New Theme: Château
Today we are introducing an elegantly designed and typographically pleasing theme, Château.
The Château Theme
Designed by Ignacio Ricci, Château has been crafted with close attention to detail and typography. Its beautiful, minimalist look allows you to make your content the focal point of your blog.
Aside from a brilliant design, this theme offers many cool features that help you to personalize your blog. There are two color schemes, three layout options, custom accent color, Custom Header Image, Custom Background, six widget areas, and three post formats — Aside, Gallery, and Image. It’s loaded with options that make the theme flexible enough to fit a variety of sites.
Read all about Château’s features on the Theme Showcase.
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July 7th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
This is one elegant theme! Love it!
July 7th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Wow this is really great, it really appeals to the typographic design nut in me.
July 7th, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Awesome…
July 7th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Very nice. I like it, but it’s a little too elegant for my blog. I can see it’s working for a poetry blog, though. Maybe I’ll start one so I can use this…
July 7th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
This is very elegant! I’m not sure if I’m elegant enough to use this theme! But it is tempting…
July 7th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Nice Idea and I like the name, but it’s not mine. Too “grey”
and everything is so small…
I need colours and something “special”
July 7th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
You can customize the header image, accent color and background to make it colorful
If that’s not enough, how about Custom Design upgrade? With the upgrade, you can customize it even more to get something “special”
July 7th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Nice!
July 7th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Very clean and organized. The royal font and colour is also excellent.
July 7th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
simple & nice
July 7th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Great stuff! Do you know if the font can be changed for the post titles?
July 7th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
If you sign up for Custom Design upgrade, you are able to choose a font from the fantastic choice of fonts to change the post title.
July 7th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Simply stunning! Well done, and thank you!
July 7th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Lovely! I rarely feel tempted but this one has me thinking about a change.
July 7th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Neat
July 7th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Chateau indeed!
July 7th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
That’s really really nice!!
July 7th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
I love the elegant style!
Still not for me.
I need something similar to Delicious Magazine and free, but I love the elegant font. =)
July 7th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Oh, I love this one so much! I was looking for something lighter, yet elegant. Very lovely.
July 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Very Classy. It will prove popular no doubt. Chapeau to Chateau!
July 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
This is beautiful, I might have to switch! Thank you for posting all the new, free themes, applause!
July 7th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
fancy
July 7th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
I like this elegant theme very much. It’s simple and clean and has great features too. Thank you.
July 7th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Very nice, clean, organized, classy and customizable. Very cool!
July 7th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
That’s really very nice! Adopted it earlier this evening and procrastinating from shaping it as I type!
July 7th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
I love this FREE THEME!! It’s the best! Thank you Word Press ♥!!
July 7th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Beautiful theme!
Just 2 points which it would be better to change:
1-Where are the previous link at the home page?
2-Maybe if you add little images at the previous posts (like Inuit Types theme) the readibility would be better.
I hope to make these changes!
Thank u!
July 11th, 2011 at 10:00 am
Thanks for your opinion.
The home page, at the moment, works as a special template but not as an archive page. This is why the home page doesn’t have previous / next posts link.
July 7th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
My first impression is this theme looks more or less like standard front page design, a banner,maybe it flash, left restangle for menu.items, right rectangle for contents. I dont see any elements associated with chateau beside the image.
Its okay, i have to say so.
July 7th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Great theme! But how do I download it? I don’t see a download button….
July 7th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Hey I recognize that photo! The Petit Trianon at Chateau Versailles. I was just there. Looks great!
July 7th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
This is a very tempting theme. It is elegant, lovely, and easy to take in all at once. I like those dates on the side of the posts. I like the italics. I like the fonts. I like the option of changing the feature color.
I only wish the text field were wider. But wow, you did a gorgeous job.
And thank you so much for offering it as a Free Theme!
-Peregrine
July 7th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
This is the one I’ve been waiting for. Thank you!
July 7th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Very classic, I love it
July 7th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Αnd something else
I think that is better to add the choice to erase the title from the header if you want to use only your image.
Ii’ s a great theme and if you could change it in some details, then it’ll be one from the most popular!
:p
July 11th, 2011 at 10:12 am
I agree that’s a good idea. I’ll add it as post-launch enhancement to let user hide blog title and description with a custom header. Thanks!
