For this theme I wanted to break away from my usual style and come up with something different. The idea was to have a split page, with clearly defined content and navigational areas.

On the left-side we have the navigation (azure blue area), on the right (white) the content. As it turned out it was quite simple to do, the actual css was a breeze, the css to work in Internet Explorer was a different story.

As with all my themes, if your looking to learn about Wordpress Theme Design, this would be another perfect design to start with.

Screenshot and Details

This theme has two columns, use of the header is minimal (only contains the logo) and the sidebar is widget friendly.

The social bookmarks within the post-info area bar have been hard coded into the theme, no need for plugins.

It has been tested on Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Opera, and displays great.

Tested on WP 1.5 (does anyone still use this) upto WP 2.3.

Within in the download package there are .psd files for the logo and sidebar titles.

Download

Download The Azure Hut Zip.

How to Install

1. Download the Zip.
2. Unpack, and upload to the wp-content/themes/ directory on your server.
3. Login to your admin area and set Winter Hut 2.1 as the current theme.

I hope The Azure Hut has been useful to you, please comment below.

115 Comments so far

1. sindhu on January 9, 2008 5:03 pm

   hi! i love the theme, thank you. can i get the psd file of the header please?

2. sindhu on January 10, 2008 9:58 am

   uhm the theme breaks when on my blog :( using the latest wp

3. hd-J on January 10, 2008 11:03 am

   Thanks for this great theme! I am installing it right now, and I have just one thing to say: keep on the good work! ;)

4. Maria on January 25, 2008 9:24 am

   Hi
   Thank you very much for a very nice theme.
   I’m using it on my weight-blogg (Swedish)

   Kind regards Maria

5. Sabine on January 26, 2008 9:45 am

   That’s a nice Theme.
   Thanks for sharing.

   Greetings from Germany

6. Karthick on March 7, 2008 3:23 am

   Thanks a lot I am making use of this with a modification, definitely the best theme I have come across for now!

7. iContentRobot on March 18, 2008 10:44 am

   Great theme!

   Cheers
   Lewis
   http://www.internet-marketing-tool.co.uk

8. Marcus on March 22, 2008 2:17 am

   A nice theme. Try to install it for a testrun, now. :-)

9. Handy on April 10, 2008 4:18 pm

   Nice theme! I like the clear structure and the left-side navigation.

10. сочи on May 6, 2008 2:55 am

    Really nice theme. Impressed!

11. Qlix on June 19, 2008 4:01 pm

    Really nice theme. Will use it! Cheerz from Latvia!

12. referáty on August 5, 2008 2:37 pm

    Hello,do you have live demo?

13. Jean on August 6, 2008 10:02 am

    Very nice theme. Keep it updated!
    thanks!

14. KiskEpisy on November 17, 2008 7:26 pm

    i want to share my free wordpress theme here.

    Preview:
    http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/eVid/

    Download:
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/6uv0n2

15. W on January 22, 2009 1:51 pm

    Hi, I love this theme. One question: how can I make the sidebar a fixed size (let’s say 200 pix instead of the content on the right side. Right now the sidebar is very wide on large screens.

16. SEO on April 14, 2009 6:45 pm

    Beautiful them. Thanks you.

17. Kerem on June 21, 2009 6:01 pm

    Really nice work, tnx a lot.

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