When it comes to building a great WordPress magazine or newspaper website there is no shortage of premium themes to choose from. Many market themselves on their aesthetic benefits and elegance while others boast of their ease of use and flexibility. Few can claim to have truly excelled in both these areas. That is why we were particularly excited when we heard of the NewspaperTimes theme by Magazine 3.
Unlike many premium magazine themes, NewspaperTimes is marketed on both its sleek and sophisticated design and its sheer accessibility for anyone who knows how to switch on a computer (or Mac). In fact .Magazine 3 are so confident that users will absolutely love the look and feel of their new site that they promise that your NewspaperTimes site will look just as good, and perhaps even better, than the sites created by large multi-million dollar organisations. Ambitious claims indeed.
But we have to say that, after just a few days playing around with the theme, we were quite frankly blown away at how amazing our new magazine site looked. And we were astonished at how much the developers had gone out of their way to make the theme as easy to use as counting from one to five. It really is that accessible.
Almost every aspect of the theme has been coded for a professional user who knows what looks good but isn’t a tech or coding guru. From populating category sections on the front page to placing third part ads, fine-tuning your site SEO, setting trending topics, social media links, and scrolling sliders Magazine3 seem to have thought everything. Bearing in mind that the vast majority of site visitors will be coming to you from a mobile device, we were particularly impressed by the fact that NewspaperTimes is a fully responsive theme. In practice this means that anyone coming to your site from a phone or tablet device will see a site optimised for smaller screens. Excellent.
For site owners who love tinkering about under the hood, Magazine3 also provides a robust and flexible admin control panel that allows full control of site variables such as changing your logo, adding Google Analytics coding, advertisement options, and social bookmarking. And after you’ve done all of that, you can sit back and marvel at what is probably one of the best looking magazine sites online.
We also wanted to mention the first class customer service that users can expect from Magazine3. But, to be honest, the theme is so easy to use that the only reason you’ll have for contacting customer support is to thank them for a great theme and perhaps invite them round for a beer. At just $59 NewspaperTimes is a bargain and comes highly recommended. Take a look at the site demo here.