The7 – everything you need to build an awesome website!
The7 is perfectly scalable, performance and SEO optimized, responsive, retina ready multipurpose WordPress theme. It will fit every site – big or small. From huge corporate portals to studio or personal sites – The7 will become a great foundation for your next project!
Compatible with WordPress 3.7; WordPress 3.8 ready!
Responsive. Fluid. Retina-Ready.
Your site will always look sharp and utilize 100% of screen estate on every device. There are no jerky “responsiveness points”. Plus The7 features adaptive navigation menu on smaller screen sizes.
Customize Everything!
No theme around offers such a vide range of customization options. The7 allows you to customize almost every aspect of its appearance via handy theme options panel.
Create any layout with Visual Layout Builder!
The7 comes with Visual Layout Builder. Create almost any layout you can imagine in only couple of clicks! Watch the screencast.
6 Ready-Made Skins.
We’ve included 6 ready-made skins in different color schemes for different purposes. They can be a great starting point for your unique custom design.
Exclusive Slideshows.
The7 features two slideshows developed exclusively for it: Porthole and 3D. Layer Slider, Metro (based on Swiper) and Revolution slider were heavily customized to fit theme perfectly.
Multiple Header Options. Fancy Headers.
Make your pages, posts and projects stand out with individual headers. Choose one of 5 exclusive slideshows or a fancy header (3 layouts available).
New! UNIQUE page template: Microsite. May be used for landing pages, one-page-sites, blank pages,.. even sterling sites-in-site! Features: Select custom menu. Enable / disable top bar, header, floating menu, bottom bar. Use custom logos, logo links and favicon. Enable / disable beautiful page loading. Choose wide or boxed layout. Custom CSS field. All regular options like header, slideshow, sidebars etc. settings are also available.
New! We supercharged WP Custom Menus (now it’s Mega Menu)!
Features: Icons (custom images or icon-font). Subtitles. Multiple menu rows / columns.
Theme Options > Header options: Enable / disable frames & backgrounds in main menu. Enable / disable arrow level indicators for main menu and drop down menus. Icon size settings.
SEO-optimized.
Themes valid HTML5 code meets best SEO practices. Theme is 100% compatible with industry-leading SEO plugins like “All on One SEO Pack” and “SEO by Yoast”.
Coolest and most trendy design features: Fancy headers, fullscreen slideshows, Revolution Slider, boxed and wide layouts, striped content backgrounds, parallax stripes, floating menu, and more… much more!
Plenty of Blog, Portfolio & Galleries Layouts.
You can choose: masonry, grid or list view; (new!) justified grid layout for portfolio, albums and galleries; 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns; plus enable or disable sidebar.
Supports WordPress post formats
The7 supports and has individual styling for these post formats: Standard Aside Image Video Quote Link Gallery Chat Status
Slideshows in projects / posts previews
Plethora of Shortcodes and Widgets.
Build any layout you can imagine with wide range of shortcodes: Accordion, Toggles, Tabs, Banners, Teasers, Call to action, Benefits, Blog, Buttons, Clients, Contact form, Map, Photos, Pricing tables (via plugin), Progress bars, Portfolio, Slideshow, Social icons, Stripes, Testimonials, Team, etc.
WooCommerce Support Out of the Box.
That’s right – no need to mess with WooCommerce styling to fit your site perfectly. The7 will apply all required styles based on your design automatically!
Translation and Multilingual ready.
The7 is 100% translation ready and fully compatible with WPML.
Tested for compatibility with most popular plugins:
Contact form 7, WPML, All in One Calendar, Events manager Pro, Gravity Forms, WooCommerce, SEO by Yoast, All in One Seo Pack, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, JetPack, Luv Comments, Disqus, Geo Post, Ultimate Maintenance Mode, Jooseok Oh, NextGEN Gallery, etc.
Premium-class support for free!
Faced a problem? No worries – we have knowledge-base, interactive troubleshooter and our premium-class customer support service is always ready to help you.
