Almost a year ago I decided to make some major changes to my blog. I purchased a domain name and found a great deal for hosting through dream host. The only thing left was to find a good theme to build from as I worked on how I wanted the site to look. Then I came across Standard Theme and was blown away. I will be releasing version 3.0 of my site next week, and Standard Theme is still my starting point. I know sometimes it’s tough to justify buying a premium wordpress theme, but this one is well worth it. To make things even better, they just announced a special 20% discount on all Standard Theme products, starting tomorrow and lasting through Tuesday the 15th.
The theme looks great out of the box, and makes it easy to get started with advertising and social media. Standard comes with the popular “Follower Counter” feature, which integrates your RSS and Twitter followers. It uses SEO best practices and chances are you’ll notice an increase in search traffic almost immediately.
The Support License , which usually costs a one-time fee of $99, is on sale for about $79 and comes with technical support for life! In addition to that you get access to a growing community of developers and designers, as well as new styles every month. Even better, once you purchase the Support License, all future version upgrades to Standard Theme are included! Purchase once, upgrade forever. It really is a great deal.
Mashable called Standard one of the 8 best premium themes available for WordPress in 2010. Any blogger who wants to increase their traffic, begin selling advertisements, or improve the speed of their blog should seriously consider making the jump to Standard.
Check them out more here. You won’t be disappointed.