New Theme: Motion
I’m happy to present to you, “Motion,” a dashing new theme inspired by movement and film. Bursting with style and options, Motion is a clean, colorful, and charismatic new theme.
Motion, a colorful and clean theme.
Motion combines color and clean lines to give your content character without hindering consumption. Aside from great design, the theme has some pretty interesting features. The menu shows both categories and pages, in separate locations, allowing your visitors to choose how they’d like to navigate your site.
Pages and Categories
There is also a really nice widget area that acts a little bit different than most other widget areas. It’s the “header” widget area – you can use it for intro text, a link to your RSS feed, or anything you want your users to see right away.
Intro Text / Header Widget Area
Last, but definitely not least, is the footer. It’s big, clean, and widgetized. By default you have Links, Pages, and Archives – but it’s all up to you, customize the footer however you’d like.
The Footer
Check out Motion on your own WordPress.com blog! Just login and visit Appearance -> Themes
Motion was designed by 85ideas and is available for .org users too.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Love the dark background. Great color scheme as well.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Awesome
February 11th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
This is an awesome theme. I adopted it, and my blog looks super-cool now
One quibble though, it would be nice if the number of comments on a blog post were listed somewhere on the main page. That would really make my day!
February 11th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Nice theme!
um bom tema!
February 11th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Categories should be at the top, and the pages below. It should also be able to exclude categories.
A theme is very cool, but by the arrangement of the elements is not practical.
We hope to change that, or the feature to change the position of these elements?
February 11th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
cool colors… one of the best one in recent times!
February 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Just to add to Jean-Luc Crucifix’s comment, my blog has WAY too many categories to sit at the top of the theme. I would prefer either the option to select what sits up there or nothing at all. My categories need to stay in the sidebar.
Can you help on this please?
P
February 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Apart from that, I love it. A very lovely theme…
February 11th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
You’re too cool, Noel! Fabulous theme!
February 11th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Nice work. Lovely color.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Great! But I love my current theme.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
impressive !
February 11th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
can i change the banner here?
February 11th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Fluid and lush. Great color too! WordPress is the best place to reside.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
ummm… mind blowing..! why cant i have one right now?!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
ok now this theme i love a lot!its the best one, well looks the best for me out of all new ones!wow great, thanks!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Definitely the theme thing was one of the big advantages that Blogspot had over WordPress.
Right now, i’m falling more and more for the service i chose. WordPress IS actually the best… and counting.
Wicked theme
February 11th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I really miss the post author’s name. And this theme screams for a custom header and/or background, just to make it perfect. It’s not cool if ALL blogs using the theme look just exactly the same. Other than that, thanks to the guys that created the theme, and thanks to the guys at wordpress that bring it to us. Great work.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Actually I have now changed it as like Paul I don’t like my categories at the top. If you have lot’s of categories it looks too cluttered. Would be fine if you could change all of them to something else or delete them all. Shame. I’ts lovely apart from that.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Does this consensus mean that everyone’s blog will soon look the same….?
February 11th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Cool!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I love this new theme! It has all my favorite colors. I was looking for the perfect theme for my blog, and here it is! Thanks so much WordPress!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
this would be a great one, IF i could change the colors. I like the layout. Even if there were basic other colors such as blue, red (the dark, not bright and gaudy), purple or even a brown. but I like it Noel. really i do
February 11th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
nice theme… :-p
February 11th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
great job! keep them coming!!
February 11th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
There has been a lot of new themes lately. But why can’t there be one that can look personalized without using CSS? Or at least have a customizable header?
My suggestion is another theme like Neat, K2-Lite, or Sapphire but with more features, such as customizable colors and a flexible width.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Great look, but in the preview mode, the fonts are way too small…anyway to increase the font size without having to manually update the HTML code on each post?
February 11th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Love the new theme.
Does CSS allow custom BG on that theme?
February 11th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
I am using it, thank you.
I’m happy when I see different themes on wordpress.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Thanks for the great theme, Noel. I’ve chosen it for an experimental site I’m currently developing. One thing that seems to be a major problem: I love the dropdown appearance for subcategories (top), but the cursor has trouble moving from category field to subcategory fields. I sometimes have success when moving my mouse quickly, but it doesn’t work most of the time. Have you noticed this? Advice? It’s a feature my navigation depends on.
