Obox Gigawatt Theme Review


Obox Gigawatt Theme

Features:

• Custom logo input

Without getting into the theme’s code, you can upload awesome logos just with the pressing of a button.

• Widgetized home page

The users can display a number of videos in a categorized format.

• Short URL support

This feature is newly added to the Obox theme where users can use Google shorten URL plugin.

• oEmbed support

You only have to cut-paste the URL of the video and code for it will be obtained by the theme.

• Self hosted video support

Gigawatt theme offers uploading and hosting of videos on the website. For this, the users will have to use the Jplayer for playing the video and rest of the work will be done by the theme because it is well designed for this purpose.

• HD and SD video selectors

Your HD videos will not only get attention but space as well. The wide view port with 940px provides massive support.

• Works as standard blog

It is 100 percent possible for users to use this theme as normal blog having images instead of the videos. The standard image uploader is designed for this purpose which will filter and auto-resize the images.

• Portfolio section

You can show-off your recent work using the unique portfolio page. Moreover, the theme also provides three different column layouts which you can choose from.

• Colour schemes

The Gigawatt theme is offering three wonderful colour schemes where one is in dark colour and the other two are in light version. No matter which one you choose, you will get the perfect and desired result.

• Mobile compatibility

This theme is also responsive which means that it will resize itself according to the browser window size. Moreover, some cool responsive effects are also available which will make the website look attractive on tablets, mobiles phones, and desktops.

• Sales analytics

Now you can keep a bird’s eye on the incoming reviews and sales, general store performance, stock levels, and statistics from all the WordPress dashboard.

• Shipping and tax

The comprehensive shipping settings are built by WooCommerce which will enable users to define shipping costs for every product. One can also provide free shipping, or declare flat rates for all the products. These options can be extended using the table rate shipping extension option offered by Gigawatt theme which will help you in defining different shipping rates, or different weight brackets for various countries.

• Create and sell products

The product management offered by WooCommerce aims at easy to use and comfortable publishing and writing a post within the WordPress, add products, etc.

• Payment gateways

Those who don’t want to take the burden of adding their own payment gateway can take the support of popular payment gateways offered by WooCommerce which can be easily plugged and played.

• New slider

Use the new and updated slider feature along with a whole set of options. This will allow you to choose content type which you want to show like blog, portfolio posts, product, and so on. If product display is chosen, then an overlay showing product’s description and name will be shown in the slider.

• Cart drop down

The drop down feature is available with the shopping cart on the screen’s top right portion.

• Sale/price tabs

This feature is newly introduced where you will see good and neat pricing on the list pages.

• Purchase button area

The Gigawatt theme supports the Purchase button area which will not require use of any code.

• Page templates

Multiple page templates are included with the theme and some of them include full width, archives, and portfolio page.

• Menu management

Now, you will be able to organize the menu structure of your website with extremely smooth visitor navigation option. This also includes selection of what to keep and what to remove from the navigation menu.

• Advert management

Setting up of BuysellAds advert is simple to run on the custom campaign, because OCMX provides the Advert management feature which will help to attain full revenue system control.

• Automatic image resizing

For resizing the images, users can use the TimThumb feature which will resize the image according to the space provided in the theme.

• Ajax comments

Page reloading will not occur whenever comments to the blog are submitted by the visitors. Provision for watching the video and at the same time commenting is provided.

• Logo uploading

Maintain your website’s branding by uploading your company or brand’s logo. The logo uploader option provided with this theme allows for including multiple logos which can be stored and used for different purposes.

• Favicon uploading

Upload as well as manage your website’s favicons easily. The favicon uploader will make it easy for your customers to recognize your website whenever it is loaded by seeing the logo on their browser tabs.

• Colour selectors

A simple checkbox with multiple colour options is available which will switch through options so no need of changing the code anywhere.

• Analytics install

The Google analytics code can be easily inputted.

• Multi-language support

You can translate the theme into any language and easily work with it.

