Forget 1- or 2-column themes, we’re going ALL THE WAY TO FOUR.
That’s right, we have a nifty new four-column theme available for you here on WordPress.com. The content is pretty narrow, but you can probably squeeze more widgets onto this theme than any other one we have. Here’s a screenshot:
The theme does a neat little trick where when you upload a custom header, it automatically “slices” the header into four to fit in with the design. Give it a go, it might be right for you.
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heh, now this is properly strange
Neat. And I thought three columns was way too many already… *laughs*… then you guys come up with even more. Great job! It looks really spiffy, especially the header.
~verus rara avis~
Wow! That’s real nice.
good, but is narrow…
Cool =-)
thx again matt like forever !!
very bieutiful
but it real for RTL blogs like farsi and arabic blogs ??!! 😉
That is a great looking theme. Whenever I make a personal blog on here I’ll probably use it. Keep up the great work.
pretty cool thank !
Whoa… Very, very nice theme. 🙂
Thanks 😉
probably a little too narrow for me, but an excellent addition all the same!
Wow. Cool unique theme, but I doubt it will be replacing Freshy for me. Still, thanks for constantly updating the themes.
gorgeous! is there anything you folks can’t do?
This is very cool- not sure if I’d use it but it’s so non-traditional I’d like to try!
Uhh… a strange lovely theme, but i’ll wait again.
I’m looking for a theme with a better text management…
Wow! Ingenious!
Wow! Nice theme! 😉
cool!
I like the auto-slice feature, but four columns?! Seems like a tremendous waste of space to me.
The auto-slice on the header is very neat! 🙂
wow really original theme! i like it
really cool..
thanks boys.
The Web gets columns (real one).
THATS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow.. 4 Coloumns ? I can’t use this themes for this themes. Must setting more advance to use this themes..
i like similar theme having 3 cloumns. this 4 column may work too.
Interesting option for some particular uses. Thank you very much. WordPress.com 4 ever!
nah i don’t like 4 colulms themes….
hey neat man!
Thanks for adding new theme.. Matt.
Narrow but looks cool!!
This is something really different.
Keep it up !!
might be worth a try.
lemme check 🙂
I love this new theme! The content area is a little too small for my pictures if I want to change layouts, but I love it, it’s so neat and clean! Thanks for this free layout.
I use the “Chaotic Soul” theme that slices the header into two parts… It is a nice effect. I’m not sure about the four-column layout though…
Very nice theme.
Congratulations! That is a great job you guys are doing.
Nice theme if 4-columns is your thing. Still can’t wait for Barthelme and VeryPlainText!
Thanks for everything once again, guys.
Nice
I just like 2 column. it’s simple. 🙂 I wait new 2 column themes always. thanks
hm, nice 😉 i think i should try it 😉
Look great..!
Thanks! 🙂
Now that’s wild, Matt!
I wonder how hard it is to read long content, though?
What happens to images? Are they resized on-the-fly or do you have to resize all your images to fit the narrow width?
Ugly.
Was this inspired by the wicked competition in the shaving equipment industry? When are we going to get a blog that scrolls to the right instead of down? That’s one I could get behind.
Hmmm, that’s kinda spiffy! Although I think I’d make it three for me. The body column is a little narrow for my tastes.
Looks great. I might try it. Let’s see if longer text can be read properly on that narrow column.
very very interesting! i suspect it’s not very reader- or visual-friendly for long posts (looks too lopsided in contrast with the short sidebars), but i hope to see more unique themes like this. unique is good.
Awesome! I might try it out later.
I like the four column layout. That’s crispy! Although I’m not really feeling the green and white color scheme. However, I would like to see wordpress.com offer more dark background themes. Although some may have difficulty with the light on dark, the layout is cool!
huh, this is really something 🙂
Cool… will try later.
Whoa. That is awesome!
i don’t like it at all. it doesn’t look good because there’s too many columns. also, you need to leave more room for the actual post iitself
OK, I’ve played with it. Feedback below.
It seems to be more a proof-of-concept more than anything. It’s a horribly inefficient use of space, and while the top of the theme looks nice, as you scroll down and focus on just content, it’s awfully hard to read and 75% of the screen is empty.
