New Themes: Gridspace and Ascetica
Happy Themeday, all! Today we have two brand-spankin’-new themes for your visual enjoyment.
First up is Gridspace, a classic, elegant premium theme by Graph Paper Press.
Gridspace lets you show your work in style. Designed as a portfolio for photographers, its slick features include light and dark color schemes, multiple thumbnail sizes, a responsive design, and a convenient space for your logo. Your readers can easily switch between two blog layouts on the fly – grid view and list view – while large featured images and an elegant overall design make your work the focus.
Live on the grid, and check out Gridspace on the Theme Showcase!
Next up is Ascetica, a beautiful theme from AlienWP, designed by Galin Simeonov.
Get rid of the clutter and concentrate on your content. Ascetica prefers subtle details over flashy gimmicks and provides the perfect balance of minimalism, white-space, responsiveness, and customization to allow you to focus on and support what matters most – your content – while doing it in a way that is uniquely your own.
Love that minimalist look? Then make sure to visit Ascetica on the Theme Showcase.
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Reblogged this on 12-inch pianist and commented:
MOAR THEMES!
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Love the Ascetica theme! 🙂
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Oh why oh why is Gridspace a premium theme? 😦 I love it!
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I like that Gridspace premium theme. 🙂 It shows a lot of large images.
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I’m in love with this theme! It’s so beautiful. I’m keen on the serif font, the simplicity, the elegance. If only it had a two column option.
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I really like Ascetica for it’s minimalistic feel, yet it still has character. The only thing I am not too keen on is the post layouts – where you need to ‘read more’ – but if it didn’t have that, then it would take away all its functionality.
It’s SO difficult choosing and finding the right theme that checks all the boxes! Nice job nonetheless. 🙂
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Wow! Nothing new here, just the best features of blog design together in one theme. Can’t believe it’s free!
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Gridspace looks great for photoblogs. Thanks.
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I like the choices… thanks.
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These are truly beautiful, but yet again, Ari is the theme I am sticking with! So exciting to see new stuff, guys.
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It must be just me. All of these look so much the same.
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Ascetica looks great!
A couple of the recent new themes that prominently display pictures with featured posts are making me re-evaluate my blogging strategies, since I customarily store my photos off-WordPress for the sake of space.
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Too simple for me… nothing new, nothing special.
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We’re always releasing new themes, so hopefully you’ll find something special in a future batch! 🙂
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Ascetica looks fabulous. Debating the switchover…
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Ascetica is nice, thanks.
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Beautiful themes, as always!
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Are you expecting any new themes from Elmastudio?
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We currently have Yoko and Ari from Elmastudio. If you want to see a specific theme on WordPress.com, you can always make a suggestion in the Themes forum! Staff regularly check there for ideas for future themes. 🙂
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Love Gridspace~wish it were free! Please make one similar to this for those of us with less greenback! 😛
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I really like Gridspace. Looks exciting. I was looking for a theme just like that.
Wish it was free.
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Gridspace is legit. I want to see what it looks like on my photo site. I love checking out the new themes every Thursday!
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Wow this is great for photographers like me. Thank you and keep up the good work! Will try this some other time 😉
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I like the Ascetica but I’m sticking with my current theme. LOL. 🙂 Thanks for the new themes. I am looking forward for more themes that will entice my interest to change my current theme.
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Great themes. I’ll use the Gridspace for my future photo blog. 🙂
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Ascetica is rather elegant. I’m no designer so I can’t really pinpoint the subtle differences among these minimalist themes but I will have to admit that Ascetica is my favorite. Great timing too because I just decided to manually import my 2003-2006 blogs (read: hundreds of entries) from Multiply because they are shutting down the blogging service and deleting everything, and I’m looking for a fresh look. This would have to be it. Thank you for all your hard work! I appreciate that WordPress is a dynamic and well-supported community. I hope this service stays around forever!
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I have tried Ascetica, but the header image is not shown… can you fix it? Thank you. I like this theme 🙂
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Hi! It appears this has been fixed. If you have further problems, please post them on the support forums. Thanks, and we’re really glad you like the theme!
