Have you tried the Monochrome Author? Monochrome Author is a free, widgetized theme for Wordpress blogs, designed by Graph Paper Press. Monochrome Author theme comes packed with an author archives page, cool AJAX slide show, posts with thumbnail and pullquote custom fields options and a CSS framework to help in customization. It looks very neat and clean and the slide show gives it an extra charm.

Features of Monochrome Author Theme:

• Free, 2 Column Wordpress Theme.
• Completely widgetized.
• Cool AJAX slideshow on the front page.
• Special author archives page, which displays some author specific info pulled from the Wordpress Users page.
• Use of custom fields for photos, thumbnail photos and pullquotes.
• Utilizes a CSS framework called Blueprint to help separate positioning, typography, forms and custom styles.
• 3 Column footer section.
• Clean design and color scheme.

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