Awesome free wordpress theme

by Dana_W
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WordPress › Atahualpa WordPress Themes

I just discovered this wordpress theme - it looks VERY customizable - and I'm about to take that bad boy for a test drive.

Anyone else using this? It seems like a very good theme for IM because it's so easy to put in your own banner & change the text size.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    my favourite theme. I use it for everything. I can PM some examples if you like.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      my favourite theme. I use it for everything. I can PM some examples if you like.
      I would LOVE to see some examples. Right now I pay people to customize wordpress themes for me, but with this, I could just pay to have the appropriately sized banner designed for me and put the banner on the site myself.
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      • Profile picture of the author blogonator
        Wow, that is an amazing theme Dana, thanks for showing it to us
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        • Profile picture of the author Greg Cooksley
          Thanks Dana,

          Looks good....

          Regards

          Greg
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    • Profile picture of the author Roger Mayne
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      my favourite theme. I use it for everything. I can PM some examples if you like.
      Hi

      I would also love to see some examples of blogs created using this theme. Are you able to post here? Or perhaps you wouldn't mind PM'ing them to me.

      Much obliged if you have time.

      Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author eddiebarkie
    Morning Dana - thanks for the link - looks very promising. Rosetrees' words add to your recommendation, too......ed...
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  • Profile picture of the author bluerose
    Wow Dana,

    Great theme and looks very customizable. Just what I need for my website...was looking at some paid ones but this one will work.

    Thank you,

    Sandy
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave d
    I think I may use this on my 1st wordpress site thanks Dana. BTW is that really you in the pic Dana
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    It's a nice looking theme. The only thing I don't like about it that I don't like themes that place a sidebar ahead of the main content.
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  • Profile picture of the author PatientZero
    I can already see few of my new sites using this. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author rankqu
    how about customizing the sidebars.. did you find any way to pick/size a new font? also, i know the width can be fixed too 800px.. wud it crash the layout?

    how about the header.. that pic looks nasty.. like to replace that with a Google Ad or custom flashy banner

    overall.. this theme looks cool
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      Originally Posted by rankqu View Post

      how about customizing the sidebars.. did you find any way to pick/size a new font? also, i know the width can be fixed too 800px.. wud it crash the layout?

      how about the header.. that pic looks nasty.. like to replace that with a Google Ad or custom flashy banner

      overall.. this theme looks cool
      You can style the widget fonts/sizes in the widgets option. You can style both the title and the content. You can have any fixed width you choose, or flexible. Most of my sites use 1000px. I have one that uses 800px. You can replace the header with any graphic you like. If you upload more than one graphic, the display will choose a random one each time the screen is refreshed. I use ftp software to upload the header graphics.

      Edit: There is an excellent support forum for Atahualpa too, where the designer will answer questions.
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  • Profile picture of the author dearaewi
    Nice theme. I'm definitely a nut for a good WP theme. For a long time I spent a lot of time customizing themes and take this one from one and that from another to get what I wanted until I found a them that had an admin panel that you could customize everything from on the back end. Been using it on all my WP blogs and none of them look like another. Not trying to hype it, just really like the theme

    It's called Flexibility Theme

    Worth checking out if you really want something nicely and easily customizable. The theme developer has been really good about support too, especially for a free theme.

    Deanna
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    • Profile picture of the author DonTino
      I agree Flexibilty is also worth to check out. Great theme with loads of features.

      Tino

      Originally Posted by dearaewi View Post

      Nice theme. I'm definitely a nut for a good WP theme. For a long time I spent a lot of time customizing themes and take this one from one and that from another to get what I wanted until I found a them that had an admin panel that you could customize everything from on the back end. Been using it on all my WP blogs and none of them look like another. Not trying to hype it, just really like the theme

      It's called Flexibility Theme

      Worth checking out if you really want something nicely and easily customizable. The theme developer has been really good about support too, especially for a free theme.

      Deanna
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    • Originally Posted by dearaewi View Post

      It's called Flexibility Theme
      Yeah, Flexibility Theme is a fantastic theme. Ryan has done a phenomenal job with this theme and I have been using it with my Amazon Wordpress Plug-In that I've been building.

      Here are a few example sites that I've built using his theme:

      Tax Deals for Less


      Wii Game Deals for Less

      I also use it for my main site in my signature.

      Also, Ryan just released FlexSqueeze that allows you to create squeeze pages with Wordpress.

      If you haven't seen it you really should check that out.

      -Brad
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  • Profile picture of the author topnotchservices
    Thanks for the pointer Dana. Its pretty good as I like WP themes but The magazeen theme pointed out by Minisite Frog is even sweeter
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina M. Rideout
      I downloaded the theme a couple of days ago, installed it on a current blog, it went all screwy so I did not use it on that one.

      But is stored for use down the road.

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  • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
    Have not yet tried it myself - I want to set aside a couple of hours to experiment with it and upload some banners to it.

    Thanks, Minisite Frog guys, for the links to those themes! I LOVE Smashing Magazine - they have the most gorgeous free graphics.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
    Have not yet tried it myself - I want to set aside a couple of hours to experiment with it and upload some banners to it.

    Thanks, Minisite Frog guys, for the links to those themes! I LOVE Smashing Magazine - they have the most gorgeous free graphics.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oscar D
    Thank you, it looks very good.

    I might try it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author TechBlog
    nice theme... i should give a try on my new blog
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  • Profile picture of the author DonTino
    yes absolutely great theme, thanks for the link - just downloaded it and will most likely use it for an upcoming project

    Tino
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  • Profile picture of the author bieke81
    That's a great theme. I downloaded it and will see if I can use it for any of the blogs I'm going to work on.

