Adriaan Pienaar emailed me the other day as he was interested in advertising his new Premium News Wordpress Theme on BloggingTips. Not only that, he also wants to give away 2 copies of the theme to Blogging Tips readers (worth $99 each).
More info on the Premium News Theme
The Premium News Wordpress Theme is a professional looking wordpress theme which was designed for magazine and news type sites. You could forgive anyone for forgetting this is a Wordpress theme as the site looks like it is being powered by an expensive content management system.
Adii says that the theme is perfect for blogs and websites with the following characteristics:
- If you want to earn an income
- If you’re an ambitious blogger or online entrepeneur
- If you regularly add new content to your blog / website
- If your content contains a lot of photos, videos and other media
- If you’d like to run a magazine- or news-style blog
I’m a big fan of this design. I think that it would be overly complicated for some sites who just want a tradional blog structure (eg. journals/diaries etc) however for a magazine, news or entertainment type site I think it would be perfect.
You can see the theme in action here.
Win a copy of the Premium News Wordpress Theme
As I mentioned at the start of this post, Adii is giving away 2 copies of his new theme to Blogging Tips readers. Each copy is worth $99!
To win all you need to do is answer this question in the comment area below in 20 words or less :
‘Why should you win a copy of the Premium News Wordpress Theme?’
Competition Rules
- Only one entry per person
- Any entry which has more than 20 words will not be eligible for a prize
- The winners will be decided by Adii
- Competition ends Tuesday November 27th 2007. No comment made after this date will be accepted
- Winners will be decided on November 28th
Thanks again to Adii for putting up 2 copies for BT readers
Good luck,
Kevin
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Adii | November 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pm #
@ Kevin - Thanks for featuring the theme! And I really look forward to why the BT would want this theme…
Thilak | November 21st, 2007 at 1:10 pm #
Simple! Because I don’t want NYT to over take my blog (in terms of design).
Shashank | November 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm #
becoz i am the first one after Adii(to comment) and i never won any contest
Shashank | November 21st, 2007 at 1:17 pm #
oh
Andy | November 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pm #
A beautiful, well designed home inspires a high quality of life. A beautiful, well designed blog inspires high quality blogging.
Andy | November 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm #
“A beautiful, well designed home inspires high quality living. A beautiful, well designed blog inspires high quality blogging.”
Rhymes, and all.
Nice from Thailand | November 21st, 2007 at 2:26 pm #
I’m a poor student from Thailand who can’t afford 40,000 Baht theme. This Adii’s subscriber love and need it
Leo Dimilo | November 21st, 2007 at 3:53 pm #
I have been using the magazine template of Joomla and would love to find something easier to use.
Insane Seb | November 21st, 2007 at 4:01 pm #
I want to change my blog and make it more media oriented, the theme is perfect for that. period.
Seb
Thomas Sinfield | November 21st, 2007 at 4:36 pm #
Because I want to offer it as a prize to my readers just like you are to build some more traffic
Pachecus | November 21st, 2007 at 4:37 pm #
Because I started my blog yesterday and want to make $1 million with this theme in one year
Minyak Lintah | November 21st, 2007 at 4:54 pm #
Nice template but sadly i cant afford it
ekowanz | November 21st, 2007 at 5:18 pm #
i want to be a professional blogger, and this theme’s would be a good start for me.
jblanton | November 21st, 2007 at 6:05 pm #
Because I have a friend that could really use a Theme like this for her Blog. She would make you proud and really put this beautiful Theme to work with articles, videos, and photos. Nothing would go un-used. Oh and if I won this for her I would be her hero for life!
qureyoon | November 21st, 2007 at 7:18 pm #
‘Why should you win a copy of the Premium News Wordpress Theme?’
Because i want to use it as a free giveaway
TheAnand | November 21st, 2007 at 7:51 pm #
I need it cuz I loved adii’s design and am guilty of stealing bits from his theme to mine
I would love to replace the visionary theme I am currently using on my new project cochinsquare.com
Guillermo | November 21st, 2007 at 7:52 pm #
Because my weblog would look awesome in that skin. It was love at first sight, and you should know that no one better than a Latino for love!
Kyle Eslick | November 21st, 2007 at 9:23 pm #
‘Why should you win a copy of the Premium News Wordpress Theme?’
What a generous giveaway! I am in the process of setting up a magazine style blog and this theme seems to fit “the look” I’m picturing in my mind.
Thanks for your consideration!
Lori | November 21st, 2007 at 9:59 pm #
It would be a beautiful place to sell and show off my photos that I took with my new SLR:)
Paul | November 21st, 2007 at 11:59 pm #
Because it looks like the perfect blog template for my new project that I am releasing in the new year!
William Lehman | November 22nd, 2007 at 12:13 am #
As an art blogger, the visuals are very important. This theme puts emphasis on the images in a tasteful way.
Gary | November 22nd, 2007 at 12:44 am #
I’ve been looking for a magazine style them and The Auction Rebel would look great using the Premium News theme.
Anuj Seth | November 22nd, 2007 at 1:34 am #
So why should I win this contest?
Well…no reasons or excuses from me! I just like to participate in online contests.
Hopefully someday I’ll get lucky and actually win one.
Opeyemi Awoyemi | November 22nd, 2007 at 6:03 am #
I would love to pay for it, I can’t get paid, bcos Paypal isnt allowed in Nigeria
Massimiliano Badolati | November 22nd, 2007 at 6:32 am #
because is simply beautiful..
Matt Jones | November 22nd, 2007 at 6:48 am #
Can I Haz A News Theme?
