SimpleFolio: A Free Clean Portfolio WordPress Theme
Today we are glad to release a beautiful, simple and clean portfolio WordPress theme — SimpleFolio, designed by Omar E. Corrales and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. SimpleFolio is a portfolio theme that includes a blog and a very extensive option page that allows you to exclude all your portfolio items from the blog page. It also includes a front page slider.
It has 2 different widget areas and threaded comments, and also supports paged comments and has 2 different page templates for advanced usage. The control of images is done from the post page.
Download the theme for free!
The theme is released under GPL. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. You may modify the theme as you wish. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word.
- live demo
- large preview (main page)
- large preview (portfolio page)
- large preview (single post page)
- large preview (back-end options page)
- download the .zip-package (.zip, 0.93 Mb, including installation guidelines, updated to version 1.5)
- download mirror (version 1.5)
- official support forum
- release post on designer’s site
Features
Here are some of the features of the theme:
- CSS-based layout,
- 2 columns of fixed width,
- widget-ready,
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional valid,
- multi-browser compatibility: tested on Firefox, Safari , IE7, IE8, Chrome,
- easy to setup, theme options page.
Front page
Portfolio
Portfolio
Options page in back-end
Single post, main area
Single post, threaded comments
Single post, sidebar
Behind the design
As always, here are some insights from the designer:
I created this theme after getting tired of all the fancy design themes that are very popular now a days, this is a design for people that just need the job done without complicating them selfs. The best use can be either for just someone thats starting to blog or some artist that needs to expose there art.
Thank you, Omar. We appreciate your work and your good intentions!
Mark
February 23rd, 2011 11:02 amyipes. Help! After updating to WordPress 3.1 I’m now getting the following plus the slider no longer works:
Message: ‘this[...].style’ is null or not an object
Line: 19
Char: 30711
Code: 0
URI: http://www.k2s-today.com/wp/wp-content/themes/simplefolio/js/jquery.js
Mark
February 23rd, 2011 11:02 amyipes. Help! After updating to WordPress 3.1 I’m now getting the following plus the slider no longer works:
Message: ‘this[...].style’ is null or not an object
Line: 19
Char: 30711
Code: 0
URI: http://www.k2s-today.com/wp/wp-content/themes/simplefolio/js/jquery.js
univers
February 24th, 2011 11:13 amhi dude, very nice theme, but after updating to 3.1 I’ve the same error as mark and the slider doesn’t work.
TypeError: Result of expression ‘this[G].style’ [undefined] is not an object.
any idea, what the problem could be?
greetzy
univers
univers
February 24th, 2011 11:13 amhi dude, very nice theme, but after updating to 3.1 I’ve the same error as mark and the slider doesn’t work.
TypeError: Result of expression ‘this[G].style’ [undefined] is not an object.
any idea, what the problem could be?
greetzy
univers
Bill
February 27th, 2011 11:49 pmhttp://billxinli.com/2011/02/24/simplefolio-and-wordpress-3-1-fix/
The fix for the scroller and WP 3.1.
Bill
February 27th, 2011 11:49 pmhttp://billxinli.com/2011/02/24/simplefolio-and-wordpress-3-1-fix/
The fix for the scroller and WP 3.1.
Komal
February 28th, 2011 1:22 amThanks for such a great theme. It works fine when I m testing it on my localhost but there is one problem that the portfolio page is not showing the list of categories at the top.
Like how all the categories are being displayed in this demo here and we can select the category we are willing to see.
http://demo.slimmity.com/simplefolio/portfolio/
Please help in this.
Komal
February 28th, 2011 1:22 amThanks for such a great theme. It works fine when I m testing it on my localhost but there is one problem that the portfolio page is not showing the list of categories at the top.
Like how all the categories are being displayed in this demo here and we can select the category we are willing to see.
http://demo.slimmity.com/simplefolio/portfolio/
Please help in this.
Paul
February 28th, 2011 1:33 pmI’m not a WordPress template developer, but it would seem to me that an upgrade to WordPress shouldn’t break a template.
In the case of the SimpleFolio Theme, did it break because the developer didn’t follow rules or guidelines when developing the template?
It’s great that there are knowledgeable people quick to post a fix when something breaks. With this template, would be a bit more hesitant to press the upgrade button so quickly.
