In the past few years, I have had the pleasure of testing many free and paid WordPress themes. There are plenty of themes that look great on desktop computers but look awful on tablets or smartphones. Hybrid themes such as Blocco make it easier for webmasters to create websites that work on all platforms.

When you first see the Blocco WordPress theme by Press75, you’re likely to have a few questions. First, you’ll probably want to know if it will function in everyone’s browser. Second, you’ll want to know what kind of technology was used to create this theme. These questions will come about because of the design of this theme, which is very innovative and which features content that is arranged in small blocks all over the homepage. This makes it perfect for some businesses and individuals but not for others. This theme is designed for photo and video portfolios, primarily.

There are a lot of incredibly well built themes out there, but it’s not often that you see something that is truly original. Blocco fits that bill, it’s definitely not your average WordPress theme, and it really stands out in the crowded space of WordPress templates. Aptly named, Blocco is a grid based theme with a twist. The site navigation and social media links are tabs that hang out to the left making the entire theme pop. There’s an absurd about of features, and the crisp clean use of blocked layouts and fonts makes this theme really scream. If you are looking for something that’s hands down original and a step above the rest, check out Blocco.

The Technology

Blocco is built entirely on HTML5. This makes it ready for the next round of innovations in the web design world. Despite the theme’s rather innovative and certainly very unusual design, it will function correctly in any standards-supporting browser. The theme is fully validated and is ready for use on the most demanding of professional sites.

This theme is forward thinking, to be sure, so it’s not particularly surprising that the designers choose to integrate social media functions with it. You’ll be able to reach out across these vast networks using this theme and will be able to potentially get a huge number of followers on these networks. The popularity of sharing photos and videos on these networks makes Blocco a great choice if you’re trying to make use of them as much as possible.

The Blocco code is also designed so that your search engine optimization efforts will not be wasted. Fully validated code means that the search engines will not pass your site by when they go around indexing content and that, of course, they’ll be able to follow your links and to catalog all of your content properly. This is a powerful thing for professional designers who need to make sure that their sites conform to code so that they can deliver them to their clients with confidence.

This theme is designed to work on WordPress versions 3.1+. The designer makes no claims that it will work on installations of WordPress older than this, though updates will be included with the purchase of the theme to accommodate newer versions of WordPress.

Use

The Blocco theme has plenty of documentation and tutorials included with it. They should provide enough information to make sure that users can find their way through the most advanced features without having to worry about getting confused to the point of frustration. Professionals should have no trouble figuring out the code.

The theme’s various settings are controlled through a theme options page. This page provides you with everything you need to customize the theme as much as you want and to make sure that you can do so without ruining the code.

No matter how many changes you make, you’ll find that the theme will display properly in the wide array of devices on the market these days. Mobile devices, tablets and desktop computers will all be able to display this theme correctly, as it accommodates different screen sizes automatically.

This theme is ready for professional use. It comes with GPL licensing, so you don’t have to worry about too many restrictions on its use. If you’re not a professional, don’t let the design intimidate you. It’s not a hard to use theme by any means, despite its sophisticated design.

For more information, or to see their complete collection of wp themes, please visit press75.com.

• Widgetized Content Areas
• Featured Images
• Custom Menu Management
• Network Installation Support
• Press75.com “Simple Panel” Theme Options Page
• Logo Customization Options
• Simple Video Embedder
• Social Media Integration Options

Standard pricing of the Blocco theme from Elegantthemes  is as follows :
Blocco Theme (standard version) : $75 (single site license)

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