How to Install and Set Up WP-FolioTheme
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
It doesn’t take a lot to install and set up your new WordPress theme. Read on, and you’ll have it knocked out in a snap.
Category: Tutorials
How to Add a Featured Content Glider to Your Home Page
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
If you look at the home page of this site, you’ll see the featured content glider. It’s easy to add one of these gliders to your site, and here’s how to do it.
How to Add a Portfolio Page
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
If you look at the top navigation bar of this site, you’ll see a page link for “Portfolio.” If you hover over that link, you will also see 3 other Portfolio page options. It’ very easy to create such a page.
How to Add Post Thumbnails to Your Posts
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
To add post thumbnail images to your posts, you have 2 options …
Option 1 – Use the “Get The Image” Plugin
This plugin, created by a savvy WordPress developer named Justin Tadlock, will greatly simplify the task of placing your post thumbnail images right where they belong.
Download the plugin here or add it through your WordPress control panel. Install and activate.
What this plugin will do
1. It will look for any images that you’ve uploaded to your post.
2. If it finds one or more images, it will automatically place the 1st image – as a thumbnail – where it belongs on your site.
3. If you have uploaded multiple images to your post, it will use the #1 image as set in the gallery section of your media uploader (click thumbnail to the right).
4. If you don’t want the image to appear in the post content, just don’t insert it into the post. The plugin will still grab the 1st image you’ve uploaded to the post and place it correctly.
5. If you don’t upload any images for the post, a default image will appear unless you deactivate that feature on your Theme Settings page.
Option 2 – Use Custom Fields
If, for whatever reason, you prefer not to use the plugin, you can simply use custom fields. With this method, you will need to scroll down to the Custom Fields section on the Write Post screen and fill in the appropriate data.
For post thumbnail images:
- Custom Field Name = post_thumbnail
- Custom Field Value = the URL for the image (get the image URL from the media uploader)
How to Create a Blog Page
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
If you look at the top navigation bar of this site, you’ll see a link for “Blog.” If you want to set up your own Blog page, it’s very simple to do.
How to Add a Category Navigation Bar
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
If you look at the top of this page, you’ll see a navigation bar for the site’s categories. If you’d like to add a similar category navigation bar to your site, simply visit the Theme Settings Page (under Basic Site Settings), and change the “Hide Category Navigation” setting to “no.”
How to Write a Post
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
Don’t let the title of this post fool you … I’m not meaning to insult your intelligence when I imply that your DON’T know how to write a post with WordPress (I’m sure you do). It’s just that there are a few features built into this theme, and it’s worthwhile to tell you how to get the most out of it.
How To Control Autoscroll Feature Glider
Aug 18, 2009 | Tutorials | 0 comments
By default, your featured articles will change automatically each 7 seconds. To change the time period between featured articles, you will need to make one little change within the one of the theme files. The file you need to change is the features.php file, which is found under Appearance >> Editor.
Scroll down and find this code:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('#mycarousel').jcarousel({
scroll: 1,
animation:"slow",
auto:7,
wrap: 'last',
initCallback: mycarousel_initCallback
});
});
You want to change the line that reads “auto:7”
If you want to completely turn off the autoscroll function, simply change “7” to “0” (that’s a zero).
Once you are done, remember to save the file.
How to Create a Site Map Page
Aug 03, 2008 | Tutorials | 0 comments
You may have noticed the Site Map page on this site. That’s done with the built-in Site Map template, and it’s easy for you to create a site map for your own WP-Vybe driven site.
