The Columnist
Written by Benji May 8th, 2010
The Columnist is a grid based wordpress theme. It features a newspaper column layout, neat typographic heirarchy, a tidy grid system and some css3 & jQuery greatness.
Continue reading →The Columnist WordPress theme is inspired by traditional newspaper layouts and the grid structures and typography techniques they employ.
Features & functionality include:
- WordPress thumbnail support
- Widget support
- css3 column structures
- jQuery functionality and animations
- Helvetica in all its greatness
- Custom fields for images
- Custom meta fields
- Featured latest post
- Automatic latest post for each category
This theme can be applied to any content type; whether it be a photography portfolio, travel journal, tutorial service, news provider or a blog for your twelve cats, The Columnist theme will do the trick.
You can find The Columnist theme support and help documentation for topics such as: Adding images, Text styles, Downloading and installing, Video posts, The making of and Version control.
- Date: 10th May 2010
- Photo: Gaëtan Rossier
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The Columnist
The Columnist is a grid based wordpress theme. It features a newspaper column layout, neat typographic heirarchy, a tidy grid system and some css3 & jQuery greatness.
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Images
Adding images
The Columnist theme is extremely flexible with images and supports the latest Wordpress image functionality. It features custom fields to display various sized images and thumbnails to support each article.
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Videos
A video post
Keith Loutit’s awesome tilt-shift time-lapse clip of Tamarama Beach, Sydney, on the first warm weekend of the year.
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Design
The making of
The Columnist is inspired by grid structures, Helvetica, jQuery, Wordpress, photography, minimalism and the interwebs!
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Typography
Text styles
The Columnist has a strong emphasis on typography. It uses an exponential formula for text hierarchy and the greatness of Helvetica along with column layouts and newspaper theme.
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Installation
The Columnist installation
This post demonstrates the step-by-step process to installing The Columnist Wordpress theme and applying it to your blog or website.
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Mentions
My ears are burning
General mentions, mumbles and some examples of people repping The Columnist theme.
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Versions
Version control
The latest and greatest version of The Columnist Wordpress theme is ready and waiting for you.
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