New Theme: Newsy
It’s been an extra big week in the news ’round these parts, so much so that the launch announcement of our latest premium theme seems like an extra extra good way to headline our Friday.
Newsy is a versatile business and news-friendly theme that offers up to ten different layouts, four footer columns, custom link and accent colors, and a custom site header. Brand and content-focused editorial teams will love publishing with this theme.
Newsy: Home Page
Designed by Themify, Newsy comes with an impressive set of Theme Options that afford you a great deal of flexibility with how you choose to display your website. Easily control your site’s sidebar positions, home page and archive page post layouts, and navigation bar search box visibility.
You also have the ability to change your site-wide link and accent colors. A few quick adjustments via the options panel will truly have the effect of individualizing your site and making it stand out from the crowd.
Newsy: Accent and Link Color Examples
Up to ten different layouts in Newsy can be achieved by simply altering your widgets and Theme Options. A wide sidebar, narrow sidebar, and two mini sidebars come rolled into Newsy, as well as additional post display and sidebar alignment options.
Newsy: Wide Sidebar Left, Narrow Sidebar Right Option
All of this is controlled either from within Appearance → Widgets or Appearance → Theme Options. The goal with Newsy is maximum flexibility without the headache of manually configuring a thousand theme options. In this case we really can say that less—well, fewer (options)—is more. 
Newsy is a premium upgrade for your blog at $85 for a lifetime subscription. Read more about its features on the Theme Showcase or dive right into previewing it on your blog from Appearance → Themes.
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January 20th, 2012 at 7:08 pm
I like it. It has a Facebook-like feel when I looked at it at first, haha.
January 20th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
LOVE the different formats offered through the same theme; what a fun way to customize the look! And the former journalist in me is very attracted to the theme; it makes my writer parts all tingly…
January 20th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Very cool. Good layout and I agree wtih Afsal that it looks a bit like Facebook (the blue one). Thank you!
January 20th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Love it! I haven’t felt like I could commit to a premium theme yet, but this one could be the one.
January 20th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Wow, this is awesome! If it were free, I would get it for my blog right now!
January 20th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Cool. I like the layout and flexibility; it’s very newsy.
January 20th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Very pretty. Looks like a newspaper or online newspaper site.
January 20th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Looks great, as do many of your premium themes. However, until you can find a way to let us run some kind of trial (not just a preview) with our own material before we buy, I’ll have to pass. I can’t afford $85, only to discover a few days later that the theme has some fatal (to me) design shortcoming that makes it unacceptable.
January 20th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
All premium themes come with a 30-day refund period, which means that if Newsy isn’t for you then you can simply request a refund within 30 days and we’ll send you back your payment in full.
January 20th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I love it!
January 20th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Very good looking! Love the feel of it.
January 20th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
What an absolutely marvellous service and site you have created, thank you so very very much, it enables people to get important news out to the world. My wish is that all people can afford access to a computer and the net, whatever their financial situation, and country they live in.
January 21st, 2012 at 12:54 am
Like the idea, but not the design. Don’t know why. I`m ready for a new news theme.
January 21st, 2012 at 2:01 am
This will be my next theme. Thanks!
January 21st, 2012 at 4:43 am
A little bit pricey, but with the easy of customization it’s worth the money.
January 21st, 2012 at 8:55 am
Very simple and stylish. I’ll try it now!
January 21st, 2012 at 11:37 am
It’s absolutely a marvelous theme for magazine-like blogs!
The WordPress team is doing a great job!
Just a question: With the Newsy theme can you make posts with featured images and thumbnails?
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 am
You absolutely can! Simply set a featured image for your posts and an image will show above the post title and content. See the demo site for an example.
January 21st, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Love this theme; it’s simple and stylish and great for an online newspaper.
January 21st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
It is a really nice theme and I wish it were free. I am looking for a good magazine theme for my music blog, but none of the free themes really fit it.
January 21st, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Cool! I am considering using this theme.
January 21st, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Why are all the articles in text on the home page? How can I “cut” the text in the homepage? Could u help us?
January 23rd, 2012 at 3:14 am
Hi there. To reduce the amount of text that is shown on the home page and archive pages in Newsy, you should take advantage of either 1) post excerpts or 2) the
<!--more-->tag. Both of these methods, while different, will shorten the text on your archive pages and create a “More…” button that allows users to click through to your single pages. See the demo site for an example!January 21st, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Very very very good! Thank you and good luck!
January 21st, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Will it work properly with Hebrew (and RTL)?
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:51 am
It most certainly will.
January 22nd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Great theme! I wish it were free.
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Nice layouts!
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I couldn’t agree more. This is definitely what I’m looking for!