For maximum customizability however, WordPress would be a better suited option.
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