Karl by ZigZagPress : A modern WordPress genesis child theme with handsome hero area. If you want to impress your visitors with featured images then you can try this genesis WP theme. I just browsed Karl Demo, and found every page equipped with unique horizontal scroller. Every page in this theme is made of full-width layout so you won’t find sidebar widget block.
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The theme provides a unique content presentation board for your blog posts, portfolio items and store products. Every page template looks great with big featured images and bold tittles linked to full page. All posts and pages are displayed with two sections : 1) Left : Featured image, Title and Taxonomy, 2) Right : Contents.
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What’s Good In Karl WordPress Theme ?
ZigZagPress developers have used totally new concept to develop a multi-purpose genesis child theme. Hence, it can work for people who wants to start blog, portfolio site or product store. The theme utilize full-width space to display contents all the way from left to right. Hence, nothing will come between your contents and readers.
Karl is built for Genesis Framework so you will need to buy it from StudioPress. The theme uses high level coding style and minimal design to give you excellent loading speed. If you will browse live demo then yo will experience lots of good stuff : e.g. Animated effect until page/post is loaded completely. Thanks to ZigZagPress developer team for adding eCommerce feature to sell online goods.
Features : ZigZagPress Karl Genesis Theme
The premium WordPress theme will welcome your homepage visitors wit hero section and sidebar navigation. Administrators can develop custom homepage to display featured posts or pages from Portfolio page, Online store or Blog section. It will show you a bold think (vertical) line on left side which is a sidebar navigation.
Header : Left Side
The header panel is displayed on the left side of the screen which is hidden in default mode. So user will need to click on sidebar block in order to watch Logo, Menu links, widgets and other stuff. The image below will give you more idea on how exactly “Karl Sidebar Navigation” looks in real. The sidebar works as navigation panel from where visitors can access Important Menu links to visit various pages like blog, shop, portfolio or contact page.
You can also add custom logo and widgets to display social links, search box etc. Hence, this navigation panel is only loaded manually and goes away when yo click close button.
Portfolio Page :
Karl portfolio template is provided for creative people who wants to show-off their designs, photo collection and art work. If you want to display your projects or art skill you can use portfolio page. The portfolio post helps you to add Image gallery, Videos and description with custom post type.
When visitors comes to portfolio page they will find large carousel slider which takes them on long ride with mouse scrolling button. User just need to keep scrolling on the page to access more articles. The same page layout style is used to display blog posts, portfolio posts and all other contents.
WooCommerce Support :
Just install this free eCommerce plugin on your website and you will have your online store ready within minutes. Karl WordPress Theme easily integrates with this plugin to create your online shop. It will give you product post (for listing), Cart option, Review option and many more. Every item page will display image, detail box, preview and user reviews.
The plugin will automatically highlight “Related Items” at the bottom of every post. This way, your customers will find lots of products suggestion.
Extra Features : Karl Genesis Theme
- User Friendly Theme options
- Unlimited Usage : GPL License (Personal and Commercial use)
- Genesis SEO options : Rank on good position
- Responsive : Compatibility for all Mobile and Desktop devices
- Localized theme : with translation files
- Page Templates : Blog, Contact
- Online store : Powered by Woocommerce
- Portfolio Page : Listing options
- Custom homepage : Hero section
- Full-width carousel for all pages
- Sidebar block (left): click and Load (navigation bar)