Branford Magazine WordPress Theme?

I cannot recommend Branford Magazine Pro.

Oh, it might be fine. I really don’t know.

However, I did hear about the increasing headaches caused by each version of Branford Magazine starting with 2.6.

Here’s why I’m not using Branford Magazine Pro, or any new-ish version of the theme:

Faulty code

I tried one of the more recent versions of Branford Magazine, the 4.2 upgrade.

I did that after several people asked me if my versions of Branford Magazine theme were “complete.”

I couldn’t figure out what they were asking me.  I mean, of course my copies of the theme are complete… why wouldn’t they be?

Out of curiosity, I tried downloading and installing one of the latest (4.2) versions of Der-Prinz’s Branford Magazine.  Immediately, I saw the problem.

The screen says that it installed correctly, but it didn’t.

On my Appearance > Themes page, the problem became very clear.

I tried downloading and installing Branford Magazine 4.2 at more than one website.  All of them had the same problem.

Even the official website has problems

In addition, I’ve seen problems at the official Branford Magazine website.  Here’s a screenshot of that site — Der-Prinz.com — from July 2009:

That kind of error makes me nervous.

So, between those tests, complaints from my readers, problems at the official Branford Magazine website, and Mr. Oeser’s past on-again, off-again support issues at the official site, I can’t recommend the “Pro” version of Branford Magazine.

There are free alternatives, as well as premium options with excellent track records for support.  I recommend them instead of Branford Magazine “Pro.”