July 13th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Hi Stranger,
Just to let you know, Chateau now has an option to hide blog title.
Happy blogging!
Thanks.
July 7th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
new theme again and this is very nice and simple..
July 8th, 2011 at 12:06 am
Wow, so happy to hear this, now let me try first! Lots of thanks to WP.com!
July 8th, 2011 at 12:50 am
i like it a lot! is there a way to preview it before activating?
July 8th, 2011 at 1:08 am
Very nice!!! Will check it out more closely.
July 8th, 2011 at 1:14 am
I don’t know that I’ll ever say anything classy enough to merit this theme…
July 8th, 2011 at 1:16 am
love it! im using this theme now! ♥♥♥
July 8th, 2011 at 1:20 am
Elegant; nice!
July 8th, 2011 at 1:31 am
I like it because the picture is a bit eerie….I may switch it over. I am definitely not as elegant as this theme though.
July 8th, 2011 at 1:41 am
So I’ve been playing around with this theme and maybe I’m just blind – but when I click on one of my “pages” I don’t see anywhere to click to edit it like I do on the posts.
July 8th, 2011 at 1:43 am
Just what a queen like me needs to make my lovely e-WordPress guests feel at e-home. – LOL! Tracey Bond-Tolbert
July 8th, 2011 at 1:57 am
Nearly perfect! if not for the girly font of the headline….
July 8th, 2011 at 2:06 am
Classy! Very tempted to change…
July 8th, 2011 at 2:13 am
Very Nice…but it won’t work for me. I need something, bright and exciting!!
July 8th, 2011 at 2:28 am
Nice, but I’ll stick to my present theme
July 8th, 2011 at 2:37 am
I love this! It’s the best one (that is free) that has come out in a very long time, in my ten-cents worth. Thank you so much!!
July 8th, 2011 at 2:39 am
Love this theme! Thanks WordPress!
July 8th, 2011 at 3:20 am
It’s elegant and beautiful, plain and simple. the format is easy to search through. Nice work.
July 8th, 2011 at 3:27 am
Wow…. Fantastic
July 8th, 2011 at 3:35 am
I like it!
The clean and minimalist approach of this theme is very inviting! I just wish the “concise” format could also be implemented in the front page, not just the archive pages. Here’s to hoping that the Theme Team would introduce more themes that present a combination of a “concise” front page presentation of blog posts & a clean and minimalistic layout–something within the vein of Inuit Types.
Keep them coming, WP.com!
Cheers!
July 8th, 2011 at 3:40 am
yes. i like this.. elegant and clean..
July 8th, 2011 at 4:04 am
Elegant. Clean. Love it!
July 8th, 2011 at 4:07 am
Good to see we’re getting an influx of new themes.
July 8th, 2011 at 4:23 am
Because my blog topic is pretty emotionally charged (my crazy divorce and its aftermath — and my readers’ crazy divorces as well…), I DIG the simple, elegant themes. Of course the current blood red color may indicate otherwise! But I may have to play with this one — thanks for the option.
July 8th, 2011 at 4:30 am
Wow, Free Theme again. Thank for WordPress.com team hardwork to keep WordPress.com blogging experience continue improvement.
July 8th, 2011 at 4:56 am
I like this theme better than any that have come down the pike in a very long time, and I’ve liked some of them very much. This is an awesome theme.
July 8th, 2011 at 5:17 am
nice theme
July 8th, 2011 at 5:25 am
Very nice.
July 8th, 2011 at 5:33 am
Love this! So elegant! Great work, theme team. I’m so tempted.
Now it’s the conflict between 2011 and Chateau. I love the single column layout that’s a reasonable width on 2011, not the full page size. I wish that was an option on Chateau too. I’m not too keen on the blog post font, but I can change that with my Custom Design upgrade and I’ll have to see how the photos present in this theme.
July 8th, 2011 at 5:39 am
I like the minimalist format, but the “detail” option does not seem to work. When I select it, past posts still have the two-column, abbreviated format.
July 12th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
The option for archive page style is literally for archive pages only. The front page acts like a special template that focuses the latest post and sticky post(s).
