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Happy Themeday, all! Today we have two brand-spankin’-new themes for your visual enjoyment.
First up is Gridspace, a classic, elegant premium theme by Graph Paper Press.
Gridspace lets you show your work in style. Designed as a portfolio for photographers, its slick features include light and dark color schemes, multiple thumbnail sizes, a responsive design, and a convenient space for your logo. Your readers can easily switch between two blog layouts on the fly – grid view and list view – while large featured images and an elegant overall design make your work the focus.
Live on the grid, and check out Gridspace on the Theme Showcase!
Next up is Ascetica, a beautiful theme from AlienWP, designed by Galin Simeonov.
Get rid of the clutter and concentrate on your content. Ascetica prefers subtle details over flashy gimmicks and provides the perfect balance of minimalism, white-space, responsiveness, and customization to allow you to focus…
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Happy Thursday! I’m pleased to announce the two newest additions to our ever-growing Theme Showcase.
First off, it’s grungy meets vintage with Gigawatt — a clean and bold premium theme from Obox Themes.
Designed especially for filmmakers, editors, creatives, and professionals working in motion picture-related industries, Gigawatt displays your big screen talents in the best way possible on the small screen. Among its features include dark and light color schemes, a showcase page template that contains a large featured slider to place your latest video posts front and center, and up to four widget areas — one in the right sidebar and three in the footer.
Learn more about how you can get your own show going on your blog by visiting Gigawatt on the Theme Showcase.
Next up is Pinboard, a crafty, textured premium theme designed by Themify that allows you to create your own virtual…
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Another month, another assortment of posts—from simple yet poignant musings on existence and our connections to others to thoughtful and opinionated commentaries on the Internet, life choices, and the anniversary of September 11.
When You Travel Alone in Iceland…
One week will feel like months. You alone will bear witness to each meeting, vision, and song. No one will remember it for you. Because of this, each small moment will expand to hold multitudes.
Iceland. Wow. These ethereal images showcase the country’s natural beauty, but also document everyday life. We like this varied collection, which juxtaposes stunning landscapes with shots of people and animals. The words in this post also create a magical mood—readers sense the writer’s wanderlust and free spirit.
Lessons Learned From a 9/11 Survivor
The more I think about that tree, the more impressed I am. It fought to live so that we – regardless of our…
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Photos can add life to your blog and be the catalyst for getting a message across to your readers. Today, we launched new options for our WordPress.com galleries that allow you to create elegant magazine-style mosaic layouts for your photos–without having to use an external graphic editor.
When adding a gallery to your post, you now have the option to select a layout style for your images. We’ve added support for Rectangular, Square, and Circular galleries (take a look at the screenshots below for examples). By default, galleries will continue to display using the standard thumbnail grid layout. To switch to one of the new layouts, head over to Settings –> Media in your blog’s dashboard, scroll down to “Image Gallery Carousel,” and select the box next to “Display all your gallery pictures in a cool mosaic.”
Choosing this option makes the new look the default for all your blog’s…
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We know you’ve been waiting for it – Theme Day has arrived, and with it comes three awesome new themes!
First up is Hum, a beautifully designed theme by Automattic’s very own Daryl Koopersmith. Based on Twenty Eleven, Hum offers up a new twist on an old favorite, with a fixed left sidebar, support for multiple post formats, and space for a logo. Simplify, bring your content front and center, and do so in graceful elegance with Hum. Visit the theme showcase to make Hum your very own!
Next up we have a seasonal treat. In many parts of the world, the leaves have started to turn, the air is getting crisp, and that can mean only one thing – the witching season is upon us! Why not decorate your blog…
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If you’re sharp-eyed, you’ve noticed that we recently adopted Open Sans as our default typeface across WordPress.com.
Type wonks know that Open Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface. It’s elegant and sophisticated, yet modern. It’s beautifully legible, offers an excellent reading experience, and has a superior typographic range that includes accents, non-Latin characters, and more.
Click on the image below to see a before and after screenshot of the WordPress.com About Us page. The previous incarnation that uses Helvetica/Arial is on the left. Behold Open Sans, on the right:
Open Sans, designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp, isn’t just a pretty (type)face: it’s free and open source, just like WordPress! It was optimized for print, web, and mobile interfaces. We know you’ll love it as much as we do!
After adding colors to our Custom Design repertoire a few months ago, we decided they’re cool enough that everyone should have a chance to preview new colors before purchasing an upgrade.
Adding color to your blog makes it stand out and gives your message impact—so wrap up your work in that perfect color choice! To try before you buy, go to your blog’s Appearance → Themes page and click “Customize” or open a live preview for a free theme and then click on the “Try Now” button.
Custom Colors is designed to make it as simple as possible to update your blog’s color scheme with just a few clicks. Built with simplicity in mind, some of the features include popular color schemes that can be applied with one click, suggested colors based on the other colors in your palette, a color picker for when you have a precise color in…
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Bushboards: The Kitchen Gourmet
The kitchen is the one of the most passionate place where we cook and experiment with taste. A beautiful and colorful kitchen always gives you the vibrant energy and makes you feel more interested in cooking. There are various Bush boards available in the market. Basically what you can find in these Bush boards is its durability brought together with the designer looks and unrivalled aesthetics. You will find various Bush boards worktops, though when it comes to beautiful worktops, omega worktops and prima worktops are the outstanding worktops in its category.
When it comes to the prima worktops, is blended with the shiny and glossy designs that resemble the outstanding elegance and true scale granites. Prima worktops are the large sized designed worktops that against its own quality line. There are various kinds of bushboard that you will find with prima worktops such as:
1. Universal worktops: is absolutely smooth and of matte finish to give you luxurious feeling.
2. Crystal: crystal worktops are not vibrantly designed. They are very slightly textured with matt finish.
3. Glastex gloss: as the name suggests these shiny worktops with smooth metallic finish.
4. River wash: immensely textured and designed with the metallic touch
5. Radiance:these worktops are lush with radiance and are not very shiny though it is slightly textured to give pleasant look.
6. Trues cal: though it is highly textured, but these worktops represent true to life models.
However, omega worktops are equally designed by infusing latest technology. Omega worktops are high definition worktops and are the outstandingly made up with advanced printing technology and superb texture. There are six types Bushboards work top FA, surf, Gloss, Roche, Riven and ultra matt. These are worktops are subtly designed with completely smooth finish, though varies in its splash of textures, so that you can choose what suits you the best.
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