Innumerable usage possibilities!
Testimonials
Hi , I’m making this post because today my site that uses this theme was selected to compose the winning WeLoveWP list. Here’s a link : http://www.msdm.net.br.
Below is the full text of the email team WeLoveWP
[…] we approve only about 1 out of 10 submissions we receive que , que means this is quite an achievement and yet another reason for you to be proud of your work . Congratulations!
Now , if you would like to share the love and show others your website que is a favorite of welovewp.com , we recommend you que link to this URL : http://welovewp.com/msdm
My two year search is over! I have tried over 30 themes from Themeforest, many of them occupying the top 10, but The7 is by far the best I have used. That’s not to say the other themes are poor, it’s just that The7 is the fastest, easiest to make a site look professional (I have no idea about coding html etc) and the demo material is second to none. I can’t believe these guys charge $55; well it’s definitely the best $55 dollars I’ve ever spent on a product. Thank you so much Dream-Theme; this site so much deserves to be number 1.
This theme, is without doubt, one of, if not THE best theme I have ever had the pleasure of working with. The support/updates are excellent. So easy to use and work with. If you are ‘thinking’ of purchasing this theme, think no more and hit the buy button!. After my previous purchase from another developer turned into a lemon, this theme and the development team have restored my faith. Thank You guys!
I just wanted you to know that I spend a lot of time on this site previewing and looking at all the different themes. And I always come back to YOUR design, YOUR templates and YOUR customer service. I appreciate your ability to marriage DESIGN with functionality…as you do not skimp on either. I will ALWAYS buy your themes and I cannot wait till the next one comes out. This theme rocks!!!
after 2 years of use themeforest templates, never seen anything like this template very very very good quality-made template, with huge opportunities at the moment Support at the height (within a few hours of getting answers to your questions) Highly recommend to all!
I have never ever experienced such great WordPress theme. I would pay even triple price for this masterpiece and definitely will suggest this one also to my clients. HUGE thanks to author(s) of this killer piece of stuff.
Thanks for the last round of updates! You nailed a few things I was looking for! I hope you sell a crapload of these because this is one of the best and most flexible themes I have ever used.
The 7 is an AMAZING theme! I’ve purchased countless themes over the past years, and this has got to be one of the most versitile and time saving ones I’ve ever come across
by 1website4me (via our support portal)
This theme is great. Highly customizable. Dream-Theme have spent the time and attention to design, feature set and integration with other plugins. Updates include more features and are regular. Support is timely and on point. Thanks a ton.
The7 works like a charm! 5 stars theme and 5 stars support. Thanks!?[…] looking forward for your next update(s). Anyway, even if no update will be available (ever) for this theme, consider my 5 stars rating final and more than well deserved! By far the best theme I’ve purchased!
[…] Note to anyone considering this theme: Whether you’re experienced with WordPress, HTML/CSS or are new and just getting started, the way this is packaged should be the gold standard in WordPress template deployment, and I encourage you to commit and buy this theme. […]
No brainer giving this theme 5 stars. Thanks for your quick reply on my pre sales questions. This is by far the most impressive theme I have used & have several clients that have purchased themes from TF. keep up the good work. if I could give this a 10 star rating I would. Thank you!
New! UNIQUE page template: Microsite. May be used for landing pages, one-page-sites, blank pages,.. even sterling sites-in-site! Features: Select custom menu. Enable / disable top bar, header, floating menu, bottom bar. Use custom logos, logo links and favicon. Enable / disable beautiful page loading. Choose wide or boxed layout. Custom CSS field. All regular options like header, slideshow, sidebars etc. settings are also available.
New! We supercharged WP Custom Menus (now it’s Mega Menu)!
Features: Icons (custom images or icon-font). Subtitles. Multiple menu rows / columns.
Theme Options > Header options: Enable / disable frames & backgrounds in main menu. Enable / disable arrow level indicators for main menu and drop down menus. Icon size settings.
