It has been awhile since I released a freebie, which is why I built the Side Blog WordPress theme this week. Side Blog is exactly what you would expect it to be… a blog theme will all sorts of customization and content management options, widgets and more. I just realized that this only my second theme actually dedicated to “blogging”. Most of my themes are niche themes focused on business, video, photography, etc. and it was fun this time around to get back to the basics with the Side Blog theme downloadable today on the Press75.com home page.
Options & Widgets
Don’t be fooled by what you see on the surface because the Side Blog theme is actually pretty packed with custom options and widgets. For starters, you can customize your Logo, Theme Background Color and/or Image, Footer Text and much more right through the theme options page. Also, feature whatever content you want within 4 unique sidebars using the “Side Blog” widget. There is plenty more where that came from, so watch the video tour below for a full overview.
Gravity Forms Styles
Side Blog marks my first theme to integrate Gravity Forms styles to match the theme styles. Gravity Forms is probably the most comprehesive Form Management plugin you can get for WordPress. All Press75.com themes will soon include matching Gravity Forms styles which can be enabled within the theme options page. If don’t own Gravity and need to integrate some forms with this theme, you can purchase a copy at http://www.gravityforms.com/.
Hello great theme!
But I have a problem with the thumbnail, they are not displayed in posts and in the widget uses the plugin Simple Post Thumbnails 1,5 wordpress 2.9.2
The Side Blog theme does not use the Simple Post Thumbnails plugin. I would recommend that if you need further support for the Side Blog theme that you purchase a support package.
thanks, I already figured out this issue
Good to hear…
Nice bit of freebies, Thanks a lot
Clad you like it… more to come soon.
How do you post a thumbnail picture?
Using the WordPress post image feature…
Hi Jason
Just wanted to say thanks for releasing this theme. It’s great, and reminds me of the time when you were one among the few WP developers releasing free but very high quality themes. Great stuff.
Thanks also for naming Tycho as the artist behind the soundtrack on your explanatory video. Fell in love with the track, and bought it and Tycho’s latest album about 10 minutes later!
All the best.
Richard
Thanks for your comments Richard, and glad you like the theme.
HEY the themes have two bug.
1 If u use WP3.0+ , when u use custom menu, in the background after delete one classification, once home still showed .
2 in the widget “excerpt length(in words) can use, but failure.
can u answer ? THK U
If you need support for the Side Blog theme, please purchase a support package.
Hello Jason,
I like this theme a lot, you did a wonderful job :) … and for free, this is great!
Do you like feedback? I hope so ;) I figured out a failure: If you use a password protected post, Mozilla Firefox doesn’t display the posts correctly. (Internet Explorer works fine, Opera and Safari not tested)
Here are some screenshots: http://twitpic.com/2i4xb2, http://twitpic.com/2i4xoi, http://twitpic.com/2i4xvl, http://twitpic.com/2i4y06
(This is not a support question, I just wanted to give you some feedback)
Thanks for the heads up. I will have a look at that when I go to update the theme next time around.
I’ve got a bug fix for this theme. It breaks if a post contains floated elements on the index pages. I’ve got a simple solution but you guys can probably fix it. Email me if you want to know my solution.
Already have a fix in the works for this that will be included in the next update… but thanks for reaching out.