New Theme: Fjords
Forget 1- or 2-column themes, we’re going ALL THE WAY TO FOUR.
That’s right, we have a nifty new four-column theme available for you here on WordPress.com. The content is pretty narrow, but you can probably squeeze more widgets onto this theme than any other one we have. Here’s a screenshot:
The theme does a neat little trick where when you upload a custom header, it automatically “slices” the header into four to fit in with the design. Give it a go, it might be right for you.
Feb 25th at 8:14 am
heh, now this is properly strange
Feb 25th at 8:40 am
Neat. And I thought three columns was way too many already… *laughs*… then you guys come up with even more. Great job! It looks really spiffy, especially the header.
~verus rara avis~
Feb 25th at 8:41 am
Wow! That’s real nice.
Feb 25th at 8:45 am
good, but is narrow…
Feb 25th at 9:00 am
Cool =-)
Feb 25th at 9:01 am
thx again matt like forever !!
very bieutiful
but it real for RTL blogs like farsi and arabic blogs ??!!
Feb 25th at 9:06 am
That is a great looking theme. Whenever I make a personal blog on here I’ll probably use it. Keep up the great work.
Feb 25th at 9:06 am
pretty cool thank !
Feb 25th at 9:07 am
Whoa… Very, very nice theme.
Thanks
Feb 25th at 9:13 am
probably a little too narrow for me, but an excellent addition all the same!
Feb 25th at 9:30 am
Wow. Cool unique theme, but I doubt it will be replacing Freshy for me. Still, thanks for constantly updating the themes.
Feb 25th at 9:32 am
gorgeous! is there anything you folks can’t do?
Feb 25th at 10:01 am
This is very cool- not sure if I’d use it but it’s so non-traditional I’d like to try!
Feb 25th at 10:11 am
Uhh… a strange lovely theme, but i’ll wait again.
I’m looking for a theme with a better text management…
Feb 25th at 10:11 am
Wow! Ingenious!
Feb 25th at 10:16 am
Wow! Nice theme!
Feb 25th at 10:31 am
cool!
Feb 25th at 10:41 am
I like the auto-slice feature, but four columns?! Seems like a tremendous waste of space to me.
Feb 25th at 10:44 am
The auto-slice on the header is very neat!
Feb 25th at 10:53 am
wow really original theme! i like it
Feb 25th at 11:08 am
really cool..
thanks boys.
Feb 25th at 11:14 am
The Web gets columns (real one).
Feb 25th at 11:15 am
THATS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 25th at 11:15 am
Wow.. 4 Coloumns ? I can’t use this themes for this themes. Must setting more advance to use this themes..
Feb 25th at 11:45 am
i like similar theme having 3 cloumns. this 4 column may work too.
Feb 25th at 11:49 am
Interesting option for some particular uses. Thank you very much. WordPress.com 4 ever!
Feb 25th at 12:02 pm
nah i don’t like 4 colulms themes….
Feb 25th at 12:03 pm
hey neat man!
Feb 25th at 12:13 pm
Thanks for adding new theme.. Matt.
Feb 25th at 12:19 pm
Narrow but looks cool!!
Feb 25th at 12:22 pm
This is something really different.
Keep it up !!
Feb 25th at 12:33 pm
might be worth a try.
lemme check
Feb 25th at 12:39 pm
I love this new theme! The content area is a little too small for my pictures if I want to change layouts, but I love it, it’s so neat and clean! Thanks for this free layout.
Feb 25th at 12:53 pm
I use the “Chaotic Soul” theme that slices the header into two parts… It is a nice effect. I’m not sure about the four-column layout though…
Feb 25th at 12:56 pm
Very nice theme.
Congratulations! That is a great job you guys are doing.
Feb 25th at 1:13 pm
Nice theme if 4-columns is your thing. Still can’t wait for Barthelme and VeryPlainText!
Thanks for everything once again, guys.
Feb 25th at 1:14 pm
Nice
Feb 25th at 1:18 pm
I just like 2 column. it’s simple.