Striped backgrounds; Parallax and Video Stripes.
Create pages for different types of content in 3 clicks: create page, select template and hit “publish”. Boom, your page is already there! No additional setup required.
Custom post types to store different types of your content: slideshows; photo albums; portfolio; team; testimonials; partners, clients, etc.
Plenty of Blog, Portfolio & Galleries layouts. You can choose: masonry, grid or list view; (new!) justified grid layout for portfolio, albums and galleries; 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns; plus enable or disable sidebar.
Multiple header options for pages, posts and projects. Choose from 5 Slideshows or 3 Fancy Headers layouts.
Password protected posts in Blog, Photo Albums, Portfolio, Media.
Unlimited widget areas.
Tested for compatibility with most popular plugins: Contact form 7, WPML, All in One Calendar, Events manager Pro, WooCommerce, SEO by Yoast, All in One Seo Pack, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, JetPack, Luv Comments, Disqus, Geo Post, Ultimate Maintenance Mode, Jooseok Oh, NextGEN Gallery, etc.
Plethora of custom shortcodes with wide range of settings.
Custom widgets.
Lots of social icons.
Like buttons in blog, portfolio and media.
Option to disable responsiveness.
Integrated Google Fonts.
… and more, much more!
Attention! Photos on the preview are not included and can be purchased from www.shutterstock.com.
Need some help?
Faced a problem? No worries – our premium class customer support service is always ready to help you.
Support requests are being processed on business days from 8:00 to 17:00 (GMT 0.0) [normally] within 24-48h in the order they were received.
Please note that the fastest way to obtain support is to submit a request via our online Help Desk: http://support.dream-theme.com/. Requests received via ThemeForest comments and personal messages, email, Twitter or FaceBook will take much longer time to process or can be not addressed at all!
Theme Evolution
v.3.0.0:
1. New UNIQUE template: Microsite. May be used for landing pages, one-page-sites, blank pages,.. even sterling sites-in-site! Features:
- select custom menu;
- enable / disable top bar, header, floating menu, bottom bar;
- use custom logos, logo links and favicon;
- enable / disable beautiful page loading;
- choose wide or boxed layout;
- custom CSS field;
- all regular options like header, slideshow, sidebars etc. settings are also available.
2. New template: Portfolio - justified grid.
3. New template: Albums - justified grid.
4. New template: Gallery - justified grid.
5. New layout: "Justified grid" in portfolio shortcode.
6. "Anchor" setting for rows added.
7. "Minimum height" setting for rows added.
8. "Top margin" and "Bottom margin" for default row style added (note that this may cause slight spacing changes on existing sites).
9. Menus now works with anchors (for micro sites)
10. New settings in "Fancy media shortcode": top margin, bottom margin, left margin, right margin (note that this may cause slight spacing changes on existing sites).
11. New setting in "Teasers" shortcode - now you can set up misc links on images.
12. Minor improvements in "Message boxes" shortcode.
13. Bug with "Portfolio scroller" shortcode on pages with overlapping fancy header - fixed.
14. Bug with disabling blog post format icon - fixed.
15. Bug with "Close" icon positioning in "Portfolio scroller" shortcode with text hovers - fixed.
16. Bug with "liking" single image in photo album via FB - fixed.
17. Bug with pagination in bread crumbs - fixed.
18. Bug with disabling menu hover frame & backgrounds in floating menu - fixed.
19. Bug with floating menu + boxed layout - fixed.
20. Improved rendering in IE11.
21. Bug on mobile devices on pages with transparent header + fancy header - fixed.
v.2.1.2:
1. Fixed bug with broken auto-play in porthole slider.
2. Fixed "tripEdvisor" typo.
v.2.1.1:
1. New feature: icon font option added to benefits shortcode.
2. Fixed bug in breadcrumbs.
3. Fixed bug with sorting settings not being displayed correctly in portfolio / gallery.
4. Fixed issue with margin of last element in Benefits.
v.2.1.0:
1. New feature: we supercharged Primary Menu (now its Mega Menu)!
Features:
- Icons (custom images or icon-font).