    I have so much themes on my computer, I need to weed through them. I don't have use for them all, but it's so addictif to download them all. You never know if you find a need for one of them.

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  • Interesting! I've just joined WF and am having a ball looking around. I just started a blog on one of my sites and had searched through WP themes... ended up choosin Atahaulpa because it had several features I wanted - and after I installed it found out how flexible it really is.

    Cool to find out other people think well of it too! I'm still in the setup phase (well it's live but definitely not "done") - but already I'm a fan of this very flexible theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author Maria Gudelis
    DAna thanks - I love it and will start using it - perfect timing as I have 5 to set up this week for offline clients!

    I like how you have a left hand bar too for taking advantage of the 'google heatmap'!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author new guy
    Wow, this is super usable and customizable. Between this one and flexibility, should wrap up most of my blogs anyhow.
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  • Profile picture of the author new guy
    Quick question, maybe I missed it. Can you change the # of columns on this?
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    • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
      Originally Posted by new guy View Post

      Quick question, maybe I missed it. Can you change the # of columns on this?
      yes, you can - Here's what it says:

      Build your own unique, professional and browser-safe WordPress theme: Over 200 theme options, drop down menus for pages and categories, fluid or fixed width layout, 1, 2 or 3 columns, rotating header images, auto image resizing, integrated Feedburner form, 4 extra widgets and more. WP 2.2-2.7 and WPMU. English plus DE, HU, PT, CZ, SI, TR, FR, PL, NL, BG, IT, VN, JP, ES. Support at the BFA WP Forum
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        • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
          Originally Posted by NPmaster View Post

          How easy is it to edit?

          Do you need to code all the editing or can I change
          colors and such from my admin area?
          That I don't know - as I mentioned, normally I pay people to adapt my wordpress themes because I couldn't code my way out of a wet paper bag - the reason that this one seems good to me is because it's free and seems very easy to customize without having to do anything complicated.
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        • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
          Originally Posted by NPmaster View Post

          How easy is it to edit?

          Do you need to code all the editing or can I change
          colors and such from my admin area?
          You code it from the admin area. Here's an example from one of my sites:
          padding: 7px;
          background: #dbfff7;
          border: solid 1px #666666;

          I used this in the "widget title box" area

          Best way is to download it and try it for yourself. There are loads of changes you can make. It's a bit overwhelming at first.

          Start by experimenting with the "header" and "header image" options.
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Guys / Girls

    This is a great plugin - and it's free!!

    It is very easily customised!

    Why not just download it and give it a try - I am sure Dana didn't expect all the questions when she suggested it as a great theme!

    Just my thoughts . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Thank you for sharing this Dana.

    NPMaster - yes, you can completely control just about every aspect of this theme from the WordPress Admin panel. Expand the Appearance menu and click on Atahualpa Theme Options.


    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author new guy
    Yes, been playing with it. you control everything inside, very nicely built. More features than you need.

    i think I figured out the answer to my question. I set the right column width to 0 and it looks like it is gone - so that leaves me the 2 column template I wanted. I suspect the same would happen on the left if you wanted.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff_S
    Thanks Dana,

    The " Atahualpa " theme looks very nice, and something I could use as a base to tweak pretty easy. I have never heard of it. Thanks for mentioning it.

    I started testing a theme today that you might like called " Mandigo 1.40.1 ", and it has lots of the same features as the " Atahualpa " theme. Mandigo has been around since 2006 but I just discovered it today. It looks like they keep updating it.

    From their site:

    " Mandigo is a widget-ready one/two/three-column WordPress theme, available in seven color schemes (blue, red, green, pink, purple, orange & teal). The theme can also be displayed in two widths (800 or 1024px) and has been translated to thirty-eight languages.

    Mandigo can be displayed in two widths, which means that even though the default layout is thought to accommodate users with a 800x600 screen resolution, you can also choose to set the theme width to 1024 pixels.

    Also, while the default layout shows only two columns, it is possible to turn a second sidebar on from the Theme Options page, and the two sidebars can be aligned to either side of the screen, independently.

    In Mandigo, it is also really easy to customize header images: just overwrite the default image with your own, and that's it, your blog name and description will be displayed over it. Contrast is not even a concern, since you have the possibility to apply a border and/or drop shadow to your blog title.

    It is even possible to have different header images on a per-page basis: simply name your image after the post ID, upload it to your host server and you're done! And you can even have headers rotate randomly!

    Mandigo Theme, the official homepage - Free WordPress Theme

    I am going to use the Mandigo on 2 sites, since it was so easy for me to get it up and running. I will test the Atahualpa them and see if I like it.

    Thanks again for the info.

    Jeff
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  • Profile picture of the author Taylor French
    Very interesting theme. I love themes that can be customized.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Davidson
    Thanks, it looks really fresh with clean lines, i am sure this will help as i start to pull some sites together.

    Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author reynald2790
    Thank you dana for sharing these free wordpress theme I am just new in wordpress and I just still don't know how to change my wordpress theme every month.
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  • Profile picture of the author Allenz
    Hi,
    Wow, that is an amazing theme Dana, thanks for showing it to us ...
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  • Profile picture of the author abelacts
    To add to your arsenal, my another favorite resource to find nice Wordpress themes:

    45+ Must See WordPress themes | Noupe
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  • Profile picture of the author pj413
    Great find Dana, this is an amazing theme, and I'll be using this one for sure.

    Thank you!

    Paul
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