Comments on: WordPress Theme Request: “Parked” WordPress Theme

By: Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:30:23 +0000

… Well, technically, it is a parking page except instead of advertising random stuff tangentially related to a domain name it’s advertising you to people interested in what you’re up to.

Hack WordPress has one more new subscriber.

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:41:13 +0000

@ Tao – That is a great idea!

@ Jeffro – Yeah, that is kind of what I was thinking. I simple static front page with a couple php files to plug in AdSense (or BidVertiser, YPN I suppose) and maybe a file to plug in code for a picture. The picture could just go on the static page, but to be really user friendly I’ve found it is sometimes to better to just create a file and say “insert code here.”

If no one takes on this project, I may end up adding this to my “to-do” list I maintain!

@ Misser – Yeah, they were, although the theme they pointed to is advertising itself as a “parked” page. It is more designed as a temporary page for display until the theme is launched.

By: misser

misser — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:46:57 +0000

@matt
@Pimp WordPress
I think you are talking about a diffrent kind of theme

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:29:30 +0000

I was going to mention the theme that those who have commented before me mentioned but they beat me too it. At any rate, would it be possible to get the affect you want by creating a specially crafted static front page in WordPress and have WordPress display that front page?

By: Tao

Tao — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:50:48 +0000

If you could get the template up and running, you could feed in a few posts that would be hidden from view using a plugin like:

http://devthought.com/wp-o-matic-the-wordpress-rss-agreggator/

Then you would have your own a MFA (made for adsense) wordpress site until you wanted to swap it all for real content.

By: Tao

Tao — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:44:46 +0000

Hmmm..
Will give me something to fiddle with at lunchtime!

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:20:05 +0000

@ Michael – Yeah, that might be the best place to start. My ideal template would look a lot like how Parked.com does their templates, so I suppose I would be halfway there if I started with that template.

@ De Fries – Thanks for putting that out there! Hopefully someone takes you up on that. I’m in the same boat as you and better on the code side than the design side.

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:16:45 +0000

@ Matt & Pimp WP – Thanks for the heads up on the theme shaper theme! I believe I’ve actually seen that one before, and it does say that it is a domain parking, but in looking it over and reading the author’s comments, it looks like this was intended as more of a “Under Construction” type of theme. The author states it is a place holder while you are working on building the theme.

@ Giovanni – Good point. I think Kubrick would be a great place to start if I was attempting to build a template myself.

@ Simon – I think it is a bit of a trade off in some ways. You get more control, but it would require a little bit more work. In my case, I have about a 100 domains in my portfolio, so if I have a template where I could just add PPC code and a picture, it wouldn’t take long to get 50 of them up there. If you have a good hosting package, you can easily use Addon domains to avoid any additional cost and they can all be controlled from a single FTP .

Good discussion here!

By: De Fries

De Fries — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:21:10 +0000

I was thinking the exact same thing as Michael as one of the possibilities. Also, if anyone has a xhtml/css design suitable for the job, I would sure give it a try. My design skills are not up to par (yet) but the coding it I could manage .

By: Michael Castilla

Michael Castilla — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:15:27 +0000

A modified version of LaunchPad, with ads, could do the trick.