I finally sat down to refine my very first theme, Nimbus, and I’m so happy with how it’s evolving! What started as a simple, slightly rushed layout has turned into something much more "me"—cute, elegant, and a little bit dreamy.
LIVE PREVIEW // CODE
On the live preview page, you will see a button that lets you instantly toggle between the 1-Column and 2-Column Grid layouts. You can click back and forth to see exactly which version fits your vibe better before you even install the theme!
Here’s a breakdown of the major changes I’ve implemented:
☁️ Smart Layout Logic
The Dashboard Toggle: I added a toggle in the customization menu for the Floating Status Widget.
Auto-Grid: If you toggle the Status OFF, the theme detects the extra space and automatically switches your posts into a 2-Column Grid Layout. If you toggle it ON, it returns to a focused Single Column. It adapts to how you want to use it!
🌙 New Functionality
Dark & Light Mode: I added a toggle (Sun/Moon icon) so you can switch between a dark grey aesthetic and a soft cream "Day" mode. It remembers your choice even if you refresh!
Hidden Controls: To keep the aesthetic clean, the Tumblr interface (Follow/Dashboard buttons) is hidden by default. You can reveal them by clicking the little user icon in the corner.
✨ Visual Overhaul
The "Glow" Effect: I moved away from flat borders. Now, the avatar, buttons, and posts have a soft, white box-shadow glow when you hover over them. It feels much more dreamy now.
Typography: Switched the sidebar title to Playfair Display (italicized) for that editorial magazine look, while keeping the body text clean.
Square Avatar: Swapped the small circle icon for a large, bold square profile picture.
Uppercase Headers: Post titles are now strictly uppercase with a divider line to separate them from the content.
☁️ The "Nimbus" Details
Floating Status: The status widget is now pill-shaped and gently floats up and down (literally!) to mimic a cloud.
Collection Dropdown: Converted the sidebar links into a collapsible "Collections" menu to save space.
Cloud Scroll-to-Top: Replaced the generic arrow with a custom cloud SVG.
DISCLAIMER & TERMS OF USE
Do Not Remove Credit: Please keep the "W" credit link visible at all times. It helps people find the creator!
Personal Use Only: You are free to edit the code for your own personal blog to match your vibe, but do not use this code as a base to release your own theme.
No Redistribution: Do not resell, re-upload, or claim this code as your own.
Support: If you encounter any bugs, feel free to send an ask!
A responsive multicolumn theme that puts the main focus on your posts. The thin sidebar holds your main links as well as an explore link that has a header, avatar, title, description, search bar, custom links, & social media links. I have a simplified version of this theme as well for those of you who just want a theme ‘straight out of the box’ and don’t need to change every single option. This theme was intended for photo heavy blogs (such as photographers).
Main Code Features: Masonry, Infinite Scroll, Unnested Captions, Hidden Captions, PXU Photosets, Hidden & Dark Tumblr Controls, 4 or 5 Columns, background image, custom margins & padding, preloader animation, scroll to top button, pop out navigation, up to 6 custom links & 6 custom social media icons, lots of colors etc. (full list of features & how to use them as well as theme credits can be found in my theme guide!)
Feel free to edit within the code if you know what you’re doing, but don’t remove or change my credit, thanks!
Theme 01: Elysian by daedalthemes
Please review the terms of use before using!
static preview / code (pastebin)
Features:
400px post size
Sidebar image: 250px by 150px
Color options: background, link, link hover, text
Five custom links with icons
Like & reblog buttons, tags, time posted and notes
Search bar
Pagination
Notes:
full list of credits here | special thanks to octomoosey, enchantedthemes and cyantists for all their help!
Please like or reblog if you plan on using and let me know if you discover something doesn’t work in the theme. Please don’t steal any portion of this code.
I made a page!!! (well two pages) They’re pretty similar. Basic css/html knowledge required- notes on how to edit are inside the code. Feel free to message me if anything is confusing! This is also an entry for @codingcabin ‘s pagecraft challenge. This also looks pretty darn nice paired with the theme I made for the last challenge.. just sayin ;) I’m using it as my navigation page if you wanted to see an example of how I used it!
all images used are from unsplash :)
Features:
Unlimited Boxes
Unlimited Tags in each box
Masonry Layout
Multicolumn
A small image within each box
A title for each box
One accent color
Version 1 / Code: taller boxes and a header. Links are divided into two columns in a neat orderly fashion.
Version 2 / Code: wider boxes w/o a header. Links are in one big blob.
I know it’s only November but I’m so excited for winter, I couldn’t wait to release this theme. Although it has falling snow and winter themed icons, you can remove them once winter is over and change the icons to whatever you’d like. Instructions on how to edit the theme can be found inside the code.
Features
Single or Multicolumn Layout
Infinite Scroll or Pagination
250x250px Sidebar Image w/ Flip Animation
3 Custom Links
12 Color Options
Custom Google Fonts
Optional: Avatar, Captions, Snow Effect, Infinite Scroll, Post Container Background
Credits
pxu photosets, video resize, custom like & reblog buttons - @shythemes
font icons by @saturnthms & fontawesome
unnested captions - @neothm & @magnusthemesI
Full list of credits can be found inside the code.
This theme was optimized for Google Chrome 1366x768
