WordPress users looking for a blocky theme for their blog will have no shortage of options while Anders Norén continues to submit and run themes. Another theme designed for blogs and blogs, but with an emphasis on long-form content. It is named after the Stephen King character, Thaddeus Beaumont. dark half.
The new theme features the same Albert Sans typeface used in Björk’s previous releases, supported by STIX Two Text for text content. Beaumont was inspired by the design he uses on his personal website. According to Norén, people have requested that it be themed. It has a faded paper look that immediately brings the text content into focus.
The single post template demo is an elegant design with drop caps, pull quotes, a custom “preamble with separator” pattern, and minimal previous/next post navigation at the bottom. Space and typography are exquisite in this theme, making it suitable for formal presentation of long-form content.
Beaumont comes with 9 block patterns, most of which are dedicated to text presentations, so writers will enjoy them. Patterns include long author bios, short author bios, paragraphs with drop caps, paragraphs with pull quotes left, paragraphs with pull quotes right, large pull quotes, preambles with separators, and wide quotes with diamond separators. , contains a full page pattern resume.
If you notice inconsistencies in how the editor displays post content, this is a WordPress bug, not a theme issue.
“Currently, when I edit content in the post editor, the text is set to STIX Two Text on the front end, but it is set to Albert Sans,” says Norén. “This is because WordPress currently does not apply the core/post-content theme.json setting to the Post Editor preview. should do it It will be fixed in WordPress 6.1 due on November 1st. ”
Beaumont packages 11 different style variations into a style panel that can completely change the look of your website. Users can select one and further customize the background, text, links, etc.
Since this theme is aimed at writers, it includes 7 different layouts for blog archives. This means users can choose to be more visual with featured images or keep it simple with just the title. These various loops are packaged as template parts and can be further edited using the site editor.
View the demo to see how all the pieces work together, or check out early adopter Matt Report to see how the theme is used in the podcast.
Beaumont works well as a blog, writing portfolio, or resume site, but it can also be used as a base for almost any other type of website thanks to its wide world of blocks. hit another home run. At just 16K he’s CSS he uses no javascript and is designed to be simple, elegant, visually distinct from his other themes and easy to read. Download it for free from WordPress.org.
