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blake peterson
10-15-2009, 02:39 PM
Hey all, new to my site, i am using wordpress as a stand alone for my site.

What i want is a "free" minimal, pure black theme with no side bar (or removable) and the page headings on top.......like a simple site, but i cant find a theme anywhere. kind of liked hemingway, but its not quite there, please help
farcaster
10-15-2009, 02:44 PM
You should be able to find something by using a Google search if there isn't anything you like on the Wordpress site. There are literally thousands of them out there. Your installation of the default Wordpress does not include too many optional themes.
blake peterson
10-15-2009, 02:48 PM
yeah sadly ive been searching like crazy and nothin
MrDelish
10-15-2009, 03:21 PM
Sorry for any duplicates, but check out the following themes:

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/minimalist
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/roughdrive
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/aav1
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/blackout
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sleek-black

Frankly, I've never found a Wordpress theme that I don't tweak. You may have to settle for the closest thing to what you're looking for and then make the adjustments you can't live without.
blake peterson
10-15-2009, 04:39 PM
well i kinda got into vigilance now, perfect except i cant change the content colour!, just want straight black.....any suggestions?

have a look blakepeterson.org
MrDelish
10-15-2009, 04:59 PM
Make a backup of the /stylesheets/master.css file and start changing around the color values. You will need to change backgrounds to black (#000) and text to white (#FFF), but beware that it may be a bit more complicated than that depending on how the theme is put together. The best way to know is to try it out.

Good luck. :)
blake peterson
10-15-2009, 05:39 PM
where do i find the colour values in style sheet though?
felgall
10-15-2009, 06:50 PM
where do i find the colour values in style sheet though?

They are the three and six digit hexadecimal numbers after each # symbol.
blake peterson
10-15-2009, 07:11 PM
lol, yeah but where do i actually find the colour codes for pages and text
felgall
10-15-2009, 10:27 PM
lol, yeah but where do i actually find the colour codes for pages and text

Colours run from #000000 black through #ffffff white with ove 16 million other colours in between. The first two digits are the red portion, the next two the green portion, and the last two the blue portion.
Ferdinand
10-20-2009, 04:37 PM
lol, yeah but where do i actually find the colour codes for pages and text

- In regard to web colors check out this websites: man in blue (http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/Technicolor/) and Colorcell.org (http://colorcell.uneven.org/index2.php).

- For themes check out this article (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/08/100-excellent-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/) and this article (http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/06/the-best-minimalist-wordpress-themes/) (the articles are a few years old and you might need to serach for the latest version of the themes).
bh_WP_fan
10-21-2009, 08:24 AM
This tool is really useful for getting the hex codes you need and matching it with the color you want. http://www.colorpicker.com/
breakingball
10-21-2009, 08:30 AM
You probably already have a color meter installed with your OS already. On a Mac, e.g., it's DigitalColor Meter in your Utilities folder. Open it, point your cursor at any color you like, and the value will be presented in many different formats (Hex, Actual, etc.). Just plug the value in to your stylesheet.