Monday, September 2, 2013

Classifieds Wordpress Theme ClassiCraft Review

There are many high quality classifieds Wordpress themes on the market, but I think one of the best looking is Classicarft. This is an ultra flexible premium theme which comes with all the necessary functions which are mandatory to make a profitable classified ads website. You can customized the style and design in many ways, and all sorts of website elements can be modified simply. In addition, it supports many solutions to make money. Now lets see the features of this responsive Wordpress classified theme.

Benefits

After testing it, I have to say it is a really easy to use classifieds template. Most of the ad listing websites have a hard to use submission page, but the submit page of Classicraft is really simple. Moreover, the submission fields can be easily modified. This is really important if you make a niche ad directory. You can add, customize and delete these fields within the administration panel.

Wordpress classifieds theme ClassiCraft demo screenshot
Demo of the homepage

Another thing which make outstanding among other classifieds software is that it comes with a clear, but modern design. You can easily change the lookout of the whole site easily as it supports many customization features. An important thing is that it is a responsive classified ads theme, so it works perfectly with all sorts of mobile devices.

You can also place ads nearly anywhere on the site. There are many ads spaces where you can place banners, PPC ads or any other codes you may need. All you ads can be managed simply from the advertising panel. You can set up paid and free packages and ask fees for submission. It supports Paypal payment getaway.

The developer also paid attention to make his theme search engine friendly. Besides the clean and optimized code, you can find options to optimize your website in many ways. This is very important for SEO in order to get organic traffic from search engines.

Overall it is a really powerful directory Wordpress theme which is an out of the box solution.
Here is the classifieds Wordpress theme video review or you can check the slideshow below.

Features

  • Responsive design.
  • Easy usage and installation.
  • Many functions to make money with it.
  • Advertisement submissions can be free or paid.
  • This classified ad theme is integrated with Google Maps.
  • Users can comment or rate the ads.
  • All parts of the theme can be customized easily.
  • Many ways and palaces to display ads such as featured ads, users can change the lookout of the listings etc. 
All in all, it is a really powerful responsive theme with all the features you need to make an advertisement directory website and to set up a money making online business.

You can get it from 5$ if you join the membership, which is I think the cheapest way. Anyway, you can download classifieds Wordpress theme for free and you can try it on your server.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

5 Reasons to Use Wordpress Classified Theme

If you want to make an add listing website the best solution is using a Wordpress classified theme. If you use it, you will have a great looking, easy to use, optimized, flexible and money making ad listing website. There are other classified scripts you can use, but a Wordpress theme has many benefits. Below I list 5 reasons why you should use a classified Wordpress theme instead of other software.

Attractive and Responsive Design


Most of the premium classified themes on the market look really modern and fresh, but at the same time they are clean and easy to navigate. If your website looks out of date, that is maybe a sort of sign for most of the people that you do not care about your business. It is necessary to have a good-looking site if you want t build a serious business online.

Moreover, most of the classified Wordpress themes are responsible. That means they are compatible with mobile devices. This way more people can reach your website and that means more visitors.


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Example for a Classified Ad Wordpress Theme


Search Engine Optimized


Premium Wordpress theme developers want to offer the best product for their buyers; therefore they code their themes to be optimized for search engines. That helps to have better rankings in search engines like Google. However, by using different SEO plugins the website can be even more optimized. There are many extensions for Wordpress which help with on-site and offsite SEO.

Great Flexibility


One of the biggest problems with usual PHP classified scripts is that they are very hard to be modified or to add some sorts of new functions. Wordpress can be incredibly extended by using plugins. Let's say you want to add forum section, you can do it in a minute by installing a forum plugin. There are thousands of plugins which help to extend your Wordpress classified website.

Many Ways for Making Money


All the premium Wordpress classified themes I know are integrated with various payment getaways, many sections for displaying banners or PPC ads, and some even support affiliate marketing. This way you have many possibilities to make money with your classified website. You can ask fees for submission for featured listings, display ads everywhere or even promote a product via affiliate marketing,

Easy to Use


Wordpress is one of the most user-friendly content management systems. That is reason it is suggested to use. No matter if you are a beginner, you can easily set a classified site in no time. In addition, there are a lot of tutorials online which can help you in case you have some problems.

As you see, there are many benefits of using a Wordpress classified theme instead of other classified script. It is basically a blogging platform, but its high flexibility makes it the best content management system ever.

Monday, August 26, 2013

How to Make Classified Website with Wordpress

There are many ways to make a classified website. If you have ever checked it is not hard to find PHP classified script since there are some on the market, even free ones. But the best way is to use Wordpress. There are two ways to make an advertising website. The simplest way is to use a classified ad theme, the other is to use a WP plugin.

A theme is a better solution since they are out of the box. It has all the functions, layout and even other features to set up the classified ad website in no time. You do not need to spend you time with design and installing other plugins that are necessary for a well-working site.

Plugins are better for those who has an existing website, and they want to add a section where users can submit their ads. It is also good for those who are better at programming knowledge and designing themes as they can customize the website for their own needs.

Now let's see a general tutorial on how to make a website with a Wordpress classifieds theme. As all the templates are different, it is just a brief tutorial.

  1. First, you need to install Wordpress on your host. This can be easily down by using Cpanel as it supports fast installation.
  2. Once, Wordpress installed you need to add the title of your classified website and install the most important plugins which are necessary for a well-running, safe and optimized website.
  3. Upload and install the WP classified theme. There are many ways for that, here are some tutorials.
  4. Once, your classified theme is installed, you need to check its administration panel. All the classified Wordpress themes come with different administration panel. You will need to check the tutorials of the developer to see how the administration panel works. Generally, all the premium Wordpress themes offer many functions to customize the layout of your site, to set up the categories and tags based on your criteria, to modify the submission form and functions for monetization.
  5. Once everything is set up for your needs, you will need to test it many times to see if everything works correctly to avoid any problems in the future. Check if ads submission works properly and register as a user for testing personal ads.
  6. Once, you site is up and running, and everything works perfectly, you need to promote your website in many ways in order to get traffic. There are many techniques for these such as SEO, social marketing, link building, advertising etc. You need to have to promote your business if you want to make money online.

As you can see, it is really easy to set up a directory website using Wordpress. Even if you are a beginner, you can do it easily.

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An Example for a Theme


If you want to use a classified plugin, the process is harder in most of the cases since plugins do not offer so many possibilities and you will need to find a proper theme. The steps are nearly the same, though. I think, building a directory website using a plugin is harder since you will need to do more customization. For that programming knowledge is needed and the better knowledge of Wordpress, as well.

Overall, among the classified software, a theme or a plugin is the best solution because they are rather easy to use and very flexible. In addition, WP can be extended in many ways by using different extensions. Other PHP classifieds software does not offer as many possibilities.



If you have any questions on how to make a classified website with Wordpress, throw a comment.