Stefson | November 22nd, 2007 at 7:11 am #
‘Why should you win a copy of the Premium News Wordpress Theme?’
Gimme gimme, I’m old!
Logesh | November 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm #
I Hope this theme will surely boost my income through Blogging !
Free From Broke | November 22nd, 2007 at 9:12 pm #
Just because.
FFB
Frank C | November 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm #
If you don’t win this one, check out Justin Tadlock’s Visionary theme I’m using. It’s very similar to this and it’s free.
banji | November 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 am #
Because I believe that the theme will unearth the true potential of LessonInLife.com exponentially
Karri | November 24th, 2007 at 9:57 am #
It’s obvious to me, why I should win this contest and get a copy of “Premium News Theme”. If you read this, I think it will be more obvious to you, too.
I have an online music magazine, NineSlashes, which I now want to take to higher level. I want to do this, because there aren’t really that many good online music magazines available, besides the paper-music-magazines turned to websites ex. Rolling Stone and Metal Hammer.
I’ll have to say I’m rather disappointed with some music blogs and magazines, so I have the mission of starting my own, learning from the mistakes other have made, listening what people want to see and creating something fresh.
I really want to create premium music magazine with WordPress, and I think that with “Premium News Theme” I’ll be much more close to my goal. I don’t have that much coding skills, and options are great with this theme: I can change the colours, ads and a lot with the layout straight from the Admin Dashboard. With this theme, releasing a brand new issue of my mag will be much easier.
In music, the videos are essential, and the built-in video player will be a great feature to post some interesting music videos.
I also want to see, how I can develop the theme layout, inspire other bloggers and hopefully Adii too. It would be great to be involved in creating something new with a theme like this.
Then there’s the money issue. Yes, it would be possible to buy this theme in some time next year, after saving the money several months. However, I have a low-paid job, and I’d be excited to start 2008 with a new look, and make use of it even in December, by releasing a different-style Christmas Issue!
I’m sorry for such a long post, but I feel that creating something unique is important to me and here is a good chance to accomplish it. Anyway, thanks for this contest and shout to Adii for his great work!
All the best,
Karri, editor of NineSlashes
Kevin | November 24th, 2007 at 10:00 am #
clearly noone is adhering to the ‘20 words or less’ rule in this competition haha
Karri | November 24th, 2007 at 10:03 am #
Okay, just noticed this in the contest description: “To win all you need to do is answer this question in the comment area below in 20 words or less”
I think I went slightly over that…
So I’m going to say in twenty words max: “I want to create unique online music magazine with this great theme.”
Thanks, and sorry for over-posting,
Karri
Ian | November 25th, 2007 at 3:09 pm #
“It’s gorgeous and feature-rich, yet I cannot afford the theme. This is contributing to my already low self-esteem.”
Feir | November 26th, 2007 at 5:16 am #
the premium theme sold here and there are too expensive for me a chinese boy. I am a wordpress fan but I have to use and modift free themes. premium is long long away for me to enjoy.
This is not follow your rule “in 20 words”, but is my answer to the question why i need the premium theme.
Beatrix Di Stelsey | November 26th, 2007 at 8:13 am #
I want this sexy and functional for my upcoming sexy and functional site!
CH | November 26th, 2007 at 1:54 pm #
I want it for:
- pop news blog
- 2 years,3000 UV/day,PR5.
-Will link back to BT,Adii.
Jiang | November 26th, 2007 at 9:40 pm #
CMS design, warm color, and 2-column and stylish icons make this theme stand out from other themes.
The reader of my http://wordpresschina.org really like WordPress. It will give more traffic if I use this theme at my website.
奇巧淫技 | November 26th, 2007 at 10:17 pm #
It is such a beautiful amd amazing theme that I can never ignore and forget it.
Marvinux | November 26th, 2007 at 10:35 pm #
i like it but i am so pool~~so i left thie comment~~
icerat | November 27th, 2007 at 2:46 am #
I like it very much,so i want it.
Frank | November 27th, 2007 at 3:17 am #
When I first saw your theme I said oh my thats my dream. Thanks for making such a great theme.
安之成 | November 27th, 2007 at 3:18 am #
I love it!
I love u!
Ryan | November 27th, 2007 at 4:26 am #
“Theme was like a box of chocolates, I never know what I’m gonna get until I meet you”
天涯舞草 | November 27th, 2007 at 4:50 am #
if i got ,i will give away 2000 copies

wp is open,blog is open ,
aren’t they
dexter | November 27th, 2007 at 5:18 am #
nitzs | November 27th, 2007 at 5:34 am #
if u wanna see the best of imagination replicated in ur theme. promise to give back most refined version too..
iceque | November 27th, 2007 at 11:07 am #
She said she wanna stay with me…
GoGo | November 28th, 2007 at 2:38 am #
It owns many of my favorite function, and is very intuitive,
so I would love it
banji | November 28th, 2007 at 5:07 am #
now that the deadline is over.. I can post my second comment.
Hope that I win..
anyway, it’s a very nice theme, and hopefully it can replace my current theme. I know my blog can go far, but with the current theme it will take longer time :)Apparently 2 of my friends are using the same theme.
cheers
baokou | March 30th, 2008 at 11:00 pm #
I don’t mind who the other one will get it for free. But I hope that I will be one of them. My blog is a place of funny, creative, outrageous and all kinds of ridiculous materials for Chinese young people. I would like to introduce all the funny stuff I found on the internet to Chinese young people. And the only thing my blog lacks Is a brilliant theme.