Dark Theme for Wordpress
I’m proud to announce that the previous theme of “Bartelme Design” - also known as “The Dark Theme” - is now available as free Wordpress template. I want to thank ilemoned who did the whole coding work - great job man!
It’s getting dark
The so called “Dark Theme” was originally used on this site over the last 6 months or so. I thought it would be nice to share it with you guys, now that I have switched to my new “Deep Blue” theme :) Feel free to download the package and bring some darkness to your WordPress driven weblog. By the way as far as I know there will also be Drupal versions of the “Dark” as well as of the “Fresh” theme. So stay tuned.
Details
According to ilemoned the theme has been tested on WordPress 2.1.3 with Firefox and Safari, as well as IE6/7 and supports the following plugins:
- flickrRSS
- Gravatar
- Ultimate Tag Warrior
- WP-PageNavi
Make sure that you also check out the WP Dark customization kit to customize the header.
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LEMONed April 22, 2007 at 06:22 PM
Thank you, my lord!
Wolfgang April 22, 2007 at 06:25 PM
Haha – you’re more than welcome :)
LEMONed April 22, 2007 at 06:34 PM
Is there a cache or something? I still saw “0 Comments” on your index page.
Wolfgang April 22, 2007 at 06:37 PM
Yeah I had to enforce caching, due to heavy server load.
Wolfgang April 22, 2007 at 07:05 PM
Fantastic einfach nur geil super arbeit ;-)
Devon Shaw April 22, 2007 at 07:10 PM
Been a fan of this for a while, thanks!
Jennifer April 22, 2007 at 08:14 PM
Wonderful. Thanks!
Sam April 22, 2007 at 08:18 PM
Awesome! It’s going to definitely be one of the more quality Wordpress themes out there.
Jeannette April 22, 2007 at 09:42 PM
Hi, I really love your themes and I think you do a great thing sharing them with us less talanted. Thank you again.
I have a question though ; Are you planning to release the Dark theme for EE as well ?
Richard April 22, 2007 at 10:13 PM
Beautiful! But not as beautiful as the new site, of course.
Olly April 22, 2007 at 10:41 PM
Thanks! To be honest it’s one of the best Wordpress themes I’ve ever seen. And believe me, I saw a lot of them :)
Jenny April 22, 2007 at 11:37 PM
Awesome theme. I downloaded it today. It’s so nifty.
José Carlos April 23, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Thanks for sharing! The theme is beautiful.
evitc April 23, 2007 at 05:20 AM
Thank Wolfang and LEMONed!
I have been your fan for a long time!
Nikko April 23, 2007 at 08:08 AM
the argentine….thanks are really beautiful.._
Matt April 23, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Simply delicious.
I have little use for it, but it’s a beautiful design!
Great work, now get ready for the onslaught of Bartleme-clones :P
gpessia April 23, 2007 at 01:39 PM
perfetto!
Peter April 23, 2007 at 04:56 PM
YOU ARE MY GOD !!!
Thanks.
I will check this port soon :)
Lincoln April 23, 2007 at 05:59 PM
Wonderful as usual!!! Wolfang a question, do yo have the same template for we EE users?
Fredrik Wärnsberg April 23, 2007 at 06:04 PM
Very nice work, thanks for sharing!
Nicky April 23, 2007 at 07:10 PM
我也来支持一下。
dupola April 23, 2007 at 07:31 PM
挺好呀。我也来支持一下……
Sven Schoene April 23, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Wow, are you serious? I mean, really, this is just great! Not that I will use it, but I’m working on a new theme for my blog myself and I know that creating a nice, different-from-other-blogs-theme is very hard and time intensive.
Much respect for doing that, I don’t know if I would do that. ;)
Sven Schoene
Paul Enderson April 23, 2007 at 11:23 PM
Many thanks for your generosity. I don’t have any need of a new theme right now, but you can bank on it being in my shortlist for the very next WordPress project!
Kind regards,
Paul
cam April 24, 2007 at 12:51 AM
Hmm i wonder what a Fresh/Dark MySpace would look like :P
Firman Firdaus April 24, 2007 at 12:05 PM
this is what i’ve been waiting for. thanks bro..
Lincoln April 24, 2007 at 07:00 PM
Hi,
Is it possible to have the same template like the original one you used with Expression Engine?
Thanks
bingu April 24, 2007 at 07:19 PM
really cooool!
Denise April 25, 2007 at 05:30 AM
Love the new Wordpress theme keep on cranking out some awsome themes
Sinid April 25, 2007 at 05:52 AM
非常漂亮的皮肤,不过个人认为还可以细化一下细节.比如每条评论之间可以做点变化.
Alex April 25, 2007 at 07:07 AM
good theme,thanks!
