SimpleCart(js) is a simple, attractive, and flexible WordPress theme that taps into the power of both Thematic and WP E-commerce. Features include AJAX cart functionality, a grid layout for products, and a flexible color scheme, easy to swap out images and completely customize the theme to your needs.

After putting this theme together for the WP E-commerce contest, I am happy to release the theme 100% free of charge. It is a port of the simpleCart(js) theme from the Wojo Group and was changed quite a bit due to its usage of Thematic and WP E-commerce, but I wanted to give credit to the creator, even if there are very few elements left from the original. One important note for this version, there is no link from the products on the homepage to the product info page, future versions will include one. Also, it should be fairly easy to add in there if you know what you’re doing.

Absynthe is a dark, mysterious theme that utilizes natural textures and surfaces to create a feeling of depth and high contrast. Absynthe utilizes a fully-widgetized sidebar and also has a unique Last.fm footer and Twitter widget design.

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This theme utilizes the Last.fm plug-in by Jeroen Smeets (if you don’t have it installed, don’t worry, your site won’t break, it just won’t show the Last.fm stuff) and this theme looks wicked awesome when you use Twitter for WordPress by Ricardo Gonzalez.

As mentioned above, this theme is licensed under the GNU General Public License. As always, if you encounter any bugs or issues with this theme, please let me know.

08/01/2008 Update – Version 1.5

• Moved Last.fm plugin into theme folder, updated theme to work with newest version
• Updated footer design to fit theme more
• Added widgetized area to footer
• Added Cufon text-replacement for headings
• Updated twitter widget design to work with latest version of plugin
• Made various IE6 fixes so it works across all browsers

01/05/2008 Update – Version 1.2

• Now WordPress 2.7 compatible – threaded comments included. Make sure to enable threading in your WordPress admin to take advantage of this feature.
• Fixed overflow issue inside post body. Images ran to the very edge of the box.
• Added a couple functions to functions.php
• Added wp_title() function to header.php
• Added javascript hook for comment replies
• Updated log out link to use correct function
• Updated post div wrappers to include post classes, new in 2.7

12/09/2008 Update – Version 1.1

• bugfix – updated comments.php closing <div> inside if statement.