Under Construction

[Rhythm]

I was looking for under construction templates and came across these nice themes.

Most are cheap. Some free.

40 Brilliant Under Construction / Coming Soon templates

http://j.mp/ydW5uG

 

[soj]

Good stuff - thanks for sharing.

 

[johno69]

When working with WP I much prefer to use a "Coming Soon" plugin over a theme. Effectively it looks the same in the front end to the users, but to admin it's a whole different story.

You can still work with the theme you want and see your site as it will appear when you set it live.

Some nice plugins on that list too.

 

[findtim]

nice link , thanks

 

[EmmaPowell]

Hey,

check these out (all free)

http://wpmu.org/15-free-coming-soon-themes-and-plugins-for-wordpress/

I have used several of them

Emma

 

[johno69]

This one really is my favourite by far..

Ultimate WordPress Coming Soon Plugin

There is a free version but the features you get for $20 are very good.

One feature that stands out is: Client View

Give your clients a secret link that allows them to bypass the Coming Soon page and view the website without logging in.

Examples: Pizza Tonight & Poker Patches

 

[snoopy]

If it is a web design job for a client and they ask for a coming soon page I ask understand it. But if people are putting these up on their own sites the big question is "why?". Usually when these goes up nothing else happens.

 

[FirstPageResults]

If it is a web design job for a client and they ask for a coming soon page I ask understand it. But if people are putting these up on their own sites the big question is "why?". Usually when these goes up nothing else happens.

You can build a the start of a reasonable mailing list from a simple coming soon page on a good domain. I put one up 6 months ago and there's already over 100 subscribers with no other work or marketing done

 

[johno69]

But if people are putting these up on their own sites the big question is "why?".

This

You can build <snip> a reasonable mailing list

 

[Ash]

There is also this free one from woothemes: http://www.woothemes.com/2011/01/placeholder/

 

[DavidL]

You can build a the start of a reasonable mailing list from a simple coming soon page on a good domain. I put one up 6 months ago and there's already over 100 subscribers with no other work or marketing done

Yeah it's amazing how people are so willing to put their contact details in things like this. I've got this website - http://hairdressing.com.au/ with a newsletter signup on the RHS and hundreds, possibly thousands have signed up to it despite not having any idea what it might entail.

 

[johno69]

Ash, with a theme, how do you know what the site will look like with the theme you want when you go live?

I think a coming soon theme is suitable for people like what snoopy said, with no real intention to make a site.

 

[Ash]

Good point Johno. From their website:

To use Placeholder along with another theme, you'd set Placeholder as the theme and then activate your soon-to-be new theme using a plugin such as Theme Test Drive ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-test-drive/ )

Not that user friendly after all, although their is a mention of streamlining it in future.