Firman Firdaus April 25, 2007 at 07:58 AM
Dear Wolfgang,
I’m using your Dark theme right now, but i’m having trouble setting up the sidenotes (sideblog). you could see it from my link. this is the css I use:
#sideblog {
position:relative; float:left; width:185px; background:none;}
#sideblog ul {
margin:0px; padding:0px; width:180px;}
#sideblog ul li {
list-style:none; margin-bottom:10px;}
#sideblog li a {
text-decoration:none; font-weight:plain; font-size:1em;}
#sideblog li a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;}
#sideblog li p {
margin:0px; padding:0px; margin-top:4px; font:1em Verdana,sans-serif,arial; line-height:1.5em;}
can anyone help me modifying the code so it can embedded to the theme perfectly?
thank you
singrun April 25, 2007 at 01:08 PM
beautiful
Travis McCrea April 26, 2007 at 12:38 AM
I am working on converting your theme to e107, for my own personal use, but I was hoping you would allow me to release it to the public for e107, do you mind? You of course would get full credit.
Wolfgang April 26, 2007 at 07:08 AM
Of course I don’t mind — let me know as soon as you’re finished, then I gonna put up a linklist to all ports.
tornsuits April 26, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Sexy
le seb April 26, 2007 at 03:14 PM
thanks a lot…been waiting for so long…thanks for releasing and thanks ilemoned for coding…
manchurr April 27, 2007 at 05:39 AM
hello there.. i can’t access the download link.. do u know where else can i get the theme? lurve it! or u can email me? thx!!
Travis McCrea April 27, 2007 at 08:59 AM
I’d give you my ziped copy, but I dont think you run e107, and its not done yet :D
kai April 27, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Danke und Grüße aus Graz!
cam drysdale April 28, 2007 at 03:08 AM
anyone want to make a myspace design using bartelme styling???
Kaimeister April 28, 2007 at 04:08 PM
myspace is evil!
Ehab April 28, 2007 at 07:31 PM
This is the BEST THEME EVER !
Paul April 29, 2007 at 09:28 PM
Thank you for this great theme !
More like this are welcome.
Yellowman April 29, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Woaw ! Nice work – colors are beautiful :)
Can we use it with WordPress.com ?
Mr. Blogit April 30, 2007 at 05:07 AM
I love this theme but for some reason my search does not work. I don’t know if it caused by theme or not
Travis McCrea April 30, 2007 at 06:33 AM
search works fine for me!
Wolfgang April 30, 2007 at 07:50 AM
@Yellowman: Sure — it’s free and can be used on whichever site you want. As for customization: I plan to do a customization kit, so that you can easily incorporate your logo. So stay tuned.
Oli April 30, 2007 at 10:20 AM
Sehr schöne Arbeit!
Tomek April 30, 2007 at 01:59 PM
Wonderful . btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. Greetings
pfefferle April 30, 2007 at 04:59 PM
Thanks a lot!
Yellowman April 30, 2007 at 06:40 PM
Thanks Wolfgang for your answer ;)
Frank May 01, 2007 at 05:08 AM
Thank you all.
I have learn so much here.
Brad Bowen May 03, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Hello Bartelme,
You have done an amazing job on this theme. I enjoyed it so much, I designed a new “scheme” if you will, and would love your opinion. I think that it would be a good addition to release this also, as long as you are onboard.
You can see my “twist” on your amazing theme here.
I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks
Brad Bowen May 04, 2007 at 10:21 PM
So, I decided to make another “flavor” if you will, for bartelme’s awesome “dark” theme. It is a nice blend of Orange. You can check it out in the link below.
Please drop me a line and tell me what you think!
http://test.onemorerevision.com/
Wolfgang May 05, 2007 at 08:54 AM
Nice, I like it :)
Shabu Anower May 05, 2007 at 08:41 PM
Nice work you have done :)
Keep going man!
bitshine May 07, 2007 at 08:45 AM
Very delicate. Thanks.
YILKA May 08, 2007 at 08:48 AM
Just come by and say thank you very much for your sharing :) amazingly beautiful free wordpress theme.
Andy May 08, 2007 at 06:50 PM
Wow, looks really nice!
nlite May 09, 2007 at 06:16 AM
very nice theme!
Brad Bowen May 09, 2007 at 07:45 PM
Hello Guys,
Just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that the “Dark_Black” theme has been released, which is a new flavor on Bartelme’s awesome theme.
You can check it out here.
Thanks Bartelme!
jerry May 11, 2007 at 01:09 AM
Thanks Bartelme! You can view your feed here!
Marc May 12, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Nice the Dark Theme!
Diego Ciconi May 13, 2007 at 09:26 PM
Hey guys, this theme is awsome! I loved it!
Just to let you know I made it ready for widgets, and now support Related Posts plugin.
You may be interested, this direct link is:
http://diegociconi.com/files/wptheme-dark-widgetized.zip
If you wanna see a live demo just take a look at http://ciconi-invest.com
You rock guys!
