Themes Review Anthology - Premium Elegant WordPress Theme

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Updates

• Version 1.4.5 – 27 August 2011:
  - Implemented an update notification functionality
  - Updated Timthumb (the image resizing script) to the latest version (2.8) – more security and improvements have been implemented in this version.
• Version 1.4.4 – 3 August 2011:
  - Updated Timthumb (the image resizing script) to the latest version (1.34) – a security vulnerability was found regarding this script and version 1.34 fixes this vulnerability.
• Version 1.4.3 (28 July 2011):
  - improved the Thumbnail Slider functionality when browser tab is minimized for jQuery 1.6
• Version 1.4.2 (10 June 2011):
  - upgraded Timthumb resizing script
  - upgraded PrettyPhoto jQuery lightbox plugin
  - upgraded the Nivo slider – new animations added
  - fixed some small issues
  - code improvements
• Version 1.4.1 (25 February 2011):
  - fixed some WordPress 3.1 incompatibilities
• Version 1.4 (01 February 2011):
  - added TinyMCE formatting buttons with preview functionality from the editor;
  - Upload functionality to portfolio image fields added;
  - WordPress QuickGallery lightbox support;
  - code improvements
• Version 1.3 (09 November 2010):
  - thumbnail slider automatic cropping functionality;
  - some small issues has been fixed
• Version 1.2 (02 November 2010):
  - dynamic sidebar generation functionality added
• Version 1.1 (25 October 2010):
  - code improvements;
  - option for hiding blog post info added

Theme Description

Anthology is a Powerful Premium WordPress Theme. It includes all the main functionality you will need to present your products, work and yourself in an elegant and professional style. The Anthology theme is highly flexible, so changing the color scheme is super simple and for the most parts you won’t need an image editor. The theme is best suited for any business, portfolio, photography and personal sites.

Anthology theme has very powerful admin settings included, so that it can satisfy all different needs without having to change any code. You can very easily change between page layouts, theme styles, sliders and set the theme content. You can have a look at the Admin Settings section on the demo, where some of the admin settings are displayed as screenshots.

This theme includes not only a really cool Thumbnail Slider, which is great for the easy showcasing of a large number of images, but also a Nivo slider which allows for a wide variety transition effects. Images are easily added or removed, or the main slider settings changed, via the admin panel.

Anthology has 3 impressive portfolio galleries – portfolio showcase which is great for presenting projects with more details; main gallery with pagination, category filter and lightbox preview and a gallery with item descriptions. All the galleries have been created with a great functionality, so that the content is very easy to change and maintain. You also have the option to choose between 2, 3 and 4 column layouts.

The theme comes with a detailed documentation, which includes examples, screenshots and all the main instructions you will need to customize your site.

As Anthology supports unlimited color variations, you can check how the theme will look like with your favorite color by using the style switcher included on the demo. Please note that this switcher doesn’t go with the theme, it has been placed only on the demo just to make things easier for you.

Key Features

• Unlimited skins
• 29 pattern backgrounds included
• Powerful Admin
  • Easy to change theme style
  • Possibility to build your custom skin with colorpicker
  • Flexible slider image management
  • Easy page layout changing
  • Flexible portfolio management
  • Easy theme translation
  • Easy logo replacement
  • And there is much more…
• Sidebar Generation Functionality (unlimited sidebars)
• 3 Featured jQuery image sliders
  • Image Upload functionality included
  • Easy to sort and delete existing images
  • Main slider settings can be changed from admin panel
• Portfolio Showcase Template
• Portfolio Gallery template
  • 2,3 and 4 column layout
  • Category filter (can be hidden)
  • Option to set item descriptions
  • Option to set different clicking action to each item – you can select between opening an image/video with lightbox, opening a custom link, opening item’s main content or doing nothing
  • Option to set custom item order
  • Pagination enabled – you can set the number of items per page
• Separate portfolio custom types
• WordPress 3.0 Custom Menu Support
• 25 Shortcodes included
• AJAX contact form
• Widgetized Footer
• Comments with reply functionality
• Multi level drop-down menu
• Lost of styled elements included
• Page Layouts
  • Right Sidebar
  • Left Sidebar
  • Full Width
• Bonus widget included – portfolio posts loader
• Detailed documentation included
• PSD Files included
• Works and looks similar in all major browsers: IE6 , IE7 , IE8 , Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome

Credits

Thanks for the great resources to:

• Demo Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus
• Icons: http://www.iconfinder.com/blog/anniversary/
• Pixel patterns http://naomiatkinsonproducts.com/
• Vector Patterns http://speckyboy.com/2010/04/08/6-free-vector-seamless-backgrounds-source-files/
• Grunge Brushes http://wefunction.com/2010/04/42-more-subtle-grunge-brushes/
• Social Media Icons http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2009/06/social-network-icon-pack/
• AJAX Upload http://valums.com/ajax-upload/

Note: The images used on the demo site are for demonstration purposes only and are not included in the download file.

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