Posted: Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 2:00 am. Filed in Themes.
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New Theme: Vigilance
Today we bring to you a fresh new theme from Jestro Themes. Meet Vigilance:
Vigilance has a super-special set of features, which you can access under Appearance > Vigilance Options after you’ve activated the theme under Appearance > Themes. These include:
- Customizable colors: You set the background color, border color, link color, and link hover color.
- Alert box: A special feature just for this theme, the optional alert box appears at the top of the page and can contain an announcement or other notice that you want to keep prominent on your blog.
- Hidden pages: Enter the page ID numbers of the pages you don’t want to display, and they’ll be hidden from the menu at the top of your blog.
Vigilance also has a custom image header and special widget options. You can display one wide sidebar or two thin sidebars on your blog. As always, you control the look of your blog by adding and removing widgets under the Appearance > Widgets menu. But now, special to Vigilance: If a sidebar doesn’t contain any widgets, it simply disappears.
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February 19th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Very cool. I will have to see how my blog works with this one.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Awesome! You should really add these features to some of the other themes. You should also make more energetic themes.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Love the theme, believe it or not I was just wondering earlier today when a new theme would come out.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:00 am
That’s cool. I might change my blog to that.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:05 am
wow! so nice! Thankss
February 19th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Thanks WordPress! I tried it! I Love it…Yeah! Lanie
February 19th, 2009 at 3:15 am
looks good…. might try it out for my med school journal club blog!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:21 am
You guys are funny with your “…really long blog title…”
I like the hidden pages feature, and the alert box sounds pretty cool, too. Reading about the various customizable features of themes makes me want to finally get down and dirty with css.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Wonderful… might have to check this one out. Thanks!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:24 am
looks good…. might try it out for my med school journal club blog!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Wow, this is cool. Got to try it out. Thanks, WordPress
February 19th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Awesome new theme! I’m still sticking with Silver is the New Black, but still awesome features!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Cool, looks interesting, might have to try it out!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:45 am
This theme incorporates all the elements I’ve wanted but couldn’t get in one theme. It’s great. Thanks!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:49 am
I have the Freshy theme for my blog, and I really like it, but this new theme sounds AWESOME! I’ll get it soon!
February 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Thank you. But it don’t display on Themes of my blog.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
It should be there. Make sure you are looking at the last page in the themes selection section.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Sweet. I’ll add this right about…..
Now.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Wow! I love experimenting with themes. I’ll soon go check it! Thanks.
BTW, ‘vigilance’ is a great name for a theme.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:55 am
That good. But i like the theme custom header
February 19th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Vigilance has a custom image header option.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Cool, I have to check this out. TY WordPress Team
February 19th, 2009 at 4:11 am
I tested it!
Except the sidebar, all is great with this theme. Or I am being harsh, even the sidebar is okay.
Nice fonts like the Depo Masthead, Cutline, Pressrow or the Journalist. It is in the same league with these themes and those who want a more journalistic look on blogs will love to adopt this theme.
Very pronounced titles, date and comments. The comments on the post have a wonderful look and feel. The block quotes are very pronounced.
I am sure many WP users will switch to this theme.
Very enticing! I have resisted the temptation though
February 19th, 2009 at 4:21 am
One wide sidebar or two thin sidebars, customizable colours, alert box! Hmm, fully loaded!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:29 am
I like this one!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:33 am
Great theme!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Oooh .. gotta try it .
February 19th, 2009 at 4:46 am
What an interesting theme!
Nice to try. Thanks.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:47 am
wow! love the special alert box!
if it had a customizable header so I could use the photo header I love I would be all over this new theme!
February 19th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
It does have a customizable header. Check your Appearance > Custom Image Header page.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Awesome!
The alert features sounds really interesting. I’ll have to try it out.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:52 am
YES!! I love it!!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I approve
February 19th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Let me try it…..
I hope,I’m gonna like it………….:)
February 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Definitely one of the more improved and classy themes to come out. Thanks WordPress and Jestro Themes.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Looks clean and organized. Thanks!