I wait new 2 column themes always. thanks
Feb 25th at 1:40 pm
hm, nice
i think i should try it 
Feb 25th at 1:42 pm
Look great..!
Thanks!
Feb 25th at 1:43 pm
Now that’s wild, Matt!
I wonder how hard it is to read long content, though?
What happens to images? Are they resized on-the-fly or do you have to resize all your images to fit the narrow width?
Feb 25th at 1:43 pm
Ugly.
Feb 25th at 1:53 pm
Was this inspired by the wicked competition in the shaving equipment industry? When are we going to get a blog that scrolls to the right instead of down? That’s one I could get behind.
Feb 25th at 2:12 pm
Hmmm, that’s kinda spiffy! Although I think I’d make it three for me. The body column is a little narrow for my tastes.
Feb 25th at 2:12 pm
Looks great. I might try it. Let’s see if longer text can be read properly on that narrow column.
Feb 25th at 2:14 pm
very very interesting! i suspect it’s not very reader- or visual-friendly for long posts (looks too lopsided in contrast with the short sidebars), but i hope to see more unique themes like this. unique is good.
Feb 25th at 2:15 pm
Awesome! I might try it out later.
Feb 25th at 2:39 pm
I like the four column layout. That’s crispy! Although I’m not really feeling the green and white color scheme. However, I would like to see wordpress.com offer more dark background themes. Although some may have difficulty with the light on dark, the layout is cool!
Feb 25th at 2:41 pm
huh, this is really something
Feb 25th at 2:49 pm
Cool… will try later.
Feb 25th at 3:01 pm
Whoa. That is awesome!
Feb 25th at 3:04 pm
i don’t like it at all. it doesn’t look good because there’s too many columns. also, you need to leave more room for the actual post iitself
Feb 25th at 3:05 pm
OK, I’ve played with it. Feedback below.
It seems to be more a proof-of-concept more than anything. It’s a horribly inefficient use of space, and while the top of the theme looks nice, as you scroll down and focus on just content, it’s awfully hard to read and 75% of the screen is empty.
I suppose it’s OK if you have a bent towards some asymmetrical layout Zen thing, but for most of us I think this is something we try, go “Well, that’s pretty neat” and then discard in favor of something that honors content a bit more.
Or, alternatively, I could be entirely full of it and this might be the best theme ever developed. Your call.
Feb 25th at 3:05 pm
cool
Feb 25th at 3:14 pm
The new theme looking good, but the picture can’t resize and match the box if the picture is big.
Feb 25th at 3:17 pm
Nice, but I’ll stick with Freshy for now
Feb 25th at 3:19 pm
Blue, again… (: nifty tho.
How about something like Treba but with some graphic abilities?
Feb 25th at 3:20 pm
I love the creativity of this design. Good work!
Feb 25th at 3:29 pm
I LOVE this theme. It’s exactly what i needed for one of my blogs. Thanks!
Feb 25th at 3:30 pm
Very nice! Thanks!
Feb 25th at 3:31 pm
Too narrow for my taste.
Feb 25th at 3:38 pm
Fjords is on display at wptheme.wordpress.com
Feb 25th at 3:40 pm
Nice approach…
Feb 25th at 3:43 pm
That is a rather good theme. Thank you.
Feb 25th at 3:49 pm
Funny theme
Feb 25th at 3:59 pm
Is a little bit “rare” however it looks nice
Let’s try it!
Feb 25th at 4:04 pm
I’ve never seen a four-column design before. That’s certainly creative.
Feb 25th at 4:10 pm
A little too fragemented for me, but choice is undoubtedly a Good Thing. The more themes on wordpress.com, the better.
Feb 25th at 4:31 pm
Looks kind of weird and scrunched up to me. I wouldn’t mind having that theme in a 2-column variety…
Feb 25th at 4:37 pm
I like it, I like it. I might have to change my header cuz I don’t know what i’ll look like sliced into 4 pieces… Thanks wordpressers you rock!
