Watercolor
Latest Version: 3.00 Updated on: 2015/05/24 Presenting to you the Watercolor theme, this time, I created a theme with different design style. Colorful as it is, this theme uses a lot of free style and smudging techniques, thus giving you the watercolor painting look that is so different from other themes you have seen. Hope you’ll like my latest creation đ Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Watercolor theme. Main Features – User-friendly Options page – Drop-Down Menu – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Translation Help Needed This is my first theme that allows localization. If you wish to translate this theme into your own language, you can do so with the use of the Poedit program. To find out how this works, please refer to this comprehensive guide. When you have completed the localization, kindly send me the translated files so I can share your work (with your credit) with other users. Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Drop-down Menu The Watercolor theme has a multi-level drop-down menu that is using the latest function in WP 3.0. There are two ways to create the drop-down menu. 1) When you create hierarchical pages, the drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation. 2) You can manually define the header links using the custom menu. To do it, first, click on the “Menus” link found under the “Appearance” tab in WP admin. Then follow the instruction on the page to add your custom menu. This feature only works with WP 3+. Plugin Watercolor theme uses two plugins, FlickrRSS and FCG. 1) FlickRSS plugin There is a photo gallery where you can display up to 5 photos in the footer. For instruction on how to install the plugin, please refer to FlickrRSS. If you don’t install this plugin, it will not cause error to the theme. Instead, you will only see blank photo frame. 2) Featured Content Gallery Plugin There is a featured content section below the header link. This feature is built in using the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) plugin. Please download the latest version and follow the instruction found in “Readme.txt” to do the setup. If you do not want to show this feature, just don’t install the plugin. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also included the font that I use) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are...
Read MoreWatercolor (Eco)
Latest Version: 3.00 Updated on: 2015/06/25 The Eco style of the Watercolor theme was originally created for a nature related site. I made it a point to update my existing themes to ver. 3+ and give upgrade priority to the sub themes that are pending release. With ver. 3 of this theme, you get everything that is available in ver. 2 (several features in options page) as well as a custom header menu feature. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. To activate the Eco style of the Watercolor theme, follow 2 simple steps below: Step 1 Go to the theme Options page in WP admin => Appearance => Watercolor Step 2 Under “Theme Style”, select “eco.css” and save the page. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Watercolor theme. Main Features – User-friendly Options page – Custom header menu – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Translation Help Needed This is my first theme that allows localization. If you wish to translate this theme into your own language, you can do so with the use of the Poedit program. To find out how this works, please refer to this comprehensive guide. When you have completed the localization, kindly send me the translated files so I can share your work (with your credit) with other users. Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Drop-down Menu The Watercolor theme has a multi-level drop-down menu that is using the latest function in WP 3.0. There are two ways to create the drop-down menu. 1) When you create hierarchical pages, the drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation. 2) You can manually define the header links using the custom menu. To do it, first, click on the “Menus” link found under the “Appearance” tab in WP admin. Then follow the instruction on the page to add your custom menu. This feature only works with WP 3+. Plugin There is a featured content section below the header menu. This feature is built in using the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) plugin. Please download the latest version and follow the instruction found in “Readme.txt” to do the setup. If you do not want to show this feature, just don’t install the plugin. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the...
Read MoreCoffee Desk
Latest Version: 3.0 Updated on: 2015/05/31 Here it goes. The Coffee Desk, my newest theme that I am very proud of đ I should have released it last week but I got stuck in making the theme compatible with ALL major browsers. I have tried many ways in HTML and CSS but just couldn’t make it display well in major browsers. Finally, I am glad that I found the solutions using jQuery! This is the first theme I created 3 months after the “Simple Style” theme. Sorry to let you all wait for so long but I will my best to release at least 2 quality themes per month. Hope you like the Coffee Desk theme and visit this site regularly for more releases in future! Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Coffee Desk theme. Main Features – Nice background. Best viewed with a resolution of 1280px – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – Gravatar enable Things to take note Header Links 1) Limit the number of the header links to 4 only. If you display more than 4 links, the “paper note” will overlap with the “coffee cup”. 2) Control the length of the links to within 2 lines. Blog Title Currently, the blog title is using the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: – Open “header.php” – Remove this code <div id=”blogtitle”><a href=”<?php echo get_option(‘home’); ?>”><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?></a></div> – Save the file and upload to your server – Open “images/bg_header.jpg” in image editing software – Add your desired font and content to the image – Save the image and upload to your server Blog Description If you don’t want to display the blog description, simply remove this line from “header.php”: <div id=”subtitle”><?php bloginfo(‘description’);?></div> Post Title Coffee Desk theme allows up to 2 lines for the post title without distorting the design. Bottom of the Content Area The white space size below the content area is not a constant. Sometimes you’ll see a big gap, sometimes the gap is small and fits well. This is a design constraint and is not an error. User Showcase The followings are a few examples of nice modification of this theme from other users. You can view all the nice design in the forum theme showcase. View my other themes Change log 2009-02-24 v1.00 – Release 2009-03-05 v1.01 – Fixed comment display problem in IE. 2009-04-21 v1.02 – Modified the javascript to fix the height of dynamic content. 2009-05-11 v1.03 – Moved Javascript to a .js file. Fixed Tag Cloud widget display problem. 2009-07-14 – Theme is compatible with WP 2.8 2011-03-31 v3.00 – New – Added drop-down menu, ad-widget, Options page, advanced automatic thumbnails, custom style, custom menu (works on WP 3+ onwards) and enabled localization...
