Parallax Pro is the very first Genesis child theme that supports parallax scrolling. Just like most StudioPress releases, Parallax Pro is a true work of art.
Built on the rock-solid Genesis framework, any website that runs Parallax Pro is in good hands with optimized code that gets better search engine rankings and lightning-fast page load speeds. The theme comes in five different pre-made color styles — blue, green, orange, pink and red (view each in the preview) — all of which have the trademark StudioPress emphasis on big and bold typography.
Parallax Pro features multiple page layouts and 5 pre-made page types, plus plenty of under-the-hood functionality. With a price tag just shy of three figures, though, the responsive theme is a sizeable investment, but you certainly get what you pay for.
Port is a sleek and stylish parallax-enabled theme with a beautiful minimal look.
Port has quirky navigation — the menu only displays when you click the menu icon on the top right corner of the screen. When you do that, the menu slides out from the right. Besides an unlimited number of menu items, you can also include any number of widgets just beneath the menu items.
ThemeTrust packages Port with several custom widgets, a filterable portfolio and an advanced theme options panel. Buttons, testimonials and columns are just a few functions produced by Port’s many shortcodes. Hundreds of Google Fonts come integrated with the theme.
Port also flaunts 3 pre-made page templates, video support, and more. With the buy-1-get-1-free deal thrown in by ThemeTrust, you can’t go wrong with Port.
Parallax is a stunning single page theme with a beautiful design, lovely animations and a whole lot of features.
The theme comes with an elegant scrolling effect, multiple custom post types, a custom header for each page you create and more. Layouts are easy to customize with the custom columns shortcode. You can also create dividers, quotes, Google Maps, sliders, boxes and buttons with the shortcodes. An infinite scroll option allows you to load an infinite number of posts in your blog feed. Parallax features an expandable portfolio, and you can even showcase multiple images per portfolio item.
Themify’s drag ‘n’ drop builder makes building your home page a breeze with Parallax. 6 custom widgets are available to display your Twitter feed, Flickr photo stream, featured posts, recent comments, list pages and categories. Over 600 Google Fonts and custom social icons are integrated with the theme. Like ThemeTrust, Themify is also running a buy-1-get-1-free promotion for all their themes, so snag Parallax now!
Zoo is an incredible parallax theme with a handsome, unique look.
Zoo comes in two different versions — standard and minimal, both of which can be viewed in the demo. The standard demo’s home page header is a thing of beauty and the parallax effect is mind-numbingly cool. Within each home page section, you can use tabs to display different post types. Don’t think that parallax is the only animation Zoo comes with, because the theme has a built-in animation generator that lets you use virtually any animation you can think of for each section.
Progress bars, a full-screen expandable & filterable portfolio, an unbranded theme options panel and much more feature in the responsive, retina-ready theme. Zoo really goes overboard with typography as well, with over 1,000 Google Fonts integrated. The developers consistently update it with new features as well.
Make is the perfect corporate theme with a full, responsive design built on the Bootstrap framework.
Over 20 shortcodes are included in Make’s shortcode generator that do everything from call-out boxes to diagrams to slogans to pricing tables. The theme comes with two sliders: Revolution Slider (normally $15) and Layer Slider (also normally $15). You get 400+ Font Awesome icons free and a choice of over 700 Google Fonts.
An Ajax-powered filterable and expandable portfolio and a stylized contact form are included. Easily customized, Make is a parallax theme definitely worth a second look.
Vertex is a sleek, minimal theme from Elegant Themes.
Through several pre-made skins and Elegant Themes’ own intuitive ePanel, Vertex is easily customized. You also get 8 page templates: default, blog, contact, full width, gallery, login, search, and sitemap. Images and portfolio items are lazy load, allowing any Vertex-manned website to score high with a speed page load time. The portfolio, however, is neither expandable nor filterable.
Elegant Themes has a unique slider: the image, text, and call-to-action button load one after the other, resulting in an intriguing experience for front end users. Another cool feature: the testimonials section. Users can hover over a client’s photo to see an elegantly formatted testimonial in a blockquote. Numerous shortcodes take care of content boxes, different types of buttons, toggles, tabs, social sharing icons and more.
With Elegant Themes, you pay $69 for access to their entire library of 87 themes, which works out to less than a dollar per theme! If you’re a parallax designer on a budget, you definitely want to check Vertex out.
Baylie is another sleek parallax-enabled WordPress theme from ThemeTrust, with much the same features as Port.
You get a responsive layout, numerous shortcodes, several custom widgets, easy translations through WPML, and more. Integrated Google Fonts, lifetime support, and a filterable portfolio also feature.
With surprisingly beautiful typography, Baylie creates beautiful imagery established through big and bold pictures that take up most of the full width theme’s pixels. The buy-1-get-1-fee promotion also applies to this theme.