Thanks again for the great new theme!
February 11th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
I love it! It looks so… theatrical.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Great theme! i’m using it for my blog! thanks!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
BEAUTIFUL theme! Gorgeous, gorgeous colour and I love the large font, wide columns and clearness of it all. At first I didn’t like the categories at the top but I actually think that’s a genius idea!
Haven’t been this excited about a theme since SpringLoaded!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Looks nice. Well, just one thing: there is no sticky note-option and the list of themes indicates there should be one. Is it just my browser, a bug or just just accidentally added “sticky posts” to the desciption? Thanks anyway.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
cool, but the page as sub page doesn’t appear in header. can we repair it ?
February 12th, 2010 at 12:21 am
I tried it. It is a beautiful theme I loved it, but a little too dark for me. Thank you though for all these fresh themes.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:36 am
It’s a very nice theme, indeed. The german translation is bad, though. I just don’t get why it isn’t possible to use the translated strings from other themes for new themes – but anyway. Maybe you’ll add a decent translation soon.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Oh yeaaahh..!! More themes, great WP!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Noel, is there an ability to have subpages on this theme?
February 12th, 2010 at 1:04 am
Oh, It is Beautiful! I’ve switched one of my new Blogs to this, since its theme is Music, Movies and Math. Your theme fits it perfectly! Thanks!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:11 am
I like it, but I have to edit my pictures, because the background is white…
and Arabic fonts are not too good in this theme… but, it’s great job..
February 12th, 2010 at 5:09 am
This is way better than your last theme. Thumbs Up!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:15 am
colors blend in very well giving nice aesthetics. Keep up the good work!
Can you make one with a futuristic metallic feel?
February 12th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Hi Noel
I’m keen to use this theme but I’m on a team blog.
Can Motion display the author of each post?
Cheers
February 12th, 2010 at 7:33 am
Noel, you are very artistic. Love your taste, even though I still stay with misty theme. It fits my content. But thanks for your time.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:26 am
The colours I love most! But… what a pity: I’ve 697 categories and can’t use it.
If you could do something…
February 12th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Cool Theme!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I wish someone would improve the inove theme, and make it so that you can change the background to complete white, and place a black rounded border around the blog area along with the side column, and add another column with square blank area for a custom logo, and below that archives, and below that categories (which you can selectively show or delete, or at least hide). Also, allow for a smoothed journal title/header, instead of plain and ugly looking, wiith optional font choices, not just one, and font size choices, and switchable images for the header, not just that carbon thing, but alternatives, like black snake scales, or green scale like leaves, burl (and the ability for the title/header of the blog to blend in well with the wood).
PLEASE someone do this, the inove theme is the best but too plain and simple.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Its looking good
Love new themes
February 12th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I love the colors =]
Thankss ^^
February 12th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
This is excellent! I love the Gallery how did you do that? is it custom CSS + or can I do this using the native version?
February 12th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
The Gallery is built into WordPress.com, no custom CSS required. http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/
February 12th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
I love this theme! it looks great on my sports blog. Thanks for another great theme
February 13th, 2010 at 1:37 am
WOW, I love it. Thanks… gonna use it in a photo blog I’m working on… Cheers!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:55 am
beautiful!
February 13th, 2010 at 5:12 am
great colors, i love it. it’s so fresh
February 13th, 2010 at 6:33 am
very nice! I don’t think it will work for my blogs but we’ll see!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:23 am
You’re on fire, Noel! This is really a beautiful one. Great job.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:26 am
@Noel: I had activated the motion theme a couple of days ago and all of my 10 widgets had worked great then. But I suddenly found out today that all of them have disappeared. I cant think of any reason why it happened. Any suggestions. please? Please, I need a bit of help to sort the problem out.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:28 am
nice work!
February 13th, 2010 at 10:53 am
ahhh so its a new one. heh I really didn’t have an idea. I am now using it on my new blog.
