Nick Roach’s Elegant Themes Review

Elegant Themes - Updated Review for 2014

Updated: April 12, 2021 – 2021 is nearing the middle of the year, and now is a good time to update one of our most popular articles here on Blogging Experiment. For several years we have been singing the praises of Elegant Themes, and 2014 is shaping up to be no different. In a day and age where companies and websites come and go, Elegant Themes has not only stood the test of time, they have continued to innovate by creating massive value for their over 250,000 customers! In the following article, we’d like to give you a detailed overview of just why we call Elegant Themes the Best Deal in WordPress!

After all, having the right WordPress Theme is crucial to your websites’ success. It’s kind of like the study that showed how people looking to buy a home can make up their mind within 8 seconds of walking in the door whether they like it or not – by not giving your visitors the right first impression (your design) – you’re literally inviting them to hit the back button.

The Dilemma

As a blogger your focus should be on content. Blog design is important, but when you think about it, do people go to Craigslist because it looks pretty? Absolutely not. They use it because they’re the best in the field.

Since we’re not all Craigslists, we must merge the design and content aspects together in as seamless a manner as possible. You want to have a nice looking design, but you most likely are not strong in design itself (much less coding that pretty design). You want a unique, impressive look that conveys professionalism and passion about your craft, but you’re probably not an expert at usability (how “usuable” your site is to visitors). And finally, you want to do all this in the cheapest, most cost effictive way possible (nothing wrong with that).

Elegant Themes

Have you ever spent any length of time browsing around countless free wordpress theme sites only to be left feeling unsatisfied? Does it seem like most of the free themes are … well … free for a reason? Where are all the best wordpress themes? After going through these motions for a period of time, I decided to take a look at some premium wordpress themes to see if they were really that much better than the free ones. Shortly thereafter, I discovered Nick Roach’s Elegant Themes, and that changed everything for me.

I knew I could hire a web designer to create a nice looking website as I’ve done countless times in the past. But at $800 to $3500/pop, designers can be expensive. I was interested in finding a nice looking design that I could learn to tweak and modify myself to make it more personalized and customized to my liking.

As a website and blog developer, I am frequently developing new sites, and aside from the content itself, I want each design to be unique and professional. Enter ElegantThemes.

Elegant Themes Premium WordPress Theme Club

Forget $200 to $500 like many other premium theme clubs, for $69…YES, $69 – members get unlimited access and unlimited use to all of Nicks’ premium WordPress Themes. To date there are 80+ elegant WordPress Themes.

I’m going to get out of the way and let Nick’s design speak for itself. As you will see, these are top notch designs that would normally run you several thousand dollars a piece (I’ve researched hiring a good WordPress theme designer, and that is the going rate – typically the floor of their going rate).

Without further ado, here are some of the premium WordPress themes from Elegant Themes:

Nexus WordPress Theme

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Nexus Features:

  • Magazine style
  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Nexus Theme (Showcase):

More Information On Nexus From Elegant Themes:

Demo Nexus

 

Vertex WordPress Theme

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Vertex Features:

  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Vertex Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the Vertex Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On Vertex From Elegant Themes:

Demo Vertex

 

Fable WordPress Theme

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Fable Features:

  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Fable Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the Fable Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On Fable From Elegant Themes:

Demo Fable

 

Foxy WordPress Theme

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Foxy Features:

  • eCommerce
  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Foxy Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the Foxy Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On Foxy From Elegant Themes:

Demo Foxy

 

Explorable WordPress Theme

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Explorable Features:

  • Location based directory
  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Explorable Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the Explorable Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On Explorable From Elegant Themes:

Demo Explorable

 

StyleShop WordPress Theme

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StyleShop Features:

  • eCommerce
  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the StyleShop Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the StyleShop Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On StyleShop From Elegant Themes:

Demo StyleShop

 

Fusion WordPress Theme

Fusion Theme from ElegantThemes.com

Fusion Features:

  • Responsive design
  • Unlimited color schemes
  • Secure and valid code
  • Complete localization
  • Browser compatibility
  • Perpetual updates
  • Unparalleled support
  • ADVANCED: ePanel theme options
  • ADVANCED: shortcode collection
  • ADVANCED: page templates

Example Site(s) using the Fusion Theme (Showcase):

  • Email us if you are using the Fusion Theme, and we’ll list you here.

