Highlights Include:

PayPal Integration – Turn your Web site into a money maker. ClassiPress is built with PayPal integrated right into the theme. This allows you to charge a fee for anyone who wants to post a classified ad on your site. You can also turn this off if you want to offer free ads.

Instant Image Uploading – No more having to wait for customers to email you their images before posting the ad. Your customers can attached multiple images directly to the ad submission form.

Image Manager – Easily see what images have been uploaded and moderate as needed.

Auto Expire Ads – Automatically prune ads older than x amount of days. Makes it easier to set an ad price based on a specific time limit.

Subcategory Support – Our classified ads system supports nested categories for those who are looking for deeper listing capability.

Seller Contact Form – Visitors can easily contact sellers right from your Web site. The Ajax-driven contact form is neatly built into each individual ad page.

Integrated Login Box – Sellers can quickly login to post new ads right from your Web site header (optional feature).

Report Bad Listings – Visitors can report spam or inappropriate ads on your site. You will be notified by email when this occurs.

Multiple Currency Support – Choose from 18 different currencies based on your country location. Whatever currency PayPal allows we support.

Email Notification System – Receive an email when a new ad has been created. You’ll also be notified once payment has been made.

Widgetized Sidebar – Easily ad or remove widgets from the sidebar without having to touch any code.

RSS Feed – Visitors can subscribe to your rss feed from any feed reader and instantly see your latest classified ads.

Advertising Plugin – Create additional revenue on your Web site by using the optional advertising plugin.

And a lot more…. click here to check out all the features.

If you like the color blue then this theme is definitely for you.

Click here to download this theme.

Now that you know what WordPress MU is and have created a website where people sign up to make blogs, you would want the users to have a whole social networking experience?? That is where BuddyPress coming in handy.

“BuddyPress will extend WordPress MU and bring social networking features to a new or existing installation.

BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.

All BuddyPress plugins can be themed to match your own style, in just the same way as a WordPress blog. The BuddyPress plugins are bundled with a default theme to get you going out of the box.

As all BuddyPress plugins are independant, they can be used in two different ways. All of the plugins could be used to create a complete social network from scratch, or you could use specific plugins to add desirable features to your existing blog network.”

Jump to their website to see the buddypress demo in action.

No business can run for free, after all you would have to pay for your WordPress hosting and other expenses. What better way to charge customers and provide them with a good service. I don’t think any customer would mind paying $2 for posting their advertisement if they know that it will be viewed by thousands of local buyers.

I think this is an automatic and easy business that everyone can experiment… what do you have to loose?

Check out the free demo of the classified WordPress theme.

If you thought is is very tough to e-commerce enable your blog, then think again. WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin will come to your rescue, not only it is easy to install just like any other plugin but it also comes with the great backend admin to let you easily add products. You can choose from PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize Net etc as your preferred payment gateways and all this you get for Free!

There is free support available for the plugin on their forums incase you get stuck with something. Here is what a customer had to say about the Plugin

“I needed a ecommerce solution for clients websites. A lot of customers wanted a blog and have one or two products to sell. WP is a great tool and your ecommerce solution is the best I have found. You have the best product available.” Jeff

Head over to Instinct’s website to download the plugin.

In their own words “We have received a lot of positive feedback for WpNewspaper theme that was previously released and also many requests to tweak it and release an advanced version. That is the story behind advanced version of WpNewspaper. It is now extremely easy to start an e-newspaper site even for a startup user of WordPress with Wp Advanced Newspaper theme. The new template contains a lot of new features, including, but not limited to, eye-catching featured entries, and a unique newspaper layout that is easy to navigate and powerful.”

Head over to gabfirethemes to view a live demo of the WP Newspaper Theme.

Customizing Drupal & Joomla is for experts and designers with good CSS and PHP knowledge and even the admin area has its own learning curve. If we compare it with WordPress, it is a lot simple to use with very intuitive and friendly admin. WordPress themes are also a lot easy to customize and can be easily done by a novice.

Now that you have chosen WordPress as the software for your magazine site, let me tell you where you can get the best Premium Magazine theme.

Check out Arthemia theme from Colorlabs Project…In their words.

“Arthemia Premium is a magazine style theme that unleashes the power of WordPress, transforming it into a simple-yet-powerful CMS with the automatic thumbnail generation feature. A nice and elegant blend of a blog and a magazine. With numerous built-in features, Arthemia Premium will convert your old-fashioned WordPress blog into an amazing and powerful front-end. If you are running an online magazine or a corporate website, Arthemia Premium is the one-stop solution for you.”

The theme cost $70 and is well worth the price.