Magazine Template - The Gossip by Themeforest

Create a modern and funky magazine site with WordPress and WordPress Theme – The Gossip.  The Gossip is an ultra-wide, modern and fully responsive WordPress Theme that can be used for any type of magazine or news website.  The great thing about The Gossip Theme is that it makes use of space on wider screens and resizes all the way down to a mobile site.  You can also allow your visitors to use a star rating system to rate and write a review about your posts.   You can use The Gossip WordPress Theme to create a News site, Gossip Magazine Site, Site like PerezHilton, Site like TechCrunch, Site like Mashable, Sports Magazine, or any other content focused website.  Click here to see more features of The Gossip.

Responsive Magazine Template

Features of Magazine WordPress Theme Responsive Theme Ratings & Reviews GD Star Ratings Auto Installation & Demo Content Retina & High Resolution Support Scrolling featured articles Display popular, recent, most commented posts Display Editor Picks Unlimited Layouts Mega menus (separate menu items into columns, add text etc) Lots of style settings to change the theme appearance (colours, text, backgrounds) Tons of custom shortcodes with shortcode generator Custom post/page/category options Fully localised (translation files) Image resizing Unlimited Sidebars Degrades gracefully if javascript is disabled Compatible in all major browsers BuddyPress/bbPress compatible WooCommerce ready SEO Optimized Social Media Integrated Google+, Facebook, Twitter Integrated Tons of banner positions Social Media Icons Online Support Documentation Click here to see more features of The Gossip Click here to demo The Gossip Click here to download The Gossip

Cost to Make a Magazine Website

1. $56 for Webhosting. To create your own Magazine Website, you will first need a domain name. That’s why I recommend Fatcow.com. When you purchase web hosting from Fatcow, you get a free domain name. Along with that you also get unlimited email, disk space, bandwidth, MySQL databases, host unlimited domains and more. Click here to immediately save 40% off at Fatcow.com.

2. $0 for WordPress.  Wordpress is completely free open source platform.  Fatcow has one click installs for WordPress and if you use that to install WordPress, you will have WordPress installed in minutes.

3. $55 for WordPress Theme.  This is a one time fee to purchase The Gossip from Themeforest. After you download the theme, it totally belongs to you. There are no subscription fees, no membership fees and no hidden fees.

4. -$175 in Advertising Credits. If you purchase your webhosting from Fatcow.com you get free $175 worth of advertising credits. Fatcow.com understands it’s difficult to advertise your Magazine Site and so they give you free advertising credits, this includes $100 for Google Adwords, $50 Facebook ads, and $25 for Yahoo/Bing.

So the total startup cost to create your own Magazine Site will be:

• (Webhosting + WordPress + WordPress Theme ) = $111

But if you factor in the free advertising credits you get from Fatcow.com:

• Startup Cost + Advertising Credits = -$64

So you actually don’t pay anything to startup your Magazine Website.

I really like this Magazine WordPress Theme.  The full screen allows you to put more content on your magazine site.  Not many magazine sites have a rating and reviews module built in, and this one does.  It allows you to have your visitors interact with you and other viewers of your website.  You can also install BuddyPress and this Magazine website will transform into a social networking platform like Facebook.  You can also install WooCommerce and your site will transform into an online store.  This is an amazing Magazine WordPress Theme that is extremely versatile and can be used for any purpose.

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Thanks,

Elaine

Facebook Clone - OneCommunity by Themeforest

You can create your own site like Facebook with WordPress & BuddyPress Theme – OneCommunity.  Wordpress & BuddyPress are extremely easy to install, manage and maintain.  Cost to make your site like facebook will be less than $100 and you will not need any programming knowledge.  I’ve listed the cost breakdown below.  OneCommunity lets users register on your site and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups and much more. A social network in a box, build a social network for your company, a website like Facebook, school, sports team or niche community.  Click here to see more features of OneCommunity.

