I’m proud to introduce you to Fusion, our newest theme. The versatility of this theme makes it great for a variety of uses including technical blogs, long-form writing, posting code samples, and displaying large images. You can use Fusion just like any other WordPress.com theme or, if you prefer a wide layout, this theme is ready to accommodate.
Fusion comes with a widget-ready footer, support for custom header image and custom menu, and options for you to customize the layout. Layout options in Appearance→Themes include fixed or flexible layout, choice of left, right, or two right sidebars, or a full-width main column with no sidebars. You can also choose to display full posts or excerpts only on archive pages.
It’s easy to personalize this theme by adding a custom header image and custom menu and using the various layout options to change the look. Here is an example of a wide design using the one-column, no sidebar layout option, flexible width main column, and custom header image.
Designed by digitalnature, Fusion is now available for WordPress.com and, for self-hosted WordPress.org sites, from the WordPress.org Themes Directory.
Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels):
- Fixed width (one sidebar): main column width is
646, sidebar width is245. - Fixed width (two sidebars): main column width is
490, primary sidebar width is206, secondary sidebar width is165. - Fixed width (no sidebar): main column width is
980. - Fluid width (one sidebar): main column minimum width is
514(no maximum width), sidebar width is177. - Fluid width (two sidebars): main column minimum width is
390, primary sidebar minimum width is146, secondary sidebar minimum width is125. - Fluid width (no sidebar): main column minimum width is
780. - Custom header image dimensions are
980by148(width, height).
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Great! As always. 😉
Quite interesting. I will try using it one day.
Amazing and great theme!
It is beautiful!
Awesome theme! Using it.
Cool, looks nice! Might just have to give it a whirl!
Very nice theme. But I’m keeping mine hehe 🙂
Love the theme.. cheers
Awesome theme right there 😀
Beautiful theme, but I wish there were more simple dark-background themes. They are better for your eyes when reading.
Hi Raven—we have many simple and dark themes already. Check out Oulipo (dark color scheme), Vostok, Coraline (dark color scheme), Structure (dark color scheme), ChaoticSoul, and ChaosTheory. See more “dark” themes in your WordPress.com dashboard under Appearance → Themes and click Feature Filters at the far right near the search field. Click one or more filters, then click Apply Filters to see themes that match.
Awesome! Nice one.
Wow! I am tempted!
Absolutely wonderful! Love it.
Yay! Finally a new theme, with customizable sidebars(I can’t remember if I asked for a customizable sidebar or not :()! You rock, WordPress 😉
Nice layout — tempted, BUT, I wish it had three columns 😦
Still, great job! Keep them coming!
Am I the only other person who agrees with Lee (September 21st, 2010 at 8:00 pm ) here? Yes, the latest themes coming out really DO start to look like copies of each other and that’s kind of depressing. Themes are not only sidebars and widgets and readability, if that was the purpose we wouldn’t need more than four or five of them, to cater for different number of columns and stuff like that. Themes are also about the art that goes behind them, the background and foreground graphics, the drawings that can be used as widget seperators or post seperators, stuff like that.
And to be perfectly frank, much as it hurts me after being on WordPress for close to four years now is that the latest themes are just bland, there is no other nice way to put it. I don’t know if this is done consciously so as to force us to pay for the custom CSS upgrade or whether the criteria for picking up new themes don’t have the art as a top priority but it is beginning to become tiresome, waiting for ages for a new theme only to find that it looks like a different version of the previous one.
Wow at last! I must try this one out!
Awesome theme. I’ll try it soon….
This might be what I’ve been looking for!
Nice theme. Worth a try, thanks.
Wow, it really looks nice and good. I especially like this:
Very interesting layout! I like it! great work 😉
I quite like it! 🙂
This theme looks great!
Very nice template!
This theme should make my 30 dates in 3 months much easier to keep track of 🙂
My new Theme! 🙂
Wow… it’s nice and handy. 🙂
I have now got it up and running. I like the upward tabs. I wish the header area could be changed (without CSS) to something other than that gradient black. I think the sidebar is too BIG and overpowering. I am not keen on the pale plum color for the tag surrounds. My opinion of it overall is that it is very good and professional-looking.
First things first… I have to say thanks to WordPress for giving us this great way to express ourselves. Now, I must say there are a lot of themes I’ll never use because I’m unable to choose the typography, like this one, a very nice and useful theme otherwise. The font size and family seems to me a very important thing for giving the readers a better reading experience to. Anyway, really good theme, congrats.
Love it. Have changed my site over to Fusion and couldn’t be happier.
Finally, I can change from Monochrome. A fantastic theme. Keep them coming.
Umm… I like it! Excellent features with elegant simplicity.
We have one good theme, but there are still 99 that need improving.
Good Theme… Very suave and simple.
See, this is why I love WordPress and didn’t leave. You always come up with awesome stuff!
This should come with color options.
