{"id":39201,"date":"2013-12-19T10:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/?p=39201"},"modified":"2014-03-04T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T02:20:34","slug":"wordpress-com-gets-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-gets-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress.com Gets Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/awesome\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33658\" alt=\"Awesome WordPress theme\" src=\"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/awesome-wordpress-theme-gallery.jpg\" width=\"1034\" height=\"1255\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re thrilled to announce that our appropriately named &#8220;Awesome&#8221; theme is <a title=\"Awesome on WordPress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/14\/awesome\/\">now available on WordPress.com<\/a>. Here is how Automattic&#8217;s Kirk Wight describes the theme to their community:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Awesome<\/em>\u00a0is a theme that stuns from the start, with full-width images, video, and other post formats; bold yet elegant typography; and a strong visual balance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Awesome is the third premium theme that we&#8217;ve released on WordPress.com. It is part of a collection of three WordPress.com themes we&#8217;ve released. <a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/gridspace\/\">Gridspace<\/a>, our first premium WordPress.com theme, debuted with flying colors and quickly became a top 10 premium theme on the platform. We&#8217;ve also released <a title=\"Full Frame on WordPress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/full-frame\/\">Full Frame<\/a>,\u00a0a single column, full-width responsive theme for showcasing your beautiful images, galleries, videos from edge to edge.<\/p>\n<h3>Disclaimer: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org<\/h3>\n<p>While some of our themes are available on the WordPress.com platform, you cannot download themes from our site and add them to your WordPress.com site. \u00a0This is because WordPress.com and the software you download from WordPress.org are two entirely different platforms (although they do share a vast number of similarities). 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