The Columnist

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.

11 Comments

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6. Clynton Taylor says:

   July 24, 2010 at 11:33 pm

   Great looking theme. So minimal, though, that I can’t find how to download it Where am I missing the link?!
7. Theme: Grid Based The Columnist WordPress Theme | Metro Big Sale says:

   August 17, 2010 at 10:06 am

   [...] The Columnist WordPress theme is inspired by traditional newspaper layouts and the grid structures and typography techniques they employ. 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. [...]
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   August 19, 2010 at 7:20 am

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9. Brandi says:

   August 19, 2010 at 8:16 am

   @Clynton:
   Click “The Columnist” link at the bottom left corner of your screen….takes you to a new page full of instructions.
10. Free Themes Store says:

    August 20, 2010 at 2:50 am

    Excellent theme… I think I’ll use it for a photography website… Thanks…
11. Suman says:

    August 28, 2010 at 11:59 am

    Cool theme, I will try it on my personal blog. Great work, Thanks, Keep it up.

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.

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.

A video post

Keith Loutit’s awesome tilt-shift time-lapse clip of Tamarama Beach, Sydney, on the first warm weekend of the year.

The making of

The Columnist is inspired by grid structures, Helvetica, jQuery, Wordpress, photography, minimalism and the interwebs!

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.

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.

My ears are burning

General mentions, mumbles and some examples of people repping The Columnist theme.

Version control

The latest and greatest version of The Columnist Wordpress theme is ready and waiting for you.