~Paul
Paul
February 28th, 2011 1:33 pmI’m not a WordPress template developer, but it would seem to me that an upgrade to WordPress shouldn’t break a template.
In the case of the SimpleFolio Theme, did it break because the developer didn’t follow rules or guidelines when developing the template?
It’s great that there are knowledgeable people quick to post a fix when something breaks. With this template, would be a bit more hesitant to press the upgrade button so quickly.
~Paul
Helen Anne
March 14th, 2011 5:48 pmHello,
How do you change the background color of the header? I went into my style.css page and changed all instances of the original color (#e7e7e2) to black, but the header is still the same grey color. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
Helen Anne
March 14th, 2011 5:48 pmHello,
How do you change the background color of the header? I went into my style.css page and changed all instances of the original color (#e7e7e2) to black, but the header is still the same grey color. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
DJ
March 15th, 2011 5:52 amI tried to install this on a fresh domain and install of 3.1- it won’t install.
Warning: fopen(/home2/mysite/public_html/wp-content/themes/SimpleFolio-v1.5/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4284
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4287
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4290
Then it says the stylesheet is missing.
dirk adamsky
May 18th, 2011 4:10 amHi DJ,
the error is because the .zip does not contain the theme files at root level.
Instead they are in a subfolder.
Solution:
download the zip and extract
goto the subfolder with the theme files and create a new .zip
upload the new .zip to your wordpress install and off you go.
Best regards,
dirk adamsky
Eric
December 28th, 2011 2:08 amthank you so much, not something I would have ever thought of!
Adam
April 25th, 2013 6:26 amTHANK YOU SO MUCH – THIS WAS A LIFE SAVER!!!!!
DJ
March 15th, 2011 5:52 amI tried to install this on a fresh domain and install of 3.1- it won’t install.
Warning: fopen(/home2/mysite/public_html/wp-content/themes/SimpleFolio-v1.5/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4284
Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4287
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home2/mysite/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4290
Then it says the stylesheet is missing.
dirk adamsky
May 18th, 2011 4:10 amHi DJ,
the error is because the .zip does not contain the theme files at root level.
Instead they are in a subfolder.
Solution:
download the zip and extract
goto the subfolder with the theme files and create a new .zip
upload the new .zip to your wordpress install and off you go.
Best regards,
dirk adamsky
Johnathan Cardoso
September 18th, 2011 10:46 amThanks “dirk adamsky”
eduard
March 18th, 2011 11:59 amThis link is broken, please repost the solution for the slider!
http://billxinli.com/2011/02/24/simplefolio-and-wordpress-3-1-fix/
The fix for the scroller and WP 3.1.
Dan
March 25th, 2011 8:29 amEduard, did you ever get a response to your question. I am having the same issues with my slider.
eduard
March 18th, 2011 11:59 amThis link is broken, please repost the solution for the slider!
http://billxinli.com/2011/02/24/simplefolio-and-wordpress-3-1-fix/
The fix for the scroller and WP 3.1.
Dan
March 25th, 2011 8:29 amEduard, did you ever get a response to your question. I am having the same issues with my slider.
Dani
March 25th, 2011 8:19 amI just updated my site to wordpress 3.1 and lost the slider on the home page. Is there a way to get it back?
Dani
March 25th, 2011 8:19 amI just updated my site to wordpress 3.1 and lost the slider on the home page. Is there a way to get it back?
Dennis
March 29th, 2011 4:10 amI’ve created a “mirror” of the broken link from post 197. You can find everything over here:
http://db.tt/EFh0esb
http://db.tt/CJUXQP0
Dennis
March 29th, 2011 4:10 amI’ve created a “mirror” of the broken link from post 197. You can find everything over here:
http://db.tt/EFh0esb
http://db.tt/CJUXQP0
Vikki
April 4th, 2011 2:18 pmHi guys, I wanted to tweet this but there’s no quick tweet thing… maybe you could add this to your site x
Vikki
April 4th, 2011 2:18 pmHi guys, I wanted to tweet this but there’s no quick tweet thing… maybe you could add this to your site x
Anna
April 25th, 2011 11:22 amI just attempted to install this theme but it says that the stylesheet is missing. Any suggestions on how to get my hands on the stylesheet?
Geraldine
June 1st, 2011 1:14 amDid you find a solution to your problem? I have the same.
