The time has finally come to release the first freebie in the Guerrilla network. Today is a great day for me and I am excited to announce that the first free wordpress theme from Guerrilla Themes is now available – and downloadable right here on WP Guerrilla. In this article we’ll be showing you what the theme looks like, how it can be customized, the features and color options that are pre-installed and answer any FAQ that might come up. So without any further waiting, here’s the free wordpress theme – Guerrilla Theme – from the Guerrilla Themes website.
There are 8 color options in this theme that you can select from the Guerrilla Options panel. The color options are listed below as well as put into screenshot form below the list. The color option is a simple drop down menu in the wordpress Guerrilla Options panel for easy changing.
Below you’ll see screenshots of the various Guerrilla Options panel boxes and theme options. I built the theme to try to make it as customizable as possible and have added a lot of the features I (as well as @SuedeCrush and @JoPhillips) thought should be a part of the theme. They were awesome theme testers and helped me notice a lot of the things I was missing and should add in. The Guerrilla Options panel also features a nice jquery accordion set up so you don’t have to scroll down countless items to get to the spot you want to update.
Below are some of the questions I figured I’d answer and get out of the way ahead of time. If theres one that you do not see on the list, feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email.
What if I do not have a logo and just want the blog title text?
Well, do not select the checkbox in the MAIN OPTIONS section for the logo and your blog title will appear in place.
Does this theme give IE6 support?
No, it doesn’t – I haven’t looked at it in any IE6 and will never look at it in IE6. I was contemplating having a box pop up letting your readers know they need to upgrade to IE8 but I left that out of this release. If there’s enough requests for it, I’ll add it into a future release.
What is the TIMTHUMB options?
TimThumb is a php script built by Darren Hoyt and was released as an open source project. You can read more about it by clicking here. If you do not select the checkbox, the timthumb images will not show. If you do select it but forget to add a custom field for any posts, there is no theme breaking. The custom field key is “image”.
The max width of the post box is 536 so if you want the image to stretch across and fit perfectly with that width, that is the pixel width you need to use.
What do I need for the advertisement codes section?
@suedecrush asked me about this when testing the theme so I knew I should add it here as well – the code boxes are for the FULL html codes for your ads, not just the url of the ad.
Do I need to add the page navigation plugin?
Nope – it’s already coded into the theme. Enjoy 
(*note, if you have the wp-page-navi plugin installed, it will break the theme so make sure it’s deactivated if you’ve used it previously)
I want to style the theme and change some css codes – how do I do that?
I added a custom.css file into the main theme folder that you can add codes into in order to edit the theme styling without editing the original theme css files. Simplicity and ease of use is what I was after here – can you tell? I’ve already pre populated the custom.css file with some of the main css style sets for the header/footer/navigation/ect so you know what to change.
What should I do if I want to have this theme customized for my site?
Funny you should ask – you know, I run a custom blog and web design company by the name of Guerrilla right? Well, it just so happens that, as the builder of this theme, I am able to customize it with ease. Below are a couple of the sites I have built that used this theme – only, more customized. (If you’d like to have your theme customized, please do not hesitate to contact me).
Below is the link to download the wordpress theme. I am working on submitting it to the wordpress theme directory and as soon as it’s approved, I’ll make sure to update this post with the link there as well. You can also demo the theme by clicking the DEMO link
Here is a downloadable version of the new custom.css file that includes the css codes to change the post & sidebar title colors
Author comments are in a darker gray color for you to easily identify the posts author in the comments
Sweet looking theme! I’ll have to test it out…
Love it! I’m using it for my site now
. I am just starting to learn the code etc. is there a way that I can easily change the post header text color and the color that hovers over it? I changed the Nav bar text color etc myself.
Thanks for a great theme!
Thanks Alexia for the comment. I’m glad you like it.
Thanks Darcee. It looks good on your site. nice customizing work
I’ll edit the post later this evening with the css codes and an updated custom.css file for you (not at home at the moment)
alright looking good ima have to look into the theme! great job!
Hi Mike
Thank you so much! I would greatly appreciate your help. One more thing and I won’t bug you again
If I choose to can I change the background color as well? Like yours here is a powder blueish color??
Let me know if you develop and affiliate program i’ll post on my site for sure! I love the Guerrilla
Again Great Theme!
Darcee
I love this theme, and already installed it on by blog. It is so simple and intuitive to work with. Is there a way to change the code to put a custom favicon in place? Thanks!
this theme is bananas! i was searching for ages (literally)for a clean and simple theme like this one… thank you so much!
This works perfectly as a structured background to creat a customised theme.
Thanks for releasing this!
Hey Darcee,
I posted an updated CSS file you can download at the end of the post. It has the codes for the title of the posts and also the sidebar boxes.
For the background of the site itself, just add this into the custom.css file:
body { background: #FFF; }
and change the FFF to whatever color you’d like to use
Thanks for everyones comments – I’m glad the theme is going over well.
Nice theme. Thank you.
Thx for this amazing Theme! But how to customize it like this? http://wpguerrilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/spit-the-news.jpg
a lot of css customization
If you need customization like this, feel free to contact me (hi -at- madebyguerrilla.com)
Hi, tks for this cool theme !
But i have a strange problem !
Look at my screenshot :’(
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6500/sanstitre2yns.jpg
Someone can help me ? :’(
thats weird. Is there any CSS classes or ID’s associated with the image?
OMG THX !
I put somethin like “<img class="aligncenter" …"
In the HTML version of my post…
I change for: "<img align="middle" …"
lol, sry to spam but…
Align=”middle” doesn’t work haha i must edit all my post with the “hotkey”
Ok, it’s always when i post an image at the beginning of my post !
Only the first image make an weird error :’(
Wth ?
(Sry for spam O.O )
I got the same problem!
No problem for the comments. Can you email me at wpguerrilla@gmail.com with the html for the entire post so i can look it over.
Great Theme. I will test it with one of my next projects. Thanks!
Great Theme. Thanks !
Gr8 Theme, Using it on my blog!
Hi i put your theme in my page but in the zone comment there is an error
gracias excellent job
from chile
christian
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<input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="
Fatal error: Call to undefined function esc_attr() in H:\AppServ\www\wordpress\wp-content\themes\Guerrilla_Theme\comments.php on line 69
Does this work with Posts and Pages or just pages?
Thank you for your sharing, i will add you to friend list on my website wordpress themes
Thanks for the awesome theme dude. I’m moving to it soon.
Hi,
I wish to change the backgroundcolors of the comment or post boxes and the backgrond of a page just containing text.
Can you tell mee how?
Regards
Really great template. Thanks.
This is a really great theme, I featured it here>> http://www.prodesignblog.com/2009/12/guerrilla-theme-a-free-wordpress-theme/ , keep up the great work!
I absolutely love it. A breath of fresh air…love the gorilla
Clever with the guerilla gorilla :p thanks for the theme!