Are you looking for a theme that showcases your portfolio stunningly on your blog? You might want to consider using this beautiful, colorful Themify Metro theme. In this Themify Metro review, we will show you the features and whether it is the perfect theme for your blog.
About Themify Metro
Themify Metro is a beautiful, minimal, colorful theme inspired by Windows 8. This theme is perfect for blogs and portfolio sites that want to showcase their art. It is a beautifully designed theme that attracts the attention of your users with its different post formats and the bright colors featured on the site. It comes with tons of useful features to make this theme the perfect one for your blog.
Features of Themify Metro
Themify Metro is filled with tons of great features to start your own blog. You can showcase your portfolio with just a single featured image or an image slider. Metro comes with 9 different post and skin colors that you can apply to all or individual posts and pages. The theme is also shipped with Themify Builder, a drag and drop tool that lets you create a custom layout with ease, so you can build any type of layouts without having to hire a developer.
Metro Layout
Themify Metro comes with a unique Metro layout created with the tiles custom post type. This feature can be used to display different content types. It also allows you to specify the tile size from small to large to produce the Metro layout result. The optional flip-over content layer can be used on the banner and map tile. You can display any of your content with the shortcodes that are packed with the theme’s framework or plugins.
Responsive and Retina Ready
Having a theme that’s non-responsive can frustrate your users and may cause lower search engine rankings so having a mobile responsive theme is very important. And Themify Metro is mobile responsive, meaning your website will be perfectly optimized for every browser, device, and screen size. Also, Themify Metro is Retina ready, meaning your images will remain sharp on all of the devices.
Custom Post Type
Post types make it easier to add and control different types of contents to your site. Themify Metro includes 2 different custom post types:
- Tile: It’s a smart structure that manages the featured view on thumbnail and creates uncluttered display with proper spacing between tiles.
- Portfolio: You can display a single featured image or gallery slider and add infinite scroll and/or animated flip-over content to catch the attention of your users.
Infinite Scroll
This theme has the infinite scroll on all pages that includes the home page, internal pages, and product pages. The content loads only when the user scroll down.
This is an amazing feature that makes your site faster when it’s loaded first in the browser. However, there is a progress bar at the bottom when scrolled to the last to display new content neatly.
This feature can be turned off if you’re not a fan of infinite scrolling, or it doesn’t work well for your site.
Post Colors and Skins
Themify Metro comes with the basic black and white post colors and skins. But it also comes with 9 different post colors and skins: purple, pink, teal, blue, green, red, magenta, lime, and brown. You are able to apply any of these colors to your custom post types and the theme skin.
Themify Builder
Just like all the other Themify themes, Metro is also bundled with the Themify builder, a drag and drop tool that helps you to create any type of layouts without having to hire a developer.
The Themify builder option is available in post, page and portfolio editors. Best of all, it allows you to edit content modules from the frontend of your site, so you don’t have to switch between preview tab and page editor tab to review the style. The Builder is built with the focus on giving users full control on the look and feel of their site.
Demo Import
With Themify Demo Import, you can replicate your website like Themify’s default setup within just a few minutes. The only thing you have to do is edit the text with what you want it to say and replace the default images to your own.
Documentation and Support
Themify Metro’s documentation walks you through the entire list of features. All of the tutorials are well explained with beautiful screenshots and videos.
Whenever you need any help, you just need to scan through the documentation. Everything is listed in a step by step method.
Themify offers support through their forums. They are well-known for their fast response time.
Themify Metro is available for a one-time fee of $49. When you purchase the Themify Metro theme, you’ll get a bonus theme to download for free.
If you want to access the Photoshop files as well along with the theme to create design customization, you need to pay a one-time fee of $69.
You can use the Themify themes on unlimited sites. To access all the Themify themes, you can join their Theme Club for just $79.
Our Score
Themify Metro is the perfect theme for bloggers and portfolio sites who want to showcase their art in a beautiful way. With the custom post types and 9 different post and skin colors it makes it easier to catch the eyes of your users.
We give Themify Metro 5 out of 5 stars. Here is the breakdown of our review scores:
5.0 / 5.0 5.0 / 5.0 5.0 / 5.0 5.0 / 5.0 5.0 / 5.0 5.0 / 5.0
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