Anna
April 25th, 2011 11:22 amI just attempted to install this theme but it says that the stylesheet is missing. Any suggestions on how to get my hands on the stylesheet?
Geraldine
June 1st, 2011 1:14 amDid you find a solution to your problem? I have the same.
carl
May 5th, 2011 7:01 amhi sorry im new to wordpress and its themes, can i also add some space(s) for ads with this theme?
Thank you
carl
May 5th, 2011 7:01 amhi sorry im new to wordpress and its themes, can i also add some space(s) for ads with this theme?
Thank you
Christa
May 15th, 2011 11:36 pmNot sure if anyone still needs this info…but it helped me:
The sub-menu will not show on hover for the home page (I think the portfolio page as well) because of a bad jquery file in the template js folder. Simply update the file with the updated script and voila, it works.
Christa
May 15th, 2011 11:36 pmNot sure if anyone still needs this info…but it helped me:
The sub-menu will not show on hover for the home page (I think the portfolio page as well) because of a bad jquery file in the template js folder. Simply update the file with the updated script and voila, it works.
Kirush
May 26th, 2011 11:52 amIt looks like this theme is not compatible with upcoming WordPress version 3.2 which is in beta version.
Please fix it. :-)
Kirush
May 26th, 2011 11:52 amIt looks like this theme is not compatible with upcoming WordPress version 3.2 which is in beta version.
Please fix it. :-)
Martin
June 25th, 2011 7:25 amThis is Perfect! and exactly what I’ve been looking for, Thank You for creating and sharing this.
Can I just ask is there a way to disble the cufon and just have normal fonts? and how can I do that.
Thanks
Martin
Sundi Jo
August 18th, 2011 11:23 amHow long until this theme works again?
Harrison Li
August 25th, 2011 7:26 pmThis theme is seriously the awesomest free wp theme I’ve ever seen, seriously! Thanks for your hard work :)
shaun
November 4th, 2011 12:30 amdoes anyone know how to add phone number on top right corner? I can add a phone number by editing style.css and header.php but I wanted it to be in line with the wrapper and not all the way to the right.
align to the right makes the phone number goes all the way to the right while adding a margin doesn’t look good when viewing it in different resolution. float right doesn’t work as well, any ideas? thank you
Nik Cree
December 16th, 2011 9:32 amI have just upgraded to WordPress 3.3 and the slider now does not display the images. Can someone let me know what is required to fix this so the image display again? My site is kamran.com.au . Many thanks.
Tobias
December 21st, 2011 12:30 amI have the same problem with upgrade to WP 3.3 – the slider doesn´t work!
Nik Cree I´ve see you fix the problem … please help me. Many thanks!
Nik Cree
December 23rd, 2011 10:24 pm@Tobias
To fix the slider you need to do the following:
In the dashboard, select in the left menu » Appearances » Editor » Page Template (template-home.php)
then change:
`$category = get_option(‘sf_portfolio_category’);`
to:
`$category = sf_get_category_id(get_option(‘sf_portfolio_category’));`
and change:
`$my_query = new WP_Query(‘showposts=’.$slide_count.’&category_name=’.$category);`
to:
`$my_query = new WP_Query(‘showposts=’.$slide_count.’&cat=’.$category);`
This will get the slider displaying correctly again.
Tobias
January 8th, 2012 10:19 pmThank you very much!
Sheyi
January 15th, 2012 5:46 pmI cannot download the theme.
Anyone can share with me please
JD
January 28th, 2012 7:44 pmI downloaded the Mirror Version because the regular site is still down but WordPress says the stylesheet is missing. Anyone know how to resolve this?
Ryan
February 2nd, 2012 5:23 pmNewbie alert – will someone tell me what the ideal height/width should be for slider images on the home page?
Viktor
March 26th, 2012 2:52 pmReally nice work! Just wondering if it is possible you can make several portfolio pages? Like one who shows post from “web” category and the other page shows post from “print” category. Is it possible to send the name of the category into $category ? How would that be done?
Thank you!
Luis
March 30th, 2012 9:53 amhow i put home-template.php to the index and the blog to a page?
I had to modify a page and put it to index but idk how. thx for help
Drew Turner
May 27th, 2012 2:54 amYou should update this to the v1.6 that was released recently.
Amit Maharjan
June 27th, 2012 10:14 amThank you so much. Great theme…