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.
Nov 6th at 12:27 am
cool
Nov 6th at 12:35 am
it’s so dark, again
but looks nice
Nov 6th 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
Nov 6th at 12:41 am
cool!
Nov 6th at 12:58 am
Wow! Looks cool
Nov 6th at 1:03 am
This one is tottaly fantastic!
i will update my blog. Running!
Thanks guys
Nov 6th at 1:07 am
I don’t like this theme because the widgets are on the bottom of the theme.
Nov 6th at 1:17 am
Wow, it seems good! Congrats to the author.
Nov 6th 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…
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 1:46 am
Good job!
Widgets at the bottom just aren’t for everyone.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 1:55 am
Much dark coolness
Thank you
Nov 6th at 1:56 am
It’s my cool theme! Excellent!
Nov 6th at 2:20 am
Looks cool. So dark. So mysterioso.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 3:25 am
Nice, nice. I like it. Thanks.
Nov 6th 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?
Nov 6th at 4:01 am
Cool theme! Simplistic darkness…
Nov 6th at 4:03 am
femmy: Connections is still there.
Please direct questions and problem reports to support, don’t post them in comments.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 5:19 am
very dark one – -*
Nov 6th 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?
Nov 6th at 5:38 am
I am gonna look at this right away!
Das ist cool!
Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming!
Nov 6th at 6:26 am
Very nice theme, I just started using it today.
Nov 6th 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!
Nov 6th at 7:45 am
OMG! That is what i’m looking for, thank you! ;D
Nov 6th at 8:21 am
Da Themes are getting darker…(beware?)
This one’s good…better than the ChaoticSoul and Redoable. Tx
Nov 6th at 11:17 am
The theme looks awesome.
Nov 6th 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..
Nov 6th 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~
Nov 6th at 12:10 pm
< Big black bg fan!
Ty n’ GO WP!
Nov 6th 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!
Nov 6th at 12:14 pm
A great theme. Love the blue but yeah like the others said it is a bit too dark.
Nov 6th at 12:53 pm
There must be someone who like the black!. But me..
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 1:11 pm
Nice theme, but why not a header
?
Please give us more light themes !!
Nov 6th at 1:30 pm
i really like this theme
Nov 6th 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…
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 2:40 pm
Same here, still a good theme.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 3:30 pm
looked nice in a darkness way that is
Nov 6th at 3:38 pm
Madness, Total Chaos Theory… forget about it, 2008 is coming for sure this year.
Nov 6th at 3:54 pm
i still like clean sleek white bgs, or those that are in a white shade..
Nov 6th 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!
Nov 6th at 4:33 pm
Dark, dark, dark…
Nov 6th at 5:20 pm
Ugh. How about some non-black themes? I can’t read anything against a black background.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 5:38 pm
i like it. i think i might use it!
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th 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.)
Nov 6th at 7:23 pm
excellent one. I love it
Nov 6th at 9:33 pm
Cute! Looks elegant.
Now something lighter (green?) and with widgets on the side, please (:
Blue is overdone, I think.
Nov 6th 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.
Nov 6th at 11:30 pm
I’m loving it, still I will keep my current one.
Nov 7th at 3:55 am
Sexy. I’ve been waiting on something similar to this for a long while now.
Nov 7th at 5:32 am
wow, very nice.
cheers from Australia,
– GoldCoaster
Nov 7th at 5:38 am
Great for a photoblog, like mine!
Nov 7th at 6:15 am
I’ll try it today. Thanks.
Nov 7th at 6:33 am
I didn’t like it.
Nov 7th at 6:38 am
looks superb .. rite time to change theme
Nov 7th 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.
Nov 7th 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
.
Nov 7th at 5:13 pm
simplicity can create such powerful atmospheres
Nov 7th at 5:40 pm
looks nice, but widgets at the bottom are a no-go
Nov 7th 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.
Nov 7th at 6:13 pm
waduh ngeri amatit ….
Nov 7th at 7:52 pm
Im using it now! Im not sure if I like it yet or not. But I’ll decide later.
Nov 7th 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.
Nov 7th 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.
Nov 7th 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.
Nov 8th at 12:11 am
ah chaos theory “…life and themes always find a way” -ian malcolm
Nov 8th 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.
Nov 8th 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.
Nov 8th at 12:36 pm
the next theme name : double agent
and next willbe: Conviction!
Nov 9th 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!
Nov 9th 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.
Nov 9th at 5:39 am
Whoohoo…!!! Another theme of the day.
I’m still waiting for a new light one.
Nov 9th at 6:39 am
hmmm, dark and light letters combined, beautiful
Nov 9th at 9:02 am
Please no more dark templates, it is difficult to read on a black background.
Nov 9th at 9:38 am
This theme is so sweet! Thanks!
Nov 9th 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.
Nov 10th at 2:16 am
where’s the download???
Nov 10th at 2:28 am
i’m white lover, but this is so cool! maybe now i’ll be black lover
Nov 10th at 5:11 am
I like the use of the black
Nov 10th at 12:28 pm
nice theme
Nov 10th at 5:43 pm
dont really like black as background, no good for my eyes
but nice … scary but nice.
Nov 10th at 9:12 pm
I like the theme nice for photo gallerys:)
Nov 10th at 10:14 pm
At 5:30 pm EST the ITP (Internet Theme Police) approved it. So be it.
Nov 10th 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.
Nov 11th at 8:26 am
Thanks heaps!
Nov 11th at 8:56 am
It’s a bit dark, don’t like it at all…