If you’ve spent some time looking at many of the top blogs around the blogosphere, you are probably familiar with the works of Unique Blog Designs.   They’ve been doing custom WordPress designs for a year now, and they marked that anniversary with a new premium WordPress theme!

So, does this new theme live up to the great reputation Unique Blog Designs has earned itself? For a first premium theme, I have to say yes. Here are the features you get with the Citrus theme:

• 6 Colors - Pink, Light Orange, Green, Red, Blue, and Dark Orange.
• Advertising Management including 125×125 Ad Blocks
• Two unique layouts - a “landing-style” news page and a two-column “blog-style” interior page.
• Change your theme’s color, layout, featured posts, and advertising - all without touching a single line of code.
• Clean, lightweight code means fast loading times.
• Extensive support resources available.
• Search engine optimized, out of the box.

Here are some screen shots of the lime green version (my favorite):

Citrus Theme Homepage

Citrus Theme Post Page

As with many of UBD’s themes, the comment section is by far my favorite part of the theme, but the flexibility of different homepages and great design also make this theme very appealing.  You’ll have to click over to check out the demo!

Single-Use ($79.00) | Multiple-Use ($99.00) | Developer’s Pack ($149.00)

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One of the first things most people notice when they visit Blog Perfume is the great blog design they have. I know it is the first thing that got my attention the first time I visited their site.  Recently I noticed that they have finally gotten around to releasing a premium WordPress theme which showcases the great work they can do.

This theme is called Blubs, and it stays true to the Blog Perfume brand with a unique look to go with the unique name. Here are the features that they list with the theme:

• Clean and Elegant Design
• 2 columns flexible layout
• Navigation Dropdown Menu
• Widgets ready on sidebar
• Serach bar at the top
• Ready for125px and 250px ads integration
• Separated comments/trackbacks
• Built-in gravatars in comment section
• Print.css stylesheet
• Author Profiles & Archives
• Clean & valid codes - XHTML 1.0 Strict + CSS 2.1
• Cross browser compatible - tested on IE/Win, Opera, Firefox, Safari/Win.

A lot of this stuff has become standard with todays premium themes, but I really like the idea of a separate print.css stylesheet and archive/author profiles. You won’t find that on most of these themes. Separated trackbacks and comments is also another great feature, and I like that it was built for blogs, not CMS-style websites.

So how does Blubs look? Here are a couple screenshots (though you really need to view the demo to fully appreciate it):

Blubs Homepage

Blubs Custom Homepage Footer

Archives Page

Blubs Comments Section

As you can see, the design is incredible and it comes with a laundry list of features, all for one really low price.

Single-Use License (49.95) | Multiple-Use License ($99.00)

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Wow, is it just me, or can Brian Gardner read minds?  A couple of weeks ago I invested in a couple of Geographical domains with plans to develop them into portals for their respective areas. With the focus of the internet continuing to become more and more local, I think these types of domains are the best way to invest money online right now.

As Brian has been prone to do in the past, he has released a theme that is exactly what I am looking for, and this time it happened to be at the exact time I needed it. Today he has released his new City WordPress theme, which was of course designed to serve as a portal for a geo domain or similar website.  

Revolution City theme features:

• Featured tabber and thumbnail section on the homepage
• Dropdown menu navigation
• All 3 sidebar areas are widget-ready
• Theme options page inside WP dashboard
• Comments section coded for Gravatars
• Google AdSense integration in between posts and comments
• Blog page template

As you will see the the screenshots, it is designed for a city portal, but is truly much more than that and could be used for just about an design.  Here is a screenshot of the Revolution City homepage:

A common strategy among city domainers is to develop a blog along with your city domain, so I really like that Brian included a blog template with this theme, and he has also created a PHPBB forum template for anyone to add a free forum to their blog!

Single-Use Package ($79.95) | Multiple-Use Package ($199.95)

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Back when WooThemes was announced last month, the team announced that they were planning on a regular new theme release schedule possibly as often as once a month. Well, it has been about a month now and true to their word, they have released their next theme, named Papercut.

Here is what you get with the papercut theme:

• Five eye-catching theme styles to pick from that include the default, newspaper, red print, wood and floral prints.
• An unique homepage layout, with a beautiful grid structure that keeps your content looking fresh and appealing.
• Beautiful comment styling and unobtrusive advertising banner placements.
• A completely widgetized sidebar with custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required.
• Integrated Banner Management widget to display banner ads of your choice site-wide.
• 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.

And of course, here are the screenshots:

Papercut Homepage

Papercut Image Gallery

The image gallery itself is a work of art and the theme in general is an excellent blend of colors.   The Papercut Theme would go a long way towards displaying an excellent design on your blog.

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

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I’ve always been a huge fan of Brian Gardner’s Revolution themes, and his latest creation lives up to the hype I’ve given him in the past,

Brian has always been great about both supporting his themes and regularly releasing updates to his existing themes to add new features, including more control panel options, and whatever else he can find to improve them. People who have purchased the themes then get a free update.

Today I noticed Brian has taken his Revolution series into a new area that I don’t believe any other designers are operating in, and that is the music genre. There are a number of great music blogs out there and now there is a new music WordPress theme available for them to use.

So, what do you get with the new Revolution music theme?

• Special Featured Content plugin and thumbnail section on the homepage
• Drop-down menu navigation
• All 3 sidebar areas are widget-ready
• Theme options page inside WP dashboard
• Comments section coded for Gravatars
• Google AdSense integration in between posts and comments
• Blog page template

Here are some screenshots, though in my opinion you need to view the actual demo to get a true appreciation for this one because of the new “featured content” section.

Revolution Music Homepage

Revolution Music Post Page

Look good?  Once you see the price, it gets in better!

Single-Use License ($79.97) | Multiple-Use License ($199.95)

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After close to six months since his last theme release, it looks like Michael of Solostream is back with his newest theme release, WP Vybe.  Michael advertises this new theme as the most advanced premium theme Solostream has released, and after looking through the theme I have to 100% agree.

First, we’ll start out with the themes features!  Here are the listed features that come with WP Vybe:

• Theme settings page in your Wordpress control panel.
• 2-column or 3-column layouts.
• 10 different color options with control panel setting for further customization.
• Optional featured article glider for home page.
• Gravatar integration.
• Optional banner ad integration.
• Optional built-in post thumbnails.
• Optional logo/header image integration via control panel.
• Built-in site search.
• Built-in drop-down navigation for sub-categories and sub-pages.
• Built-in author page and author profile with Gravatar support.
• Widgetized sidebars.
• Comment and trackback separation.
• Post author comments highlighted.
• Basic SEO techniques integrated.
• Original Photoshop files (PSDs) available for download via control panel.

Here are some screenshots of WP Vybe, including a screenshot that shows all 10 different colors you can choose from:

WP Vybe Homepage

WP Vybe Post Page

While the look of WP Vybe speaks for itself, where this theme really shines is within the control panel. I’ve had the privilege of being able to look through a lot of premium WordPress themes over the past year, and this one definitely takes the cake of those I’ve seen so far. Though WP Vybe works fine without making any settings adjustments, you can control just about everything from the built-in control panel.

Despite all these new features and functionality, Michael has chosen not to raise his prices, and instead is offering WP Vybe for his standard pricing.

Single-Use ($99.00( | Multiple-Use ($199.00) | Developer’s Pack ($299.00)

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