the next LVL is a theme I’ve been developing for a few months and is my first WordPress themes for public consumption. The theme was originally developed to be a CMS based theme, but in it’s evolution became something completely different. The theme is a two column, widget ready theme that is compatible with WordPress 2.7. There are a few elements that make this theme different from others:

1. the next LVL does not have the traditional website header, that has been shifted onto the right sidebar
2. Highly SEO friendly without the need for additional plugins
3. comes with a robots.txt  file to be used in the root directory of a WordPress install
4. A comical 404 page (feel free to use your own personal message here!)

This theme is the base of a few features I’ve been working on for future themes and future development. They include broader SEO options built into a theme, possible backwards compatibility with older version of WordPress, color changing and graphic changing options.

Currently the next lvl is in version .9.2 (think release candidate), last updated April 8th, 2009.

Recent Changes:

• version .9.2 (4/8/09)
  - Fixed a font size issue with <select> tags inside of posts
  - Cleaned up CSS Code
  - Removed Plugin Dependend Code
  - Removed Images from Sidebar and replaced with text
• version .9.1 (4/6/09)
  - Added a page navigation at the top.
  - Updates and removal of legacy code and images
• version .9
  - Out of alpha development, ready for public beta release.
  - New theme color

Download the current version of the next lvl here

Feel free to leave any feedback in the comments section (including typos and grammatical mistakes, I am notorious for those!)

Enjoy!