
How to Install and Set Up WP-Sublime
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.
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.
If you look at the home page of this site, you’ll clearly see the featured content glider at the top. It’s very simple to add the featured content glider to your site. Follow these simple steps, and you’ll have it done lickety-split.
Near the top of the WP-Sublime Theme Settings Page, you will see a setting titled “Featured Content on Home Page.” By default, this setting is set as “No Featured Content.” If you’d like to place a Featured Content slider on the home page, simply select either “Narrow Featured Content Slider” or “Full Width Featured Content Slider”
The default setting will display up to 5 featured articles in the glider. However, you can change this number to as many or as few as you like.
If you want a post to appear in the featured content section, simply tag the post as “featured” (without the quotes). To add a tag, simply find the “Post Tags” box on the right side of the Write Post screen and enter it there. NOTE: The slug for the “featured” tag must be featured for the featured slider to show posts. If this is not possible, you may instead replace “featured” with “featured-2” (or the current post tag slug) in the features1.php and features2.php templates.
1. Featured Content Image Size:
2. Use the Get the Image Plugin – If you haven’t already done so, you’ll need to install and activate this plugin. It will save you a lot of time and energy when it comes to using images on your site.
3. Upload Your Image – Once your image is the proper size, simply upload via the standard WordPress image uploader found on the Write Post page (just under the post title).
4. Alternatively, You Can Use a Custom Field – If you prefer, you can simply add your Featured Content image via a custom field:
By default, your featured articles will change automatically each 8 seconds. To change the time period between featured articles, you will need to make one little change within either the features1.php or features2.php file. You can access these files by clicking Appearance >> Editor in your WordPress control panel. Once you are on the “Edit Themes” page, you will see all the template files listed down the right-hand side.
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.
If you look at the home page of this site, you’ll see that each post below the featured articles has a thumbnail image next to it.