Responsive Social Networking Template – OneCommunity

Cost to Make a Site like Facebook with OneCommunity

This is a great deal to create a site like Facebook.  You do not need to have any programming knowledge and WordPress and BuddyPress are so easy to install.  Even if you are a beginner you will have no problems.  You can create forums, groups, users can create their own profiles, upload pictures, share activities, share videos/pictures, send messages to other members and more.  This WordPress BuddyPress Theme works just like Facebook.  You can test out the theme, you can even resize the window to test out the responsive design layout.

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Click here to download OneCommunity

Thanks,

Elaine

BuddyPress Review Template – Score by Themeforest

You can create a social networking website with review and ratings functionality easily with Score BuddyPress Theme. BuddyPress itself has all the social networking functionality, but this theme brings out the Reviews and Ratings and makes this a great community website.  This theme will make your website look professional, fun and easy to use.  There are tons of features in this BuddyPress/WordPress theme.  Click here to see features of Score.   Cost to create your own Review website with Score will cost you less than $100.  It’s very simple to use and easy to install.   Seriously, no HTML or web programming knowledge is required.  See cost breakdown below.

BuddyPress Review Template Score

Features of BuddyPress Theme- Score: Rotating featured images and posts Display 2 different ratings Display latest reviews Show active users 2 Theme Skins – blue and black Filter Reviews by score, date and title BuddyPress Support Custom register, login, profile pages Follow posts Lots Of Amazing Shortcodes Dropdown Menus with unlimited levels Drag & Drop Menu Manager Built-in ajax/php contact form Unlimited Sidebars Review System GD Star Rating Commercial JW video player PrettyPhoto Lightbox Click here to demo Score

Startup Costs Required to Create your Own Review Website with Score

1.  $56 for Web hosting.  You need to purchase a domain name to have a website.  That’s why I recommend Fatcow.com.  WithFatcow.com you get a free domain name, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, host unlimited domains, unlimited MySQL dbs and more.  Currently Fatcow.com has 40% off sale which makes this a great deal.

2.  $0 for WordPress/BuddyPress.  Wordpress is completely free open source and so is BuddyPress.  You can find both at WordPress.org or BuddyPress.org.  Fatcow.com also offers free one click installs which you can install WordPress in 5 minutes.

3.  $40 for WordPress/BuddyPress Theme.  This is a one time fee to purchase the Score BuddyPress theme.  There are no membership fees, no subscription fees, no reoccurring fees and no hidden fees.  After you purchase the theme it totally belongs to you.

4.  -$150 in Advertising Credits.  Fatcow.com web hosting gives you free Advertising credits to market your website in search engines.  You get $75 in Google Adword credits, $50 in Facebook Ad credits and $25 in Yahoo/Bing Adcenter credits.  This is totally free to you.

So if you add up all the costs required to startup your Review Website:

Startup costs = (Webhosting + WordPress/BuddyPress + BuddyPress Theme) = $96

But if you calculate in the free Advertising credits from Fatcow.com, your startup cost will be:

( Startup costs + Advertising Credits) = -$54.

So you actually don’t pay anything to startup your Social Networking Review Website.   This is an awesome deal to create such a professional website.    The best thing is that there are tons of support from the WordPress/Buddypress theme community and also from Themeforest.  If you have problems, you can just post a question on the forum and someone will answer you.

Social Networking Software - Salutation by Themeforest

Creating your own Social networking website or social club website was difficult but not anymore.  You can easily create your facebook clone with BuddyPress.  BuddyPress is growing in popularity and functionality since it was first developed as a plugin for WordPress to bring social networking features to WordPress.    You don’t need to know any programming knowledge, just install WordPress, install and activate the BuddyPress plugin, upload the theme, and activate it.  It’s also cost efficient and won’t leave a hole in your wallet.  Click here for more features of Salutation a BuddyPress Theme.  Cost to create your own Facebook Clone is below.

