It sounds like you would like a theme that fits your specifications right out of the box. Unfortunately, that is quite often not possible.
If you want to stick to WordPress, you have two other choices - either pick a theme that is close to what you want and build a child theme with the changes you want, or create a custom theme from scratch or from a starter theme.
However, if your coding skills are not that strong, there is a bit of a learning curve here or a cost to get an experienced developer to build it for you.
You are right, I would like a theme that fits, but as you have said its quite hard to find one, ive tried 3 theme so fat and they are all lacking,
If possible I would like to stick with WordPress, but I don’t mind moving to something else as long as I can get what I need from the site.
I’m just a beginner with with coding so I don’t think I could do it unless I had some instruction or help .
the cost to hire someone may be too high. in the future once I build up a bit of a market and have some money I would want a custom theme, for my reference any idea on what the cost would be ?
the biggest issue in wordpress is not built for locations seo which is one thing I would like in the theme.
I maybe better just getting a prebuilt theme, if someone could spare 10 mins to help me pick one I would be grateful.
Have you considered using a Classified Ads plugin for WordPress to insert into a basic theme instead of a Classified Ads Theme? Try searching in the plugins directory - I found one (Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin) that listed this - ’ Search ads by city, state, country, username, or keyword’ as one of its features.
It might be easier for us to search for an appropriate solution if you could list your main requirements.
I want the theme to be simple, I dont want to go into code or html to change the front end
ads posting, with monetization, featured ads, ext
Responsive layout, simple fpor the members, needs to look good
Customizable ad field, types,
Good seo setup
search bar keyword > category > location > distance ( or similar )
.Auto Expire Ads,
sellers profile on site of ad, contact,
front end submition
most of its simple its just getting it all working together, things like this is why I want to learn html, css & coding, but im still a long way from being able to make something like this
I would use one of those solutions and fill in the gaps with custom programming. Be it Wordpress or any other platform nothing is going to be exactly what you want. The best you will be able to do is find a solution that meets most of your needs and go form there.
No, I mean I hate Wordpress. As a developer I pride myself on using modern programming practices and Wordpress is the exact opposite. That doesn’t necessarily mean Wordpress isn’t an adequate solution for your problem just my professional preference as a developer.
Whether it is WordPress or not, it would need to be some sort of content management system, so that @2012 can at least update it himself, and in my opinion, not a proprietary one (I haven’t had the greatest of experiences with people who come to me with their sites built with one of these).