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In the last couple of days, I've been working on a new theme for WordPress. I wanted to make a really simple and visually appealing 2-column theme that looked great on screens with 1024 px width or more, since most 2-column themes still stick to the 800px-friendly style. The design is completely original, and at the final release I will release a regular XHTML/CSS template along with the theme. The name of the new theme is "Anvish", a name taken from one of my many unused domains. The theme is still a beta version, as it is still a work in progress. But I think that it should be ready for a first test, and everyone is welcome to try it out.

Start with downloading Anvish v1.0 beta. Try it out, play around with it (widgets should work unless I've made some serious bummer) and then let me know what you think about it. It is not supposed to be cool or advanced. Just basic and clean. It has no AJAX, advanced features, visual effects or other things worth mentioning. It is just simple. But a couple of warnings: Don't look too close on the header image. It is just a filler, the final theme will have better images included. Please don't re-distribute this theme. It is only a beta. A final version will be out in a few days, and it will be completely free and public - and of course available for re-distribution. Also note that I am switching to a new way of writing my CSS, the "Compact Oneliner" method. It may look scary, but once you get used to it, chances are big that you'll see the beauty of it!

One thing I want this theme to have is a "Custom header image" feature, and since I can't add it myself I hereby want to send out a call to all PHP coders out there. If anyone of you could help me add the same kind of custom header feature that WordPress.com has in some of the themes, please send me a note!

Edit: Thanks to everyone who has sent bug reports! I have fixed all reported bugs and I keep on updating the theme zip. Recent changes include fixing the broken archive.php (a spelling error caused errors) and aligning the main menu to the right (it looks much better now!). If you want the latest version, it is available through the download link above!