Smart Wealthy Rich

The “Simply Valid” WordPress Theme

Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Jon - SmartWealthyRich

Add to : Del.Icio.Us / Reddit / Digg / Stumble Upon

Yes, my WordPress theme is now available!

It’s called “Simply Valid“, a huge thanks to Tobsy from BloggersJourney for coming up with this title. I think it fits really well :)

There are 2 versions to the Simply Valid theme, a light, white background version, and a darker one. Both CSS valid.

Of course the Simply Valid theme is widget ready. Also, I will post a list of the plugins I’ve tested and I know works with it. (soon) Check out the demo site:

DEMO SITE

Preview And Download

WordPress theme

Download Simply Valid Light

WordPress theme

Download Simply Valid Dark

Instructions

  1. Download the theme
  2. Unzip it
  3. Upload it to your theme folder (/wp-content/themes)
  4. Login to your WordPress admin
  5. Go to the presentation tab
  6. Enable Simply Valid (Light or Dark)
  7. Voila!

I tested the theme with WP 2.2.3 in many browsers: Safari, Firefox and Opera on Mac OSX 10.4.10, and IE6, IE7 and Firefox on Windows XP, and I also tested it on Win2K (IE6) and Windows Vista (IE6, IE7)

Style-Sheets

Both the light and dark version comes with 2 style-sheets (again all valid), you’ll find a style.css file and also a style_left.css file. The style.css has the sidebar on the right, and the style_left.css puts the sidebar on the left. Simply copy-paste the content of the style_left.css to the style.css and voila your sidebar is now on the left. Make sure you back-up the default style.css, in case you want to go back and have the sidebar on the right again. (worst case, you can always download the theme again)

No Sidebar File

I also included a “no sidebar” template. What that means is when you create a new page (a forum or whatever) in WordPress, and wanna get rid of the sidebar for that page only, you simply select “no sidebar” in the “create new page” page in WordPress (under “page template” in the right-hand drop-down menu). You can see that in action on the “no sidebar” page I created.

If you use this theme on your blog, please lemme know, and also please keep the link back to Smart Wealthy Rich that’s in the footer! Thank you very much! Hope you like it, I’ll certainly release more theme eventually, but hey, there’s first time for everything!

Take care

P.S.: Oh and if you feel like writing a review on Stumble Upon or vote for it on Digg, it’s always appreciated! :D

Add to : Del.Icio.Us / Reddit / Digg / Stumble Upon

Tags: News, Site Updates, Wordpress //

If you enjoyed this post you might want to consider subscribing to my RSS Feed, and you can also receive updates in your e-mail, so you'll always be up to date. Thanks! ;)


40 Responses to “The “Simply Valid” WordPress Theme”

  1. Ritu // Sep 22, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Nice theme Jon, I am thinking of switching to WP as well and might use your theme as it looks very clean and fresh. Thanx again for the theme. And the name simply valid is simply catchy :-)

  2. Thomas Sinfield // Sep 22, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    I am a big fan of simple, so I really like your new theme! I hope you get a lot of downloads!

  3. Robyn // Sep 22, 2007 at 9:52 pm

    Really nice work, Jon. I like the cleanness of it.

  4. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 22, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    Hi Ritu, thanks! Let me know if you ever switch to WP and use the theme, that would rock! :)

    Hey Thomas, I’m a big fan of minimalist designs, I might come up with more “busy” themes eventually though. I hope I’ll get a lot of downloads too hehe

    Robyn, thanks a lot! :)

  5. Anthony // Sep 22, 2007 at 10:28 pm

    Jon, It looks excellent!…..and an impressive list of options……wow!

  6. Gregg Hawkins // Sep 22, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    Looks great! I really like the white theme :D

    -Gregg

  7. Don // Sep 23, 2007 at 12:52 am

    Jon,

    I’ve always loved simplicity and in all your genius you’ve provided exactly what I’ve been looking for!

    Thanks!

  8. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 23, 2007 at 12:53 am

    Hey Anthony, thanks so much bro! Yeah I thought I’d include different stylesheets, now I’m working on making an options page, and release one version with all 4 stylesheets and plugins bundled :)

    Gregg, thanks! You can’t go wrong with a white background! :)

    Don, hey thanks hehe, if you use the theme lemme know, I’d like to see it in action

  9. Robin - FortuneWatch // Sep 23, 2007 at 4:18 am

    Looks pretty neat mate, well done.

    Take care and cheers

  10. Tobsy // Sep 23, 2007 at 7:03 am

    You’re welcome Jon. And again: Well done :-)

  11. Marc Eilbeck // Sep 23, 2007 at 7:34 am

    nice job jon very clean

  12. James - Visualized.Feel.Abundance // Sep 23, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    Hey Jon,

    Great Stuff. I’ll get to test run your template on a new site that I’m preparing :)

    Thanks
    James

  13. ClarkeW // Sep 23, 2007 at 4:12 pm

    Jon,

    The theme look really nice, you did a great job on it. I’ve got a couple of projects in the works that I think I might use it on.

