With their premium themes going for about 40 Euro Theme Shift look pretty good value so we decided to take a closer look at some of the features and themes that might be good for photographers.

Straight away one thing we noticed was that all of the themes from this website are GPL-licensed. This means you can use them on as many websites as you like for private and commercial purposes.

General ThemeShift Features

Theme Options Page

The comprehensive ThemeShift theme options panel lets you make the basic theme settings within minutes. Upload your logo, control the content on your home page without touching any code.

Custom Menu (WordPress 3.0)

As a matter of course ThemeShift supports one of the most important new features of WordPress 3.0 – the custom menus. Create your menu in seconds via drag & drop without touching any code.

Custom Background (WordPress 3.0)

Another useful feature of the newest WordPress release is the custom background option. You can easily change the entire look & feel of your deLucide theme with your custom background image ? see example.

Post Thumbnails

Of course ThemeShift supports the new WordPress post thumbnail feature. When uploading an image file the theme will automatically create all the necessary image size (post thumb, post main image, slider, gallery images).

Themes for Photographers

deLucide

deLucide is a very sleek and elegant portfolio WordPress theme to showcase your photos or any other work in a professional and lucent design. Manage your porfolio without any programming skills.

deLucide Custom Features

jQuery Content Slider

Present your featured projects in a professional way with the deLucide jQuery featured content slider. On the theme options page you have full control over content, effects, items, slider pause and a featured ribbon.

jQuery Display Switcher

On home and archive pages your visitors have the possibility to change the layout to their liking. They can toggle between list and grid view. The preferred status is saved in a cookie.

Advanced Custom Widgets

deLucide comes with several custom widgets. The sidebar is a nested widget area. You can create a general sidebar and a different one for the home page, category pages, single posts and static pages.

deGusto

The new WordPress theme deGusto is a dark and elegant portfolio theme. It attractively combines your portfolio (web, photo, logo and other work) with your blog articles.

deGusto Custom Features

Featured Content Slider

deGusto comes with a built-in jQuery featured content slider on the home page. Through the theme options page you can fully control the slider (category, number of posts, timer, auto) at any time.

Custom Layout Options

The deGusto theme package includes four different button color schemes (red, blue, green & grey). You can also choose between a 1-column and a 2-column layout for arhive pages.

Toggleable Sidebar Widgets

A top feature of deGusto are the toggleable sidebar boxes. Open and close the sidebar widgets with a professional toggle effect (slide up & down). The status of each box is saved for future visits.

deLuxe

deLuxe is a warm and elegant WordPress theme. Use it on any site for hotels, restaurants or resorts or for websites about lifestyle and luxury. It makes your site look professional and unique, or simply deluxe.

deLuxe Custom Features

Customizable Header

On of the top features of deLuxe is the customizable subheader section where you can link three pages to feature your special content on the home page.

5 Color Schemes

deLuxe includes 5 different color schemes. You can choose between red, blue, green, pink and grey.

Subpage Teasers

The deLuxe theme can easily handle many pages and subpages. If a main page has any subpages, select the subpages page template and the post images of the subpages will automatically be displayed below the page content › see demo