Common Hours

A day-book blog that files every entry under Morning, Midday or Evening, opening on three chapter cells and one photographed story.

$47 USD

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Personal, household and food writers keeping a day book of routines, recipes and small rituals
Platform
WordPress
Status
On sale
Price
$47 USD
Version
1.4.1
License
WordPress edition: GPL-compatible theme code
Demo photography is licensed separately from theme code

Page inventory

Home: chapter cells, opening story and chapters
Home
Article with ritual card and steps
Post
Day-book index
Journal
About with day and week schedules
About
Contact
Contact
Chapter (category) archive
Archive
Search results
Utility
404
Utility

Design controls

Site Editor
Edit templates, header, footer, navigation and homepage sections with core blocks in Appearance → Editor. No page builder.
Colour palette
7 palette colours (Paper white, Ink, Olive, Terracotta, Morning mist, Muted text, Rule) in Styles → Colors.
Style variations
Evening (dark), Plain sans and Large print in Styles → Browse styles.
Fonts
Literata and DM Sans are served from your own site; a System serif option downloads no font.
Theme Setup
Set reading width (520–1040px), article spacing, chapter photo size (72, 96 or 128px), photo corners and whether chapter hours show.
Chapters
The homepage chapters follow the category slugs morning, midday and evening; category names can be changed freely.
Ritual card and steps
Insert the Ritual card (an ordinary table of takes, needs and when) and Steps patterns, or give any numbered list the Numbered steps style.
Page templates
Assign Day-book index, About, Contact, Full width or Canvas to any page.

Features

  • Home opens on three equal Morning, Midday and Evening chapter cells, then one 3:2 opening story
  • Chapter sections list entries text-first, with a small square photograph after each title
  • Articles carry a chapter label, italic title, standfirst, wide photograph, ritual card and numbered steps
  • Index groups every entry into three chapter columns
  • About page with usual-day and usual-week schedule tables
  • Native WordPress blocks, patterns and comments, with local fonts

What the download includes

  • WordPress block theme with 12 templates, 26 patterns, 3 style variations and a Theme Setup screen
  • 8 CC0 photographs from the WordPress Photo Directory, with sources in ASSETS.json
  • Local Literata and DM Sans font files with OFL-1.1 license notices
  • Getting started guide, changelog and GPL-2.0-or-later license
  • Optional fictional demo content (8 entries, 3 chapters, 3 pages) for the separately supplied Theme Studio Demo Importer 1.1.2 or later

Setup

  1. Upload and activate the theme ZIP in Appearance → Themes.
  2. Create categories with the slugs morning, midday and evening, and keep Settings → Reading on Your latest posts.
  3. Create an Index page with the Day-book index template, plus About and Contact pages with their templates and patterns.
  4. Change colours, fonts and sections in Appearance → Editor, and presentation in Appearance → Theme Setup.
  5. Demo content is fictional: replace the sample entries, pages and photographs before publishing.

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