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Apparently, you can get a little darker without going all mysterious. The Indicator theme has a serious tone, but maintains its design chops. A bit of grain textures the dark background, while nice wide columns make it ideal for posting YouTube videos and larger images. We especially love the arrow tabs that break out from the main column and divvy up the side bar with attitude. This theme is bold, sharp, and functional… Grab it now, before your friends do.
If you’ve been wanting to go a bit more feminine without totally pinking it out, take a peek at the Vio theme. It offers a smooth purple header, lots of open white space, and some unique layout elements. It’s essentially a two-column blog, with the side bar cut in half to make a third column. While they are narrow, these columns are great for keeping extra content and ads right up near the top where visitors can see them. Other nice touches include the dark gradient comment bubbles on each post, matching search button, and purple blockquote formatting.
3. Colorbold
Colorbold is, well, bold… but not too over-the-top. The header is dark and metallic, and each blog element is striped by a strong blue banner. Beyond that, your wide white columns are open for business, and content can sit comfortably within those bold ramparts. This template might work nicely for an edgier corporate blog or as a home for photos of your personal hands-on projects.
Arclite is warm and inviting. The rich brown header gives way to some wide open spaces below. A rounded blue top menu lifts from the page just a bit, and the pink gadget bars add a surprising dash of color. This template could go in any direction and still look great, so go ahead and make it work with your own content.
5. DailyNotes
If you’re old enough to remember pin feed printer paper, you’ll probably get a kick out of this clever design. If you don’t, it’s probably past your bed time anyway. This template deviates a bit from our hunt for clean, versatile layouts, but the design is really functional and well implemented. It’s a standard two-column with a nice “paper layers” effect that’s not overdone. The theme is perfect for your next retro-tech blog, or your diatribe against new-fangled laser printers. Note however that because of the textured background, a custom logo graphic in the header may create some design dissonance up top. It may be best to stick with the included white text.
You too can create a blog account for yourself for free, and write articles on just about anything. You can share your ideas, convey your beliefs, express your feelings, or even promote your business, or do whatever else you want.
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Sources: Mashable.com and RackSpace.com
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