Theme Tuesday: ChaosTheory
Here’s another theme for the black background fans: ChaosTheory, a dark new theme developed exclusively for WordPress.com.
It features an unusual single-column layout with two widget sidebars at the bottom, and a page navigation menu at the top. You’ll find it listed on Page 1 of your dashboard’s Presentation tab.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:27 am
cool
November 6th, 2007 at 12:35 am
it’s so dark, again
but looks nice
November 6th, 2007 at 12:36 am
Nice. I like the colors, especially the blue. It has a fresh look. Not sure about the layout personally, although it does allow for bigger images, which is good
November 6th, 2007 at 12:41 am
cool!
November 6th, 2007 at 12:58 am
Wow! Looks cool
November 6th, 2007 at 1:03 am
This one is tottaly fantastic!
i will update my blog. Running!
Thanks guys
November 6th, 2007 at 1:07 am
I don’t like this theme because the widgets are on the bottom of the theme.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Wow, it seems good! Congrats to the author.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:35 am
Great looking theme with a very nice balance of color. I tip my hat to the developer and for WP for offering. BIG KUDOS TO ALL!
Unfortunately, it may appeal to other dark theme fans, but I’m still waiting on a three-column dark theme with customizable header image. I would jump on this new one in a flash, if it were three-column, with a customizable header image. Sad, so very sad! I will continue to wait!
Mata ne…
November 6th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Hawk: if you know of a GPL’d theme that fits the bill, please post a suggestion on the forums. We get plenty of requests for themes with x, y and z, but very few suggestions for themes that already exist.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Good job!
Widgets at the bottom just aren’t for everyone.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:55 am
The headline placement is really interesting, but there’s a whole lot of empty space which could be filled nicely if a couple of the text, search, archive, admin, and/or RSS widgets could be moved away from the bottom… that shade of blue you’re using for the font could be the nicest I’ve seen for a black theme yet.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Much dark coolness
Thank you
November 6th, 2007 at 1:56 am
It’s my cool theme! Excellent!
November 6th, 2007 at 2:20 am
Looks cool. So dark. So mysterioso.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Wow made a mistake earlier. The one column design is cool. Nav bar on the top is fine just like cutline, my fav wordpress design. Widgets on the bottom is differrent. But the darkness (and reading of text). That dark colour is not for everyone.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Nice, nice. I like it. Thanks.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Is there a set number of themes in WordPress? It seems that the Connections theme is missing, replaced by this new one?
November 6th, 2007 at 4:01 am
Cool theme! Simplistic darkness…
November 6th, 2007 at 4:03 am
femmy: Connections is still there.
Please direct questions and problem reports to support, don’t post them in comments.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:10 am
I agree with Hawk. I like the colors, but would prefer a minimum of two columns. Customizable headings are nice, but not a deal breaker.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:19 am
very dark one – -*
November 6th, 2007 at 5:36 am
recently there has been a spate in the dark themes… can we have more light colored themes for the clean-look-theme fans like me?
November 6th, 2007 at 5:38 am
I am gonna look at this right away!
Das ist cool!
Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming!
November 6th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Very nice theme, I just started using it today.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:37 am
will give it a try soon…!!! thanks guys! i am seriously need a dark but clean layout and you guys have did good jobs again..!! kudos!
November 6th, 2007 at 7:45 am
OMG! That is what i’m looking for, thank you! ;D
November 6th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Da Themes are getting darker…(beware?)
This one’s good…better than the ChaoticSoul and Redoable. Tx
November 6th, 2007 at 11:17 am
The theme looks awesome.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:43 am
I do not like black theme. Stille haven’t found a nice three column very simple light color theme. Waiting to find one..
November 6th, 2007 at 11:59 am
>Kunal
recently there has been a spate in the dark themes… can we have more light colored themes for the clean-look-theme fans like me?
Yeah! Totally agreed~! Dark didn’t fit my blog very much~
November 6th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
< Big black bg fan!
Ty n’ GO WP!
November 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Wow! It’s fantastic receive news about themes. I love dark themes, but i’m waiting for a three columns dark theme. Nevertheless, thank you very much for you job guys!
November 6th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
A great theme. Love the blue but yeah like the others said it is a bit too dark.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
There must be someone who like the black!. But me..
November 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Cool!
Very nice theme. I like to change often, in attention the current mood.
One of these days this theme will be mine.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Nice theme, but why not a header
?
Please give us more light themes !!
November 6th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
i really like this theme
November 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
It’s aiight…I really wish someone would hear our request on a theme with larger header flexibility..also..it would be sooooo nice if we had the option to “build” our own themes….just sayin…
November 6th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
chokkklitsoul: if you can find and suggest a theme that fits the bill, please post on the forum.
And you can customize your own theme, of course, with the custom CSS upgrade. See the Sandbox design competition to see the kinds of things that can be achieved with Sandbox 1.0 and CSS.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Same here, still a good theme.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
I really like the cleanliness of this theme, and although I’m not a fan of white-on-dark color schemes, the blue here really works well. I especially like the article information appearing in the left sidebar — really highlights the content.
If I had a blog that didn’t use a lot of widgets (or really any widgets at all) I’d be all over this theme. But the fact that the sidebars are all the way at the bottom doesn’t really work for me — most readers never go that far down the page.
If you made this theme with a right sidebar for widgets, it would really be a winner.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
looked nice in a darkness way that is
November 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Madness, Total Chaos Theory… forget about it, 2008 is coming for sure this year.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
i still like clean sleek white bgs, or those that are in a white shade..
