Introducing the Velouria theme for WordPress

The Velouria theme for WordPress is a simple, one-column theme for WordPress that is suitable for bloggers who want to emphasise the content of their posts over everything else.

Please note that this theme is no longer supported. You might want to try one of my newer, better coded themes instead.

Screenshot of the Velouria theme: one column, simple, sans-serif

Screenshot of the Velouria theme home page

Installation and instructions

Install by downloading, unzipping and uploading the ‘Velouria’ folder to your site’s theme directory (normally yourblogdirectory/wp-content/themes). Log into your site and install from Design - Themes.

To set up an archive page, go into Write - Page. Give your archive page a title. Go to Advanced Options - Page Template and select ‘Archives’ from the drop down box. Don’t enter any content. Hit the ‘Publish’ button.

Make use of excerpts (Write - Post - Advanced Options - Excerpt). The theme uses excerpts on the front page and in the archives.

Tag your important posts ‘lead’. The theme will list the last 10 lead posts on the front page, while the archive page lists lead posts first.

As ever, your comments are more than welcome.

Further reading