- Subtitles.
- Multiple menu rows / columns.
Theme Options > Header options:
- Enable / disable frames & backgrounds in main menu.
- Enable / disable arrow level indicators for main menu and drop down menus.
- Icon size settings.
2. New plugin: Go Tables (check out "Plugins" folder in theme package).
3. New option: Turn off page titles.
4. Slider Revolution & Layer Slider updated to most recent versions (check out "Plugins" folder in theme package).
5. New Breadcrumbs with RDFA markup.
6. New settings in portfolio metro gallery: "number of columns" and "make first image large".
7. New setting in portfolio project: "open featured image in lightbox".
8. New setting for "row element" in Visual Composer: now you can add 100%-width content.
9. Fixed placeholders on inputs in IE8.
10. Fixed gallery bug in Mobile Chrome.
11. Compatibility with map plugins (check out theme demo for details).
12. Fixed bug with not working "View Album" links.
13. Fixed issue with Codestyle Localization not being able to translate some fields in admin area.
14. Improved theme behavior with turned off responsiveness.
15. Fixed bug in menu when database caching is enabled.
16. Improved Fancy Media shortcode.
17. New social icon added - Fousquare.
18. LayerSlider "carousel" layout was slightly modified to fit themes design.
v.2.0.0:
1. Deep optimization. Particularly on mobile devices.
2. New lightbox with better responsiveness.
3. New shortcode "Fancy video" - image with video link, which opens in lightbox.
4. New features for WooCommerce:
- Individual sidebars & footers are now available for every page: shop, products, cart etc.
- Sidebar positioning options are now available for WooCommerce: left sidebar / right sidebar / sidebar disabled (fullwidth page).
- Fancy headers, header slideshows, enable/disable page title option are now available for all WooCommerce pages.
5. Benefits shortcode - new 1 column layout setting.
6. Featured images on blog posts pages can be opened in lightbox.
7. IE8: placeholders in contact form fields and a search form are not visible - bug fixed.
8. Minor color changes & layout improvements in "Pie chart" shortcode.
9. E-mail icon now opens email client on click.
10. Portfolio scroller shortcode with text on hover - minor layout improvements.
11. WooCommerce: "Check-out" and "My account" page mobile layouts are messed up - fixed.
12. If breadcrumbs -> off, Title position -> left or right, in Chrome title is shifted to the center - fixed.
13. (Hopefully) fixed issue with doubling of blurred images in Chrome on Windows 8.
14. Changed timings on main menu.
15. New pages in dummy content.
v.1.4.1:
Solved error that prevented update to WordPress v.3.7 with The7 v.1.4.0
v.1.4.0:
1. New feature (beta)! Theme auto-updates (check out "WP-admin > Theme Options > Theme Updates").
2. New feature! Custom menus in top and bottom lines now support drop-down.
3. New layout setting: portfolio scroller shortcode - with caption on image hovers.
4. New setting: bread crumbs can be disabled in fancy headers.
5. Layout improvements in "widgetized sidebar" shortcode.
6. New pages in dummy content.
7. Improved appearance of forms elements.
8. Password protected posts appearance improvements.
9. Fixed bug with duplicated "Submit" button in comments section.
v.1.3.0:
1. New feature! Layer Slider: homepage slideshow and shortcode.
2. New feature! 3 page title layouts: centred, left-side, right-side.
3. New feature! floating menu style with logo.
4. New setting: enable / disable bread crumbs.
5. New setting: enable / disable floating menu.
6. New settings in Metro Gallery shortcode: now gallery supports columns (1-6), first big image can be disabled.
7. Stripes with video backgrounds - minor bug fixes.
8. Issue with e-mail icons in "Team" post type - fixed.
9. Issue with grayscale image hovers in Metro Slider - fixed.
10. Minor layout improvements in tabs shortcode.
11. WooCommerce: minor appearance improvements.
12. Nextgen Gallery plugin: minor compatibility & design improvements.
13. Pricing Tables plugin: minor layout improvements.
14. Minor design changes in all skins: added color & transparency for transparent headers.
15. Changes in dummy content: Layer Slider dummy slideshow & one more homepage added.
16. 3D Slideshow: improved performance on hand-held devices.
