Gigawatt is a video blogging theme designed by the ever so talented team of Trent Walton and Reagan Ray from Paravel.
As with any of our themes the brief was simple, design to your strengths but make sure that it’s as usable as can be. The end result is a gorgeous, vintage looking WordPress Video theme which manages to balance a grunge look with a minimal and flexible layout.
I just wanted to mention that working with Trent was awesome. Super responsive, professional and humble. I couldn’t have wished for a better experience working with a designer(s)!
Highlights of this theme include the portfolio section and the large, video focused post page with a detailed meta section in the sidebar.
Whether you use Vimeo, YouTube, Viddler or Blip, we cater for them all as Gigawatt can display videos from any 3rd party video hosting site! What’s even better than that is that if you want to use this theme to display photos instead of videos you can do that too, use up to 6 different filters when uploading your pics to make sure they are consistent across the site.
Some other cool features:
- Widgetized Home Page – Allows for unlimited videos to be displayed in a categorized format.
- Short URL Support – New addition to an Obox Theme, we are using Googles shorten url plugin.
- oEmbed Support – Simply cut & paste the url of your video and we will get the embed code for you!
- HD and SD video selectors – Give your HD videos the space and attention they deserve with a massive 940px wide view port.
- Works as a Standard Blog too! – If you want to use this as a normal blog with images instead of videos, it is 100% possible. We have made sure to include our standard image uploader with auto-resizing and filters.
- Portfolio Section – Show off your latest work with our special portfolio template page. The template offers three different column layouts to choose from.
- Dark, Light and Minimal Color Schemes – Gigawatt is packed with three great color schemes including two light versions and a dark one, all with an awesome subtle grunge texture designed by Paravel.
OCMX Live is an advanced Framework which comes packaged with every Obox Theme, turning your WordPress site into an even more powerful content management system.
- Custom Logo Input – No need to delve into the code of your theme, simply upload your awesome logo with the click of a button.
- Page Templates – Our themes come packaged with multiple pages templates including Archives, Full Width and a Portfolio page.
- Menu Management – Organize your Menu Structure for super smooth visitor navigation. Choose what goes and what stays in your nav.
- Advert Management – Setup your BuySellAds adverts or run your own custom campaign, OCMX allows for complete control over your revenue system.
- Automatic Image Resizing – Using TimThumb to manage our theme image resizing you never have to worry about resizing your pictures when switching to our Themes.
- Ajax Comments – When a visitor submits a comment to your blog there are no page reloads. That means they can watch a video and comment at the same time.
OCMX Comes packaged in this theme for free!
Documentation & Support
Please note that access to theme documentation and support forums is restricted to verified buyers only. Support times are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (GMT +2). In order to gain full access docs and support please be sure to login to our site.
To login to Obox all you need to do is the following:
- Visit Obox Design
- Click Login (top right of the page)
- Click on the ‘ThemeForest User’ tab
- Type in your ThemeForest username and purchase code
Note: We offer Support via our forums only, any other means of communication such as emails and tweets will be directed to the forum. Thanks peeps.