New Theme: Beach
I love winter and I bet you do too but if you’re like me you probably don’t like the cold very much. You might be wishing you could take a trip to a beach somewhere right about now. Well, if you can’t make it to the beach yourself how about taking your blog there? Today’s new theme, Beach, will let you do just that.
The Beach theme
Originally developed by Gibbo for Drupal Thailand, the Beach theme can bring the warmth of Thailand’s shores to your blog all year round. But the Beach theme isn’t only just sand, sun, and sea. It has 4 different post formats built-in for short Status and Aside posts, and special styles for Quote and Gallery posts. Beach even has a bonus vertical menu area in the header.
You can read more about the Beach theme’s great new features in the Theme Showcase or activate it on your WordPress.com blog right now. Beach will be available soon in the WordPress.org theme directory for self-hosted WordPress users.
Bonus: If it’s too hot where you are right now and you’d like to take your blog someplace cold, give the Iceburgg theme a shot! Pine trees, snowy hills, and cool colors might just be what your blog needs right now. 🙂
- January 18, 2011
- Themes
WordPress.com News 
Neat 🙂 More themes please. 🙂
LikeLike
Nice looking, Ian – very different from the rest, but refreshing.
LikeLike
I agree with Galen Gidman, this theme has a refreshing look! I like it! Thanks.
LikeLike
Very nice theme…I like how the blog appears submerged beneath the ocean.
LikeLike
Nice and warm looking 🙂
LikeLike
It’s a nice theme.
LikeLike
That’s cool. Nice and chilled.
LikeLike
Nice and clear looking. Good job.
LikeLike
Too cartoony but thanks for the effort. 🙂
LikeLike
Nice theme.
LikeLike
Mmmm…. cant wait for summer now. 🙂
LikeLike
Very, very nice indeed! Well done theme folks.
LikeLike
Looks great!
LikeLike
I’m always glad to see new themes coming in, but this one doesn’t work for me. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying it’s not a good theme. It just doesn’t suit my style.
I like themes that let me express myself visually, not just in text. Let me display photos in the header, pick the colors or images for the background, the font style and color.
Keep up the hard work. 🙂
LikeLike
Nice, but i would very much like to see more themes tailored for photoblogs on WordPress.com.
LikeLike
You can expect more themes that work well for Photoblogs in the future — we’re always launching more themes 🙂 — but in the meantime we have a few in our Theme Showcase that you might want to check out.
LikeLike
I may have just found my new favorite theme! Gonna test drive over the weekend!
LikeLike
Really “cool” looking. 🙂
LikeLike
It is honestly so beautiful, breathing new life into the WordPressers However, any snow-covered Themes for us here in Greece? Please send us some snow…and we can send you as many beaches as you like and plenty of sunshine. It is just a joke.Your allowances to your bloggers are always so generous, hardworking WordPress staff.
Once again congrats!!!
LikeLike
Check the “bonus” note in the post above. I think you might like the theme linked there. 🙂
LikeLike
We need more themes, Bro. 🙂
LikeLike
They’re on the way! 🙂
LikeLike
I love these types of themes, they give a bit of colour to your blog!
More like this please!
LikeLike
Way to make us all look forward to warmer days! 🙂
LikeLike
Great theme. Beaches are always nice to look at. But give me New York City anytime.
LikeLike
Seems to be interesting!
LikeLike
Very nice one.
LikeLike
Relaxing. Very relaxing.
LikeLike
Nice theme. Cool for summer. =)
LikeLike
Wow that looks awesome! It’s totally unique, compared to the other themes. A big city theme would be sweet too, or a relaxing resort type theme.
Awesome job, i wish i had a reason to use it! I shared it with my friend who is starting a blog on writing children’s books, so this would go perfect! Thanks, and keep up the great work, i love it. 🙂
LikeLike
Looks good. 🙂
LikeLike
I like it. Seems good for a little change every now and then. 🙂
LikeLike
FIANLLY! Color! Keep em’ coming! I’m so happy!
Thanky thanky!
Lauralea
LikeLike
Like it and very much but – still NOT me. Like everything else in the world I have to feel “it’s me”. Water Yes, Sand (beach) Yes but less Palmtrees – (doesn’t mean i don’t love Palmtrees in nature) maybe to “grind” a rock would “be cut out for” me – be mooore me. Sorry. But. Love the idea.
LikeLike
VERY nice edition to the other themes.
Now the question: Do I change MY theme? Hmmmmm….
Contemplating….contemplating…contemplating….
LikeLike
This looks great!
LikeLike
I wish it really was as warm as it looks on there!! 😦
LikeLike
I love it!!!!!
LikeLike
This is wonderful! And now I can’t wait till summer. Only six more months to go…
LikeLike
Nice crisp, clean theme. Great work indeed. 😉
LikeLike
Awesome, keep em’ comin! ;D
LikeLike
I’ve got a little spring on my blog today, now you have me dreaming of beaches.
LikeLike
Seriously… this is the worst theme EVER 😦 Too much old 90s influences… it seems that WordPress themes are going backwards. This is almost blogspot. :-((((
LikeLike
Hopefully the next theme we launch — there’s always one around the corner — will be more to your liking!
