Videographer – Theme for WordPress
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.
Hey Anthony,
Great review! Thanks. I hope some of the innovations in it spark some ideas for both theme-tweakers and niche-site-builders that they can really run with.
I agree! I’ve seen quite a few blogs around that are using video in each post, and this theme would have been a perfect framework for their sites. I feel sure we’ll see some other themes in the future make use of video in a similar fashion, inspired by your ideas. Nice job!
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Dear Anthony,
Thanx. I was looking for the same as I would like to upload videos of particular community in India UTTARANCHAL And you solved the problem.
Hi Anthony,
Great post! Thanks for the info. I will be setting up a travel related blog and this is the perfect way to present the videos
wow the design look niche and cute
We have used VideoGrapher here at our site! Check it out for great clips on Drinking
http://www.i4drink.com
Thanks for the review, I was looking for a video WP theme but found premium themes everywhere except this one
I will be setting up a travel related blog and this is the perfect way to present the videos
Thanks for sharing this theme. I have been sitting here for awhile now trying to find a theme to use for a video site I want to create. I found a lot of expensive themes but this one blows it away. Awesome!
Thanks for posting this. I’ve been working with some youtube videos both at home and for other projects and this might help me out in getting them more organized on my blog. Thanks.
Hello , Please can anyone tell me how to enable the fullscreen option in the embedded videos
nice looking theme, I saw the demo, it looks like video portal web, kinda cool. Is it limited to youtube video only?
I just started using this theme… and now want to embed the posts into a website home page. I have tried to do it through RSS Feeds (through Feed Burner). It works, but it does not embed the youtube thumbnail too. Does anyone know a way for me to embed the post as seen on the index.php of the theme into another website?
Nice and simple theme. Thank you