1. Easy to set up featured post (does not use categories);
2. Google AdSense alternative for both the top and right sidebar ad space;
3. Easy to set up email subscription form; *
4. Page selection for the top menu (only selected parent pages will be displayed);
5. Two brand new color schemes: Blue Bubble and Curly Green

Download Simple Balance 2.1 (More info)

Many new options have been added, most of which you can adjust through the theme’s brand new “Control Panel”.

• An extensive and inclusive theme control panel;
• Widget-ready sidebars;
• Top advertising space (468×60 pixels);
• Sidebar advertising space: Up to 8 small square banners (125×125 pixels);
• Individual settings for each banner you add:
  1. Custom banner URL;
  2. Do Follow / No Follow witch;
  3. Title and alternate text;
  4. Open in a new window or same window
• Master switch (on/off) for every Ad Zone;
• Variable layout structure:
  1. Centered content;
  2. Right-aligned content;
• 5 new additional color schemes (more released monthly);
• Option to display the default left sidebar image, use a custom one or hide it;
• Custom feed URL;
• Valid cross-browser tested XHTML and CSS;
• SEO smart coding;
• Works with WordPress 2.6.2 (tested starting with WordPress 2.5);
• Any many more options that I’ll let you discover.

Download available here: Simple Balance 2.0

This is not a sponsored theme, so rest assured that if you download it from Blogsessive’s server you are free of hidden and spam link or scripts.

The only link contained in this theme is the footer link to Blogsessive and I would greatly appreciate it if you keep it as a sign of work appreciation. Of course, you are nor obligated.

License and rights

Simple Balance by Blogsessive is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

Theme Features

Simple Balance theme is a 3 column widget-ready WordPress theme. Some of the features include:

1. Widget-ready left and right sidebars;
2. Top 468×60 ad space;
3. Right sidebar built-in ad space for 125×125 banners;
4. SEO smart coding for titles and content;
5. WordPress 2.5 ready;
6. Valid cross-browser tested XHTML and CSS;
7. Possibility to fully display the latest X posts on homepage instead of the post excerpt (to prevent duplicate content issues);
8. Not to forget, beautifully balanced design;

Preview and download

You can preview the Simple Balance theme on this demo server.

For some styling samples take a look at this post.

To download the Simple Balance theme, please go here.

The Simple Balance is compatible with WordPress 2.7 with support for threaded comments.

Here are a few examples of elements and styling.

H2 Heading Inside a Blog Post

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H3 Heading Inside a Blog Post

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H4 Heading Inside a Blog Post

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Sample of an unordered list:

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Sample of an ordered list:

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