July 8th, 2011 at 5:49 am
You know I love this theme, but when I started to play with it I discovered one small problem > the tags on the side of the posts and the categories next to the title, makes this “minimalist” them look very messy. Similar deal with clean home. Is there a conspiracy to make the minimalist themes look messy? Just teasing. Hope I can change that with the custom upgrade.
July 11th, 2011 at 10:26 am
I wouldn’t say that’s messy in my opinion but you are able to hide the tags with CSS if you don’t want them appear at all.
July 8th, 2011 at 6:56 am
Perfect.
July 8th, 2011 at 7:00 am
Thank you very much, it’s so beautiful!!!
July 8th, 2011 at 7:01 am
This is such a gorgeous theme. Thanks for making it available to members, WordPress Theme Team!
July 8th, 2011 at 7:18 am
soooo elegant! Keep rockin’
July 8th, 2011 at 7:18 am
Wow! Beautiful ..and I love the fonts! Thank you.
July 8th, 2011 at 7:18 am
I like your new themes. It’s so beautyful.
The font of the post title is so excellent.
Thank you ♥
July 8th, 2011 at 7:42 am
awesome, just adopted it!
July 8th, 2011 at 10:05 am
Great work by Ignacio, looking forward to using it.
July 8th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Really nice, I’ll be adding this one. :]
July 8th, 2011 at 10:37 am
Nice and elegant.
July 8th, 2011 at 11:48 am
Elegant, indeed.
July 8th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
It’s very good! I like it!
July 8th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Very nice! Royal almost.
July 8th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Love this type of themes, nice and simple.
July 8th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Looks pretty neat.
July 8th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Elegant indeed! Were I up for a switch, I’d love to try this one. Thanks for all you do.
July 8th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Not right for me, but pretty cool anyway.
July 8th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Guys, I use HR tags in the posts sometimes. The horizontal line though doesn’t seem to display in this theme. Why is that?
July 12th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Thanks for bringing this to attention. Style for hr tags have been added now.
July 8th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Swanky!
July 8th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Looks very nice! (checks the preview button).
July 8th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Nice theme… I appreciate it!
July 8th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Stunning and elegant.
July 8th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Thanks again WordPress for another great free theme. I’ve been messing around with it since the announcement yesterday and I have to say I am so pleased with the results. Those that are worried about it being “too elegant” or “too messy/cluttered” can definitely change things up with the custom design upgrade.
July 8th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Wow, might have to use this.
July 8th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
This one looks gorgeous!
July 8th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
I like Chateau so much that I updated my blog to it. Before I have used “Duotone” for three years, which is a very interesting theme but somewhat clunky.
July 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Looks very neat but probably because of the color combination used…reminds me of a black and white journal.
July 8th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
I love getting emails about new themes. It takes a lot to impress me, however this is nice. It reminds me a lot of 2011. I’m waiting for more magazine themes that have handwriting scripts and are more artistic in nature…free is always nice.
July 8th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Nice and clean. I’m considering trying an new one, and I may have to check this out.
July 8th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Gonna have to give this one a go! Thanks, WordPress.
July 9th, 2011 at 12:44 am
I’m loving this theme. The only thing I don’t like is how tags are constantly visible to the left (or right, depending) of posts. I wish there was a way to change that. Looks like they are in the way and distracting to a reader.
July 9th, 2011 at 12:58 am
Finally; a free magazine theme that’s of quality. Thank you!
July 9th, 2011 at 2:24 am
ARRRGH. After three years and five different blogs, this is the first theme that made me finally let go of Misty Look. Kudos and thank you so much for this awesome theme. My heart thanks you, and my blogs thank you!
July 9th, 2011 at 2:34 am
wow, this is a beauty!
July 9th, 2011 at 2:49 am
I like it. I’m considering changing my blog template (yet again) using chateau.
But can the sidebar be on the right for this template?
July 9th, 2011 at 3:48 am
Wow.
At one point there, when I read “elegantly designed and typographically pleasing theme”, I thought it wasn’t gonna be free.
But I don’t see any prices around.
Looks really nice. Thanks for offering it for free.
July 9th, 2011 at 3:59 am
It looks very much like a diary. I’ll have to think of a way of using it.
July 9th, 2011 at 4:23 am
Very beautiful.
Should it have featured images it would be P E R F E C T…
But I think I’m going to use it too!!!