Personal branding has become increasingly important in our online-focused world, and as a result, more and more web platforms such as About.me have sprung up to help people put their best foot forward online.
While these online tools offer an array of benefits, those users looking for more customization and control of their personal brand will want to build their own website – and a one-page site is a fantastic option for those who want full control, but don’t want to build and manage a multi-page blog or website.
Stylish and scrollable one-page sites have become incredibly popular. Here are a few of the best one-page themes we think are well suited to enhancing your personal brand online.
Jarvis for Bold Statements
Jarvis is a one-page parallax theme, offering a chic, corporate look along with unlimited skins for the ultimate in customization.
Jarvis is available via ThemeForest for $40, and features:
- 12 unique home variations
- Video background support
- Premium revolution slider
- Fullscreen slider
- Mailchimp support
- AJAX portfolio support
- Smooth parallax effects
- Customizable backgrounds, colors, images and patterns
- Multiple navigation styles
If you’re looking to make a bold statement, check out the Jarvis live demo now.
Solo for Simplicity
Solo is a clean and simple one-page portfolio theme featuring sleek style and smooth jQuery effects. This theme’s automatic scrolling and expanding project display give it a modern and unique edge.
Solo is available via ThemeTrust for $49, and features:
- Inbuilt slideshow
- Custom widgets
- Localization support
- Column and button shortcodes
- Logo upload
- Video support for YouTube and Vimeo
- Google Web Fonts integration
- Browser compatibility
If you’re looking for simplicity, check out the Solo live demo now.
Ego for Attitude
Ego is a sleek and fully responsive one-page WordPress theme boasting a fullpage slider, AJAX portfolio and wide array of styling options to show off your personality.
Ego is available via ThemeForest for $35, and features:
- Modern, sleek styling
- Touch swipe support
- Custom colors, fonts, loaders and patterns,
- Custom slider animations and transition speeds
- Unlimited skins
- Multiple templates to get you started
If you’re looking for a theme that oozes urban attitude, check out the Ego live demo now.
Mercurial for Design Detail
Mercurial is a one-page theme that finds a balance between hard lines and underlying creativity, and is fully responsive and Retina display ready to ensure your personal brand is viewed perfectly on any device.
Mercurial is available via ThemeForest for $40, and features:
- Liquid-like parallax scrolling
- Beautiful typographical effects
- Unlimited colors and backgrounds
- HTML5 and CSS3
- Multiple shortcodes to create modules fast and easy
- Localization support
- Post format support
- Slider integration
- Social integration
- Contact form integration
- Portfolio integration
If you’re looking for design detail in every aspect of your personal brand presence, check out the Mercurial live demo now.
The One-Pager for Robust Reliability
The One Pager is WooThemes’ one-page theme option, and is designed to include everything you need to showcase your personal brand on a beautiful, scrollable page.
The One Pager is available via WooThemes for $99, and features:
- A fully customizable homepage
- Functional and stylish scrolling layout
- Editable header
- WooSlider, Testimonials and Features by WooThemes integration
- Custom widgets
- Multiple styling options
- Google fonts support
- Responsive and scalable design to optimize viewing via different devices
If you’re looking for a robust theme built with a trusted framework, check out The One Pager live demo now.
Red Sky for Personality
Red Sky is a one-page multipurpose theme offering an incredible level of customization to meet any user’s personal branding requirements.
Red Sky is available via ThemeForest for $40, and features:
- Responsive layout for mobile and tablet viewing
- Light and dark theme skins
- Unlimited color customization with color picker
- Multiple layout options
- Four premium sliders, including Layer, Revolution, Pixflow and Flex
- Parallax effects and control over scrolling speeds
- Powerful admin panel for site management
- Powerful shortcode generator
- Unlimited sidebars
- Translation ready
- Google Web Fonts integration
If you’re looking for a unique theme with personality, check out the Red Sky live demo now.
Wondering what you should include on your personal brand website? Post your questions below in the comments and we’ll answer them in an upcoming post.
One thought on “One-Page Websites for Personal Branding”
All of these themes are great, but simply buying a fancy theme can only go so far… in my opinion, at least. I suppose maybe a normal person will never know the difference, but nothing is more tacky to me than someone whose “professional” website is just a base WordPress theme with nothing but the placeholder text changed (and sometimes they didn’t even change some of that!). You should really take these themes as a starting place, and then customize them heavily so that 1. they reflect you/your brand, and 2. so that it’s not apparent which WordPress theme you’re using.