BuddyPress Theme Social Networking Salutation

BuddyPress Theme Salutation Features: Share status updates Show extended profiles Make friend connections Share images Send private messages WordPress blogging create membership groups 6 different page layouts to display images. videos 7 different page layouts for blog pages Tons of shortcodes Drag-and-drop “Layout Manager” Custom layout designs for any page or post Contact Form Builder Set permissions to restrict access to theme options Disable access to developer features Option to hide developer panels Create unlimited sidebars, add to customized layouts Insert sidebars into any content area using shortcodes Unlimited color choices See more features here Click here to demo Salutation

 Cost to Create your own Social Networking Website like Facebook

1.  $56 for Webhosting.  You need a domain name.  That’s why I recommend Fatcow.com.   With Fatcow.com you get a free domain name, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited emails, host unlimited domains. Currently Fatcow.com is 65% off which makes it only $35/year for webhosting.  This is an awesome deal.  Click here to purchase Fatcow webhosting.

2.  $0 WordPress & BuddyPress.  With Fatcow.com there is free one click installs for WordPress.  You can install WordPress in minutes.  After that you will search the plugins directory and install BuddyPress.  You can see more information at BuddyPress.org.

3.  $45 for BuddyPress Theme.  This is a one time fee to purchase Salutation Premium BuddyPress Theme.  There are no membership fees, no subscription fees and no hidden fees.  After you purchase the theme it totally belongs to you.

4.  -$150 in Advertising Credits.  Fatcow.com gives you free $150 advertising credits.  This includes $75 Google Adwords, $50 Facebook ads and $25 Yahoo/Bing Adcenter credits.  You can use these free credits to promote and market you website on the internet.

So overall the cost to startup your Social Networking website will be (Webhosting + WordPress/BuddyPress + BuddyPress Theme) = $101.  If you factor in the free advertising credits you get from Fatcow.com, (Startup cost + Advertising Credits) = -$49.  So you literally don’t pay anything to get your website started.  This is a great way to create your college/university club website, facebook clone, Google+ Clone, or social networking website.

Click here to demo Salutation

Click here to download Salutation BuddyPress Theme

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Thanks,

Elaine

They quoted you what?  Yeah, if you hire contractors or web designers out there they will probably charge you between $15k – $30k to build a social networking site like Facebook.  But do you really want to spend that much money to create a website you can build it yourself for free?   Well it’s almost free.  All you need to spend money on is webhosting.   I will explain to you the cost breakdown of what is needed to build your own social networking website:

1.  $56 Webhosting.  You need a webhosting to put the files for your website somewhere.     You also need a domain name so people can get to your files on your webhosting.  I recommend Fatcow.com because it offers you webhosting and gives you a free domain name.  It also has unlimited space, unlimited emails, unlimited MYSQL databases, unlimited bandwidth and more.  See Fatcow.com features here.  BTW the $56/year is a 40% off promo, I don’t know when they will end this promotion.

2. $0 Social Networking software. BuddyPress is the software you will need to build a social networking website.    I recommend BuddyPress because it was created as an addon to WordPress (I love WordPress) but the software has expanded and now has it’s own installation.  If required, you can also look for BuddyPress themes to make your Buddypress website fun and elegant.  Check out Buddypress at Buddypress.org.

3.  $0 BuddyPress theme.  There are lots of BuddyPress themes/templates that are free.  If you wanted to make a fancy looking facebook website, there are themes you can download for a cost.  But for now, you can basically create one without changing the theme.

4.  -$150 Ad Credits. Fatcow.com also gives you $75 in Google Adwords credits so can you create advertising campaigns on Google, $50 in Facebook Advertising credits and also $25 advertising credits to create ad campaigns on Bing.

So, if my math is right – Webhosting + Buddypress + BuddyPress template is only $56 total to create a website like Facebook.   That’s a great deal don’t you think, and you don’t even have to touch any code.   Once you add in the $150 worth of advertising credits you get from Fatcow.com, you actually don’t pay anything.   I would check out BuddyPress.org.