Apricot – A Minimalist WordPress Theme

43 Responses to “Apricot – A Minimalist WordPress Theme”

1. Will says:

   23 June 2007 at 2:33 pm

   Very nice design. I love the minimal designs. This one is one is one of the best I have seen.
2. manu says:

   15 November 2007 at 1:43 pm

   Truly Amazing theme! That’s all I can say about this theme.

   Wonder if you’d be interested in sharing the theme you’re using for your blog.
3. Manu says:

   16 November 2007 at 1:01 am

   Looking forward to the day when u put up your blog’s theme for download. I wish I knew some coding, at least I could make my blog’s sidebar look like yours.
4. The Holewinski Group » Thomas Creek Concepts, Wordpress, and Google says:

   29 November 2007 at 3:15 pm

   [...] we changed up the project specs a bit. A new layout was in order, and we went with the Apricot theme, designed by Aradmis.com. It is a minimalist theme with powerful search engine optimization [...]
5. random #9 | Lily Adam says:

   5 February 2008 at 3:02 am

   [...] so I change my blog layout… again (what’s new?). This one called ‘Apricot’ – was an options a few months ago I believe, but back then I didn’t have the patience to edit [...]
6. v11 | Lily Adam says:

   5 February 2008 at 9:34 pm

   [...] Apricot theme is by Oliver [...]
7. inga says:

   31 March 2008 at 2:26 pm

   Hi! I’m using your Apricot theme on my site, and I love it. However, is there a way I can have two sidebars??? Is there a special code I could add or no?
8. rosdi says:

   13 April 2008 at 8:16 am

   Thanks.. this theme is exactly what I need, it has the right balance of simplicity and eye candy.
9. Flavio says:

   30 May 2008 at 4:31 pm

   That is a great minimalist wordpress theme. Very clean and allows readers to focus on the content rather than be distracted by too many pictures and extra items.
10. Aide WordPress » Archives du Blog » Les thèmes graphiques says:

    25 September 2008 at 3:52 am

    [...] de mes thèmes préférés : (Cet article me donne envie de changer celui de ce blog ) Apricot par Ardamis Fjords 01 par Peter Andre Jensen I Feel Dirty par [...]
11. Ben says:

    5 October 2008 at 7:06 pm

    How do I replace the Text header on this theme with an Image header? Thanks.
12. ktc says:

    28 October 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Love the theme i know its a redunant question,
    but how do i change the text header to a image?

    thank you.
13. ardamis says:

    28 October 2008 at 8:19 pm

    I know, lots of people want this.

    I’ve edited the post to provide a downloadable replacement header.php file that uses a PNG graphic instead of the blog title and tag line text.
14. Yong Hwee says:

    8 November 2008 at 2:16 am

    Hi,

    The default for index.php is as follows:
    Displays the full text of the latest post and an excerpt from each of the next nine most recent posts

    How do I get Wordpress to display the full text of all my post instead of only the latest one?
15. James says:

    8 November 2008 at 9:06 am

    How may I adjust the Apricot theme so that it will display the complete post rather than a portion of the post?
16. ardamis says:

    8 November 2008 at 4:48 pm

    To change the index page to display the entire post, open the Apricot theme folder and find the “index.php” file. Open it in a text editor and change the following lines:
    

    <?php //The index page will show the full text of the latest post, and excerpts for the rest ?>
    <?php if($post == $posts[0]) { the_content(); 
    } elseif (function_exists('the_excerpt_reloaded')) { the_excerpt_reloaded(55, '', 'excerpt', TRUE, '[&#8230;]', FALSE, 2, TRUE, 0, 'span', 'Continue reading this entry', 0);
    } else { echo the_excerpt(); 
    } ?>
    

    
    Then replace them with this line:
    

    <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
    

    
    That’s it.
17. Yong Hwee says:

    18 November 2008 at 3:46 am

    There is a considerable amount of empty white space between each post. Is there a way to close up the gap?
18. ardamis says:

    18 November 2008 at 9:09 am

    Try reducing the bottom padding on .multipost in style.css to something like 30px:

    .multipost {
    	padding: 0 0 80px;
    }
    

    … to …

    .multipost {
    	padding: 0 0 30px;
    }
    
19. Yong Hwee says:

    18 November 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Great! That worked.. Thanks!
20. subvolt » How to: Wordpress theme with posts in 2 columns (side by side) says:

    19 November 2008 at 3:23 pm

    [...] with the default theme. Only having a need for a simple theme with minimal styling, I used the Apricot theme.
21. Remi Vladuceanu says:

    23 November 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Wow! Now that’s what I call minimalist! It’s just that i was hoping on a theme with a single column. Anyways, thanks for this awesome share!