Just thought that it is the best on the list.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
too good
February 13th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
i had used this theme as soon as it was released; i customized all the widgets again (since there is the new footer bar included) – but yesterday i found all my widgets gone into inactive section. i don’t know how everything was reset. i didn’t login for a day, when i came back i saw all widgets are gone, only defaults remained.
i have not lost anything, i can simply drag and put them into place again. but any idea why & how this could happen?
February 13th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Nice! I love more themes. Love wordpress.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Great creative graphics. More like this please.
BTW, Categories can be removed from the top navigation bar very easily, as follows:-
1. Dashboard
2. Appearance
3. Motion Options (You have the option of hiding/showing the Categories and/or the Home page.)
Hope that helps!
P.S. Anyone know how to delete/empty the bottom menus?
February 13th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
its great!!
February 13th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
…Sorry, by ‘bottom menus’ I mean the three ‘footers’
February 13th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Totally fantastic and although I am not a color “green” person, I loved it enough to use it for my music blog. Love to see more like this style in a variety of colors. Thanks for the good work you all are doing!
February 13th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
thanks! you guys are doing a great job!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Yes very nice theme!!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Loveley theme. It did not fit my blog, but I really like the looks of it. The colours are great.
Keep up the good work!
February 14th, 2010 at 3:23 am
Its very beautiful but the Pages Tab doesnt have a drop down view. Can that be done?
February 14th, 2010 at 3:28 am
I used this theme and i just checked in my blog and everything changed about the theme
i am upset because all my blogroll is gone.
WordPress if u r reading this…I need help…
February 14th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Corve, please contact support: http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
February 14th, 2010 at 5:05 am
@Noel two questions, are subpages enabled for this theme, and how could I import a picture for a custom header?
February 14th, 2010 at 6:09 am
Woww……..nice theme! I will try it!so I hope enjoy use this theme.Thanks Noel.
February 14th, 2010 at 6:37 am
I found this theme by chance and fell in love immediately. This is one of my favorites. Thank you guys!
February 14th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
I like custom headers
February 14th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
I know, I said it before.. but: Noel, this theme is absolutely gorgeous. Bought the CSS-Upgrade short time after the release of Motion and now it’s THE perfect theme for me.. the new theme options are great.. THANK YOU!
February 14th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
It’s Green and Black Colors,
I like it.
February 14th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
cool design as others have said.. but less green which is the color I love
, but still, great design 
February 14th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
If I had ordered a personalized theme it would look like this one! Stunning …. thank you. Love it.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
i am like it but need make it as arabic
for right to left
February 14th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Amazing theme! Activated it on my blog:)
February 15th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Thank you WordPress for those exciting new themes. Very impressive.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:00 am
I think you have done a cool job yes outstanding one this time around(after fixing that header menu category option to on/off). One thing more to take note of, you people are becoming more lively on new theme’s release job. You guys(of coarse n’ gals) are producing lovely themes like anything for public use.
Good Job!
February 15th, 2010 at 5:14 am
woowwww awsmmm theme… n its ma fav. color
thnxxxx
February 15th, 2010 at 5:21 am
but i wish custom header option was also there.. .. plzzz add the custom header option too in this theme if possible …
February 15th, 2010 at 8:17 am
pretty nice! thank you!
February 15th, 2010 at 10:36 am
mmmmm yummy…Mistress Polly xx
February 15th, 2010 at 11:53 am
That is Buzzing!!!
February 15th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
it looks great but it feels heavy to scroll… I don’t know, maybe is just my browsers
February 15th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
I like this one a lot. It’s packs a lot of visual punch for the non-CSS user! The only downside that I can see so far is not being able to remove the category buttons at the top of the page. In your preview, they appear under the blog title, so I was a little mislead by that. There has to be a work around, even though it might mean removing categories altogether. I might do a poll to see how many people filter by category type.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:02 am
that’s cool man.
February 16th, 2010 at 6:16 am
how do i activate that theme?
February 16th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Nice work!
I love the colors!
February 16th, 2010 at 10:18 am
hey! thank you soooo much for the new theme! it’s awesome and i love it!!! this is what i’ve been looking for! the colour is so great! i love it! thank you thank you thank you soo much!
keep releasing new wordpress themes for wordpress-hosted blogs. u’re doing great job!
congrats!!!