Jared Erickson, superstar designer for 8BIT, released a free minimal WordPress theme.
And when I say, “minimal”, I mean “minimal”!
Less, as it’s aptly named, uses only the index.php, style.css and a function.php file (fitvids.js was later added for better video embeds). That’s it! The CSS on this theme is just as lightweight with less than a dozen elements defined.
Less
Features include:
- single column layout
- large text (since we all know our mom’s are the only ones reading this)
- Images are full width.. always, so don’t try getting them to float.. and don’t try to upload itty bitty ones.
- pulls in the sites admin gravatar picture in the header
- no widget
- one custom menu in the header
- great for LoLcats
- Mobile ready
- Fast
Fast? You better believe it.
Best of all, it looks great:
Application
Although I would recommend using 8BIT’s Standard Theme for some serious blogging, Less makes an excellent free alternative. What a great theme to fire-up your own blog or get your pastor started blogging!
With it’s minimal approach, Less can be hitched to an existing website, and with a few color palette changes, fit-in and match really well.
You can download, demo or fork it on github. Learn more.
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