Intrepid is a free WordPress theme, two-column with a right sidebar, compatible with WordPress version 2.8 upwards, with threaded and paged comments. 3 styles of pastel shades to choose from – blue-green, green-brown and purple-gray as default… You can also replace the header completely with your own image.

Version 1.1 has been tested on Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Google Chrome, Opera 9.

Features

• jQuery dropdown pages menu – configure the item order and exclude pages
• Add your own logo in the header
• 3 pre-defined color schemes (so far…)

Demo: Intrepid demo

Download: Intrepid WordPress Theme v1.1 – intrepid.zip (Compatible with WP > version2.8)

This theme is released under the terms of the GPL licence.

Our free themes are supplied “as is” – sorry, but we don’t have the resources to offer support for email enquiries or comments about individual installation/customisation. You’re free to use and modify them as you wish, but we would ask you to retain the credit link in the footer.

To refine a previous post on WordPress and jQuery and the use of the wp_enqueue_script function, its paths and dependencies.

As a barebones example, this is how we do it when we we’re enqueueing – if that’s a word – the jQuery Cycle plugin, so that we can make a slideshow on the page.

The important point is probably in the dependencies – firstly, the Cycle plugin depends on jQuery, so has to be loaded after – secondly, our custom script to run the whole process on depends on the jQuery Cycle plugin and therefore also on jQuery and is the last to load.

The custom script we’ve written is in them_directory/scripts/them.cycle.js – something very simple, like this:-

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

$('#images').cycle({
//some parameters
 });
});

(Don’t forget, the dollar $ object isn’t defined in WordPress jQuery (historical reasons) – hence the form of the first line)

This is client-display side javascript, as opposed to admin-side, (which tends to follow slightly different rules in the WordPress setup) and in this case, the action hook ‘template_redirect’ is usually the time to do it.

To enqueue the jQuery library itself is simple – it’s already registered by default in WordPress, no need to specify other than the default path and version.

So in functions.php

add_action('template_redirect', 'them_js_head_load');

function them_js_head_load(){

	//register the plugin
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery-cycle', THEM_TEMPLATEURL.'/scripts/jquery.cycle.lite.min.js', array('jquery'), '1.0');
	//register the custom script
	wp_enqueue_script('them-cycle', THEM_TEMPLATEURL.'/scripts/them.cycle.js', array('jquery', 'jquery-cycle'), '1.0');

}

Note for convenience and efficiency, we’ve previously defined

define(THEM_TEMPLATEURL, get_bloginfo('template_directory'));

And what you end up with in the page source should be something like this – javascripts loaded in the right place in the page head, up and running

<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://localhost/test/wp-content/themes/this-theme/scripts/jquery.cycle.lite.min.js?ver=1.0′></script>

<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://localhost/test/wp-content/themes/this-theme/scripts/them.cycle.js?ver=1.0′></script>

Panorama – the new release has only very minor changes in function (so certainly no need to rush to update) but does have some additions in terms of language mo files, sv_SE Swedish now being an option…

Ringbinder has been updated and improved (hopefully) – a free WordPress theme, two-column, with a right sidebar, it’s now compatible with WordPress version 2.7 upwards, and all set up for threaded comments.

Version 1.3 tested on Firefox 2,3, Internet Explorer 7 and 8, Chrome, Opera 9.

Features

• Horizontal page menu – configure order and exclude pages
• 3 color styles to choose from…

Demo: Ringbinder demo

Download: Ringbinder WordPress Theme v1.4 – ringbinder.zip

Our free themes are supplied “as is” – sorry, but we don’t have the resources to offer support for enquiries about individual installation/customisation. You’re free to use and modify them as you wish, but we would ask you to retain the credit link in the footer.

Alibi3col is a three-column free WordPress theme, with central content and left & right sidebars.

Compatible with WordPress versions 2.7+
Tested on Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 7 and 8, and Opera 9.

Features

• Horizontal menu for top-level pages
• Link and hover colors fully customizable from the admin panel

Demonstration: Alibi3col demo

Download: Alibi WordPress Theme 1.5 – alibi3col

Our free themes are supplied “as is” – sorry, but we don’t have the resources to offer support for enquiries about individual installation/customisation. You’re free to use and modify them as you wish, but we would ask you to retain the credit link in the footer.

OfficeFolders is a free WordPress theme, two-column, with a right sidebar.

Colors: blue, grey, white
Widget Ready: Yes
Width: Fixed

Compatible with WordPress version 2.2 upwards
Tested on Firefox 2,3, Internet Explorer 7 and 8, and Opera 9.

Features

• Horizontal page menu – configure order and exclude pages

Demonstration: OfficeFolders demo

Download: OfficeFolders WordPress Theme 1.4 – folders.zip

Our free themes are supplied “as is” – sorry, but we don’t have the resources to offer support for enquiries about individual installation/customisation. You’re free to use and modify them as you wish, but we would ask you to retain the credit link in the footer.

LouiseBrooks is a fixed-width, 2 column with right sidebar theme, with a little Deco styling, not too much… and the theme is now fully updated for WP 2.7 functionality, threaded and page comments etc…

The theme has been tested on Firefox 2,3 Internet Explorer 6,7 and Opera 9.
Compatible with WP 2.2 upwards.

Demo: LouiseBrooks Theme

Download: LouiseBrooks WordPress Theme 1.5 – louisebrooks.zip

Release Notes:
This theme is not sponsored.
Released under the GPL license.
This WordPress theme contains NO third party sponsorship links.

Panorama is a free WordPress theme, two column, with a right sidebar and a main gimmick of a customizable header image…

Colors: black, grey, white
Widget Ready: Yes
Width: Fixed

Compatible with WordPress version 2.2 upwards
Tested on Firefox 2,3, Chrome, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and Opera 9.

Features

• Custom link/hover colors
• Custom header and logo – add your own panorama or use one provided…
• Horizontal page menu – configure order and exclude pages
• Configure Twitter & RSS urls
• Localization supported *

Download: Panorama WordPress Theme v2.1 (updated 14 Jan 2010) – panorama.zip

Supplied header images (all GPL licenced):
graffiti_rome.jpg | monumentvalley.jpg | from_hohe_mut.jpg

If you’re looking for other suitable images, you might try here

* Localization supported – please contact us if you would like to contribute a translation.

Translation thanks: DK DE AR FR IT NL pt_BR TR zh_TW

Released under the GPL licence.
This WordPress theme contains NO third party sponsorship links.

Our free themes are supplied “as is” – sorry, but we don’t have the resources to offer support for email enquiries or comments about individual installation/customisation. You’re free to use and modify them as you wish, but we would ask you to retain the credit link in the footer.