November 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I love the headbar that is so clean and organized. Cool! Though, similar with Kunal, could we have the bright ones? White would be good. So many people more and more love the clean-look. Thanks WP, will try it today!
November 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Dark, dark, dark…
November 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Ugh. How about some non-black themes? I can’t read anything against a black background.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
I’m forced to agree with Kunal, I’m a big fan of light themes myself, and while I love mine, all of my photos have to be tiny to fit.
November 6th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
i like it. i think i might use it!
November 6th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Remember guys a header customizable it s so important for blogers… i love this theme but i can t use it because i can t change the header.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
That would be because dark themes are fashionable at the moment. I think it may be something to do with Vista.
I saw this in the repository a while ago, really liked it, but assumed it had been junked along with Bryan. It’s nice to finally see a Sandbox-based theme up here. (Obviously it would be better if based on 1.0 rather than 0.6.1, and if it didn’t have weird ‘\t\t\t\t\t’ stuff above links to entry pages, but that’s just me being picky.)
November 6th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
excellent one. I love it
November 6th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Cute! Looks elegant.
Now something lighter (green?) and with widgets on the side, please (:
Blue is overdone, I think.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Ah, the perfect theme for me (so far). I’ve been looking for a dark and minimalist theme and this fits the bill. Thanks for this.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
I’m loving it, still I will keep my current one.
November 7th, 2007 at 3:55 am
Sexy. I’ve been waiting on something similar to this for a long while now.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:32 am
wow, very nice.
cheers from Australia,
– GoldCoaster
November 7th, 2007 at 5:38 am
Great for a photoblog, like mine!
November 7th, 2007 at 6:15 am
I’ll try it today. Thanks.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:33 am
I didn’t like it.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:38 am
looks superb .. rite time to change theme
November 7th, 2007 at 11:11 am
If I had a blog that didn’t use a lot of widgets (or really any widgets at all) I’d be all over this theme. But the fact that the sidebars are all the way at the bottom doesn’t really work for me — most readers never go that far down the page.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I liked the color scheme of this theme, but it’ll be cool, if its available in wide orientation, great for posting code
.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
simplicity can create such powerful atmospheres
November 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
looks nice, but widgets at the bottom are a no-go
November 7th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
I’ll be trying this one out soon, but I’m not sure if I could enjoy having widgets shoved to the bottom. It looks very, very good though.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
waduh ngeri amatit ….
November 7th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Im using it now! Im not sure if I like it yet or not. But I’ll decide later.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
It’s not hard to read, for a dark, and looks good. Shame there’s no way to have the widgets at the bottom and still have navigation at the top.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
It’s pretty. Now, how about some off-white with nice, large font size. Some of us are gettin’ up in years.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Looks very nice, and I like that it’s wide, but having the widgs at the bottom is a bother. I’d rather see more light ones, anyway. Seems like there are a lot of dark lately.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:11 am
ah chaos theory “…life and themes always find a way” -ian malcolm
November 8th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Looks nice for photos but too dark for reading. The widgets at the bottom are not such a good idea, either.
Still waiting for a Regulus-like theme with 3 columns.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
A great theme, updated this morning!
What would be really nice, would be a way to only display a summery of posts with this theme, that would make the widgets at the bottom work better.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
the next theme name : double agent
and next willbe: Conviction!
November 9th, 2007 at 12:46 am
It’s a nice dark theme as per the last Chaos Theory. Thanks for the effort. However, a point to note would perhaps be the counter-intuitive location of the post details–on the right side. I have friends who raised the issue.
Nevertheless, much appreciated. Merci beaucoup!
November 9th, 2007 at 2:31 am
I personally would like to see a possible 1-2 column layout that has a black background but different color text, and different text font. I like this one, but I don’t like the sidebar being a bottom bar….hence the name side bar.
I’m not sure, but I’m looking forward to more new layouts!!
I’m getting bored of my current one…but I still haven’t found one that fits all my links properly in the side bar (besides the one I’m using) I’m also more of a right side bar person and not the usual left side bar.
Good Job though. I love the color purple….black red or black and purple go together really well.
November 9th, 2007 at 5:39 am
Whoohoo…!!! Another theme of the day.
I’m still waiting for a new light one.
November 9th, 2007 at 6:39 am
hmmm, dark and light letters combined, beautiful
November 9th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Please no more dark templates, it is difficult to read on a black background.
November 9th, 2007 at 9:38 am
This theme is so sweet! Thanks!
November 9th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I don’t like fixed width themes. I use a widescreen laptop (1920 x 1200). I like to use all my screen real-estate.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:16 am
where’s the download???
November 10th, 2007 at 2:28 am
i’m white lover, but this is so cool! maybe now i’ll be black lover
November 10th, 2007 at 5:11 am
I like the use of the black
November 10th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
nice theme
November 10th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
dont really like black as background, no good for my eyes
but nice … scary but nice.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
I like the theme nice for photo gallerys:)
November 10th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
At 5:30 pm EST the ITP (Internet Theme Police) approved it. So be it.
November 10th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Chaos is an essential view of the universe. It is the heart of the counterenlightenment view of epistomology. It allows a new postmodern view of everything.
November 11th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Thanks heaps!
November 11th, 2007 at 8:56 am
It’s a bit dark, don’t like it at all…