Considerations
- Theme is maintained
- Responsive Layout for Mobile Support
- Retina Display Support (future)
Requirements for Client Who Wants Minimal
Client: Lois Lane
Website: Shopping Reviews
Client liked these sites,
Nice and simple - http://www.wendyslookbook.com/
http://www.extrapetite.com/search/label/Lookbook
http://www.wendyslookbook.com/
Requirement for Client Who Wants Photo Gallery
The purpose is to showcase art, photography or photos of family to share with others.
The actual Instragram Blog layout is very good and meets all the criteria except for,
- Should have titles grouping photos (by date or event)
- The automatic dynamic scrolling, I'm not a big fan of personally. On the fence if it adds usability or confuses users
- Zoom view does not seem high quality (but this might be on purpose)
Shortlist,
Evolutiion - responsive, simple, up to date, packaged with other well done themes - http://elegantthemes.com/preview/Evolution/
BigBang - meets all criteria and the other ones done by this company look very good - http://demo.brankic.net/?theme=BigBangWP
- Don't like how the images link, there are two icons one for expand and another for link.
Theme Stores
http://themeforest.net/ - Very large collection, well organized.
http://press75.com/ - Another one, I might like Social Life near the bottom.
http://theme.wordpress.com/ - Wordpress.com's own website.
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/ - WordPress also has GPL themes with paid support.
Reviewing
Nice Black and White - http://themeforest.net/item/haze-beautiful-wordpress-theme/2485338?ref=deliciousthemes&ref=deliciousthemes&clickthrough_id=88286930&redirect_back=true
Look and Feel = Great, limited to light or dark
Layout = Clean
Gallery = Yes, multiple
Menu = Drop Down
Cost = $40
Mobile Support = ?
Device friendly, simple but shows up a lot in searches - http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/evolution/
Reading
Theme Reviews - http://www.ourtuts.com/best-wordpress-themes-june-2012/
Another good review - http://www.ourtuts.com/35-incredible-wordpress-themes-of-september-2012/