More Information On Fusion From Elegant Themes:

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Elegant Themes’ Blog Kicks It Into Overdrive

If you haven’t noticed, Elegant Themes has been working overtime and has been creating fresh, almost daily content on its blog. Not that it has not been publishing content regularly, but there seems to be a stronger push towards coming up with fresh new articles for its regular subscribers.

More than the usual new WordPress theme announcements and the free weekly downloadable templates, icons, and other resources, Elegant Themes has also been churning out feature articles from guest bloggers. As a result, you get a feeling of anticipation and excitement as each new article comes out. Each post is cleverly interspersed with colorful and engaging graphics that keep you attentive all the way down to the comments.

Here are some of the noteworthy articles you might want to check out:

At the rate Elegant Themes is going, we can look forward to more new and exciting things in the future, especially as they push towards providing their subscribers with excellent content regularly.

Kudos!

Elegant Themes Releases First Ever Free WordPress Theme

Great news from Elegant Themes! Elegant Themes just released it’s first ever FREE WordPress theme and it is a gem. Check out Serene – a clean, minimalist and absolutely beautiful blogging theme that will surely inspire your writing muse. Its modern and yet elegant design create that easy to read feel that will make visitors want to linger a little longer.

Customizing is definitely easy using the Theme customizer giving you freedom to be creative with it and match your blog to your personality and writing style. Capture your every mood in every post with the use of any of the available 6 post formats to choose from (article, gallery, audio, link, video, and quote). Post on the go and be confident that your blog will look amazing on any mobile or handheld device because of this theme’s responsive design. Organize your posts and color code each section or post type with custom colors and select fonts. The theme’s overall typographic style is clean and conducive to encouraging reading. Prefer some other type of font? You can easily change it to any of your font preferences in the theme’s admin panel. Social networking is also a breeze with the built in social networking buttons that can easily be configured in the Customizer panel.

Overall, you get the tried and tested Elegant Themes quality with all the basic things you need to set up an amazing looking blog at absolutely zero cost. This free WordPress theme includes features such as:

  • nElegant Design
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • 6 Different Post Formats
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Unlimited Colors
  • Unparalleled Support

Serene Free-mium WordPress Theme is available for download in the WordPress.org WP theme Directory. An exclusive version with additional bells and whistles will soon be made available to Elegant Themes members and subscribers.

Get Serene Now For Free!

Cool Blogging WordPress Theme From Elegant Themes

We all have a story to tell. Simple, funny, sad, challenging, happy – everyone has an opinion, a point of view, a story. That’s why blogging will always be here to stay and that’s why people secure their own dot coms as an avenue to voice their stories. As such blogs, need to visually reflect the author’s persona giving him or her the platform to share and present text and media content effectively to visitors who are drawn to our site.

Fable Premium WordPress Theme is a theme conceptualized to help us tell our story to a worldwide audience. An important method employed in this theme is the use of post variation, allowing visitors to distinguish one post after another. The theme is also designed for easy reading as it employs a full width, long format style turning your scrolling into a pleasurable journey. Subtle emphasis on your content is achieved by using bold types giving your content a non-overpowering full screen attention.

Fable comes with an options panel for convenient and powerful customization features. You also have the option to use shortcodes for more complicated customization. Ready page templates are also available for those who’d like to put the theme up and running in no time. Fable is responsive and adjusts to the smaller displays of mobile devices.

Features:

  • Responsive Design
  • Theme Options
  • Shortcodes
  • Page Templates
  • Perpetual Updates
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Complete Localization
  • Unlimited Colors
  • Unparalleled Support

Fable Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 80+ high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

Get 86+ WordPress Themes For $39!

