New Theme: Nuntius
If you’ve been itching to turn your blog into an online newspaper or magazine, Nuntius could be your perfect companion. Based on the highly-popular News theme designed by Justin Tadlock, Nuntius contains many smart features that help your readers to stay on top of all your latest scoop.
Upon activation, Nuntius displays your posts in a traditional blog format on the front page. If you’re happy with this, you can use it as is. If you’d like to showcase your content newspaper-style, then you can use the special News Page template. The News Page template includes a slider for your sticky posts, a featured widget area, and featured categories that display posts in nifty blocks.
That’s not all — Nuntius lets you customize the link color and the background color of the header and main menu from the Theme Options page, in addition to the Custom Background and Custom Header features.
I’ll stop raving long enough so that you can head on over to the Theme Showcase to get all of the details on Nuntius and its features. We look forward to seeing what you do with this one.
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December 21st, 2011 at 3:05 am
Woohoo! new theme! wow, looks professional.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:13 am
Awesome theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 3:16 am
Please bring this to wordpress.org. I would use it immediately. This is the type of theme I’ve been looking for for a while now.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:45 am
Hi there. Nuntius is based on the News theme, which is already available on WordPress.org.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:27 am
Oh this is exciting. I love testing testing new themes and I like looks of this one.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:33 am
Wow! Beautiful! Thank you, WordPress! I’ll certainly try out this one…for a start in the new year!
December 21st, 2011 at 4:13 am
I may just change the template of my site to this format. I like how you have the option of either horizontal or vertical format. Horizontal I feel is visually nicer as opposed to scrolling down a myriad of posts/pages.
December 21st, 2011 at 4:19 am
Nice theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 4:43 am
Wow! Amazing, it’s a very beautiful theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 4:50 am
The theme is very nice. However, where do I find the News Page Template…I would love to try it on the theme as well!
December 21st, 2011 at 6:33 am
Hi! To use the News Page template after activating Nuntius, you’ll need to head to Dashboard → Pages to create a new Page (or edit an existing one) and then assign the “News Template” to that Page. We have a support document that has more information on assigning Page templates.
December 21st, 2011 at 5:21 am
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. JUSTIN TADLOCK! Finally! I’ve been suggesting you add any of his themes. This made my day!
December 21st, 2011 at 5:33 am
Reblogged this on reganglangit.
December 21st, 2011 at 5:42 am
Nice, it has so many cool things, especially love that you can customize the link colour! Awesome
December 21st, 2011 at 6:08 am
Beautiful theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 6:20 am
Of all the WordPress styles seen recently, this one is the most attractive (to me anyway). Well done, Michelle!
December 21st, 2011 at 6:21 am
Reblogged this on Ich sag mal.
December 21st, 2011 at 6:44 am
I love this butterfly. Awesome theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 6:58 am
Love this theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 7:16 am
This is beautiful! Thanks guys, and wishing you a Merry Christmas!
December 21st, 2011 at 8:10 am
Beautiful theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 8:14 am
Nice and professional theme with header feature.
December 21st, 2011 at 8:20 am
I’m really, really surprised this is a free theme. It has all the features of the premium themes that I’ve been wanting except the time machine to make sure I have enough hours in the day to blog!
December 21st, 2011 at 8:32 am
Love it!!!
December 21st, 2011 at 8:45 am
Very nice Blog Theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 8:47 am
AWESOME!!!!!!! I’ve been looking for a free theme like this! Thank you so so so SO much WordPress!!
December 21st, 2011 at 9:50 pm
You are very welcome.
December 21st, 2011 at 9:35 am
So many great choices. Keep up the great work WordPress! I am so happy with how many ways I can change my blog theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 9:55 am
It looks great. I’ll test this theme later.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:14 am
That looks like a great theme! It’s so crisp and clean.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:26 am
A seriously good and mature looking theme after a while. Thanks.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:19 am
Wow, new theme. Something that doesn’t happen every day.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:38 am
it’s simple but very attractive.
