I created this theme to streamline my free theme development process. The result is a very solid WordPress theme, covering all the basic features a standard WordPress theme should have…plus one or two extras. BASE is extremely easy to customise.
14.07.08
So is this the first install?
Thanks for the theme simple in appearance but the code is great!!!!
@Roger: Yeah, you can see this as the first install. You can expect some free themes built on BASE very soon!
I’m glad you like the code! Clean code was my main focus while building the theme
Thanks very much for this.
I was looking for a clean theme with readable text settings, and this fits the bill wonderfully.
@cobus i meant is http://redseacheck.com/tips the first install
going to use it for a tut site also i cant code for sh*t but i can hack someone else’s and that’s why your code is great!
This is beautiful. It is a clean layout and has all the basic features one needs. Not to be too selective, but could you provide a stylesheet that would make this dark in color and provide the css file as an alternate to download to the white base? I think a dark version using the same colors as -http://www.vostoktheme.com/ would be perfect.
Also, how difficult would it be to move the menu to the other side of the page? I’m sure these would be a quick and easy mods for you, can you offer an alternate stylesheet with the few suggested changes?
@roger: lol, now I get it
It does look like you were my first install for Base. cool 
@Travis: I was definitely planning on releasing a darker version of BASE, maybe even incorporate it with the current version and adding an option to awitch between the two. Stay tuned…
I love it just the way it is. I would just change the font to a Serif and go with it. I will probably use it for my blog at http://www.VictorJulian.com.
Great work!
This is a really clean, good-looking theme, Cobus.
I’m playing with it for a photoblog. That’s still only in the sandbox, but I don’t think BASE will require much tweaking for my purposes (only reducing space around and the font size of certain styles to make it more compact). I’ll let you know when (if?) I take this grand ego-trip live… 
@Zara: Awesome! I’m glad you like the theme! And please do let me know when you go live, I’d love to see my theme put to good use
Sigh.
I love it, but get this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: the_tags() in /home/kvitshco/public_html/wp-content/themes/_base_/index.php on line 35
hi heather which version of wp are you using ‘the_tags’ is from WP 2.3 older versions wont recognize it and so the error.
or i found a similar prob in wp support forum and they reinstalled wp and the error was gone? http://on.eti.me/6
Am having a hellva time tryinh to post YouTube. Keep getting 404 ERROR! Help!
I can’t wait to try this out on one of the sites I am working on at the moment
Thank you!
I just switched my site, http://www.npbtracker.com over to this theme. Very nice.
Great theme! Very exciting!
I have checked how the theme looks on different computers and different desktop sizes: on every computer I have checked, the homepage looks fine, but when viewing a single post some computers show it correctly – and others put the sidebar at the end of the post.
Is it the sidebar width? Could the width be different from the homepage? Could it be the comment form?
I have tried to find where you define the CSS values for the overall width, the posts width, the comment form width and the sidebar width – but could not find them.
Can you help me out and point in the right direction?
Thanks.
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Same issue than RadPoe: the sidebar appears under the post in the single post view. Any idea where this is coming from ? On my mac (with safari) it appears properly on the side but on my PC, IE shows the sidebar below the post…
Thanks for any ideas that may help !
Tom
I’m having the same problem that TomTom mentions with IE. Every other browser displays it properly.
Do you have any suggestions about that?
Dear, your theme is so nice, I try to apply on my Blog.
Thank you very much,
I made a few changes to come up with a three column newspaper theme.
I just had to drop a line and say thank you for creating such an awesome theme! I’ve been using it for a while, and it’s customization is awesome! I’m no coder/programmer/developer so this was a real treat for me! Thanks again!!!! Keep up the excellent work!!!!!!!
@boxafella: Thanks man!! Really means alot! It’s comments like these that make releasing themes worth while!
Thanks for downloading and using my theme!
Laters
Are you going to be editing this theme for WP 2.7 support?
I LOVE your themes! What have you done SEO wise to these themes? Just curious
I’ve been searching for clean, neat and customizable wordpress theme since a long time, and i found yours from http://gravitonic.com. My search finally ended. thanks a lot.
this is one of the best themes i ever saw! simple yet elegant
I think I’m gonna use this in my blog. 
Great thanks guy ! Very great ! I chose to use it and I really appreciate it !
Keep on !
Regards
Julien
P.s – just to explain, it displays perfect in firefox but the sidebar disappears underneath the posts in internet explorer?.. is this possible to fix? I’m no coder, and cant seem to find any answers via google.
I need the sidebar so hoping you might know the answer.
Thanks again
Love the template mate, there were a couple things that I thought you could change to make it even more SEO Friendly (things that can’t be changed with plugins). You can find it on my blog at:
BASE SEO Wordpress Template
Thank you so much for this clean theme,but seems there is a problem on the dashboard of wordpress,in the appearance–themes area,the base theme’s link of the full list of features is not right.The right link is
http://fresh01.co.za/2008/07/14/default-free-theme-features/
love your theme, too. But I am having a sidebar issue: “the sidebar appears under the post in the single post view”. Can you tell me how to fix?
Thanks!
dude. LOVE the base theme. I’m a novice dork. How do I load the css into the Wordpress CSS Stylesheet Editor? Presuming I just copy and past the style.css into the editor? Thanks.
Just installed! Nice.
Was wondering why the rss and search are permanent in the sidebar.
Thanks.
Wonderful template for a blog but I have a small problem with it.
(smiley) in my posts, it is showed in a square!
When I use
How can I get rid of this square? Thanks…
Can’t seem to download it. Is the file okay?
Yup, works fine for me. Try a force refresh on the page (ctrl + shift + f5)
I’m not able to download the theme either. I can a message that I do not have permission to download the file.
Hi! Downloads should be working again! Sorry for the inconvience, there was a mix up with my settings!
Lol, I am making a similar theme called BAS3, guess you got the name first o well……