Feb 25th at 4:49 pm
I continue to be amazed w/ WP!
Feb 25th at 4:52 pm
Wow, a lot of options.
Feb 25th at 4:53 pm
Wow! Now that’s an impressive innovation. I’ve tried using it, and here is a sample of what it looks like (I’ll be using this theme for a few days and my notes/sample while using it are found here): http://nayk.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/fjords-wordpress-theme-review/
Feb 25th at 5:03 pm
Nice shot guys .. keep ‘em coming .. I was hoping for a 4 column theme .. and here we have it.. Also, is it possible for us to download the Garland theme, I cant seem to find it on wordpress.org !!!!!
Feb 25th at 5:13 pm
great add!
thanks a lot!
Feb 25th at 5:15 pm
wow awesome theme!
Feb 25th at 5:26 pm
Oops! I read that as “we have a new fifty four column theme” and nearly fell off my chair!
Thanks for all the hard work you guys are doing on themes – I like the simple ones that have lots of links, trackback links and edit links. Keep up the good work!
Feb 25th at 5:36 pm
awesome addition, nice name at that fjords, conveys the slicing message I guess
Feb 25th at 5:40 pm
Like you said, its pretty narrow, and therefore doesn’t serve much use
How about some more 3-column themes?
Feb 25th at 5:54 pm
oh my god!
I just go as such when I saw this new layout!
It’s nice and I would just try it out.
Yeay to new designs!
Feb 25th at 6:01 pm
Feb 25th at 6:02 pm
Very funny guys.
Feb 25th at 6:08 pm
Weird
Feb 25th at 6:10 pm
Excelente theme, hay mucho mas espacio para distribuir el contenido del blog
Feb 25th at 6:12 pm
wow,,,,,this theme is too crazy!!
but
…the pics are cutted when use big pics.
- i won’t use it cause this reason
Feb 25th at 6:18 pm
Interesting. I’m not sure it would work for me, but it’s aesthetically pleasing.
Feb 25th at 6:22 pm
Nice theme, but it does not fit the main page very well. The information is organized too much, fonts too small, picture dimensions are not set up correctly. Please go back to the old design
Feb 25th at 6:22 pm
and it sure makes the post darn small… and picture artwork too big to put into =(
Feb 25th at 6:24 pm
Unusual, but interesting. I will try it when I am bored with mine
Feb 25th at 6:25 pm
so, it’s back the theme ‘freshy’
but hey, fjords is way too COOL not to test it out!
Feb 25th at 6:31 pm
WOW! That’s a lot. 4 columns. Nice theme here.
We can go widget crazy now.
Feb 25th at 6:38 pm
OK, that’s weird: the emoticons display normally in comments, but not in posts.
Again, gorgeous theme! Once the post-emoticon problem is sorted out I predict this theme will become veeerrrrry popular. 
Thanks!
Feb 25th at 6:41 pm
Like the chaotic soul theme header, cool.
This is one great theme, nice to see you’ll hvae used it as well
Feb 25th at 6:43 pm
A very nice theme
Feb 25th at 6:43 pm
Ooo..me likey!
Feb 25th at 6:53 pm
Yech. ‘Can’t hardly tell what I’m supposed to be reading, with this theme. Would be much nicer as a three-column theme, with the “text” column as a variable-width column. ‘Course, probably wouldn’t be able to do the Slice-The-Header thing, then… which is pretty cool, I’ll grant you that.
Feb 25th at 7:06 pm
That’s just amazing – the way it looks, i.e., there -> http://wordpress.com/tag/design/ in both Opera in IE
Feb 25th at 7:09 pm
Cute new opening page when I log into my account; nice way to hype your latest theme. But light green text on white? My vision is pretty good, but the lack of contrast kind of sucks. (My screen size is 1152×864, so I’m not pushing the resolution that much.) If people like this design for their blogs that’s fine. But for an official WordPress informational page I think you should select something a bit more readable.
If you build it they will come, and if they can’t read it they won’t.