Nexus WordPress Theme from Elegant Themes

Stories are an important part of our identity as humans and as a society. More often than not, we go through magazines and newspapers looking for stories to inspire us, inform us and the like. It is easier for us to appreciate a situation if we read the experiences of people involved and see pictures as opposed to a detached report with just facts and figures. This gives the user a more concrete appreciation of what really transpired. Websites must be able to present content as stories that engage users to interact more. There must be a good balance between text and media content to achieve this. At the same time, the website design needs have the flexibility to be able to arrange content in such a way as to effectively create a synergy between text and media content.

Nexus Premium WordPress Theme is a theme created to give you the power to organize content and maximize your capability to tell your stories in an engaging manner. The theme’s homepage builder allows you to set-up content modules and arrange and organize them in such a way as to create an effective narration of your content. The theme’s overall design approach using a strict grid together with a typographical hierarchy and a clean layout gives your elements the ample space to breathe. This gives your visitors a pleasant and enjoyable experience browsing through readable, accessible content.

This premium theme is quite easy to customize according to personal specs and preferences using the theme’s ePanel. There are also tons of shortcodes and widgets available to expand the the look and function of your site. Nexus is built on HTML5 and CSS3 for fast, efficient loading of your website. The theme is also responsive allowing your site to look good on both mobile and desktop devices.

Features:

  • Perpetual Updates
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Complete Localization
  • Advertisement Areas
  • Homepage Builder
  • Unlimited Colors
  • Custom Widgets

Nexus Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 80+ high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

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Vertex WordPress Theme – 85th Theme from Elegant Themes

Take your website to the top of your game with Vertex Premium WordPress Theme, the 85th theme to be released by Elegant Themes. Web and graphic designers, photographers, and all kinds of service providers will surely create an impact on their clientele with this stunning theme’s distinct animation effects that will surely keep them engaged from the very start.

This premium theme is primarily geared specifically for service providers and businesses and it is perfect for businesses that would like to showcase their services and products. Dynamic animation, beautiful muted colors, clean and classic typography – all conveniently packed in this one page, long scrolling design wonder. This modern design style allows users to have a good overview of your business right at the home page – perfect for the busy client who needs answers to who, what, why, and how – pronto.

The homepage has a stunning image section that fills the full width of your browser. As you scroll down the page, you experience a 3d parallax like effect with the theme’s animation effects. Color schemes, fonts, and overall color management can be easily changed in the Theme Customizer panel with tons of options for color combinations and font choices. The theme also includes several sections among them are: a manual slider with 3d transitions, a portfolio, customer endorsements, team member bios featuring each team member’s skills and expertise level, a prominently displayed call to action button, and a widgetized footer section.

Vertex Premium WordPress Theme is fully responsive, SEO optimized, and meticulously designed in every detail to help take your website all the way to the top.

Features:

  • Theme Options
  • Shortcodes
  • Page Templates
  • Responsive
  • Perpetual Updates
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Browser Compatibility
  • Complete Localization
  • Unlimited Colors

Vertex Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 80+ high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

Get 85 WordPress Themes For $39!

Elegant Themes Releases Their 84th Theme

Never underestimate the impact of a good story. Better yet, the impact of great visuals to enhance a good story and make it as engaging as possible. Elegant Themes has done just that with its 84th premium WordPress theme, Fable.

Fable Premium WordPress Theme is every writer’s delight. If you’ve ever wanted to publish your own writings to reach and influence an audience with your ideas and thoughts in a way that will engage them, Fable is the ideal theme for you. This latest theme from Elegant Themes is beautifully designed with its carefully chosen color styles and typography that will magically frame each post or article. Professional bloggers and serious writers will enjoy the way their posts are put in the spotlight and brought to the fore. Telling a story has never been as easy and as beautiful.

Fable was built with a Post Formats UI that’s a breeze to use. Its minimalist approach, wide and spacious layout, full width and long-format style, and overall relaxed design aesthetic makes for easy reading. Tablet and mobile users can simply grab a cuppa Joe, sit back and relax as they scroll through every post and get lost in your stories.

