Free Simple But Elegant Wordpress Theme - Simple Balance 2.0

by TheWeblogZone on October 22, 2008

I rarely come across elegantly designed Free Wordpress themes so when I happen to stumble upon Simple Balance 2.0, I couldn’t help but write a post about it. I’m so impressed with its simple yet elegant design, and flexible customization that I’m confident you’d like it.

simple balance 2.1

Simple Balance 2.0 is the work of Alex Cristache of Blogsessive.com, a 27 year old freelance web designer who has been in the online business for over 9 years.

Simple Balance 2.0 Features

An extensive and inclusive theme control panel;

Widget-ready sidebars;

Top advertising space (468×60 pixels);

Sidebar advertising space: Up to 8 small square banners (125×125 pixels);

Individual settings for each banner you add:

Custom banner URL;
Do Follow / No Follow switch;
Title and alternate text;
Open in a new window or same window

Master switch (on/off) for every Ad Zone;

Variable layout structure:

Centered content;
Right-aligned content;

5 new additional color schemes (more released monthly);

Option to display the default left sidebar image, use a custom one or hide it;

Custom feed URL;

Valid cross-browser tested XHTML and CSS;

SEO smart coding;

Works with WordPress 2.6.2 (tested starting with WordPress 2.5);

Any many more options that I’ll let you discover.

Simple Balance 2.0 - Color Scheme And Layout Design

Simple Balance 2.0 comes in 5 color schemes namely; Silver Red, Olive Green, Red Orange, Lucky Star and Green Life. Here’s a screenshot of the five different color schemes in action.

simple balance green life

simple balance olive green

simple balance red orange

simple balance silver red

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Alex Cristache 10.22.08 at 4:36 pm: Hey Rocky, thanks for the nice presentation of Simple Balance!
There’s one little thing though.

The current version is 2.0, not 2.1 as you stated everywhere in the article. Can you please change that to 2.0, as 2.1 is in development with new features and I wouldn’t want people to download it thinking it’s 2.1, but nothing has changed. Thanks for your understanding!

Also, I’m glad I’ve found your blog. I’ve been a reader of BloggingMix before you sold it to WhyDoWork. Will definitely come back again.

Alex Cristaches last blog post..Blog Writing Tips to Turn Ideas into Great Content
2 TheWeblogZone 10.22.08 at 4:46 pm: Hey, Alex. Sorry about that. Post errors have been corrected. Thanks for telling me.
Cheers.
3 exinco 10.23.08 at 9:20 am: generally i like the template. it is simple and look fresh.
How about the do/no follow switch? is it for single post or the whole blog.

thanks.
4 Alex Cristache 10.27.08 at 3:21 pm: exinco If you’re talking about the no follow switch for the ads, that’s a master switch for the whole website, but is applied for every ad. Meaning, you can set one ad as do follow and others of your choice as no follow.

By the way, v2.1 has been released yesterday, if you want to give it a shot. Just follow the link to my latest post below.

Alex Cristaches last blog post..Simple Balance 2.1 - Everything is Under Control
5 TheWeblogZone 10.27.08 at 4:03 pm: @Alex,
Hey, Congratulations! I’m sure that Simple Balance users are happy with the update. Great work.
6 Alex Cristache 10.27.08 at 4:03 pm: Thanks Rocky! Actually, I’m already “down and dirty” with the next update, but will take it easy to allow users to digest the new featured.

Meanwhile, I think I’ll release a smaller update, containing only a color schemes pack. Maybe something… unexpectedly different from the current ones.
Alex Cristaches last blog post..Simple Balance 2.1 - Everything is Under Control