Notepad Chaos Version 2.0
Version 2.0 is finally here. I went ahead and redesigned into a wider, 3-column layout to allow more room for widgets and such. I had to ditch the old route of using pages, so they’ve been added into a new column to scale easier. Gravatars and widgets have all been enabled, and now you should have plenty of room to build in ad space if you’d like. I considered building that in, but still haven’t figured out how to hook into the WordPress dashboard for easier manipulation. I guess that will be version 2.5…
Anyhow, enjoy the theme. New files are located below to download:
Please leave the footer links and logos intact if used. Enjoy!
NOTICE: Please only download this theme from here (notepadchaos.com), or through Smashing Magazine. There are a few sites out there redistributing this theme with spyware/malware embeded.
Like this theme? Check out the variant theme “Desktop Chaos”:
Thank’s for such a great theme. Out of interest what font did you use for the “Recent Posts” widget, its really cool
Tom.
That happens to be my own handwriting, scanned and used.
Hi, Love the theme it’s pretty darned pimping
I liked the v1.5 theme better (for my purposes anyway). Could you possibly provide a download link for that as I can’t seem to find one (i would be very grateful).
Many Thanks
I am somewhat new to the entire blogging world. I love this theme and downloaded it, but how do I use it in wordpress? Can someone give me some help? I’d appreciate it!
@ Telle:
Just log into to your install of wordpress and go to: “appearance > themes > add new theme > upload theme”
Then browse to the downloaded zip file and install it. Once installed simply activate it.
hey interweb, love ur theme and use it, but my ratings dont work since i installed the new one ?! it´s an ajax plugin, another plugin (ajax shoutbox) works fine. i dont know what i can do.
ever heard of this problem?
(hope u can understand this, cause im from germany^^)
no problems anymore, everything rigth!
thx 4 the theme!
My! The variant theme was unbeliveble nice! When will it be avalible?
NM! I din’t realize thete was a downloadlink
First I want to say thanks for this innovative looking theme. However, I also want to mention a problem with internet explorer 6 and older versions. The recent posts all seem at the down of the page, and I think maybe you have an idea to fix it.
Danke für die Themes.Ich werde mein altes Design behalten.
gruß Conny
Is a blogger version available for v2.0? I mean has some one ported it yet?
thank for the theme
very beatifull ^^
how to fill the “what is this place?”
oh it’s ok, I found how to do it.
Hi, I’m having trouble as an error occurs when I try to install the 1.5 version??
Thanks, It looks like a FANTASTIC theme!
This is the error:
Unpacking the package.
Incompatible archive PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature
Hi. I love the new version. One problem I have with it is that you can’t remove Categories, Pages & Recent Posts etc. I would like to replace a couple of them with different widgets. Is there any chance this might be possbile somehow?
Thanks
Beautiful theme. I don’t know if I’ve seen one better. I am having a small issue though with the About page tying into the “What Is This Place?” section. No matter what I type there, it only shows the first character.
Can you post both the two-column (1.5) and the three-column (2.0) themes?
I’d rather use the two-column but all the links (on the older blog pages) still download 2.0.
Very cool theme.
LOVE the theme but would be great to change the background color maybe in the next update?
Does anybody know the best way to either change the widgets in the middle column, or completely remove the middle column ( the one containing ‘pages’ & ‘categories’). Because I prefer v2.0, but I would live to either have different widgets there or have the first column wider.
Thanks.
hi, can you please make the oldest version of this theme, the one with only two columns, but with the date background?
Hello,
Is it possible to change the background image for another one ? I’d like to change it, what do I have to do ?
Thank you
Please do an update to notepad chaos 2.5 and please give us the option to change the background color to any color we want PLEASE
It would be extremely difficult to be able to change the background color on the fly. A lot of the images and styles are dependent on the blue background. I’d suggest reading up on CSS and playing with the theme.
I change the color in wordpress from
body {
background:url(images/page-back.gif) repeat-x #3f808a;
to
body {
background:url(images/page-back.gif) repeat-x #ff55ca;
But nothing happens
Ruben… I changed the color in style.css and it changed for me. When I first looked at it there was no change, even after refreshing once… but when I refreshed a second time the background color changed.
I found the same thing happened often when I was tweaking the colors and graphics of this most excellent theme… I just refreshed a couple times and would see the changes.
Wow thanks Mark who knew the refresh button would do the trick feel dumb now lol. Ok stupid question but very knew to this now that I have changed background color how do I change the footer and header background color?:s
Ruben, the header and footer are actually jpg images, footer.jpg and outer-back.jpg. You would need to download the Photoshop file Evan provides above and do some work changing colors and exporting/replacing those files. It was great of Evan to include that file as well.
