3 WordPress Themes For Domain Parking or Blog Maintenance

If you are planning to start a website soon, then you must have had booked the domain for it already. Isn’t it best to inform the people what you are up to and start collecting emails from day one, then putting a “Maintenance Mode” sign on the domain. I know that you also think that the former approach is better.

Or, if you are doing some design changes in your wordpress theme, then its best to inform your loyal visitors that you’ll be back soon. You should also ask them to subscribe to the blog so that they’ll be notified immediately when the site is up again.

In any of the above situations, you’ll like to use something that automatically provides this functionality, and doesn’t involve much hassle. Well, the solution is here. You can use any of the following three wordpress themes if you are parking a domain or maintaining your blog. All these themes inform your visitors about your plans in an elegant way, and at the same time, collects email addresses and builds your subscriber base.

3 WordPress Themes For Domain Parking or Blog Maintenance

1. Launchpad WordPress Theme

The Granddaddy of domain parking wordpress themes. It was the first theme with this idea. It contains a theme options page where you can copy your feedburner subscription URL, and you are done. Also, the theme is GPL licensed, so you can play with the colors and modify it to suit your niche. The theme comes in many languages including french and spanish versions.

Check out the live demo of Launchpad theme.

Go grab Launchpad theme from the official page.

2. Undercon WordPress Theme

Another really good wordpress theme for parking domains and putting your blog into maintenance mode. It is slightly advanced as it comes with a detailed theme options page where you can configure the title, description and the logo that appears on the domain’s homepage. You can also add the feedburner subscription option, just like Launchpad theme and keep increasing your subscribers base. This theme also comes with GPL license.

Check the live demo of undercon here. Download the theme from this page.

3. Changing Room WordPress Theme

The most advanced theme to park domains, in terms of customizations available on the theme’s options page. This theme is also the best one among the three(IMHO) if you are “dressing up” your blog. You can change the theme’s default colors, change the default, “please excuse us”, text. Just like Undercon and Launchpad, it also contains the feedburner subscription option. The theme authors also claim that the theme contains fully valid code, that works in all the browsers. I tested it, along with the above two themes and found that all the three themes are cross browser compatible.

See the live demo of changing room wordpress theme. Then go to the official page for detailed instructions and download.

I hope I’ll never see that “Maintenance Mode” in H1 tag again .

Enjoy!