Academy Pro is a subscription based membership WordPress theme suitable to promote online courses and education tutorials. It is a StudioPress genesis child theme developed for tutors, book sellers and trainers who wants to promote their work or sell training material through website. The theme is already tried and tested by many online course creators and trainers to sell their stuff using membership site.
It has everything within built-in features list that is required to get traffic and email subscribers. You will be able to list out all courses, benefits, price, and other details within homepage. The theme has extra page templates to share product details, contacts, achievements, testimonials and more.
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Best Features : Academy Pro WordPress Theme ?
Top Banner Area : All internet marketers can use this feature to enjoy promoting key message throughout website. This section appears above the header area with full-width line having bold custom background color. It is best place to share your message, and custom link about new product, special offer or latest product or course launch. Users can use close button (top right) if they don’t want to see to bar area all the way while browsing.
Header Layout : Like all WordPress genesis templates, Academy Pro theme is also customizable from every corner. The header comes with custom options to add text or image type logo for branding. Once you upload logo then it instantly becomes visible on the top left header corner. The primary menu will appear on the right header with custom links and drop-downs.
You cam show Home link, Contact page link, Course page link, Blog and other links within navigation bar. Hence, website visitors can visit top level pages easily from header menu.
Responsive : This membership website template can adjust over smart phones, iPad, Tablet and other devices. We love the way it shows course list, e-commerce shop items, blog posts and header area. User will see menu bar, homepage sections, image, videos and everything perfectly in hand held devices. The mobile friendly design will improve browsing speed and it offers same experience like other desktop devices.
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Hero Section : The theme settings panel includes special options for top hero section. This section will create a nice introduction for author or business organizations. You will be getting options to insert Hero title, Hero paragraph and video on right side. Course sellers can easily attach a product promotion video from YouTube or Vimeo and use custom thumbnail for video box.
Other Homepage Benefits : Academy Pro WordPress theme will be helpful to create homepage with authority showcase. Tutors and authors can display every detail about course, contents, benefits, price, training duration and more. If you really want to turn visitor’s into students or subscribers then you have to display benefits, price and past student’s testimonials in clear way.
This is exactly what you will be doing with custom homepage options provided with this genesis membership theme. From within widget management page, you can also insert Opt-in sections to increase email subscribers. The homepage can show client’s list, or magazines or website where you had been featured. The homepage design is awesome having many sections to display everything from introduction to contacts.
The one you see in demo is best example for membership website, but you can also change homepage, header and every design if required. The demo gives clear idea on how a course selling website should look so that novice users can get idea about website design concept. You can also follow instruction and setup guides to create same clone of demo or make changes in default layout.
What We Liked In Academy Pro WordPress Theme ?
Most of the Paid membership websites or LMS (Learning Management System) platforms require light weight design. Because, site owners always expect visitors to be able to browse contents at good speed for better browsing experience. Therefore, genesis developers used best light weight design and responsive layout so students can browse course easily from any device with fastest speed.
You will find options to add call to action, FAQ list, Email sign-up box, and other elements within homepage or any pages. You can use buttons, columns, custom widgets, and other elements to create engaging pages. The homepage shows how you can change background style, content font style and section layouts. Thanks to WordPress customizer options panel that offers easy support with live preview box.
The customizer shows all genesis theme options for header, homepage, widgets, navigation bar, fonts, colors, and other stuff. Admin user will be able to change home hero section, logo, and everything in visual mode. No special coding skill or other expertise is expected to launch your membership or education course website.
You will find WooCommerce support to sell books or courses or anything with shop page. Also, you can create news page to share knowledge, or updates about news courses. The rest of the pages like contact us, about us, courses, price page can be made with custom page templates. The pages will get 3 layouts including no sidebar and dual (left/right) sidebar options.
The them has total 6 widget areas so you can promote banners, custom course list, social links, contacts and more. Footer and sidebar are best places to share contents with custom widgets. We suggest this WordPress theme to create authority membership selling website for course or training.