Archive for August, 2008
CheckMate
CheckMate by Curtis Henson comes in SEVEN different colors (Grey, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Brown, and Grey/Red) and has a host of options and management functions, including:
- Choice of two, three, or split column layout
- Feedburner Integration
- Optional Widget enabled footer
- Custom Icons
- Gravatar support for authors and comments(Wordpress 2.5)
- Custom author, archive, tag, category, and search pages.
- Widget Enabled Sidebars
- Includes the TimThumb script for resizing post thumbnails located under the post meta information.
- Two forms of built in ad management
Demo (Author’s Site):
CheckMate Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
CheckMate Download
WP CODA Orange
WP CODA Orange features a unique navigation system whereby the pages slide left-to-right. By default it’s for a blog with pages only (not posts) however I small change can make it handle posts instead.
Everything is included in the download so despite having a number of dependancies, it’s extremely easy to install and have up and running.
Demo (Author’s Site):
Charade WP CODA Orange Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
WP CODA Orange Download
Charade
Charade by CSSRockStars is professional-looking two-column theme with a blue-and-white color scheme with a wide right-hand sidebar.
The theme has built-in spaces for advertisements and features eye-catching icons for publicizing your site and posts on social networking sites.
The sidebar is fully widget enabled, and features a quick configure Subscribe by Email option for Feedburner users.
Demo (@ freeblogtemplates):
Charade Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
Charade Download
Futurosity Eos
Futurosity Eos is magazine/news style Wordpress theme by Robert Ellis at Futurosity.
The design is minimal and the colours are black, red and grey. There are two sidebars for navigation, comments, categories and anything else you desire.
It includes a large image for one featured story, and large, clear headlines for the latest stories running down the left-hand column.
Demo (Author’s Site):
Futurosity Eos Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
Futurosity Eos Download
MassivePress
MassivePress is magazine/news style Wordpress theme by wpElements. It’s a 3 column widget enabled theme featuring a thumbnail for each post.
The theme has a fully automated “Featured Article” section within the second sidebar and integrated recent comments.
Demo (Author’s Site):
MassivePress Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
MassivePress Download
FireBug
FireBug is a dark but colorful Wordpress theme designed by Jai at BlogOh!Blog.
It provides two widget-ready sidebars and has space for advertisements and social tagging options already in the posts.
Demo (Author’s Site):
FireBug Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
FireBug Download
Brightness
The Brightness Wordpress Theme is a magazine style theme. It provides a well-designed featured post area, post thumbnails and built-in advertising and news sections.
There is a fully featured administration page where you can do quick editing with absolutely no coding knowledge.
Demo (Author’s Site):
Brightness Demo Site
Download (Author’s Site):
Brightness Download
Blue Weed
Blue Weed by Jai of BlogOh!Blog is a lean and crisp looking theme with light blue colors fit for almost any type blog.
Live Demo (Author’s Site):
Blue Weed Demo
Download (Author’s Site):
Blue Weed Download
Blogger Notes
Blogger Notes is a 2 column Wordpress theme by Padd IT Solutions featuring a ring-bound notebook. Comes with PSD and instructions for customization.
Live Demo (Author’s Site):
Blogger Notes Demo
Download (Author’s Site):
Blogger Notes Download
Options
Options by Justin Tadlock is an advanced, highly configurable theme that gives users a lot of control over their blog from a theme settings page.
There are 5 sections on the home page, and from the options page you can choose the content to appear in each of these sections.
It comes with 3 different color schemes: a grey/white scheme called Options LIght (shown), a blue color scheme called Blue Danube and a dark/grey color scheme called Shadow.
Live Demo (Author’s Site):
Options Light Demo
Options Blue Danube Demo
Options Shadow Demo
Download (Author’s Site):
Primary Theme Download (for Wordpress 2.6)
(others available from http://themehybrid.com/themes/options/)
Note: also download one of the following color schemes:
Options Light Download
Options Blue Danube Download
Options Shadow Download