    Remi
22. ardamis says:

    23 November 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Thanks for the comment. I’m working on a single-column design in my spare time. I’ll post a comment here with a link when it’s done.
23. New look, weird vanity. | Big Red Notebook says:

    11 December 2008 at 1:56 am

    [...] moved from the Brodie WordPress theme to this one–Apricot.
24. muiiio says:

    11 December 2008 at 2:44 am

    Thanks for this theme, it’s great. I am using it on my blog and I think it could not be better
25. Ali says:

    14 December 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Hi, Is it possible to get the apricot font?

    Regards,
    Ali
26. ardamis says:

    14 December 2008 at 8:35 pm

    Sure. The font is called “BN 3rd Place” by Ben’s Fonts.

    http://www.dafont.com/bn3rd-place.font
27. seo dubai says:

    17 December 2008 at 7:22 pm

    Thanks for the link for the font.
28. bregman says:

    19 January 2009 at 10:16 pm

    I love that this template doesn’t scale/cut off images. Is there a way to turn on images for the archive pages though?
29. ardamis says:

    19 January 2009 at 10:23 pm

    I’m glad you like it. The Archives pages only display an excerpt of each post, and any html tags, including <img> tags, are stripped out.

    To display the full posts on the Archives pages, including any images, open archive.php in the Apricot theme folder and replace these lines:

    <div class="entry">
         <?php if (function_exists('the_excerpt_reloaded')) {
              the_excerpt_reloaded(55, '', 'excerpt', TRUE, '[&#8230;]', FALSE, 2,
              TRUE, 0, 'span', 'Continue reading this entry', 0);
         } else { 
              echo the_excerpt();
         } ?>
    </div>
    

    with these:

    <div class="entry">
         <?php the_content(); ?>
    </div>
    
30. Tad Harrison says:

    22 February 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Thanks for the great theme. The minimalist look harmonizes perfectly with my “reduction of paper” content perfectly.
31. John says:

    2 April 2009 at 8:38 am

    BEAUTIFUL theme. I love it. Does anyone know how to add links to “Previous Page” and “Next Page” at the bottoms of pages? Thanks!
32. K says:

    20 April 2009 at 4:04 am

    How do I make the new threaded comments enhancement works?

    Otherwise, clean minimalist theme. Love it.
33. ardamis says:

    21 April 2009 at 9:33 pm

    Here’s a post with a step-by-step explanation of how to update a theme from a prior version to use threaded comments.

    http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2008/09/29/wordpress-27-comments-enhancements/

    I’ll see if I can’t update the theme in the next few days.
34. Company Logos says:

    24 April 2009 at 7:10 am

    Thanks for this theme..Wonder if you’d be interested in sharing the theme you’re using for your blog..

    
35. Karin says:

    27 May 2009 at 12:54 pm

    I use this for my blog and am very thankful!
36. Niklaas says:

    24 June 2009 at 8:12 am

    Thank you very much for this really beautiful design. I also use it for my blog and love it!
37. Çorap says:

    14 July 2009 at 4:35 am

    Thank you very much.
38. murmurs says:

    18 July 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Hi, very nice design, could it be possible to put an image as a background for this theme?
39. Martin says:

    17 September 2009 at 8:17 am

    Hey, I can’t get the plugin shadowbox to work in the apricot theme. Any tips? Thanks so much for a great theme!
40. kahape says:

    2 November 2009 at 7:46 am

    what a clean and elegant style!!

    I wish to enlarge its standard width from 800 to 900 px, and reduce the left collumns width from 220 to 190. so the width for content should increase in total by 130 px. I´ve changed the settings accordingly (hm, at least I think so), but only the space between content and left collumn extended, and the rest (header and footer) didn´t cooperate either.

    Do You have a hint for me?

    note: if Yo offered this wider size by default, it perhaps could have a great career
    as a photo gallery or photo blog

    regards, klaus
41. Melody says:

    20 November 2009 at 2:23 am

    Hi! I was wondering how to add previous and next page to the bottom of each blog page. Thank you!
42. Konum says:

    1 December 2009 at 6:24 am

    We have a winner! I’va been looking for a simple template for my webpage until i have some time to make one of my own and Apricto is just what I want. The style it’s simple but great looking. The CSS is nicely done, clean, commented and easy to customize.

    Thank you!

    PD: For those who want a wider post column add X px to the #page width and then add those same X px to the
    narrowcolumn width.
43. Luke says:

    26 February 2010 at 3:28 pm

    This theme is a clear standout. Thanks so much!

    I’m also looking for a solution to incorporate previous/next navigation at the bottom of page. If anyone can help, that would be great.

    Thanks again!

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