It will take a bit of work but it’s totally doable. I am currently working on a site using this theme, but with a totally changed set of background images and colors.
Great Thanks ALL for your help and Happy Holidays
I’m using your beloved theme but there are 2 things I want you to add.
first in new version of wordpress you can break comments into pages but it doesn’t work with your theme. I don’t know anything about php. I picked up the php code from wordpress default theme but don’t know where to put in comment.php
also there is another feature so you can reply to a comment. again I have the php code from wordpress default theme but as I put it in comments.php the sky falls on my head
I spent a whole week solving this problem but I couldn’t. pleaaaaaase help and add the codes in comments.php
what font do you use for such as “friend & links” or “what is this place”? is that the same font for adobe photoshop?
Hi there – great theme!
It just a shame that I can find out how to use it in my own blog.
Can you help me?
Great theme. only problem is when viewing with Internet Explorer 6. The yellow post-it for Recent Posts is broken. The top part of the Post-it displays correctly (with Recent Posts text), then there is a large gap, the length of Pages and Categories in column 2, before the bottom part of Recent Posts displays (containing links to posts) this looks bad.
See it here: http://www.wendyberesford.co.uk
Can anyone help please?
Hi – I would really like to know how to change the “what is this place” & “more debris” stuff.cheers
natt
hi evan
first off, awesome layout, thanks for allowing us to download it!
i was wondering if you could tell me how to edit the background and implement it into wordpress
i tried to match and crop the pieces from photoshop into the wordpress theme images but it just doesnt turn it properly
thanks in advance
The Desktop theme is simply amazing as well!
this is just soooooo awesome man.. really awesome..
I like Tellie above am somewhat new to the entire blogging world. I love this theme and downloaded it, but how do I use it in wordpress? Can someone give me some help? I went to Appearance>Themes>, however I don’t see the add new theme > upload theme feature you mentioned above. Again I’m very new to all of this so there’s a great possibility I’m just doing something totally wrong.
Thanks
One of the most beautiful and awesomely artistic theme, very ingenious.
Thank you very very much for this amazing theme
Thanks for the great theme. Here are some suggestions for 2.5, if you’re taking requests … I’d like to see the background for the custom widgets go away and just use the notepad background that is already there. As well as be able to put the custom widgets on either sidebar rather than spanning across both. Thanks!
Excellent theme! One question for anyone. Upon install the “What is This Place?” only contains the Letter C. Where is that particular content editable? I can;t figure out why it is only showing a letter C and my prior theme had no similar area… Thanks again!
Great theme! Can you tell me how to edit the “misc. debris” section? Also can’t figure out how to place banners exactly where I want them. Suggestions anyone?
Ok…so I answered part of my own question above…the “What is This Place?” I now know is taken from the about page…but why only the first letter? I’m using WP 2.9.1
I am trying to install the theme but looks like its broken.
Unpacking the package.
Installing the theme.
Theme Installed successfully.
Warning: fopen(/home/debuglab/public_html/wp-content/themes/wp-theme-notepad-chaos/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3598
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3601
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3604
Actions: Preview | Activate | Return to Themes page
Selecting Preview doesnt give me anything (Blank Page) and i had to restore it back three times…
Broken Themes
The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.
Name Description
ArtSeeTheme Stylesheet is missing.
wp-theme-notepad-chaos 2.0 Stylesheet is missing.
Very nice theme!
I would also love to use the theme but I am getting the EXACT SAME I message as Venki above:
“I am trying to install the theme but looks like its broken.
Unpacking the package.
Installing the theme.
Theme Installed successfully.
Warning: fopen(/home/debuglab/public_html/wp-content/themes/wp-theme-notepad-chaos/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3598
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3601
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/debuglab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3604
Actions: Preview | Activate | Return to Themes page
Selecting Preview doesnt give me anything (Blank Page) and i had to restore it back three times…
Broken Themes
The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.
Name Description
ArtSeeTheme Stylesheet is missing.
wp-theme-notepad-chaos 2.0 Stylesheet is missing.”
Would love to use the beautiful theme but cannot load properly because the Stylesheet is missing. Help please!
Thanks!
There’s no error in the theme, that’s due to the folders being uploaded to your server. Make sure only the theme folder gets uploaded and all files are one level deep.
