Ashford is a free WordPress CMS framework. It is a simple to use and modify. It is loaded with features not found on most free themes while Pro includes an additional 9 must have features.
- 33 customizable Theme Options
- Built-in SEO
- CMS features for a secure and upgradeable site
- Page speed optimized
- Add a hero image and optional link to any page
- 18 page templates
- Advanced blog features: social sharing icons, related posts, author box, follow icons, RSS comment feeds
Loaded with CMS Features
While Ashford builds awesome WordPress blogs, its advanced CMS features allow you to build remarkable web sites: built-in breadcrumbs, multi-level drop down menus and advanced pagination. These built-in CMS features keep your site lean and clean. You won’t need SEO, breadcrumb, pagination, social sharing icons, or Twitter plugins.
The result is that Ashford more secure and upgradeable than most free themes. You can upgrade your WordPress installation with confidence giving you the latest features and security patches.
SEO Optimized
Customize your front page meta tags and title. Output valid, semantic HTML source code that optimized for to produce great search engine results.
Page Load Speed Optimized
Ashford employs the performance best-practices as defined by Yahoo and Google.
Theme Options
Customize over 33 aspects of your site without modifying any HTML, CSS, JavaScript or PHP code. For example, display your logo, change theme colors, add a Twitter icon to navigation, place a search box in navigation bar or add a category subnavigation menu.
Google Analytics Integration
Analyze your site by adding Google Anaylics code. Ashford accepts Google’s new ansynchronous scripts for better performance.
Translation-ready
Ashford is ready for translation. No more hacks to present your site in German or Spanish.
Hero Image
Add a 940px wide image and optional link to any page.
Page Templates
Ashford ships with 18 page templates variations.
Core WordPress Pages
Archive for categories, author, tags and date. The author page includes author box and category page shows description and subcategory links. Plus advanced search and 404 pages.
Social Networking & Viral Sharing
Ashford includssome of the most popular social networks in the theme including the all-powerful Tweetmeme button and Facebook Share for viral sharing.
Advanced Blog Features
- Display thumbnails using featured images thumbnails in blog excerpts
- Add author box including bio, gravatar and follow links for Twitter or Facebook
- Get “related posts” auto-generated
- Show built-in share icons for major social networks
- Advanced threaded comments with gravatars.
Widgetized Sidebars
Get seven sidebar regions plus four Ashford widgets including the Ashford Twitter widget.
Developers
Each release is cross-browser and qualtity tested. The code is built on valid HTML, jQuery and the 960 CSS Grid System. Over 20 hooks available to developers makes building advanced child themes easy.
But wait! Ashford Pro has more of what you need…
The free version is loaded with features, but not all are enabled. Here are 9 must-have features you will miss if you do not buy Pro:
- More page templates to build over 250 page variations
- Eight more Hero Types including: carousels, sliders, slideshows and rotating banners
- Over a dozen ways to layout your content lists: thumbnails, photoblog, excerpts, full or even gravatars
- Easily build mega menus using custom menu and text widgets
- Custom sidebars add unlimited flexibility to your page layouts
- Select from over 13 color styles and 22 web fonts
- Get a fully mobile site in less than 10 minutes from activating the theme
Compare Pro at $49 with other CMS themes with less robust features—starting at $127, $275 or more. Get more most-have features when you buy Pro.
