Viva 7 Magazine Themes from MediaTricks

Tim Waddell from Mediatricks has done it again. The company behind the impressive Viva plugins has just dived into the theme biz and is making a big splash.

It’s so easy you don’t even have to be a web designer to use Viva 7!

No Code Edits! Everything is managed from the Theme Options Page in the admin console. - Tim Waddell

MediaTricks create the great Viva Thumbnails plugin and the Viva Carousel plugin. Well, if you have used these plugins, you’ve seen how easily you can update thumbs and images on your site.

Now imagine having this awesome convenience built into your theme, so you don’t have to edit your templates, no custom fields, etc.. Everything you need to maintain your site is built-in to the Viva 7 Theme, and you control it all through the admin panel.

MediaTricks boasts this is the smartest magazine theme on the market, and here is why, as taken from their website:

AT A GLANCE

• 7 colour schemes (red, orange, green, blue, teal, purple, pink)
• 2 layout widths (800px and 1024px)
• Intelligent Content Limiting trims homepage content display based on theme layout.
• Narrow or tall Header Graphics - plus EZ Per Post headers and/or random header graphics.
• Drop down Page Menu bar that can be positioned left, right or center.
• Homepage layout fully configurable using 7 different sections
• Mark posts as EVENTS and list sections with and by event dates.
• Quick Links box in the sidebar neatly offers Search and Archive menus
• Image thumbnails are all generated on the fly - NO CUSTOM FIELDS!
• Homepage thumbnails all ZOOM to reveal more information and larger image
• Integrated Feedburner Sign Up Form
• Integrated, Widgetised Adsense in Sidebar and Posts (colour themed to each scheme)
• Viva Video in sidebar allows for random display of YouTube and/or MySpace videos via playlist and/or specific videos by post, page or category
• Integrated Viva Carousel with 2 postion options and choice of POST or GALLERY IMAGE display
• Smart Menu plugin adds a hidden Menu bar to the site.
• Fully Widget ready with sidebar, top and bottom widget locations
• Ability to add custom page content without editing theme code.

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