Introducing: Spectrum, a free Wordpress Theme

27 08 09

Written by Nacho, under the category: Resources

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Hi again guys! As I told you on the previous post, I was preparing a free Wordpress Theme for you called Spectrum.
I’m glad to announce that is now here!

View a Live Demo of Spectrum
Download Spectrum Theme

About the theme

Designed and developed by me, Ignacio Ricci (www.ignacioricci.com)
Cool Design
100% Crossbrowser (IE6, IE7, IE8, Opera, Safari, Firefox)
100% semantic code. All non-semantic design elements are added via Javascript.
Uses primarily the Cambria font (Windows Vista, Office 2007, Office for Mac 2008)
Widget Ready

License:

The theme is totally free. However, you must leave the Design and Development credits to me (Ignacio Ricci) in the blog that is using the theme.

Other useful information

The following information is included on a read-me file in the .zip archive so don’t worry.

Logo

In the folder you just downloaded, you will find an image called: logo-template.png

The purpose of this image, is for you to insert your logo there, and then upload the modified version to the theme folder (images/logo.png) This will allow you to have a nice logo with a seamless background.

If you prefer, just use a transparent PNG as a logo, but be aware that it won’t look good on IE6.

Custom Field:

Spectrum uses one custom field. It’s optional, and it’s purpose is to include the post image. I recommend to use it, because it makes the design even nicer.

The custom field name to use is: postImage

The value will be the URL of the image. Example: http://www.website.com/image.gif
The maximum width for this image is 600 px.

Comment Replies

Spectrum can handle comment replies up to 3 levels (depth=3).

Comments (27)

Evan Byrne said:
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August 27, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Absolutely beautiful. I love the Cambria font, first time I’ve noticed it used on the web.
Nacho said:
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August 27, 2009 at 2:50 pm

Thank you Evan. I like Cambria too
Andrew said:
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August 27, 2009 at 9:39 pm

This is pretty amazing! I really love it. I don’t normally comment on peoples blogs but I just wanted to let you know how great this is, and you’re an amazing designer!
Omar said:
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August 31, 2009 at 4:49 am

i gota say the theme blew my brains away im so gona use that theme!!
Horacio Bella said:
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August 31, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Quedó muy bueno!
Felicitaciones.
J said:
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September 4, 2009 at 9:22 am

I LOVE THIS THEME. Gorgeous. Can you tell me what font you used for the logo?
- Nacho said:
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  September 22, 2009 at 1:51 pm
  
  The logo’s font is a modified version of Black Rose.
  You can find the original font here: http://www.dafont.com/Black-Rose.Font
  - Shaun said:
    
    October 13, 2009 at 3:54 am
    
    Yes cool font. What are the licensing terms?
David said:
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September 17, 2009 at 9:37 am

Spectrum is wonderful. I really love it! I have a couple of editing question:

1. How can I change the order of items in the side bar?
2. How can I specify the position of a widget in the side bar?
3. How can I add a banner to the side bar?

Thanks for your help and for creating Spectrum!

David
David said:
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September 21, 2009 at 5:56 am

I’m stilling needing help with adding a widget to the sidebar in the Spectrum theme. I try to add it in the normal way, but nothing shows up in the sidebar. Please help!
- Nacho said:
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  September 22, 2009 at 1:54 pm
  
  Hi David, sorry for the late reply.
  
  Spectrum includes by default: Search, Categories, Recent posts, Recent comments, Archives, Blogroll.
  
  It’s also widget ready. So you can add widgets to the sidebar.
  
  If it’s not working for you, please try downloading the theme again, from:
  http://spectrum-theme.com/download/spectrum-theme-package.zip
  
  I guess you could add a Banner as a Text Widget, introducing HTML code
  
  Regards,
  Ignacio
Steph said:
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September 24, 2009 at 10:50 am

Hi Ignacio – thanks for this nice theme. I had the same questions but have figured out how…

1. How can I change the order of items in the side bar?
2. How can I specify the position of a widget in the side bar?

Under the Appearance > Editor menu, you just have to edit the sidebar.php file. To remove the Recent Comments widget, I removed the following code.

Recent Comments

Reordering would follow the same principle – grab the code for the widgets you want to re-order and carefully rearrange them.
Musterol said:
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October 15, 2009 at 2:57 am

Thanks, i’m using your theme.
ffcode said:
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October 27, 2009 at 4:26 am

great theme thanks its clean, simple and beautiful
Decanoi said:
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November 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm

Woow really nice work, very impresive.

Thanks for that theme.
izdelava spletnih strani said:
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November 15, 2009 at 9:05 am

Cambria font? Nice one. Never thought of using this font in a web. I’ll have to try it.
Phil Benoit said:
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November 30, 2009 at 8:55 pm

WOW!! blown away. Really cool theme, I was especially impressed with the rollover effect on the about button at the top, the slow fade.

Any chance of a tutorial on this??

Phil
Alban said:
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December 3, 2009 at 1:00 am

Thank you so much, I installed your theme yesterday and it works perfectly!! I would have only wiched to have some transparency in the background so that I could make a banner as large as I wanted!!
Alban said:
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December 3, 2009 at 3:03 am

I have a problem though… Some of my sprites don’t appear on my blog, such as the leftFold, the rightFold and the buttons don’t become green as the pointer flies on it… I can’t find a solution on the internet… and I tried to reinstal it… Maybe is there a conflict between two plugins, is that possible? I just wanted to know if this problem can be fixed. Thanks.
- Nacho said:
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  December 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm
  
  Hi Alban,
  
  Sorry for the late response.
  Some design elements in Spectrum are added via Javascript. If a plugin has a JS error it can interfere with Spectrum.
  
  Regards,
  Ignacio
Mike said:
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December 3, 2009 at 5:38 am

PS, if you are interested in creating language packs for the theme, I’ll opt for the Dutch one
Пансион said:
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December 6, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Блог просто супер, буду рекомендовать друзьям!
Alban said:
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December 13, 2009 at 8:54 am

Thank you, I found out that Spectrum doesn’t work with Lightbox2 plugin.
Sacred said:
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December 18, 2009 at 2:13 am

Отличный сайт,интересно здесь
Ashok said:
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January 17, 2010 at 1:54 am

like it
Rob said:
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February 5, 2010 at 8:18 am

Hey, is there any chance of getting the PSD for this theme?

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[...] Spectrum is free WordPress theme designed by Ignacio Ricci. It has been cross browser tested and compatible with IE6, IE7, IE8, Opera, Safari, Firefox. The code is full semantic code, all non-semantic design elements are added via Javascript. The theme uses primarily the Cambria font like Windows Vista, Office 2007, Office for Mac 2008 and widget ready as well. Come on to download this cool WordPress theme for a fresh face of your blogs! [...]

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