Theme Features

 

Moving the sidebar

Usually the most requested modification to my themes, the question I'm often asked most is: "How do I move the sidebar?"

I've added a theme option so that this can easily be managed from within the WordPress admin panel.

WordPress 2.6: Under Design, Theme Options, select the desired location from the dropdown list and save changes.

WordPress 2.7: Under Appearance, Theme Options, select the desired location from the dropdown list and save changes.

 

Sitemap

A sitemap template is included in this theme. To use, simply login to your WordPress Admin panel and create a new page.

WordPress 2.6: Under Page Template, select Sitemap from the dropdown list and publish.

WordPress 2.7: Under Attributes, select Sitemap from the dropdown list under Template and publish.

Note: No additional content is needed for this page, the template will automatically fill in everything.

 

Admin & Login links

I've found that many users dislike using the meta widget and often remove it, but forget to set a link for quick access to the WordPress admin panel. For this reason I've hardcoded the WordPress admin and login functions into the footer of the theme.

If a user is not logged in, the login link will appear, otherwise the admin link will appear.

If registration is enabled, the register link will also appear.

 

Printer-friendly style

This theme includes the file print.css which is a bare-bones stylesheet optimized for printing posts and pages.

 

Feeds

By default, this theme includes the coding for the following feed types: RDF/RSS 1.0, RSS .92, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3. The RSS feed for all comments for your blog is also included.

Conditional feeds: If viewing a single post, the comment feed for that post is available. If viewing a category, the feed for all posts in that category is available. If viewing a tag, the feed for all posts with that tag is available.

 

Meta tags

When developing my themes, I take the liberty of adding many commonly used meta tags. Most of the information is automatically filled in via various WordPress commands.

Feel free to adjust as needed, or remove altogether if you use a WordPress plugin for meta tag handling.

Note: You will need to fill in your keywords!

To do this, open header.php and look for the following:

<meta name="keywords" content="" />

Fill in your keywords, separated by commas:

<meta name="keywords" content="example, test, sample, lorem ipsum, blah" />

 

Favicon

A favicon (short for favorites icon) is a 16x16 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage. Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page's favicon in the browser's Address bar and next to the page's name in a list of bookmarks. Browsers that support a tabbed document interface typically show a page's favicon next to the page's title. The Microsoft Windows also uses favicons to represent "Internet shortcuts" to web pages.

By default, all of my themes include a simple favicon. To replace this with your own, copy your favicon.ico file into the images directory in the theme folder.

To design your own favicon.ico file, try one or more of these resources:

 

Support / Feedback

 

Please contact me using the form available on my website.

Remember to include the theme's name and version number (found in style.css) that you are using so that I can better troubleshoot any issue.

Thanks!

Nicki