Untheme two-column by Lloyd Armbrust
This theme was designed as a starting place for new blog designs.
In the past, before I start a new project, I would spent about 20 min cleaning Kubrick, the WordPress default template, of everything that I never use in blog design. After putting together over 30 different blogs/websites in this manner, this wasted time has really added up–which gave birth to the Untheme.
The Untheme series will have many different layouts to match the basic styles that currently exist in modern web design, but they will all be very general, and will include everything necessary for a stable WordPress blog design.
As I imagine is the case with the majority of WP themes out there, most of the PHP, XHTML, and CSS for this theme was found and adapted from the Kubrick 1.5 theme found at: http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/
Everything (CSS, XHTML, and “design”) is released under GPL: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
This means that you can do anything you want with this theme–including printing its code on a t-shirt and lighting it on fire! (But please, send photos if you do this.)
Download here: Untheme two-column (1477) (44.4kb)
November 18th, 2008 at 8:09 am
i will, if i knew where it was.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Happy? This was a placeholder. But now its a real boy!
December 18th, 2008 at 1:12 am
hello…nice templete but it would be perfect and i will use it if the top gray pannel has an image (so i can put a logo)
but still i love the clean look.
can u tell me how to add an image background on the top gray?
December 18th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Yeah, open /wp-content/themes/untheme/style.css, and replace all the #header code with the following:
#header {
background: #fff url(‘http://pathtoyour.com/image.jpg’) !important;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
height: 310px;
width: 940px;
}
December 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
It’s upgrade time. :( Is ‘Untheme’ WP 2.7 compatible? It’s not on the WP list of compatible themes.
Thanks.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Hi,
Thank you for this great theme….
I am just wondering… is there any way that I can change background colors on both the header (gray) and the area right below (dark gray) to the colors I like?
thank you!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@Jo de Jong — It should work in 2.7, are you having problems? Let me know.
@Jane Thanks! Yes, it’s really easy. Just edit /wp-content/themes/untheme/style.css, and replace all the #header code with the following:
#header {
background-color: black;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
height: 310px;
width: 940px;
}
Note that where I put “black” you can put a number of colors or use the hexadecimal HTML color code to choose from 16.7 million colors (ie, #000066 equals dark blue, #cc0000 equals blood red, etc).
February 20th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Hi,
thanks for the help!
how about the background….I want use a pattern(pic) as my background instead of just light gray color, is that possible?
and one more thing, there is a “Log In” on the bottom of the page along with “Tutorials & About us”.
Am I able to remove the “Log In” only?
Thank you!
February 20th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Hi,
It’s me again.
I found where to make the changes!
Thanks again for the great theme, I really like it!
February 25th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Hi,
I saw you provided a solution for adding an image to the top gray panel.
I did it, too. And it worked, looked great!
Just wondering, can I also add a link to the image? so when people click on the image/logo, it will take them back to home.
thanks!
March 8th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I am using this url that I have to test create a blog page but I cannot figure out how to have the header image show. I have copied and pasted the code into the stylesheet:
#header {
background: #fff url(‘http://entreewest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blog-hdr-940.jpg’);
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
height: 80px;
width: 940px;
}
I have not changed anything in the header .php. The text still shows. No header image. Have I uploaded improperly? I am stumped for the solution.
Will my header move the nav bar down automatically?
March 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Anyone have any suggestions for me? I am trying to use an image as the background on the page rather than a color. How do I insert a gradient image for my background?
All help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Marie
March 23rd, 2009 at 5:11 am
Love this theme. So clean. I’m a css/wp newbie but was wondering if there was a way of making the background of the sidebar go all the way down to the footer in long pages.
Hope this makes sense
cheers
March 25th, 2009 at 8:43 am
@Jane Yeah, in the header put:
<a href="/" id="homelink" > <a/>and then in the css put:
#homelink a {width: 500px; height: 100px; display: block}You might have to adjust the width and height, but that should work.
@BobJ yeah, just put some background css in style.css for #sidebar.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:40 am
@Marie It looks like your blog is working just fine. Let me know if you have any more questions or need any more help.
June 14th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I’m using this theme for my blog and would like to have an active link color for the top nav. Can’t get the CSS to work. Here’s what I’ve added to the style sheet:
#nav a:active {
line-height: 30px;
vertical-align: middle;
color: #f9a807;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
Any help would be greatly appreciate!
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 am
Hi Lloyd,
Like a few others, I too am having trouble loading a header image. I’ve changed the dimensions to match the image I’m using (can be found at http://thechristopherbarnes.com/purple.jpg) but it just won’t seem to show for me. I’d like to replace the header with an image and remove the text altogether once the image is visible. Here is the code that I’m using:
#headerimg .description {
font-size: 1.2em;
text-align: left;
}
#header {
background: #fff url(’http://www.thechristopherbarnes.com/purple.jpg’) !important;
margin: 0;
padding: 0px;
height: 147px;
width: 940px;
}
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 am
Does this theme enable threaded comments? Or is there some sort of rewriting that should occur in the php?
