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I’ve never posted a theme before that I didn’t create, but today we have a real treat. Shane at Zoomstart, has created a theme called Videographer that has me quite impressed. As video becomes more and more prevalent online, so does the need to create new ways of displaying those videos. The most popular way to host video content online is, of course, YouTube.

What we have with Videographer is a Wordpress theme that organizes those YouTube videos in the body of the post quite nicely. Shane takes advantage of the thumbnails provided by YouTube for each of their videos for the post snippet. Then for the full post, the full size YouTube video is displayed.

Form and Function

Videographer is loaded with style. The template looks well-planned and professional. The color-scheme and the layout works well with current web trends. For us tweakers, the stylesheet is well laid out, which should prove easy to customize for those fairly familiar with CSS.

I really like the way the video works in this theme. However, the theme was built for a site that includes video in every post. Shane states on his site that the theme is intended for a new video blog that doesn’t yet have content.

Just upload it like any other Wordpress theme. NOTE however, that this theme is meant for a NEW blog, not a blog with existing content. The theme is specifically designed for creating a video blog.

So, you should understand that this theme is not for general blogs, but specifically for those built around video.

Advertising Ready

Another nice touch, are the included files that ease the task of adding banner ads in a few strategic places. Those of you who’ve done this in the past, know that it can be a real headache to get your ads centered in the right spot. Shane takes the guesswork out of this, and makes it easy. You can see how that looks on the themes demo site.

There are a couple of plug-ins that are recommended to go along with the theme, such as WP YouTube and WP PostRatings.

Conclusion

If you’re considering a video blog, I believe Videographer would be a great choice. You can download, demo, and read specific instructions on setting it up right here.