Looking to combine the power of Wordpress with the popularity of online video? Then you are luck, for Jason Schuller of WP Elements has developed two top Wordpress themes for video that you can choose from.  Below is a summary of each of them.

WPE Video Gallery Theme

Currently (April 6, 2008), the WPE Video Gallery Theme is only available as a pre-release Live Demo Version (although it’s slated to be officially released soon). From the looks of things it will be well worth the wait.

The layout of this theme is just beautiful with a nice header section where you can toggle through thumbnail pictures of the videos:

The main section of the home page is nicely laid out with a thumb-nail picture, short description and user-rating for each video. The right hand side is also nicely laid out with room for Tags, ads and more.

For those of you who prefer a gallery look, WPE Video Gallery can accommodate you:

And finally, take a look at how nicely this theme integrates text and video on the individual video post page:

There are some other nice features for this theme. When it’s ready, it looks like it will easily be the leading Wordpress theme for videos currently available.

Learn more about WPE Video Gallery Theme

VideoFlick 1.0 

VideoFlick is a good choice for the video blogger. Featuring a Video Gallery layout with thumbnail navigation, VideoFlick places your videos front and center on your blog.  VideoFlick is a simple, easy-to-use theme which will allow your visitors to easily find and watch the videos they want to see.

Watching a video is simple.  Simply click on a thumnail and the video opens up in a full screen, "ajax" window:

On the other hand, clicking on the title takes you to the post page (a page where you can write whatever you want about the video):

And as you may have noticed, VideoFlick comes in both a white and black version (although I imagine with a simple bit of CSS you can set the colors to whatever your heart desires).  VideoFlick also has two different thumbnail versions - Portrait:

and LandScape (which I imagine will look better with your own pictures):

VideoFlick currently supports a number of video formats including YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, FLV (Flash) Video, Quicktime and Windows Media Video.

VideoFlick is DonationWare, meaning that you have to donate at least $5.00 to “purchase” the software.

Learn more about VideoFlick 1.0

While surfing online today I discovered an amazing template for Wordpress. It’s called WP Remix and it really seems to include everything one could ask for in a professional Wordpress template. From a professional, well-done home page layout to a products page and more, this template was designed from the marketers point-of-view.

WP Remix packs too much of a punch to adequately describe in one blog post.  If you are looking for a high-end Wordpress theme which can turn your Wordpress blog into a powerful CMS then you should click on over to their site.  There you can see what other people have done with WP Remix (just click on the thumb nail tabs on the bottom left-hand side). and then click on the View Demo button to see what’s under the hood.

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