Rusty Grunge is a simple and extremely popular WordPress 2.7-compatible theme yet still gives you the “destroyed” look. This theme utilizes a fully-widgetized sidebar and has been downloaded over 16,000 times.
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I am happy to announce the release of a free professional WordPress theme, “Rusty Grunge.” I am releasing the HTML, CSS, PHP and design under the GNU General Public License. Please contact me to let me know how you use this theme. I’d love to see any modifications or updates to it!
12/09/2008 Update – Version 1.0
- Bugfix – updated comments.php closing div inside if statement
12/29/2008 Update – Version 1.1
- Bugfix – updated <title> tag with proper bloginfo() functions
12/29/2008 Update – Version 1.2
- Bugfix – updated <title> tag with wp_title() function
- Bugfix – updated language settings in header
- Bugfix – Search form now works.
- Enh – replaced included search form with get_search_form()
- Enh – added threaded comments and wp_list_comments()
- Enh – added new functions to support threaded comments to functions.php
- Cleanup – Removed javascript from global.js file
- other various HTML and CSS code cleanup and code commenting
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In the demo om WordPress.org the sidebar is not showing
Yes, I think it is because I have set it up for a fully dynamic sidebar and their demo does not have any active sidebar widgets.
Nice theme, I’m trying to use it but it has a few problems. The search, for example. It doesn’t work on my blog since I installed your theme.
The search should work if you have added it as a widget in the WP admin panel. Is that how you have set it up?
Yep, it’s the search widget and it doesn’t work…
Yes, I see now. I will take a look this evening and see if I can release the fix ASAP. Thanks for pointing that out.
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I have spent almost all day trying to figure out, how to move up the sidebar. I want it to be at the level of content box, because it will look far more better in my opinion. There is about 30 pixels difference I could cope with that. Any ideas?
Hi Carlos, the main content area (the white space) actually extends into the header of the theme. the very top is an image inside the header. You would probably need to put
position: relativeon the element containing the sidebar and put something likeposition: relative; top: -10px;on the actual sidebar container to be able to line it up with the top. Hope that helps!Chris, it works perfectly! In fact I had to put -50px, but it looks excellent. I love you, man.
When I upload to my wp-content directory, it doesn’t show up as a theme option on my Themes page. Am I doing something wrong? I’m just uploading the entire rusty-grunge folder into the directory.
It should go in the /wp-content/themes/ directory. Is that where you are putting it?
Hey Chris,
the download link is a 404 and the one in the theme repository is corrupted. just thought you might wanna know.
cheers and keep up the good work
Thanks for letting me know. I just switched all my downloads to a different directory for tracking analytical data on them. Thanks for letting me know!
Hey Chris…great theme! Got a quick question, though. Is there a way to replace the top header text (e.g., the blog title) with an image, and not have it screw up the rest of the theme?
Scary avatar >:|
Yeah, you could probably do that. I would recommend putting
position: relativeon the <h1> tag (or surrounding <div>) and then puttingposition: absolute; top: 0; left: 0on the actual image (if you place it inside the <h1> tag).[...] yeah, thanks to Chris-wallace.com, ofcourse
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Thanks for the quick reply, Chris! Got another dumb question…which file would I edit in order to do that?
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Hey Chris,
Do you have an update on fixing the search widget? I downloaded this theme from WP, so I may not have gotten the latest version…perhaps that’s the problem.
Thanks.
Let me double-check on that and get back to you. I’m not sure if I’ve uploaded the latest version with a working search widget. Thanks for mentioning it though!
I love this theme but am also having a problem with the search widget. has anyone found a work-around for this issue?
Hi, I liked the theme it’s very nice one..
I’m looking for a way to mirror it from left to right to Right to left and i can translate the rest, it’s easy to translate but the problem is with the CSS file to change the direction
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I just started using this Blog Theme (for the site I put in your form), but I am wondering where the permanent page tabs… such as privacy, about me, contact me are… i have uploaded the info but I do not see it on the page itself.
Hey man, love the theme. But I uploaded the what I thought was the updated one because I was having the problem with the tag at the top of the browser. Is there a way that I can go and edit that myself? Thanks!
@Steve I have updated it again, it looks like the changes were overwritten with the old version somewhere along the line. Please download version 1.1, it has the fix you need.
@SB There is no nav bar in the header of this theme. However, you can add a widget in the sidebar that shows your pages. You should be able to go to:
Appearance > Widgets
Then add a widget that shows your pages there. I hope that makes sense.
hey thanx for the theme
I like it so much, I’m currently using it for my brand new blog, although I made some minor modification like removing your name from the title. don’t worry your signature is still there at the footer. I’ve also moved the description little bit down. hope I am not killing your work
thanx again
I got It1
Thank you chris
sorry dude
didn’t notice the updated version
I will install it when I get home
thanx
keep up the good work
cheers
hi
if you check my blog I am having this weird thing at the design !!! don’t know how to describe it
it started appearing after I added the second post
does that ring any bell ??