Great theme
Thanks alot
Hi Evan,
Thank you for the Notebook Chaos theme. Loved it immediately when I saw it on Smashing Magazine. Suits my personality and my journal blog perfectly. Am so glad you have newer versions of it.
I was wondering why WP widgets have to occupy the two side columns.
After a few hours of studying your site and comparing it with mine, I was able to tweak the sidebar from columns.php. Am patting my back, hahaha, considering I don’t know much about coding. But I was able to:
* delete the section on “What is this place?”. Anyway, it refers to my “About” page, and the content is too long.
* also added the ad boxes on the two sidebar columns.
I was just wondering though how I can add a CALENDAR to the sidebar to show the days I’ve written an article. This feature seems to be the only one missing in my blog. Really need help in this aspect.
I really love your beautiful theme. Thank you so much for it.
Vikky
Hi Evan, I very much like the Chaos theme and wanted to use it for my travel blog; actually, the decision was made when I discovered that it now has three columns… (I don’t like it as much in 3 columns, too much stuff and distraction from focus)
- Can I still use version 1.5 with 2 columns?
- Can V1.5 have a “What is this place” box?
- Is it possible to add a RSS button close to the search at the top?
Thank you for creating such a beautiful design and thank you for the responses to my questions
Have a great day,
Fred
Great theme indeed!
Do you have maybe a saved psd version with the slices defined? Or what method have you used to slice the psd project into jpegs?
Thanks!
I love your theme and I am using it! Everyone loves the design of my site!
But look at this link that I came across for blogger! http://spiral-pad-deluxe.blogspot.com/
Is this something you designed or they have copy your design without giving credits to you?!
Check it out.
Does the new Notepad Chaos 2.0 have threaded comments? It was mentioned in the previous post, but this particular implementation doesn’t seem to use it.
Wow! Very nice design! I don’t use WordPress myself, but this is really impressive.
Oh… I just noticed the little mouse-over icons for the feed and your other websites at the bottom of the page. So cool!
Thanks for all of your hard work in creating this. I have significantly customised v1.0 on my site and would love to hear what you think.
This is so great I need this for my new wordpress theme. Thank you so much
Really nice! Also took a look at ‘Desktop Chaos’ which is beautiful as well but this one is still my favorite!
Really nice! Also took a look at ‘Desktop Chaos’ which is beautiful as well but this one is still my favorite! Keep up the good work!
I don’t know anything about html or xml except to download the file and then upload the .xml file to my blog. But when I download this one to my computer and extract the files to my desktop I don’t see the .xml file so I can’t upload it to my blog. Can someone help me? Thanks!
Okay, I’m completely new to the World of WordPress. I’ve downloaded the WordPress program on my computer, but can’t figure out how to install this layout.
Can I still use it if I don’t have my own domain or FTP thing? I’m just really confused! Help!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this theme. Thank you so much for allowing us to use it. I have a question…I noticed a couple people asked, but I couldn’t find a response. How to get the “about” page to NOT tie into the “what is this place”…I cannot figure it out for the life of me. Please let us know…thanks soooo much!!
Awesome theme! I was so impressed when I saw this theme on another blog I sought it out for one of my websites. When I learned it was FREE I got even more excited. Happy to have your link on footer and really appreciate such a great theme!
Ok, I’m going nuts here. I reworked the header and footer, removed a column so that my old entry banners fit, and managed to change the majority of the background in the css. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to edit the two blue bars to either side of my header. Can someone help me? the site is http://lifedeveloped.com/blog/ . Any thanks is hugely appreciated.
Hey this is a wonderful template. But on uploading the html code an error is coming
Please correct the error below and submit your template again.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Content is not allowed in prolog.
Could you please help me to upload this template.
Any way I can get the vectors for those paisley? They rock and I’d love to coordinate my personal biz cards with my blog!! Or even shift the colors a little… or shoot me a source of these?
That’s it, my Karate Journey Around The World blog using Notepad Chaos is launched.
It looks great (but maybe I am biased a little?) and works great.
- I added a supersize RSS button on top, between the top tab & the search.
- Suppressed the dates & number of comments on the sidebar recent posts.
- Hid the About page because it did not fit both the purpose of an About page AND the data source for the side bar notice… I replaced it by another About Fred and FAQ page.
- Had a widget to show the most popular posts, but it created problems in IE8 and Opera, so I disabled it… maybe someone has something to suggest — or maybe it didn’t work well because the stats were at zero when we tried?