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I finally found my theme!!!! After months of searching, it felt like fate to get this new theme today.
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Is the featured slider a Flash embed where the featured pic for the post changes automatically, or do we have to set it manually? Can’t confirm with the live demo. Immediate response is much appreciated. Thanks! 🙂
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Nope, it’s not a Flash embed. Check out the theme showcase to find instructions for how to configure the featured posts banner.
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I’ve customized my site to such an extent that changing a theme seems to be a nightmare now. Great theme,s though. Some of them tempt me to go through all the customizing again. 🙂
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Pretty “less is more” themes… though I continue by “Mixfolio”.
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Gridspace looks great. As a photog, I love how the images are displayed.
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Two absolutely stunning themes. Please keep up the great work! 🙂
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Wonderful, thanks!
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Options are most always a good thing.
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I really enjoy all of the new themes. However, may we see some new themes that can easily accommodate the ‘foodie’ in us? I have a food blog, and my readers like an easier access to my recipes. Thank you.
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We’re always looking for new themes to fill different niches, and food-oriented themes are one of those. If you have a specific theme you’d like to see on WordPress.com, head on over to the Themes forum and let us know! 🙂
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Wonderful. 0.0 I like this!
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I have a question about Gridspace. Is the fee of $75 a one-time purchase or a yearly fee? and I am assuming this is a WordPress.com and not .org? Thanks!
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It is a one-time fee, and yes, if purchased here it can only be used for one WordPress.com blog. Hope this helps!
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Reblogged this on Technicolby and commented:
I really like the Ascetica theme. Will use it in the future! 🙂
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Gridspace looks nice.
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More FREE themes please. 🙂
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I will always love minimalist themes. I like the first one a lot more… sadly, it wouldn’t work for my blog AT ALL.
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Simply brilliant! Thanks for the info.
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They’re both wonderful, Gridspace is my favourite.
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Actually I love them… but always wait for free themes, please. 🙂
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Very nice designs. Contemporary, sleek and stylish. Keep doing what you are doing, you are talented.
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Really like Ascetica but it won’t work for a multi-author blog due to the lack of info on the post writer 😦
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In that case, I’d suggest creating a series of Pages where authors can include their information. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Reblogged this on ranibarra and commented:
These are good WordPress themes for those who are into photography and graphics designing. Having a portfolio for various image works is a great help with regards to organization and visibility.
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Cool style for an online portfolio. Kudos!
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Love the Gridspace theme — very clean and smart and gives the content full attention.
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I really dig the Gridspace theme. It’s simple, modern, and I think that the font chosen for it is perfect.
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Wow, that’s simple and beautiful. Love it.
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My blog is using Ascetica. I love it. Thank you. Gridspace and Ascetica are so good.
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Love Ascetica, it’s clean and I really like the way the featured images are also present when you click into the actual post. There are so many themes out there that just seem to forget about this. My two points are: The slide doesn’t seem to slide, am I missing something? And the box for writing the email address in a Follow Blog widget is really tiny. Your response would be greatly appreciated. Kellie
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Hi there! We’re really glad you like Ascetica.
The content slider doesn’t physically “slide”, but the images should crossfade if configured properly. You can find instructions on how to configure the slider here.
Good point on the font size; thanks for bringing that to our attention. I’ve increased it slightly for better readability.
Happy blogging! 🙂
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Love Gridspace!
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I wish there were more dark themes for musicians. There’s only one right now and the front page has too much type. Any suggestions?
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Hi there! We hear you — our users want more music-oriented themes! Hopefully something that appeals to you will come along soon. 🙂
In the meantime, you can search for Dark themes in the Theme Showcase (look under Filter, then Styles). If you have a specific theme you’d like to see on WordPress.com, you can post a request in the Themes forum. I hope this helps!
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I have just changed my blog to the Ascetica theme. It is so nice. Unfortunately, my WP Like button doesn’t work. My readers can see the WP Like button, but when they click it, it doesn’t work. Help me please. 😦
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention! I’ve made a quick change to fix it — Likes should now be working in Ascetica. Enjoy the theme!
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