December 21st, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Is this theme available for FREE on wordpress.com?
December 21st, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Yes, Nuntius is a free theme on WordPress.com. Enjoy!
December 21st, 2011 at 12:31 pm
I love it !!!
December 21st, 2011 at 1:50 pm
This is a nice theme!
December 21st, 2011 at 2:45 pm
The most awesome theme that I ever see in WordPress.com and I changed to it straight away! Thanks WP.com!
December 21st, 2011 at 3:11 pm
What a wonderful theme! Nicely done!
December 21st, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Cool! First look, I didn’t have a second thought. I like it.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Great theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Looks great! Thanks!
December 21st, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Very nice theme. Clean & Classy. It might win me over.
December 21st, 2011 at 3:59 pm
New theme? Great!
December 21st, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I’m currently using iTheme2, but I think this new theme has many of the features I think are important, like a sans-serif font and block quotes that are clearly distinctive from the main text!
December 21st, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Very good.
December 21st, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Nuntius is Latin for ‘message’, isn’t it? Nice one!
December 21st, 2011 at 5:40 pm
It’s very good theme.
December 21st, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Personally, I think the first one is best for my site – but they all have the ability to liven up a site depending on the genera.
December 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Wow, I like it. Although I have recently changed themes for all my blogs, so I guess I’ll wait a little bit before trying out something new. Thanks anyway!
December 21st, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Awesome! I might switch to this one sometime!
December 21st, 2011 at 7:01 pm
The newspaper headline format fits me like a glove. After all, I am a retired journalist. Thanks!
December 21st, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Wow what an Xmas gift..Thanks for this! Amazing!
December 21st, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Ohhhh! This looks fantastic – I’ve been longing for more free magazine-style themes, with featured posts, featured images, custom menus and customisable colours and layouts. This is great! Looking forward to more themes like this!
December 21st, 2011 at 7:45 pm
I really like this theme, keep up the good work
In a few days the twenty twelve would be available I think, I wonder how it will be?
December 21st, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Very nice! Thank you for sharing it
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:27 am
Nice look.
December 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 am
This is the best theme ever…up to now. Others even better shall come up, I’m sure!
December 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 am
Reblogged this on jessebigham and commented:
Nice!
December 22nd, 2011 at 4:13 am
This is really nice! But I wanna ask, as a fashion blogger, will this theme suit my blog?
December 22nd, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Sure! The customization options in Nuntius make it easy to make it match the subject of your blog.
December 22nd, 2011 at 7:09 am
The color combination reminds me of TLC discovery channel!
December 22nd, 2011 at 7:11 am
Nice Theme! I like it.
December 22nd, 2011 at 7:24 am
Very nice.
December 22nd, 2011 at 10:46 am
Looks great!
December 22nd, 2011 at 11:54 am
It’s a very nice theme.
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I’ve been waiting for a theme like this to appear!
Not only does it look great, it has amazing features!
At first, I thought the only downside to this is it’s probably a premium theme, but when I realised it’s free, I thought wow!
The part that I love is the slider for our sticky posts.
Are there any more themes which have a slider style feature anywhere?
I really think there should be more, it’s very sophisticated!
December 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I’m glad to hear that you like Nuntius! Yes, we have quite a few themes in our Theme Showcase that have a featured slider.
December 22nd, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Looks amazing! I’m gonna try it. Thanks!
December 22nd, 2011 at 1:05 pm
I like the way it looks and is laid out.
December 22nd, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Reblogged this on engineerali22.
December 22nd, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Reblogged this on DPP PERMAHI – LKBH.
December 22nd, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Love your Nuntius theme. Very appealing. Clean and organized. Great!
December 22nd, 2011 at 7:07 pm
It’s fresh but functional:)
December 22nd, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Looks Great! I’m Going to try it.