@MQurashi, I am not sure I see what you are talking about. I checked in Firefox and Internet Explorer 7. Is this happening in a different browser? Make sure you’ve updated to the most recent version as there were some problems with the display of the theme when there are no comments on a post.
Chris, it was my mistake
I have checked the page using Internet Explorer 6 (don’t ask why I still use it) so there was this some sort of flare everywhere
on FireFox, Safari and even Opera it’s working just fine except for the Calender’s title background
I guess you need to apply a another style for it coz the text is in white and also the background (this one I am so sure about )
sorry for bugging you
cheers
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nice theme, i am using it, i downloaded it from wordpress theme center, and i am from China.
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Hay Chris,
I would love to see a possebilty to add widgets to the footer? How hard would this be to do it my self? My coding expirience stops with as2 and as3, but I don’t really know anything about xhtml and css?
Could jou help me in the right direction?
Greetings,
Jonas from Belgium
Hey Chris,
I love your work, man. I’m currently using the Rusty Grunge theme and loving it.
I am about to implement some theme tweaks into it to make it appear more pirate-e.
Stop by sometime and see what tweaks I’ve done if you like.
Thank you for the awesome theme by the way, I love it.
Hi. This theme is awesome, I just started to create my blog and it got in my eyes.
I was wondering if it is possible to a new version to add Pages links to the header, between the red header and the white body.
Thanks.
Thanks for the updated version. I came here to ask if you could make the theme wordpress 2.7 compatible and here it was
One minor issue though: to highlight author’s comments you have to change li.author to li.bypostauthor in style.css.
I will take note of that change for the next update. I appreciate it!
@Felipe, when I first wrote this theme, I wanted it to be very basic and easy to use for first-time WordPress bloggers. That’s why the lack of pages in the header navigation
That’s a good suggestion though, I appreciate it.
@Waffle Pirate: Thanks for the kind words, I am happy you are enjoying the theme. Feel free to customize it to your heart’s content
Thanks Chris, a menu in the header to be used for links like About Me, Contacts, Some personal sites, would be amazing.
nice theme..
But I afraid the demo doesn’t work now.
I wasn’t able to take a test drive! :S
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Hi Chris…
I use your Rusty Grunge theme and I love it I am a self-taught newbie and am proud to have figured it all out by myself. Quick question…how do I add my ad links? I’m with LinkShare and the html codes don’t seem to work…am I missing something? Obviously I am. Can you help?
Thanks and hope to hear from you:-0
@Henie Where are you trying to add the LinkShare code? In the theme files or through WordPress Admin? You should be able to add a new sidebar item with the HTML and it will show up. Let me know if you need any more help.
Thank you, Chris! It worked and I figured it out. BTW, I am now following you on Twitter.
Thanks again for your help!
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thanks.. i will try.
你推荐的主题都很不错。。收下了。
我正在为我的旅游博客找模板呢。
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Hello Chris. First of all, nice theme
. You did a great job. Second, i want to ask you something. I want to put images in the post with the “custom filed” option. I managed to do it, and now it`s showing me the image on the first page. You know, a lead image like some of “they” say. But i want it arranged. I mean i want it to be positioned in the left and the post (the text) in the right of the image. In a few words, i want it styled, that means i have to modify the style.css but i don’t know how to do it. And to show you an example of what i mean, you can go to tutorial9[dot]com, and see the posts on the first page. I would really need some help 
. Thanks in advance. You can email me if you don’t want to explain it to me in here.
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以自己实用为标准哈
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第一很不错的说 。
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thanks so much for the theme i just started my blog and can’t wait to ad my own mmm to this site i love the theme thanks again.
Hello Chris.
I’m still using and enjoying your theme (for almost 4 months now) and even though I need some changes I don’t want to let it go. Can you help me add one more sidebar in the right (for the 125×125 ads) and one in the footer (for the tags)? I would very much appreciate it (and even pay for it, if it’s necessary).
Thanks.
Hi Chris, thanks for this great theme. I would like to use it in german language and have the problem that all post related texts (comments, message, subjects,..) remain in english. I have installed the right language files which work properly when I switch to other themes. Can you tell me how I can fix this problem.
Thanks and regards Thomas
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Hello All
Love the theme.
I’m can’t see my Blog Roll or Pages, not sure why.
I’ve read the comments and can’t seem to find an answer to this issue.
Any help appreciate…
Thanks
I am not sure how to use these themes. Is there somewhere on this site that walks u through how to apply the themes?
G’day Chris,
I’m pretty sure I have the latest version of your theme, but I’m having trouble making the text align with your images.
How would I make the image caption align better, or look like the standard kubrick border & caption?
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