I suppose it’s OK if you have a bent towards some asymmetrical layout Zen thing, but for most of us I think this is something we try, go “Well, that’s pretty neat” and then discard in favor of something that honors content a bit more.
Or, alternatively, I could be entirely full of it and this might be the best theme ever developed. Your call.
cool
The new theme looking good, but the picture can’t resize and match the box if the picture is big.
Nice, but I’ll stick with Freshy for now 🙂
Blue, again… (: nifty tho.
How about something like Treba but with some graphic abilities?
I love the creativity of this design. Good work!
I LOVE this theme. It’s exactly what i needed for one of my blogs. Thanks!
Very nice! Thanks!
Too narrow for my taste.
Fjords is on display at wptheme.wordpress.com
Nice approach… 😉
That is a rather good theme. Thank you.
Funny theme 🙂
Is a little bit “rare” however it looks nice
Let’s try it!
I’ve never seen a four-column design before. That’s certainly creative.
A little too fragemented for me, but choice is undoubtedly a Good Thing. The more themes on wordpress.com, the better.
Looks kind of weird and scrunched up to me. I wouldn’t mind having that theme in a 2-column variety…
I like it, I like it. I might have to change my header cuz I don’t know what i’ll look like sliced into 4 pieces… Thanks wordpressers you rock!
I continue to be amazed w/ WP!
Wow, a lot of options.
Wow! Now that’s an impressive innovation. I’ve tried using it, and here is a sample of what it looks like (I’ll be using this theme for a few days and my notes/sample while using it are found here): http://nayk.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/fjords-wordpress-theme-review/
Nice shot guys .. keep ’em coming .. I was hoping for a 4 column theme .. and here we have it.. Also, is it possible for us to download the Garland theme, I cant seem to find it on wordpress.org !!!!!
great add!
thanks a lot!
wow awesome theme!
Oops! I read that as “we have a new fifty four column theme” and nearly fell off my chair! 🙂
Thanks for all the hard work you guys are doing on themes – I like the simple ones that have lots of links, trackback links and edit links. Keep up the good work!
awesome addition, nice name at that fjords, conveys the slicing message I guess
Like you said, its pretty narrow, and therefore doesn’t serve much use 😦 How about some more 3-column themes?
oh my god!
I just go as such when I saw this new layout!
It’s nice and I would just try it out.
Yeay to new designs!
Very funny guys. 😉
Weird
Excelente theme, hay mucho mas espacio para distribuir el contenido del blog 🙂
wow,,,,,this theme is too crazy!!
but
…the pics are cutted when use big pics.
– i won’t use it cause this reason 😦
Interesting. I’m not sure it would work for me, but it’s aesthetically pleasing.
Nice theme, but it does not fit the main page very well. The information is organized too much, fonts too small, picture dimensions are not set up correctly. Please go back to the old design 🙂
and it sure makes the post darn small… and picture artwork too big to put into =(
Unusual, but interesting. I will try it when I am bored with mine 🙂
so, it’s back the theme ‘freshy’
but hey, fjords is way too COOL not to test it out!
WOW! That’s a lot. 4 columns. Nice theme here.
We can go widget crazy now.
OK, that’s weird: the emoticons display normally in comments, but not in posts. 🙄 Again, gorgeous theme! Once the post-emoticon problem is sorted out I predict this theme will become veeerrrrry popular. 🙂 Thanks!
Like the chaotic soul theme header, cool.
This is one great theme, nice to see you’ll hvae used it as well
A very nice theme
Ooo..me likey!
Yech. ‘Can’t hardly tell what I’m supposed to be reading, with this theme. Would be much nicer as a three-column theme, with the “text” column as a variable-width column. ‘Course, probably wouldn’t be able to do the Slice-The-Header thing, then… which is pretty cool, I’ll grant you that.
That’s just amazing – the way it looks, i.e., there -> http://wordpress.com/tag/design/ in both Opera in IE
Cute new opening page when I log into my account; nice way to hype your latest theme. But light green text on white? My vision is pretty good, but the lack of contrast kind of sucks. (My screen size is 1152×864, so I’m not pushing the resolution that much.) If people like this design for their blogs that’s fine. But for an official WordPress informational page I think you should select something a bit more readable.
If you build it they will come, and if they can’t read it they won’t.