September 26th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
looking good
October 1st, 2009 at 11:47 am
Is there plans for an update compatible with the most recent WordPress?
November 1st, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Hi
I’m new to WordPress but I’ve been using untheme for a short time and everything been going fine… until… I made a few alts to the blog pages, mostly adding Amazon widget html. I’ve just come to look at the home page and the side bar has been displaced to the bottom of the page. I have no idea what I’ve done to cause this. The sidebar seems fine in all other pages on the site. Any ideas how to correct this problem.
Web site: http://www.flyingpodcast.co.uk
Cheers
Steve
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 am
Hi
I have resolved the above problem.
Cheers
Steve
November 24th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I am loving the simplicity of this template and I have been able to edit the majority of things, but there are a couple of things I just cannot figure out.
I really want the main body to be at a fixed position, not centered but to left a bit.
I am also using a .png with a transparency as my header image, and my goal is to have a patterned background, have pattern show through part of the header image, but for some reason the header div takes on a background color I guess from the #page, and I can’t get the header div to be without a background so there is no transparency. This makes my plan of having a main background image for the body show through parts of my header image impossible.
Man I hope you understand this because I reread that and it sounds a little messy, I just don’t know how else to explain it =/
Thanks so much!
December 5th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Hi
Thanks for this amazing template!
Is there any way to make the gap between the left hand edge of the nav bar and the first nav item smaller?
Thanks.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Hi,
Is there a way of changing where the menu (both navbar and footer) starts? I have changed the left margin for the main content from about 45px to 20px. I would like to change the left margin for the menus so that they are aligned with the main content, but I can’t work out what to change?
Cheers,
Mike
January 12th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Hey there!
My bar has been using untheme for about a year now.
I just upgraded (oops) to 2.9.1 and my site stopped working. I have this issue: fatal error: call to undefined function wp_css_dropdownmenu
I have the default template up now, just so people can see my calendar. It is a business!
Any clues as what I need to do to get this fixed?
Have you heard of this before?
Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_css_dropdownmenu() in /home/content/k/i/a/klausinski/html/wp-content/themes/untheme-two-column/header.php on line 71
And then, in my header php at line 71 I see:
any advice is greatly appreciated!
best,
Donovan
January 12th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
oops. That last one cut off my message. what i see is:
January 13th, 2010 at 8:20 am
I love your theme! I’ve used it to transfer an old strictly html site to the world of wordpress. So far, everything is working great. However, I do have one question. I love your theme and don’t want to switch. But, I would like the option to add a third column (most likely a left sidebar). Is that possible with this theme? How much would I have to change to accomplish this and is it even worth it? Would I be better off to find a different theme that already comes with three columns? (Please keep in mind that I really like everything else about your theme and don’t really want to leave it). Thanks!
January 14th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
It should be a simple CSS change. If you are not already using the Firebug plugin for Firefox, download it and it will greatly help you figure out what fixes you need.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Hello,
Thank you for sharing this great theme.
I too cannot manage to get the navigation menu to s tick closer to the left edge of the site… Anybody?
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:54 am
Hi there,
i’m in the process of trying to edit the theme to match my colours etc, i have noticed a strage this when i mouse over items in the nav bar, everything moves on the page! link – http://tinyurl.com/y8ehy8m
also, i created a page called “home” rather than “about” as this will be the landing page, but in the navbar home appears twice could you offer some advice to fix this
cheers
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:55 am
great theme by the way!
April 6th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I love your theme and its simplicity, however, several of my readers told me they cannot properly view my site on Internet Explore. I use Firefox and don’t encounter the same viewing problems. Is there a way to fix these issues?
Thanks.
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:48 am
Hi, I have been using your theme for a very long time now and i’m absolutely loving it. It is easy to customise, looks good and loads fast.
I have though, one bug which i’m looking to fix. When viewing sites using untheme in IE6, the sidebar shifts down and right and messes up the layout.
Is there a fix for this particular bug?
Many thanks.
May 10th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Thanks for the great theme. I am finding it easy to make the changes I want to make with just one exception. I would like to get beyond the 6 tab barrier for pages that seems to be present. Any ideas on where I might change this? I have only 2 more tabs I would like to appear.
Thanks,
Jon
August 2nd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
as far as the sidebar shift, that’s because IE6 is terrible and reads the padding incorrectly. try changing the padding or width on the narrowcolumn div and see if that helps.
if you need more navs, try decreasing the amount of padding between each one or font size.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:58 am
Bonjour,
Je voulais savoir si on peut faire deux colonne de texte dans la page et pas dans le sidebar.
Merci.
July 31st, 2011 at 7:34 pm
hi there,
i’m trying to change the post title color, and i can’t for the life of my figure it out.
great layout!
October 31st, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I’ve been trying to figure out where to put the code for a Facebook like button on my posts. I’m doing it by hand for each post but would rather set things up so I don’t have to add it by hand each time. I’ve tried putting it in the Single.php file but it doesn’t seem to work. Am I working with the wrong file?
Thanks,
Pryce