• Fonts control

You will get complete font control on the 36 Google and standard fonts offered by this theme. The font colour and font size can also be chosen as per the needs and requirements of your website using the neat slide controller.

• Determine what goes where

Select typography for Meta data, copy, widgets, navigation and post titles.

• Overview page

When the selections are finalized, then using unison option available with this theme, you can see the overview of your page and hence get good idea of the selections and combinations made by you.

• Ever growing list

The typography master continuously will update the theme with new fonts whenever they are added to the Google’s font list.

• Create galleries

Design all the galleries within the theme itself and without the support of any website. You can create slideshow on your own on the site and enhance traffic because after this, the visitors will never use any other website to enter your website.

• Optional image dimension control

Even after you have made any change to the theme, you can use this feature to reset the gallery collection dimensions.

• Drag and drop ordering

You can move through your galleries using the simple drag and drop process and don’t have to worry or spend time on changing creation dates or on some other method which is non-user friendly.

• Edit and maintain galleries

You can on your own set gallery covers, delete unwanted images, and rename images.

• Cash on your site

The users can manage and control all the Ad space available on their website and make some money. The advanced management tools will help you in doing this and thereby getting your money invested in the theme back.

• Multiple block sizes

You can select between 300×250 and 125×125 advert block sizes.

• 3rd party advert options

You can insert the third party advert script like Google Adsense, Buysellads, etc. in your website.

• Layout control

Determine the homepage layout with the help of this feature. You will get three default settings which will be including dynamic widgetized settings.

• Theme layout

You can stick with the unique and standard theme layout which was designed conceptually and originally.

• Business layout

The users can convert this theme into a business oriented theme by simply clicking a single button.

• Widget layout

You can not only control the homepage but also the functionality and order of the website landing page.

• SEO tools

The easy to use SEO and lightweight features will surely increase your website’s ranking from the targeted keywords.

• Light weight tools

Easy to modify and understand, this lightweight tool allows for quick testing and editing.

• Threaded commenting

The Threaded comments feature will help you connect as well as interact with readers easily. You can also keep a record of who is saying what and to whom. The number of levels can be set and accordingly the conversation takes place.

• Ajax commenting

Now, your visitors will not have to waste time whenever the website reloads when they give comments. Moreover, they will now be able to view the videos and simultaneously comment without website reloading.

• Custom post type

The custom post types feature allows users to display product options, slides, and testimonials. Moreover, you can set-up individual post types with the help of in-built Meta boxes. With custom post type feature, the users can list favourite quotes, affiliate products, list products with pricing and other information, and much more.

• Full width page templates

If you are not willing to use sidebar in your project, then full width page template will cover your needs.

• Custom archive page layout

For better theme usability, you will find the custom archive page layout feature.

• Custom search page

Now finding any content will not be a problem for your website visitors because custom search page results option is present with this Obox-design theme.

• Side bar widget

The sidebar widget can be used for latest posts where design customization is possible, and recent comments where you can display the list of recent comments using the custom designed widget.

• Featured slider

The homepage featured slider which is offered with this theme is neat and will showcase your recent work, products, and posts.

• WordPress support

You can maintain full control over the menu because this theme is compatible with WordPress 3.0 menu support.

• Anchor blocks

The anchor blocks are used for displaying your post author’s details and creating a perfect blogger network.

• In-post feature

The in-post social linking feature is for including plugins like Recommend, Like, Retweet, Tweet, Digg, share, etc. in your website.

• Browser compatibility

Not only the SEO features but the complete theme supports all types of browser compatibility. The news related website created using this theme will load and run efficiently on all browsers be it the internet explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, or any other browser.

Pros:

The easy to customize features help to make the website more suited to the topic. The cost of the theme is very low as compared to the number of features and functionalities it offers.

Cons:

Your website’s loading speed will become slow at times when it will have many images and data. For some people, the theme price high as compared to the other competitor themes. Further, the customer support system may take time in replies to your queries and questions.

Price:

Single pack cost $60
Developer pack cost $120
Membership pack $140.

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