Varnish is quite possibly the most customizable WordPress theme on the planet. Choose one of the 23 bundled colour schemes, or create your own – all from WP-Admin! This theme is geared towards the blogger who likes to share their life and themselves with the world.

See it in Action!

Check out this video demo to see just how easy it is to customize the look and feel of Varnish.

Version 1.3 – Released: 05/19/10

• Fixed a bug that prevented the background from aligning properly with custom colour scheme enabled.
• Small CSS change to pagination numbering when using the WP-PageNavi plugin.
• Dumped the theme options function in an include file and replace all instances with a standard PHP include.

Version 1.2 – Released: 02/18/10

• NEW Added the ability to apply background patterns. 20 patterns bundled!
• NEW The entire site can now be centered in the browser window.
• NEW WP 2.9+ Post Thumbnails – old method still in tact.
• NEW Other smaller miscellaneous additions, like the ability to hide the Twitter bird, change the positioning of the background texture, etc.
• Moved the name and description from the sidebar to above the content area to allow for better compatibility with longer names.
• Fixed a bug that prevented code from being properly escaped in the head include.
• Fixed 125×125 buttons widget to allow use of non-image ads, such as AdSense.
• Updated bundled TimThumb to version 1.12.
• Updated Theme Settings panel and help documentation to be more clear and concise.

Main Features

• Awesome colour scheme editor, with 23 beautiful schemes to choose from.
• Unique 3 column layout with a focus on you and your online activities.
• Flexible photo area supports an image of any height. No need to resize, as the overflow is hidden automatically.
• Dynamic image resizing for post thumbnails used through-out the theme.
• Custom built theme settings panel within WP-Admin that allows you to customize the theme without editing any templates.
• Both sidebars are widgetized.
• Custom widgets for the 3 main ad spots (4 125×125 buttons, 120×600 skyscraper, 160×600 skyscraper). 300×250 big box and 468×60 banner also supported.
• Super lean markup and CSS , makes advanced customization a pleasure.
• Tested on Windows and Mac – IE6 -8, Firefox 2 & 3, and Safari 3 & 4. Some details are toned down for older versions of IE, but nothing is broken.
• Support for Twitter Tools, FlickrRSS, WP-PageNavi, and Subscribe to Comments plugins out of the box.
• Original PSD included!

Requirements

• Varnish uses Tim McDaniels’ TimThumb script for resizing the images used in the featured posts sections and in archive listings.TimThumb requires the GD library, which is available on any host sever with PHP 4 .3+ installed.

Support & Feature Requests

First – read the help documentation that came bundled with the theme. It is also available on the theme’s live preview site.

Please send me a direct message via ThemeForest if you’re having trouble with your theme, and I will do my best to get back to you as soon as possible. Please be patient, as I work freelance full time and do not have dedicated time for theme support. I will not answer support requests left as comments here.

Also, it would be a good idea to a read through my Terms of Support document, which outlines the extent of support I offer, and information regarding updates, warranty, and compatibility.