Over the past few months, one of the fastest risers in the premium themes market has been Theme Galaxy (in my opinion).  The themes are of a high quality and they are affordable.

There latest release is the Lyra premium theme, which boasts the following features:

• Flickr feeds
• Change / rotate header image between 4 different options
• Pastel colors
• Coded using semantic and up to date XHTML and CSS

Lyra Premium WordPress Theme

You can check out the Lyra demo here.

Single Use License: $80.00 | Developer’s License: $150.00

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I just received notification that for a limited time, the team over at ThemeSpinner is offering a holiday discount off all of their themes (a total of 25% off!).

Simply enter the coupon code cmas25 to get your discount on ANY of the ThemeSpinner themes, including their new and extremely popular Shiva Theme.

The Woo Themes team is back at it again!   Their most recent release comes after some research into what their users wanted, what theme features are the most popular, etc., their newest release is based upon the widely popular Fresh News theme.

This release is called Busy Bee, and boasts an impressive list of features:

• 13 color schemes to choose from
• Drop down menu’s for both the page & category navigation
• 9 dedicated advertising blocks
• Easy-to-integrate options for your AdSense code, which will replace the standard image banners
• A completely widgetized sidebar & footer with custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, colour scheme etc. for the theme
• Automatic Image Resizer, which is used to dynamically create the thumbnails and featured images
• Custom Page Templates for Archives, Sitemap & Image Gallery
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Authors & Comments
• Integrated Banner Management script to display randomized banner ads of your choice site-wide

Busy Bee Theme

In order to check out all the pages, you’ll want to check out the Busy Bee theme demo.

Single Use: $70 | Developer: $150 or check out the Woo Themes Club!

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I’ve always been a big fan of the ThemeSpinner releases and actually own a couple of them, but their newest release really caught my eye.

This theme is called Shiva Pro, and it truly is a visual masterpiece.   First, the feature list:

• Widget Ready
• Google AdSense Ready
• Gravatar Ready

This is the only features which are advertised, but if you look at the demo, you’ll find it has pretty much feature you look for in a premium WordPress theme.

Shiva Pro Theme

To truly appreciate the incredible design of this theme, you’ll want to check out the Shiva Pro demo.  It almost looks more like a true content management system (CMS) than a WordPress blog!

Single-Use ($89.00) | Multiple-Use ($149.00)

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Are you looking for an extremely flexible theme?  If you are, may I present to you the newest release from the team over at Woo Themes, which is possibly the most flexible theme I’ve seen yet.   And you can control everything from the control panel!

With the purchase of this theme, you get 20 different color combinations (which you can switch between as often as you’d like).   It also displays your latest “Tweet” from twitter, supports asides, etc.  Here are the features the Woo Themes team lists:

• 20 different styles & colour schemes available - including grunge & clean, and light & dark designs (all included with purchase)
• 3 different widgetized spaces with oodles of custom widgets to allow you to move content around as your heart desires;
• An integrated lifestream to publish all of your online activities elsewhere; and
• Two alternative header layouts for  you to play around with.
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, colour scheme etc. for the theme;
• Autmatic Image Resizer, which is used to dynamically create the thumbnails and featured images;
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Authors & Comments;
• Integrated Banner Management script to display randomized banner ads of your choice site-wide; and
• Asides / sideblog functionality.

Here is a screenshot of the homepage:

Thick Theme (20 Color Combinations)

In order to get a full appreciation for this theme and all of the color combinations available, you’ll want to check out the Thick theme demo.

Single-Use ($70.00) | Developer’s ($150.00)

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Having trouble deciding between a magazine premium theme and a news premium WordPress theme?    The two types are very similar, but definitely have a different purpose.   For these people I’ve been recommending the Magazine News theme from WordPress Theme Market.

Here is a list of the features you get with the Magazine News theme:

• Google AdSense Ready
• 125×125 Ad Blocks
• 3-Column Theme
• Widget Ready Theme

What about the appearance?  Here is a sample of how the Magazine News theme’s homepage looks by default:

MagNews Homepage

To see the Magazine News WordPress theme in action, you can check out the live demo.

Single-Use License ($49.00) | Developer’s Pack ($199.00)

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