Newscast, magazine theme

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Newscast is the latest release from the talentuous Kreisi (one of the most successful authors on Themeforest). As usual it is a blend of minimalist and very sharp design together with high end javascript effects.

This new premium theme is going back to the root of WordPress and boast a magazine like layout which will transform your average blog in a news platform.

Features includes:

Multile Page Templates
Automatical Image resizing for Thumbnails
Contact Form and News Submission Form
PSD files included
Extensive Documentation Included

3 different Portfolio/Item slider, supporting unlimited items
Dropdwon Menu, improved with jQuery
Sleek Image preloader

both Menus, the Slideshow, Sidebar, Footer, Mainpage, Contact Page, News Submission Form etc
Sidebar: set the sidebar to either use 2 small or 1 big sidebar
Sidebar Widgets: You can set unqiue widget areas for each page or category
Custom advertising Widget
Custom Sidebar News Widget

Price starts at $37 for single use license and is sold from ThemeForest exclusively.

Kriesi

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