  14. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 23, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Robin, thanks buddy! :)

    Tobsy, you came up with a great title, it fits perfectly :)

    Hi Marc, thanks!

    Hey James, lemme know which site, I’d love to have a look at it :D

    ClarkeW, awesome, lemme know if you use it! :)

  15. thewild1 // Sep 23, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    looking good

  16. spletno gostovanje // Sep 23, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Looks great! Looking forward for your next theme. :)

  17. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 24, 2007 at 2:04 am

    thewild1, thanks!

    Spletno, I’m also looking forward to my next theme hehe

  18. Watch Heroes Online // Sep 24, 2007 at 8:05 am

    Nice Job, i really like this sample, give me More..more :D :D

  19. Brown Baron // Sep 24, 2007 at 11:51 am

    That’s a great looking theme buddy. I can tell the next ones will be even better. Nice job!

  20. handheld // Sep 25, 2007 at 6:01 am

    very good

  21. Barry Cox - Scottsdale Homes // Sep 25, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    Very cool. I’m just starting to look into my first wordpress blog. I like your work.

  22. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 25, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Watch Heroes Online, there will be more! soon! :)

    Hey Brown Baron, thanks a bunch, I’m working on another one, more graphics, not in the “minimalist” style, should be released soon enough :)

    Hi handheld, thanks :)

    Hi Barry, thanks a lot, lemme know if you use the theme, I’m always happy to see my theme in action.

  23. LOTGK // Sep 26, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    I like a simple design, clear navigation, easy on the eyes. This site has done that. good job.

  24. Mido // Sep 26, 2007 at 5:29 pm

    Hi man!

    this sample and nice design :)

    keep it up

  25. Jerry Allen // Sep 26, 2007 at 10:41 pm

    Nice Job, I think alot of people will enjoy this theme.

  26. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Sep 26, 2007 at 11:01 pm

    LOTGK, awesome, I’m happy you like it!

    Hi Mido, thanks a lot!

    Thanks Jerry, I sure hope people will use it, so far I found around 15-20 sites that are using it, always nice to see it live on another site :)

  27. firewalker // Oct 27, 2007 at 1:18 am

    ho… it’s simple indeed. Thank’s Jon. I will make use of it, probably. :P

  28. Serge Kozak // Oct 27, 2007 at 5:34 am

    These are really good!! I really like the look of both of them.

  29. Choosing a WordPress Theme // Dec 8, 2007 at 1:14 pm

    […] 10. Does the code validate? About 99% of bloggers probably don’t care about valid code, but some do. Valid code will give you the best chance of giving your visitors a problem-free visit. A great-looking, valid theme is available from Jon Phillips, and appropriately it’s named Simply Valid. […]

  30. Areeb // Dec 9, 2007 at 3:31 am

    Dang, I wish I had known about this theme a bit sooner!

  31. Video Guy // Dec 9, 2007 at 3:51 am

    Great theme, nice and simple, very clean and just what I’m after

  32. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Dec 9, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Hey folks, sorry I totally forgot to put the theme back online since I changed server, will upload the zip files right away! :)
    sorry ’bout this

  33. Simply Valid » Blog Archive » Welcome To The “Simply Valid” WordPress Theme Demo Site // Dec 9, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    […] can leave a comment on Smart Wealthy Rich. This is just a demo site. If you use this theme on your blog, please lemme know, and also please […]

  34. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Dec 9, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    Ok it’s all working fine now :)

  35. AT4Nube // Dec 10, 2007 at 4:14 am

    Looks good, will there be more of you? :)

  36. Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Dec 10, 2007 at 8:33 pm

    Hi AT4Nube, yep there will be more soon :)

  37. wildJune @ Anime Online // Dec 15, 2007 at 8:38 am

    Nice theme, suited the name very well “Simple”. Anyway I read about your post on selling the blog, it’s a shame since i’m starting to like it… The new blog owner will definitely benefit from your previous posts.

    Good luck for your future venture.

  38. Vista themes // Dec 16, 2007 at 11:02 am

    thank u nice one it looks good, i wish I had known about this theme before

  39. Watch Smallville Online // Feb 29, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Indeed nice work Jon, is never late to use this theme, because it looks good !

  40. Gary Ooi // Mar 12, 2008 at 7:08 am

    thanks for the themes. I prefer the dark one! Might use it for my wordpress blog. Thanks again

Discussion Area - Share Your Thoughts

You must be logged in to post a comment.

« First Attempt At Creating A WordPress Theme
What Are You Working On? »