Reel is a video portfolio gallery theme for WordPress by WPZOOM. This theme can be used to start blog, marketing website or any video based website. If you have been struggling to promote your videos on modern devices then it’s time to revise old template with new one. Even if you are starting new video website still we suggest to use a best responsive video template like this one.
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Why Reel WordPress Theme for Video Sites ?
Best Design : The goal for creating this video template was to give you professional video website solution. You don’t need to learn coding or hire a team of programmer to start your own video promotion portal. This theme comes with code free platform where everything work with built-in visual options panel. The theme loads with super fast speed which is the result of modern coding style and light weight design concept.
Slideshow With Lightbox : The Reel WordPress theme comes with best homepage slider that supports images and videos. You can apply featured videos as background for slides and place slide details as overlay. The theme permit you to use fall back image so that user can see images instead of videos when mobiles or other small devices doesn’t support video background for slider.
You can have YouTube or Self-hosted videos as background for slider. With ready video video embed and uploader options, you can have videos available for any slide or blog posts you like. The slider has other features to control navigation arrows, automatic transition and contents integrated within each slide. A video lightbox is made available for home slideshow which shows videos nicely.
This is good way to promote products, services or work samples using a nice video on homepage. It won’t just attract user to see your product or work samples but also display them live in real action.
Homepage Construction : This is very important task for any website as homepage works as a gateway to any website. The homepage default demo shows multiple content blocks like Video gallery list, slider and introduction. The default homepage is created with page builder which is powered by WPZOOM team. There are other two demos developed with 2 and 4 columns layout.
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Portfolio Templates : Agencies or entertainment studios can use any one template from 3 built-in portfolio templates. If you choose “Isotope” style listing template then it shows all projects on single page with category sort buttons. Other two templates include “Infinite Scrolling” and Paginated link buttons. Reel works as a portfolio gallery theme to display videos and other media items to display work or product samples.
All these portfolio templates are fine but then it still depends on your expectations. If you want to save time taken to load contents then go fir “Isotope” style otherwise “Infinite Scrolling” is also best which uses ajax technically to load contents. User can keep scrolling on page to see portfolio entries loading as he touches to bottom. The manual pagination navigation is simplest of traditional form of browsing contents from previous pages.
Sidebar Support : This widget area is available for blog page and other sections where sidebar layout is selected. If you choose full-width page style then you won’t see sidebar for certain areas. Mostly, creative people use sidebar for blog, contact and other pages to share social links, recent posts, categories, banners and other details.
Footer Area : This premium WordPress theme has been rated as the best video theme as it provides easy video embed features. But that’s one side, the footer and sidebar both optimize this theme with additional contents. The 3 footer columns provide easy way to integrate selected links or contents near bottom area. This is good place to post your contacts, custom menu links, Instagram photos or whatever you like.
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Customizer Panel : The options panel and customizer provides combination of lots of theme options that easy up style and layouts editing work. Zoom Framework panel delivers basic options and additional controls. But, when you launch customizer screen then it shows then it will show you options for header, background image, widgets, homepage settings, footer settings, colors, typography, and related posts. You can also insert custom CSS from options page to make changes in certain styles.
Floating Header : Reel has a floating layout which appears on the top of the page, all the time while scrolling with website. The header shows custom navigation menu in the middle area which are selected by admin user. You can have collection of top links to display portfolio, blog, shop, homepage and several important links as dropdown.
The header left side shows space for logo for business branding and right side is ideal to place search box. Hence, visitors can find your logo, menu links and search box from one place.
Responsive Layout : WPZOOM delivers best quality responsive WordPress themes for all types of websites need. This is video theme with mobile supported layout so that user can view entertainment videos on all devices. You can test this theme over any screen sizes like tablet, mobile and other devices. The video listing gallery page, slideshow, light-box, header menu, and everything will be visible on any screen size.
Last but not least, blog and shop pages can be integrated as per your need. The blog section can be used to create video blog or you can use it to promote business contents. The shop page is only enabled with WooCommerce plugin integration which is free plugin for online shops. We recommend this video WP theme to agencies, marketers and all people who use video as main content.
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