Coda by WooThemes
Coda is a serenely beautiful Magazine theme, ideal for those who want to project an image of class and elegance into their online magazine. The fully widgetized homepage and striking scroller make Coda the ideal theme for all your publication’s needs.
Coda’s tagline (“Elegance is not the end”) says it all: besides its undeniable good looks, Coda packs a lot of social punch with social features left, right and center and unique timeline and tag pages. If you are in the fashion, culture or photography business, Coda’s elegant looks, widget flexibility and social potential will fit you to a tee.
Designed by Kirstin Pauk and released in June 2010, Coda shows a classic inspiration paired with the soundest SEO mind. The prime real estate of Coda’s homepage is taken by a slide show, which displays your top news to the best advantage with oversized images and a large font which will make your headlines pop. This slider is powered by jQuery.
Coda features a unique “like this” voting system so readers to single out their favorite articles and posts with just a click. Many WooThemes include a ‘timeline’ template that displays a historic archive of posts and Coda is no exception, but its timeline is different because the elegant display of post date, title and number of comments also includes a column with the article’s number of votes.
Articles in Coda are designed to make the most of social interaction: besides the voting option, readers are also prompted to share your news on Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon and other social networks with just a few clicks. Commenting is encouraged with a tab system that allows readers to see the article or all the comments about it.
Coda’s ten color schemes have classy Italian names with delicious colors inspired by nature: the default scheme is aubergine, cream and light grey, and other schemes available are oceano (in beautiful shades of sea blue) and erba (grass green and hay.) For further customization, Coda allows you to set a different background color or even upload an image of your choice.
Coda’s fully widgetized homepage can take full advantage of WooThemes’ custom widgets, and the designers recommend using Twitter, Flickr, Ads and the latest/Most Popular post accordion to make the most of the magazine’s layout and social interaction possibilities.
To sum things up: Coda has lots style, many widgets, seamless social integration, an irresistible comment system and a built-in popularity ranking for posts. If you are in the market for a magazine theme, look no further – Coda is what you need.
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