Elegance. Flexibility. Awesomeness. These are the words that instantly come to mind when trying describe this amazing WordPress theme. This is the theme that’s going to get you or your client’s site up and running in no time. With all of the possible combinations of layout options, you’re sure to end up with a unique, elegant website that you can be proud of. Nothing has been held back with this one. It has all the professional touches you’d require in a WordPress theme along all the personal ones, as well – I’ve even named this theme after the mountain I grew up shredding as a kid in Alaska. It’s professional. It’s personal It’s the best. This is Alyeska.
Now that’s an awesome homepage setup.
Sure there are a ton of awesome layout setups you could come up with all the color and style choices, but what about the homepage layout, too? Alyeska offers you a truly flexible homepage. Oh, so many options!
Say hello to your new website.
After more than a year of trial, error, and customer feedback on Theme Forest, this theme has been built on one of the most rock solid WordPress frameworks around. The ThemeBlvd WordPress Framework has reached the highest level ever thanks to the all of the support from the thousands of awesome ThemeBlvd theme buyers. Alyeska embodies the latest features and technologies to provide the best WordPress 3 experience around.
Alyeska Video Tutorials
Note: Theme Overview video was updated after the release of Alyeska version 1.1.0.
* Getting Stated
o Installing a ThemeBlvd WordPress Theme
o Installing a ThemeBlvd WordPress Theme (Classic Method)
o Browsing Theme Options
o Utilizing Built-in Documentation
o Using Theme Hints
o Font Control Explained
o Building Menus
* Homepage Setup
o Theme Overview
* Digging In
o Lightbox Integration
o Creating Galleries
o Creating Slideshows
o Using the [slideshow] Shortcode
o Creating Portfolios
* Using Page Templates
o Archives and Sitemap
o Contact Page
o Full Width Page
o Page Redirect
* Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
o ThemeBlvd SEO Plugin Overview
* Customization Tips
o Using Bonus Content
o Customizing Your Logo
o Using Child Themes
o Hiding Theme Options Panels
o Setting a Blog As Your Homepage
o Filtering a Blog Page
o Limiting Widget To Certain Pages
Features Overview
* Valid HTML5 and CSS level 2.1 tableless design.
* Theme Option Customization Highlights
o 2 Styles x 2 Shapes = 4 Body Options
o 15 Colors x 15 Textures = 225 Skins
o 15 Colors x 2 Shapes = 30 Menus
o 4 Body Options x 225 Skins x 30 Menus = A lot of possibilities! – (See Screenshot)
o Choose between 4 homepage sliders. – (See Screenshot)
o Flexible homepage layout choices. – (See Screenshot)
o Option to show blog on homepage. – (See Screenshot)
o Choose number of footer widget columns. – (See Screenshot)
o Display or hide titles of all subpages. – (See Screenshot)
o Show subpage sidebar on left or right side. – (See Screenshot)
o 19 total contact buttons included. – (See Screenshot)
o … And many more useful options.
* 7 Page Templates
o Archives Page – (View Page)
o Blog Style #1 – (View Page)
o Blog Style #2 – (View Page)
o Contact Page – (View Page)
o Full Width Page – (View Page)
o Redirect – (View Page)
o Sitemap – (View Page)
* 11 Custom Widgets
o ThemeBlvd Ads (125×125) Widget
o ThemeBlvd Author Box Widget
o ThemeBlvd Feedback Widget
o ThemeBlvd MP3 Audio Widget
o ThemeBlvd Info Box Widget (6 boxes seen on demo homepage)
o ThemeBlvd Recent News Widget
o ThemeBlvd Recent Posts Widget
o ThemeBlvd Simple Contact Widget
o ThemeBlvd Tabs Widget
o ThemeBlvd Twitter Widget
o ThemeBlvd Video Widget (supports Vimeo, YouTube, and self-hosted mp4, flv, and f4v videos)
* Flash Enhancement
o Featuring Piecemaker 2.
o MP3 Audio Player for self-hosted audio files.
o Video Player for self-hosted video files.
* jQuery Enhancement
o Homepage slideshow with Cycle plugin
o Homepage slideshow with Kwicks plugin
o Homepage slideshow with Nivo plugin
o Dropdown Menu, improved with jQuery
o Portfolio Page with animated thumbnails and lightbox
o Working AJAX /PHP contact form with validation
* WordPress 3+ Theme Support
o Custom Menu support
o Custom Background support
o Post Thumbnail support
* More ThemeBlvd Framework Goodies
o Self-hosted audio/video, YouTube, and Vimeo support in portfolios, widgets, and shortcodes.
o Many dynamic widget and widget areas. – (See Screenshot)
o Built-in ThemeBlvd SEO plugin. – (Watch Video)
o Contact Form Builder. – (Watch Video)
o Full Lightbox integration. – (Watch Video)
o Font Control – (Watch Video)
o Tons of shortcodes with tinyMCE visual integration. – (See Screenshot), (View All Shortcodes)
o Unlimited Portfolios – (Watch Video)
o Unlimited Slideshows – (Watch Video)
* Tons of Bonus content included. – (Watch Video), (View Bonus Content)
* Localization-Ready (for translating to other languages)
* 18 PSD files, including a full layered PSD site layout.
* Detailed documentation included in addition to video tutorials.
Server Requirements
In order to run this theme, your server must have PHP5 and you must have WordPress 3.x installed.
If you’re not running at least PHP5 on your web server, it’s a bit of a security risk, anyway. Any respectable web host should update you for free if you just ask. If you’re on some sort of dedicated server plan, they will sometimes charge you a small fee to update.