17. Fixed issue with twitter like button (no gaps between words).
v.1.2.0:
1. Significant improvements in WooCommerce appearance.
2.
shortcode now supports columns.
3. Video backgrounds for stripes!
4. Option to disable cart in the Top Bar added.
5. Compatibility with "MailChimp for WP Lite".
6. Uber Menu plugin [limited] compatibility.
7. Added option to insert a widget area in Visual Composer.
v.1.1.1:
1. Added Ajax WooCommerce shopping cart in header.
2. Improved animation.
3. Improver images loading.
4. Benefits shortcode - issue with dividers fixed.
5. Fancy headers. Added settings: header height, fixed background, parallax background.
6. Transparent header option added.
7. Added text areas in top bar & bottom bar.
8. Issue with padding between main custom menu & search icon fixed.
9. “Error: Less css is not writable!” message issue is fixed.
v.1.1.0:
1. Memory usage optimisation.
2. Fallback to inline CSS in case customization CSS file cannot be created.
3. Parallax stripes: improved backgrounds loading, optimized for iPad and iPhone.
4. Theme Options >> General >> Border radius setting added.
5. Stripe presets: 4 (light texts and lines) and 5 (dark text & lines).
6. Added ALTs for fancy mages and teasers.
7. Compatibility with Rotating Tweets (Twitter widget & shortcode) by Martin Tod.
8. Fixed links issue in portfolio shortcodes.
9. Improved logo responsiveness.
10. Added WooCommerce cart icon to the top bar.
11. Slider Revolution updated to v 3.0.95.
v.1.0.5:
1. Parallax speed & direction settings for stripes. Demo page: http://the7.dream-demo.com/home/15-parallax-with-scrolling/ .
2. Portfolio posts. Image list. Paddings between images added, descriptions styling changed.
3. Overlapping headers + fixed backgrounds in stripes - fix for webkit browsers.
4. Main menu with 2+ levels. "Make parent menu items clickable" option fixed.
5. Testimonials slider shortcode with no avatars - bug fixed.
6. Conflict with Coming Soon / Maintenance mode plugin - solved.
7. Porthole slideshow - better responsiveness of video icon.
8. Now social like buttons can be enabled on every page.
9. Bug with YouTube social icon - fixed.
10. Bug with Pinterest social icon - fixed.
11. Trashed slideshows are being displayed in "Set slideshow" lists on pages - fixed.
v.1.0.4:
1. Improved blur image hovers.
2. Minor bug fixes: dividers in related portfolio projects meta info, video hover in metro gallery.
3. Porthole slider. When slider contains only one image (video) - swipe gestures and navigation bullets are disabled.
4. "Photos scroller" shortcode - improved compatibility with Android devices.
5. Pricing tables - improved responsiveness.
6. "Tooltip" shortcode - minor bug fixes.
7. Pages with posts (blog, portfolio, testimonials, photo albums, team) & slideshow in header - now slideshow is displayed only on the fist page.
8. Grayscale image hover - minor bug fixes (compatibility with Revolution slider).
9. Better compatibility of fullscreen backgrounds with mobile devices.
10. "Custom CSS" textarea added to "Theme Options > General".
v.1.0.3:
1. Fixed issues with less.php.
2. Minor code improvements.
v.1.0.2:
1. Accordion shortcode loading.
2. "To the top" button added.
3. Arrows on portfolio scroller & photos scroller.
4. Standard blog template responsiveness.
5. Styles for Gravity Form plugin.
6. New dummy content.
Select custom menu.
