Arjuna X WordPress Theme Review
Arjuna X Free WordPress Theme is definitely a breath of fresh air amongst themes. A clean stylish design & bursting with options, this theme just oozes quality!
It is not very often you will find a theme that has been designed with the user in mind, many of the more difficult tasks or mods that we often choose to implement, such as adding a category menu bar or changing the width of a sidebar, are already included in this theme’s options page.
What is even more impressive, is the fact that these options are laid out in such a way that even a child could understand and set this theme up from scratch in around 20 minutes. SEO focused & with multi browser compatability, IE6-8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera, this is also one of the few free themes you will find that is also W3 compliant, this clearly shows that the author of this theme has spent some considerable time getting things right from the begining.
Arjuna Screenshot
The Arjuna theme for WordPress has been designed to fit a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 & therefore there is minimum screen wastage on either side, perhaps around half an inch. However if you choose a higher screen resolution 1280 x 800 for example, then you will get approximately 1.5 inch wastage either side! This is my only criticism of this theme, but as it is a free WordPress theme, then we can hardly expect the author to put in the extra work required in order to make it a fluid width theme. Perhaps this could be an added feature for a paid version..?
Arjuna X Options Panel
As we can clearly see, the Arjuna options screen is brimming with features which have obviously been designed to make our lives easier. Forget about having to hack code sheets to get what you want, this theme puts it all within easy access.
Category & Page Menu Bars
All the option you need in order to setup a page or category menu bar & one very handy feature is the built in ability to exclude any categories based on name instead of having to hunt around for the category ID numbers.
Sidebar Options
The sidebar options offered with the Arjuna X WordPress theme offer left or right placement, 3 different widths & also the option to add RSS & Social Buttons. This is a big plus as far as I am concerned, as sidebar widths are one of my pet hates! There is nothing worse than having to struggle to try and get your favourite widget to fit into a sidebar that has just been added as an after thought.
The Arjuna X Free Theme for WordPress is definitely worth a 2nd glance & although the grey background may not be everybodies choice, it can be easily changed from the theme’s stylesheet. Overall I would have to give 9/10 for this theme and as I said earlier, the only thing that I feel lets it down is the fact that it does not have a fluid width.
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Posted by Steve Nickson
on Oct 19 2011. Filed under Wordpress Themes.
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