December 23rd, 2011 at 12:42 am
perfect for my new co hosted blog!!!
December 23rd, 2011 at 12:53 am
Wow. Nice theme. And free! Unbelievable.
December 23rd, 2011 at 3:46 am
This is an unusually versatile theme. The slider is one of the best designed and smoothest I’ve seen. Frankly, I like this theme used as a traditional blog, though I’d dress it up by using my own custom fonts. I wonder if sticky posts will activate the slider if you’re just using it as a traditional blog, and not using the special template.
For professional display of a variety of content, The News Page template is awesome!
December 27th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Hello! The slider only appears on the News Page template — it does not appear if you are using the traditional blog view.
December 23rd, 2011 at 3:43 pm
This has finally gotten me off Mystique. It’s fantastic. Can’t wait for the wave of 2012 additions.
December 23rd, 2011 at 5:59 pm
I love horizontal-vertical combination design elements!
December 23rd, 2011 at 6:17 pm
I’ve had a number of different WordPress blogs over the years, and I have to say that I love how you guys have so many more themes than a few years ago. This was my number one pet peeve before, but now there are so many choices! It’s great. WordPress is truly the best blogging platform out there. Thank you so much.
December 23rd, 2011 at 7:34 pm
A beautifully structured theme. Thank you, Theme Team!
December 23rd, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I hate you very much. Now I’m compelled to change my current theme, and it requires me to remove customized CSS mods on a lot of pages. Nut thanks a lot. This one is really perfect!
December 24th, 2011 at 3:15 am
Hey, that’s real theme.
December 24th, 2011 at 3:28 am
I just love this new theme.
December 24th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Nice. Looks smooth, streamlined, and attractive.
December 24th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Woohoo I love the new theme. I’m going to enjoy this.
December 24th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
This is the most versatile and flexible theme I have seen and tried. And I believe me I tried a lot. This isn’t cluttered as I would expect from a newspaper-style theme, so I switched immediately to this. Though I would have to adjust my widgets and some posts, it’s okay. I think I’ll be using this for a long period.
December 24th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
I loved how varied and frequently released the themes always are… keep it up! Can’t wait to see what the New Year brings
December 25th, 2011 at 12:22 am
Wonderful theme Michelle, I really like the layout and simplicity of use and administration, it carries character and I truly can get involved in it and offer a rich viewing experience with it’s color palette and views.
December 25th, 2011 at 12:27 am
I loved it from first sight… the best about it is that it is free and loaded with features!!! Thanx a bunch
December 25th, 2011 at 6:17 am
I love a chic theme and it’s free. Freedom! Haha
December 25th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Very nice.
December 26th, 2011 at 7:46 am
This theme unleashes the power of free pleasure! You don’t have to pay just to get a nice theme for your blog!
Thanks for making the theme!
December 26th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Wow! So marvellous!
December 26th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
it is beautiful.
December 27th, 2011 at 6:41 am
Beautiful! So nice I figured it’d be premium but it’s not! I’ve been itching for a theme with a “slider” feature–maybe this is the one to change to! (I’ve been with Vigilance since Fall 2008 or 09!!)
December 27th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
This is a wonderful theme. Being tested on this blog. Thank you.
December 27th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I <3 it i should use that sometime.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:27 am
Reblogged this on Lttle Sweety.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:14 am
Always great to see new themes in magazine styles. Thank you, WordPress.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:25 am
I love it^^
Plan to change my blog theme with this one in the New Year.
Thank You^^
December 28th, 2011 at 10:07 am
Very nice theme.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:41 am
AHHHHHH! WordPress Themes are awesome, awesome, awesome.
I had iTheme2 for awhile. It works great for sticky posts.
I saw the demo for Nuntius. I followed the instructions, and had fun with it, and I love it!
Thank You WordPress. Your site modifications are very impressive.
Keep it up!
December 28th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Eye-catching theme.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
That’s awesome.