北极冰仔 May 16, 2007 at 03:49 AM
I really like the Dark theme. Beautiful work.
aman May 16, 2007 at 01:23 PM
very nice…if can, i want to convert it for the blogger.. :D
James White May 17, 2007 at 10:54 PM
Hi had to drop by and thank-you so much for the Dark Theme. I see you’re getting a lot of praise, and for good reason. I’ve been looking for a decent template for a long time with no results. But yours blew me away.
Installation and alterations were really smooth, and it works perfect with the Flickr plugin.
Thanks again! Keep up the great work.
Diego Ciconi May 19, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Hey everybody, take a look at the widgets ready version:
http://diegociconi.com/wordpress-theme-dark-theme-widgets-82/
Meeh May 20, 2007 at 10:56 AM
I love this theme but it’s a little difficult to see highlight and links… well… overall it’s a very beautiful theme
Chris Wouters May 20, 2007 at 02:09 PM
Is echt nen super Desgin, eins deiner besten :D
Jase Lee May 21, 2007 at 09:59 AM
I absolutely love your blog design. Do I have the chance to get it incorporated to my blog?
Amici May 23, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Nice theme :)
I want use it in my blog ;)
daniel May 28, 2007 at 05:34 PM
wow! genial das teil! hoffentlich gibts das neue auch bald, das ist noch viel besser, finde ich.
Gavin Strange May 30, 2007 at 07:16 PM
Love this theme, I’m using it on my blog right now!
Im trying to get the ‘recent comments’ area to display the comments_excerpt aswell, so people can see a snippet of what’s being said but I just can’t do it ~ any suggestions?
http://blog.jam-factory.com/
Many thanks!
leo May 31, 2007 at 04:56 PM
It’s a shame this came out as a wordpress theme port first when it was an original EE theme.
Would love to see this released for Expression Engine?
Amaresh June 01, 2007 at 12:06 AM
Hey, many thanks for your brilliant and charming theme.
For my site, I customized it to a light blue version instead of it being so dark.
Check my version here : http://www.zaldoe.com/
If all goes well, I should be releasing it to the community any day now.
Amaresh June 01, 2007 at 10:15 PM
As promised, I have released a customized light version of this theme for download.
Get it here: http://www.zaldoe.com/themes/
Max June 02, 2007 at 06:08 AM
Hello. I was wondering if I could get some support to do a minor adjustment to the ‘dark’ theme, namely I would like to add “recent post” to the extreme right hand column, but after some experimentation, I’ve been unable to get it right. Any advice on specifically which file and what code to edit, I would be appreciative! Thank you in advance.
Lincoln June 02, 2007 at 06:48 AM
Hi,
I’m a EE user like you and it’s always a pleasure passing by here… you know what? I’m on my way in trasforming this awesome theme to use on my personal site (powered by Expression Engine) for now you can see it in action here http://www.lincolnpixel.com/podcasts/
Lincoln Gbenga Olagbaju June 04, 2007 at 03:51 PM
Changed Link… you can see the work in progress here
Here
Amaresh June 04, 2007 at 08:04 PM
hey
i am sorry for not enclosing the code inside code markers. :(
forgot about them
Amaresh June 04, 2007 at 08:06 PM
oh and btw I have updated my public release version
preview the new version here :
http://www.zaldoe.com
download light 1.01 from http://www.zaldoe.com/themes/
cheerio :D
Realizzazione sito web June 05, 2007 at 03:43 PM
Your themes are fantastic.
Have a nice day.
Peit Leigh June 05, 2007 at 03:47 PM
This is an excellent theme but how do you upload it all to a web host?
Amaresh June 05, 2007 at 06:57 PM
upload to ur wp-content/themes directory :)
Max June 06, 2007 at 03:30 AM
Hrmmm, forgive me but my ignorance is showing. Fabulous theme but I’ve messed up a setting somewhere.
When I categorize a post (life rant, sports, etc.), the category (plus the very stylish icon) doesn’t show up in the left-hand column. Would someone mind helping me out with the fix? Thanks in advance.
Julia June 11, 2007 at 06:21 PM
Any Idea what template is used at http://www.100cute.com ?
Paul Enderson June 11, 2007 at 06:37 PM
Looks like a modified version of K3 (a three-colum K2 variant). You could try the newly-released Copyblogger theme, which is also quite similar.
Hope this helps! :)
jonathan June 12, 2007 at 11:45 PM
i love the theme, but i’ve run into a slight problem. the recent comments don’t show up. but if you goto the single post they show up…
any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!!
you can see it here
Dan June 13, 2007 at 11:55 PM
Auf der Suche nach einem Blog-Theme gehört dieses auf jeden Fall zu den ansprechendsten und markantesten WP-Layouts, welche mir in versch. Sammlungen, Viewern, Blogs oder bei Smashing begegnet sind.
Scott June 20, 2007 at 10:32 PM
This is a beautiful theme, thanks a lot !