LikeLike
Reminds me of the beach.
LikeLike
Wow this is pretty! Thanks so much. 🙂
LikeLike
Very good, man!
LikeLike
I want to go swimming with my computer. 🙂
LikeLike
I’m in Buffalo, New York! Any thing resembeling a beach is needed right about now!!!
LikeLike
Nice, but not my style. Keep up the good work, though. 😉
LikeLike
What a perfect theme to announce on a perfectly miserable icy/snowy day!
LikeLike
Yes, most excellent (very cold where I’m at, at the moment!). 😀
LikeLike
This is neat and refreshing… I love the header, and the idea of “the menu on the sand” is brilliant. Thanks theme team. 🙂
LikeLike
A very fresh, clean theme. This might prove a suitable replacement for my current Freshy theme.
Terrific work! Kudos to the designer.
LikeLike
This is a nice, fun theme! Maybe some more themes likes this would be great. I’d switch to this now, but I like to hold on to winter as long as I can.
Thanks WordPress!
LikeLike
If only that’s what it really looked like outside. 🙂
LikeLike
Yep, I can’t wait till summer.
LikeLike
Hi! I am Carl from Sweden! I like “Beach” very much. Very nice. I love it!
Have a nice day, and keep up the good work.
LikeLike
Wow! This is a beautiful theme, different with modern design. I like. Here, it is now summer, with a hot sun and amazing, I see this theme an very refreshing, ad hoc with the beaches here in Rio. Congratulations and good job Ian.
LikeLike
This is very good this time of the year. Definitely time for vacation.
LikeLike
Not bad if you like color. Definitely beachy.
LikeLike
Very nice theme, I like it very much. Thank you.
LikeLike
We are here to inspire and if you’ve been able touch just one person with your theme in that way than you have succeeded today.
LikeLike
Very cool to the eyes. I love this. But it’s too trendy, I must say.
LikeLike
Love the beach concept…yet a digital beach is not going to cut it with most beach lovers and/or world travelers. I mean absolutely, no disrespect, yet photographic imagery would be a necessary component in these displays. Cheers & much success to all.
LikeLike
Thanks Ian! This is love. 🙂
LikeLike
Cute, but not too cute.
LikeLike
It’s a beautiful theme. Thank you.
LikeLike
Nice, but I’ll stick to my current theme 🙂
LikeLike
A silent beach…where is the life…?
LikeLike
Cool and fresh. 😉
LikeLike
You make me wanna go to the beach! LOL
LikeLike
I don’t think I’d have any use for this theme, but it looks very nice! Definitely one of my favourites.
LikeLike
I like this theme a lot! Can I suggest some tweaks? Like, the orange title header, can we make it in the shade of blue or green or even yellow? And then, can we add a turtle or two in the footer image?
I really really like it. It lightened up my morning.
LikeLike
A good theme, I love the beach.
LikeLike
Nice theme! Even for those of us who live on the beach…I like my current theme (Under the Influence) that allows me to post my own beach photos as my header…great work guys!
LikeLike
Here comes the sun… love it. 🙂
LikeLike
This is nice, I like very much!
LikeLike
Clean and warm! Now writing is actually diving…
LikeLike
Nice theme… I think you have to come to Bali and make another beach theme. 🙂
LikeLike
Great theme. I wish it had custom background option…
LikeLike
It’s great theme! 🙂 I love this one!
LikeLike
Great! It’s very awesome. 🙂
LikeLike
Very cool! We’ll try it!
LikeLike
I like it…I will try it for summer. 😉
LikeLike
At a glance, it’s wonderful. Yeah, it really is. 🙂
LikeLike
Crisp and neat. Love it!
LikeLike
Well, I do love summer—of course! But this one looks a bit cheesy. Sorry 🙂
LikeLike
So it’s really nice!
LikeLike
It is -15°C outside here… snow covered and crunchy when you walk…. the beach looks great! Almost makes me want a second blog so I can just spend time there.
Thanks for sharing this…
LikeLike
Cute!
LikeLike
Looks great!
LikeLike
That’s the theme I’ve just adopted for my own insignificant little blob of a blog. I’m no fan of winter as you’ll see from my blog. We’ve just emerged from a miserable month of snow and ice. Spring and summer are my seasons and it should show.
LikeLike
I love the layout of this theme, nice and simple (I am so a ‘box’ person). It would be even better if it allowed a little bit more flexibility in allowing us to individualise it i.e. header and background options but then I suppose it would be taking away all the beachy things… 🙂
LikeLike
Very cute!
LikeLike
I’d like a Tron theme. The closest I get was my theme + a custom header.
LikeLike
Lovely, keep ’em coming!
LikeLike
Looks nice and fresh.
LikeLike
Hey I had that activated but I decided to change it. I’ll put that on when it’s really summer where I live and then I can think about the beach all the time.
LikeLike
This theme is okay but it doesn’t make me feel warm or like I’m at the beach.
LikeLike
Very creative. 🙂
LikeLike
Very nice and fresh.
LikeLike
Looks okay. Nice one. 🙂
LikeLike