Ashford Pro is a CMS framework that professionals and coders trust to build remarkable WordPress web sites and blogs.
When you buy Pro, you get a brilliant and high quality theme that can be customized without any knowledge of CSS, HTML or PHP. If you are a developer, you can code a custom child themes and deliver sites that make client’s happy.
- Cost: $49 (one time payment, no subscriptions)
- Features: mobile, 13 colors, 22 web fonts, mega menus
- Download: Life-time access to the Pro framework
- License: Unlimited site license for personal and commercial use
- Support: Unlimited email support plus online documentation
- Limited-time Bonus: Life-time access to Aeon and Axis premium themes
“Just over a year ago, I’d never touched WordPress – today, the WordPress/Ashford combo is the only CMS I use for my clients’ websites. Ashford extends WordPress’ already impressive capabilities by providing a vast array of built-in functionality, varied page layouts, and code accessibility to get robust, easily-maintained sites up and running in minimal time…My business wouldn’t have happened without this awesome product.” By Jason Amunwa an approved Ashford developer.
Get Mobile in 10 minutes
You can deliver your site optimized to iOS and Android phones without third-party plugins or themes. Ashford v2.0 built-in-mobile to be a complete CMS theme framework.
CMS
While Ashford builds awesome blogs, its advanced CMS features allow you to build remarkable web sites using WordPress. Get built-in breadcrumbs, multi-level drop down menus and advanced pagination.
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 most advanced performance best practices as defined by Yahoo and Google.
Theme Options Admin Screen
Customize over 33 aspects of your site without modifying any PHP code.
Google Analytics Integration
Analyze your site by added Google Anaylics code. Ashford accepts Google’s new ansynchronous scripts.
Google Website Optimization A/B Testing
Easily set up Google Website Optimizer A/B Tests to improve the results of landing pages.
Translation Ready
Ashford is ready for internationalization. No more hacks to present your site in German or Spanish.
Plugins Not Needed
Keep your site lean and clean because Ashford eliminates the need to add SEO, breadcrumb, pagination, social sharing icons, or Twitter widgets. That said, Ashford Pro provides a performance optimized version of lightbox plugin that automagically creates lightbox modals and galleries.
Custom headers and backgrounds
Easily change your header and background to create a totally unique web site.
Select colors and web fonts
Using Googles Web Font API, you can choose from 22 different web fonts and avoid your site looking like just another WordPress site.
Social Networking & Viral Sharing
We’ve included some of the most popular social networks in the theme (via the Admin Panel) including the all-powerful Tweetmeme button and Facebook Share for viral sharing
Advanced Blog Features
- Take advantage of the new WP 3.1 post format feature to include “Asides” with your blog post lists
- Display thumbnails using featured images thumbnails in blog index 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 standard sidebars plus an unlimited number of custom sidebars to use standards and Ashford custom widgets.
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. Pro makes it easy to make money building WordPress sites.