February 19th, 2009 at 5:54 am
hmm… interesting theme… can i still have my own custom header on it?
Thanks for the theme Heather
Looking around for a perfect theme I need. Im wondering how to add pictures and stuff. Still learning about wordpress, its all new to me! I have to admit..its interesting.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Yes, you can use the Custom Image Header page for that.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Hello there,
I’m delighted to have a new theme to try out tomorrow. I’m looking forward to trying out the customizable options. It sounds like it may be right for my blog. Thanks for sharing the news.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Oh. It would be nice but for me it appears totally different than what it looks like in the preview and on the screenshot above. Bigger fonts, ugly blockquote, black tagbox and the sidebar is under the post (although I use IE7 and Firefox). I wonder why, it would be a nice them if it looked like in the screenshot.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
You can make Vigilance look pretty different depending on the options you choose and your blog/sidebar content. You’re right about the screenshot on the themes page. I will update it so it’s correct for WordPress.com.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:13 am
I will look at it and see how it works with photography. All of the options sound really good!
February 19th, 2009 at 6:14 am
hmm ,
it’s worth to try
February 19th, 2009 at 6:21 am
awesome ! I love it! Thanks guys
February 19th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Themes with customizable features, as these ones, or others, would be very interesting.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:34 am
interesting. Will give it a try!
February 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am
I will probably try this new theme on this blog of mine! looks good.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Looks good!
February 19th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Any way we can have more darker ones with really nice font? And the capabilities to not be so restricted with the crop sizing when it comes to up loading a picture?
February 19th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Thanks for the feedback. More themes will come. Watch the WordPress.com blog for updates. I’m not sure if it can be changed, but send support your crop sizing suggestions.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am
looking cool n simple !!
February 19th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Awesome, the themes this year are already piling up!
February 19th, 2009 at 7:15 am
AWESOME!!
February 19th, 2009 at 7:24 am
pertamaxxxx…
waow… nice theme,
but i love Cutline by Chris Pearson.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:30 am
love it enough to switch. nice work.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:45 am
worth the wait…Do i dare to say yes!?
February 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Looks good. I’m gonna try it out and see how it stacks up…
Personally, I like themes with wide blogpost-space and narrow-er sidebars…and this one fits the bill
February 19th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Looks like someone has worked very hard on this, to provide more flexibility within one theme than you normally get. Worth having a play with.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:02 am
heh… I’ll keep it in mind when I want a really long blog title
February 19th, 2009 at 8:08 am
A beautifully stylish theme and the ability to customize certain elements is a trend I hope WordPress.com expands on.
The only thing that would make Vigilance complete for me is the addition of an Archives page. (I know we can add the Categories and Archives widgets to our sidebar, but my blog’s sidebar is quite full already.)
February 19th, 2009 at 8:09 am
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It’s seems so nice….
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***pertamax ???***
February 19th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Hey, nice theme, thanks!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Great. I like customizable colors and hidden pages. I will use this theme for one of my blogs. Thank you.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Activated!
It features everything I was wanting – even serif typeface!
Again, Bravo WP!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Seems Very Simple and neat template , i really like it .
“special to Vigilance: If a sidebar doesn’t contain any widgets, it simply disappears.” This Feature is Great for peoples those Don’t like much rush on them blog … And Special alert box is also another cool touch from You … you guys Rock . i love you guys
February 19th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I’m using it! Very cool!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:51 am
wow! an awesome theme which brings more spice on wordpress.com. thanks Heather and WordPress team for the great updates.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:07 am
cool!
I really love themes with flexible with!
Can you … ?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
We’ll take that under consideration.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Wow! Customizable colors, the alert box and hidden pages are all very good ideas. If only I could get all of this with a custom image header, I would definitely switch!
February 19th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
You’ve already got it!
Check the Custom Image Header page.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:28 am
I took a look at this and it has a lot of extra great options. I have actually been waiting for a new clean 3-column (fixed and with header) if there is one coming soon. Is this in your plans? If not, Vigilance will do wonderfully.