I like the themes. I will try them on my new blog.
Cool—finally a new theme. Next, do one about texting.
Looks squeaky clean, I like it.
NICE! I’m going to change to it tonight! =)
Thank you so much..
I have been looking for this kind of theme.
It looks great and suits well for my blog requirements.
It looks nice and simple… Love it. Good job!
This will be mine for my next blog… recommended.
Very interesting layout! I like it!
Just changed to this Theme at one of my blogs. Looks great:-)
Wow! What an amazing theme. I look forward to using it.
A really good flexible theme, will give this one a go.
Hi guys, this theme is cool, but i want to use the Mystique theme.
Thanks for the theme suggestion.
This new theme ain’t that new—at least a year old—old wine on old bottle. Fusion was initially released 22-dec-2008—almost 2 years ago—and is now “NEWS” in this newsletter. Please dont SPAM us with old news.
It’s brand new to WordPress.com. We just released it for your use last week.
Nice theme!
I’d like to suggest that the fonts be named, in descriptions of new themes. Or at least specify in the Themes page brief descriptions, whether the body text font is serif or sans.
Thanks!
I decided to try it – I do like it. For now…
I want to try it, I like it!
Very good this theme. But you might as well have put the “quote” in the comments! 😉
It’s cool and nice. Good job.
I would also like to see this with color options. Need it in black.
Cool, but not the best. 🙂
I like this one and will try it out, but I can’t seem to beat Twenty Ten!
I like it. But it’s missing two important things (in my opinion).
1. A more readable font *without* paying for Typekit. (FYI Typekit prices are steep IMO.) I wish the Fusion theme had a font more like 2010. Especially given the one column option that is so nice for writing and reading.
2. It’s GREAT that it has sidebar options. But no option to put a sidebar on each side. 😦
Also … it would be nice if it had color/background options. I love that it has custom header image. I love that it has an option to show header text or not.
But number 1 is the biggy. It looks like an absolutely *wonderful* theme for uncluttered writing. It just needs a more readable font! 😦 There are a lot of readers that aren’t comfortable with that font size.
@Debbie Sorry this theme didn’t make the cut for you but we’re continuing to launch more and more themes, so we hope you’ll find one that’s a perfect fit.
Great theme! I’m going to check it out!
I like it. I want to try it. 🙂
Oooo nice. I really like the font too. I seem to spend more time changing my blog around than actually writing it!
Beautiful theme. Just wish there was a color palette option.
Wow, goodie. Nice colors, broad layout. I might be changing my current theme sooner than I thought.
Oooh, it looks unique. Added to my list of possible-new-theme which gets longer, hehe.
Seems simple and elegant… cool. 🙂
How about some bright, fun, cheery themes? So many of the themes are dull and boring. So is Fusion.
Hi Carol—Fusion is just one of over a hundred themes on WordPress.com! We already have loads of fun, cheery themes for you to use. For example, check out Koi, Albeo, Flower Power, Sweet Blossoms, Fresh Bananas, Fauna, Rounded, and Spring Loaded.
And if you see a WordPress theme out there that you think would work perfectly for you, let us know in our themes forum and we’ll consider adding it to our growing collection of themes.
Yeah. Love it!
Finally, one can enjoy a side-bar and a main column with a width > 500!!!
Nice theme, I like it.
Thanks guys (and girls if they were involved as well). Being a migrant from Windows Live, I was looking for a theme when I landed here. This theme has suited my tastes.
I particularly like the uncluttered, big reading/writing area. The black header caused some “creative” Paint.Net work with a couple of images, but the effect looks OK 🙂 (I think). The layout with the widgets on the right side suites my tastes in layout as well. Thanks again, Craig
Welcome Craig! Thanks for your feedback.
Wow, that will look really cool. Nice theme.
The theme looks nice and neat! Thank you guys!
Looks pretty cool! I might try it out!
I like the more modern and slick designs. This one is a blend of both. I like it a lot 😉
Nice themes. And I like this one.
Very nice theme! It’s mine now! Hehe! From Brazil, thanks a lot.
Nice themes. And I like this one. 😉
I love you guys!
Currently using Inuit Types, but Fusion looks like a nice addition to the wonderfully expanding WP themes.
One look at Fusion and I immediately replaced my old theme with it. Brilliant work.
I like the layout options.
Thanks for adding this awesome theme.
Nice! I just might use that eventually–when I get tired of whichever one I’m using right now (I don’t remember what it’s called, that’s a little sad…) well whatever. Point is, this looks like a cool theme!
It’s sweet to have layout choices.
Thank you! I have liked this theme for a long time!
When I first made my new blog, I was looking at that theme, very nice! Check out my Tech blog everyone!
Nothing really new 😦
Wow, I will like to see more. 🙂
A very nice theme with a lot of options. I’m still new to WordPress and it will take some time to get used to it. Thanks anyway.
You have given me a chance to come near it. Thank you very much.