I’ve done some changes and added some resources in my downloads section. After about one month of procrastinating and developing, I’ve finally able to release my first WordPress theme. Although it’s not really a theme that’s designed for anything or subject, it’s more of a WordPress framework that will help me develop my future themes. I’ve decided to release it as well to the open public so that other people may use it as a framework and build upon it.

Athena Framework – WordPress Theme Framework

Athena Framework is a WordPress framework theme that’s more than just a blank slate as you may have noticed from other frameworks. It’s actually styled to the point that it can be usable and through slight modifications, it can be a totally different theme. In addition, it contains many common functions and features that a lot of my clients request or a lot of blogs have been using such as the Share This Post feature that allows you to share the current entry to Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, and Delicious. (You can add more social networking sites simply by adding the necessary share codes – 45+ Most Popular Social Bookmarking Codes for WordPress)

Another feature are the widgetized areas. There are 2 in the side bar which makes the framework capable of being a three (3) column layout, and also 4 widgetized areas in the footer which makes those trendy big footers you see running around lately on many blogs and sites.

Athena Framework also features an additional page template file to allow you to have a page with a sidebar, and a page without a sidebar. By simply selecting the Full Width Page template in the template section, you can quickly achieve that change.

This framework theme features some CSS3 Elements for experimental purposes, and also a Jquery Navigation Menu. There may be some frequent updates as I see some errors along the way or if you guys see any, so make sure to keep updated by following me on twitter or checking my site.

Download Athena WordPress Framework

Thanks for checking out my theme and if you have any feedback, suggestions, or bugs just leave a comment. Keep out on the lookout for version 2 which will feature some Admin Theme Options.

Update: I have discontinued this theme. There will no longer be any modifications to it as Version 2 of this theme aka Ares Framework is released. Most of the bugs that were in Athena Framework are fixed in Ares Framework. However, Ares Framework does include the Admin Options. If you don’t like that bulk in your theme then you can still download version 1 of Athena Framework.