Have a look if you want (click on my name above) and please, by all means, send me a feedback on what you liked and what you didn’t, with your suggestions to improve…
Cheers
Fred
What an awesome theme…
Yes, it would be awesome if we could change the background, but then the picture with flowers can’t be changed, unless the owner provides us with the main background pictures also in several different colors that match this same theme.
Theme compatible WP 2.9 and soon WP 3.0 ??
Hi, thanks for cool design.
But I’ve got error.
According to your blog, the left label shows Month and Date, like “November 4″, right?
But in my blog, both of them doesn’t come out, it is written as “undefined”.
How can I fix it?
Thanks.
Hi – love the theme, but i cant seem to get any audio player plugins to work on it, which is a massive disadvantage in my case as its used to show people someones music. i have tried “WPAudio” (http://wpaudio.com) and also Audio Player (http://www.wpaudioplayer.com) and neither of them work – is there a plugin i CAN use or a way around this?
Hi,
First off, this is the most amazing blog template ever and is just what I needed. Love it! Had one problem, and it’s the same as Hugh’s, above ^^^. The tab images that should be dates are “undefined.” Also – I was looking at http://www.karatejourney.com/, who uses your template, and he has “page 1″ etc… underneath his recent posts column. Does that work for Blogspot?
Thanks so much!
jane
I have the same issue as above.
is there a fx for this?
thanks in advance
Deanna
I was wondering why my comment(s) were deleted from this post?
Gabriela
hi – i like the theme, but did change some heading tags around for SEO, and am finding an annoying problem:
no mp3 player plugins seem to work with this theme, can anyone suggest anything that does work? ive tried ‘WPAudio’ and ‘Audio Player’
I was also wondering why my previous comment got deleted asking this same thing..im unable to use the theme if i cant use an mp3 player with it
“but did change some heading tags around for SEO” – this is nothing to do with the mp3 player problem
can someone PLEASE tell me how to remove the “undefined” from the date tab at the top? Please?
justtobi@gmail.com
Lovely theme, but the post content area is ridiculously narrow…it makes it practically unusable if you have a great deal of content. Would have been much better retaining the simpler and less cluttered two column layout but with widgets enabled.
anyone have any ideas? “no mp3 player plugins seem to work with this theme, can anyone suggest anything that does work? ive tried ‘WPAudio’ and ‘Audio Player’”
Same problem as Hugh and Jane Harmony with date not showing up properly.
Any resolution to the problem yet?
hi!
i want date and author in all post please…how to add this?
enought histats counter does not works!please help me!
sorry for my english…mi blog:
http://amaraterra.blogspot.com/
hello, my recent posts don’t appear. what should i do ?
ohh, i have the notepad chaos 2 and my recent posts dont show. could you help me?
thanks.
Very very very nice theme. Thanks for making it free.
I would really like to have this theme too … But how do I copy all the files to my edit-space ??? (I have changed themes before and it worked)
Could anyone give me the code so I just have to copy and paste ??? or tell me how do Please
hi,you open xml file with notepad,copy and past in html box in layout panel…only this..it’s simple..you don’t upload images!
Hi, I’m new to the wordpress world and have one question: you offer the psd of this theme for download..does this mean I can use the psd to create my own background? and if so, do I use the same footer links and logos at the bottom? Thanks. Love this theme by the way that’s why I’ wanna personalize it
I love this theme and the creative design. I found the PSD file to be a bit different though to the one displayed. Overall a very good theme.
I also have a list of free creative wordpress themes here: http://www.glinted.com/articles.asp?article=113
There are few WP templates that excite me but this one does. When I saw it I said, ‘this is so me.” I love, love, love the art used and the entire lay out. So far I’ve got it all working just fine. I do, however, have a question (not a criticism). I wanted to know how to change the green background to a lighter color. Will the graphics work with a lighter shade of green? How would I go about changing the main background color? My email has been provided.
Again, few WP templates excite me but this one is so me. It took awhile but I found the one.
Faith
Hi, after downloading the psd files, and editing them, how do you upload it to a wordpress theme?
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Hello…
I’m using this theme here at GenuineAid.com
and I need some professional advice on where and what code should I put in in order to get the Pages Sticky Notes show up under the search bar? and I want to keep everything the same as it is now, I just need to add those sticky pages, I can even design my own stickies I just need you to tell me how and where can I add the href and img src codes???
Please answer soon!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the theme
I love the new upgrade.
Downloaded 2.0, and love it. Feedback for 2.5 or 3.0 (from a not-super-savvy blogger): include sharing options and follow/subscribe options at the top.
I also agree that the twitter feed should be in just one column on the notepad background–not in a two-column text box with a different background.