Portfolio WordPress Theme for Creative Pros
Zipfolio is a single page portfolio WordPress theme made for designers, photographers, illustrators, video producers and other creative freelance types who need an easy, attractive and effective way to share their work with clients and fans.
First, the theme boldly shows the visitor your name and what you do.
It then displays your complete portfolio with controls for category filtering and pagination.
Large versions of your images and videos are shown in a lightbox with descriptions.
You can create other sections (and rearrange them) to tell about yourself, promote your services, share testimonials and provide contact details (with AJAX contact form and Google Map).
Unlimited custom sections can be created for additional content.
This theme also provides a blog section with complete archive (often missing from single page WordPress themes).
Other features include light and dark styles, logo upload, localization and child theme support.
“Your theme has been one of the easiest I have ever worked with and I love the results.”
— Nick Sheetz
“Zipfolio is just was I was looking for — I’m so happy with my new resume site. This theme was easy for me, a design newbie, to customize and make my own. The speedy and friendly support was a delightful surprise. Highly recommended!”
— Amanda Krueger
“A+ customer support from Steven. Great theme, solid code, and backend interface is a breeze…”
— Andy Warren, WordPress Professional
Light & Dark Styles
Zipfolio comes with light and dark styles. Choose your favorite in the Theme Options.
Video Guides
In addition to thorough Documentation and well-commented code, Zipfolio comes with seven screencast video guides showing you how to install and use it.
- Installation Guide (3:44)
- Adding Sections (4:58)
- Managing Portfolio (5:00)
- Managing Services (3:59)
- Managing Testimonials (4:15)
- Blog Setup (5:00)
- Contact Section (4:49)
Full-featured Portfolio
The Zipfolio theme’s main feature is a highly flexible, easy to use media portfolio.
- Category filters with Quicksand transitions
- Items can belong to multiple categories
- Pagination (no running out of space)
- Show Images and Videos (YouTube, Vimeo)
- Lightbox with title, description and prev/next
- Options for rows and ordering (newest, oldest or manual)
- Easily managed with custom post type
Sections (Pages)
Pages added in the WordPress admin show on the homepage as sections.
The section options for are what make them look like they do in the live preview.
You can create sections such as these:
- Portfolio with categories and pagination
- About with portrait, skills and experiences (or other content)
- Services with images
- Testimonials with images, using jQuery Masonry
- Blog with your latest posts linking to full archive
- Contact with AJAX contact form, Google Map and social media icons
- Custom Sections for other content (add as many as you want)
External Blog Archive
An external blog archive is included.
While your latest posts are shown in a section on the “single page” (homepage),
older posts are available in an archive (yourname.com/blog/).
These can be searched for and browsed by category, tag or month.
This external archive makes it possible for search engines to pick up on all of your blog content.
It also means people can share, bookmark and comment on your posts.
Theme Options
Zipfolio will not overwhelm you with theme options, but it isn’t going to leave you hanging either.
There are just enough options in order for you to do what you want.
- Color Scheme (Light or Dark)
- Logo Upload
- Custom Homepage <title> for SEO
- Custom Subpage <title> (External Blog)
- Footer Copyright
- Social Media
- Favicon
- Google Analytics
- Portfolio Rows
- Portfolio Ordering
- Blog Posts on Homepage
- Google Map
- reCAPTCHA
WordPress Goodness
Zipfolio leverages built-in WordPress functionality.
- Uses Custom Post Types for portfolio items, services and testimonials
- Automatic image resizing using native WordPress functionality
- Custom Menu support (auto-configured on initial theme activation)
- WordPress blogging capabilities available in external blog
- Fully localized and Translation Ready (PO file included)
- Editor styles (buttons, boxes, styled text) shown live in content editor
- Compatible with WordPress Multisite network
- Required WordPress styles implemented (.alignright, .wp-caption, etc.)
- Includes Child Theme for optional style and feature customization
- A 404 File Not Found template has been prepared
Minimalist Design
The theme’s design is simple and interesting at the same time, keeping the emphasis on your portfolio.
- Valid HTML5 with CSS3 styling
- Single page with smooth Section Scrolling
- Image Preloading with scroll-in loading effect
- Fixed menu (always in view)
- Custom font (Lato Black via @font-face)
- Common elements styled (headings, lists, blockquote, form inputs, etc.)
- Light and Dark styles
Support & Documentation
Zipfolio includes documentation walking you through theme installation and showing you how to use its features in the WordPress dashboard.
- Support is Provided
- Complete Documentation (18 pages) covering installation, usage and customization
- Seven Video Guides show you how to install and use the theme
- Sample Content (XML) similar to live preview included — just import it
- Well-commented HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP code
If you have a question that is not answered in the documentation or if you discover a problem,
you can submit a support request via the form on my Profile Page (must be logged in to see it).
My goal is to answer questions within 24 hours on weekdays (excluding US holidays and the rare period of travel).
Please Note:
Support is provided for theme features and problems.
Customizations not included.
Changelog
The current version is 1.1.3 (December 16, 2013). View the Changelog in the online documentation.
Sources & Credits
Note: Photos in preview are not included with theme.
Also See the HTML Version
You may also be interested in the HTML Version of Zipfolio.