Fable is more than just fluff. This theme also contains other powerful features like a portfolio, an image gallery, shortcodes, and more. It comes with 4 different post formats – Article, Video, Gallery, and Quote – to support whatever literary whim you have at the moment. These different post types are individually designed to bring prominence to your post by giving it the “stage” that it needs. Its carefully chosen typography sets the tone of the whole theme, however, users can also select from the many font options to give their own sites the character that they want.

Features:

  • Responsive Design
  • Theme Options
  • Shortcodes
  • Page Templates
  • Unlimited Color Schemes
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Complete Localization

Fable Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 80+ high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

Get 80+ WordPress Themes For $39!

Foxy WordPress Theme from Elegant Themes Is Here

Foxy Premium WordPress Theme is one of the latest releases by Elegant Themes and it is foxy indeed. This theme combines beautiful design with powerful function all in one neat little package. With all the features this premium theme has, it could very well be your one stop shop WordPress theme for business websites.

Whatever you are looking for in a WordPress theme, this one has it with a little bit more. You get all the page templates you need to set up great portfolio pages, a blog, an image gallery, a sitemap, an advanced search page, and a contact form. Not only do you have all these flexible and customizable templates useful for corporate or portfolio websites, you also get built-in e-commerce capabilities that take your website up another notch.

What’s in the box? A look at the homepage and you can tell the well thought out design process that the theme went through. The use of vibrant colors and elegant text layout are enticing and encourage interactivity. The homepage slider beautiful and functional and gives you a platform to throw out your message and get casual visitors to stay a bit longer. Text boxes for summaries are adequately spaced and can be used as tools to develop interest in your business and your products. A strategically located sign-up button is useful in building a loyal customer base. Built in shortcodes also give you flexibility to customize the theme even further with design elements such as tabs, columns, colored boxes, etc.

Foxy Premium WordPress Theme fully integrates ecommerce functionality and is compatible with the WooCommerce plugin, giving you an elegant yet fully functional e-commerce solution right out of the box. This theme runs on HTML5/CSS3, is also localized for easy translation, is responsive and looks beautiful even on handheld devices.

Features:

  • Responsive Design
  • Theme Options
  • Shortcodes
  • Page Templates
  • Unlimited Color Schemes
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Complete Localization

Foxy Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access more than 81 high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes membership.

Get Foxy And 81 More Themes for $39

Explorable Now Available From Elegant Themes

How would you like to go around the world and explore it in a matter of minutes? Create the perfect travel blog that will transport readers and visitors to exotic and distant lands with Explorable Premium WordPress Theme. This location-based theme takes your readers on a journey through different locations as tagged in your posts. Be the ultimate resource for travel bugs and backpackers with Explorable – the ideal theme for travel blogs, travel agencies, local business directories and similar sites.

Explorable’s homepage backdrop is a full-width map where each post you make is pinned to a specific location. This interactive map is a fun way to introduce different places for people to visit and explore. Clicking on a pin opens a picture window on the left side of the page containing an excerpt about the location. Clicking the image opens into the page containing the full post content. Not sure what location to look for? Discover new places by just clicking the side arrows of the picture window to scroll through pinned locations. You can also filter the displayed pins to show posts according to specific posting type, location and rating.

Explorable also has other page templates that are available if necessary. The portfolio template can be used as an image gallery of trips, travel, and on location photos to share with users. The blog template can be used to document travel details, reviews, recommendations and even ratings to guide soon to be travelers. The advanced search template makes it easy to search through posts and pages or according to category. These templates can serve as tools to enhance user experience on your site.

As far as appearances and functionalities go, this responsive theme includes shortcodes to help you customize this theme and make it completely your own. From colorful buttons, content boxes, toggled or tabbed content, slide presentations, layouts with 1 to 4 columns, and even pricing tables. Create the ultimate destination website with Explorable Premium WordPress Theme.

Features:

  • Responsive Design
  • Shortcodes
  • Page Templates
  • Secure and Valid Code
  • Complete Localization
  • Google Maps Integration
  • Visitor Ratings System
  • Filterable Listings Search

Explorable Premium WordPress Theme includes perpetual updates, unparalleled support, and access to 81 high quality WordPress themes included in every Elegant Themes subscription.

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