Appreciate your site more than you know. It’s simply the best!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
You can already use Vigilance as a clean, 3-column, fixed width, customized header image theme.
To get the sidebar to split into two sidebars, use the “Left Sidebar” and “Right Sidebar” options on the widgets page instead of the “Wide Sidebar.” If you use all 3, the left and right sidebars will appear below the wide sidebar.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:35 am
wow wow wow!
February 19th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Looks quite good, I’ll have to try it out.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Ooh, there’s a lot to like about this one! I’ll have to play with it this weekend
February 19th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I love everything about it except the very serify font and godawful mixing of serif and non serif fonts.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Thats a new groovy theme, although, a little dark shade would have been good
February 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
It looks good but the font size on the sidebar is not standard – some small, some big. It is better if it is more uniformed
February 19th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
We may need to make an adjustment for that, but you also may need to update some of the code in your text widgets if they include any font size information that clashes.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
It seems to be one of the best Themes of wordpress. but unfortunately all these themes do not appear properly in Persian. for example one of the culumns of Theme “Dig 3 column” is not shown in persian at all.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Not every theme is updated for translations, but we are working on that.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Nice theme!
February 19th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Ahhhhhhhhhh! Another simple, white theme that has the potential for two widget bars, but has no image header. I use an image header on my blog that I’m super obsessed with. I love it. But I’ve always wanted two widget sidebars and I insist on a simple white theme.
I’m still waiting for the perfect theme.
But this looks very nice.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Look closer. Vigilance has customizable colors so you can make it not-as-white, a custom image header, and you can use the left and right sidebar options to get two widget sidebars.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:27 am
The comments have huge font. especially when you use block quote.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Very nice.
But doesn’t suit me unfortunately.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Awesome theme! Keep up the fantastic work WP~
February 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I really like this theme, but I can’t use it because of the italicized blockquotes!
February 19th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Don’t forget that you can use the Custom CSS upgrade to change things like those italicized blockquotes to suit your taste.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:58 am
i dont like .. sorry , but is the truth !
big hug for all .
February 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
This is my first blog. And it is on WordPress. Probably the first blog on wordpress.com to use Vigilance?
February 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I like pretty much everything about this theme, except that the links are bolded. Thanks for putting it up.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
So cool….. But do you have any themes that looks like a website design? I hope I can download mp3s and videos from my disk folders to my blog…. Nice Theme! Good Job!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
There are tons of themes. Check the Appearance > Themes page in your blog admin pages. You can use a static front page instead of posts to create more of a website feel.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Looks simple and classic! great work Done!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I would have been perfect if it also had a custom image header!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Oh Look it does!!! Now it is perfect!!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
i find the font in the right side bar is a tad too small…other than that, it’s awesome…
anyway to fix that ‘problem’?
February 21st, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Thanks for your suggestion. We’ll look into that.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I liked the Alert box a lot…. so cool.. smart ideaI wish it was for all of the themes.
why themes always have a strange name…!? anyway great job
February 19th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
That’s pretty cool. Sounds like there may be another theme change in my horizon. Thanks for the update!
February 19th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Vigilance is clean.simple.nice.. the next best theme after Albeo.. lol
February 19th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I love all the new themes. You’ve started this year in a great way. I have a habit of changing my theme quite frequently.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
this is explosive..!
February 19th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
alert box is great. i’m always looking for this kind of feature.
you made it, thanks a lot…
February 19th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
definitely going to have to test it on mine! Thanks for the new theme!
February 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I absolutely love it!
February 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Nice! I may just have to play with this one. The features sound fantastic!
February 19th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Looks very clean and nice. I think it’s always better to have a design that does’nt look to complicated or crowded.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
What is this Blogspot? Customizable colors?!?
Pleeeeeeeeez give us threaded comments in the themes that are already being used by millions. You promised!!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
They will be here soon!!! Watch the WordPress.com blog for updates.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
YAY!
We need more themes…
Thanks WordPress….
February 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Really looks good, especially the alert box.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
simply great!!