Read MoreCoffee Desk (Cookbook)
Latest Version: 3.00 Updated on: 2015/05/31 I have been asked by a few of my theme users to create a theme for food lovers. The Coffee Desk theme is just ideal to turn into a cookbook. So jot down the recipe you found on TV and make a perfect meal of your own. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. To activate the Cookbook style of the Coffee Desk theme, follow 2 simple steps below: Step 1 Go to the theme Options page in WP admin => Appearance => Coffee Desk Step 2 Under “Theme Style”, select “cookbook.css” and save the page. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Coffee Desk theme. Main Features – User-friendly Options page – Custom menu – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Translation Help Needed If you wish to translate this theme into your own language, you can do so with the use of the Poedit program. To find out how this works, please refer to this comprehensive guide. When you have completed the localization, kindly send me the translated files so I can share your work (with your credit) with other users. Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Drop-down Menu The Coffee Desk theme has a multi-level drop-down menu that is using the latest function in WP 3.0. There are two ways to create the drop-down menu. 1) When you create hierarchical pages, the drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation. 2) You can manually define the header links using the custom menu. To do it, first, click on the “Menus” link found under the “Appearance” tab in WP admin. Then follow the instruction on the page to add your custom menu. This feature only works with WP 3+. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Time News Roman font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the image using this name: bg_header.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the â/styles/cookbook/â folder Part 2: Activating the Style – Login to your WP admin – Go to the options page of the Coffee Desk theme under âAppearance -> Coffee Deskâ – Find âTheme Styleâ under âLayout Settingâ – In the pull-down menu, select âcookbook.cssâ – Save the setting and go to your site to see the changes. Ad Widget An ad widget can be...
Read MoreRed Light
Latest Version: 3.00 Updated on: 2015/05/01 I took more effort in the Red Light theme than others that I have created and I really like this one. This time, I used a lot of vector techniques in Photoshop Illustrator, thus giving you this artistic look. I have created a few 3-column themes but this is the first one in my portfolio where there are two sidebars which are positioned on the left and the right side. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. The following is an example of a custom design of the Red Light theme. Color Schemes The Red Light theme comes with 2 color schemes below: To activate your desired color scheme, follow 3 simple steps below: Step 1 Go to the theme Options page in WP admin => Appearance => Red Light Step 2 Under âTheme Styleâ, select your color scheme in blue or green. Step 3 Save the page and refresh your blog to see the change! Main Features – User-friendly Options page – Drop-Down Menu – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Drop-down Menu The Red Light theme has a multi-level drop-down menu. The drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation when you create hierarchical pages. Plugin There is a featured content section below the header link. This feature is built in using the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) plugin. Please download the latest version and follow the instruction found in “Readme.txt” to do the setup. If you do not want to show this feature, just don’t install the plugin. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font that I use that is available free from fonts4free.net.) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the image using this name: bg_header.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the â/styles/default/â folder Part 2: Activating the Style – Login to your WP admin – Go to the options page of the Red Light theme under âAppearance -> Red Lightâ – Find âTheme Styleâ under âLayout Settingâ – In the pull-down menu, select âdefault.cssâ – Save the setting and go to your site to see the changes. Ad Widget An ad widget can be found under the âAvailable Widgetsâ section. You can drag the widget to Sidebar 1. This widget allows you to add your advertisement while keeping the...
Read MoreDestination
Latest Version: 3.02 Modified on: 2015/05/03 My last theme for the year just made it for this holiday season. For travel bloggers who want to share their leisure experience, this Destination theme will be perfect for you! Important note: To avoid compatibility issues, please ensure you are using WP 3+ when you install the Destination theme. Click on the “Free Download” link above to get the theme now! By using this theme for FREE, you agree to accept the external links. Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. PSD files included for both the main and the sub themes. Ad-Free PackageRemoving the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Unencrypted main and sub theme files can be purchased at $20. Theme CustomizationDo you want to customize this theme to include images that suit your blog's topic? I can help you with the graphical customization. For more details, please visit the theme customization service page. Main Features – User-friendly Options page – Custom Menu – Custom Menu Icons – Automatic Thumbnails – Different design for sticky post feature – Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera – W3C XHTML and CSS compliant – SEO ready – Gravatar enable Automatic Thumbnails Please refer to this page for the details of how the automatic thumbnails work. Custom Menu Icons You can display up to 5 different menu icons for the Destination theme as follows: When you create a page, an icon will be automatically added to the top right of the menu button. You can also upload your own icons by replacing the files in the /images folder. The filename of the icons are icon_menu1.png, icon_menu2.png, … , icon_menu5.png Drop-down Menu The Destination theme has a multi-level drop-down menu. There are two ways to create the drop-down menu. 1) When you create hierarchical pages, the drop-down menu will show up automatically in the header navigation. 2) You can manually define the header links using the custom menu. To do it, first, click on the “Menus” link found under the “Appearance” tab in WP admin. Then follow the instruction on the page to add your custom menu. This feature only works with WP 3+. This is another feature that will be added to all my future themes. Plugin There is a featured content section below the header link. This feature is built in using the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) plugin. Please download the latest version and follow the instruction found in “Readme.txt” to do the setup. If you do not want to show this feature, just don’t install the plugin. Blog Title and Description The demo is showing a special font as below: By default, after you install the theme, the blog title and description are showing the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction: Part 1: Modifying Font Style – Download this PSD zip file (also include the font for this theme) – Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop/ImageReady/Gimp/PaintShop program – Change the title and description using your desired font (you are free to modify the header image if you want) – Save the image using this name: bg_header.jpg – Upload the image to your server in the â/styles/default/â folder Part 2: Activating the Style – Login to your WP admin – Go to the options page of the Destination theme under âAppearance -> Destinationâ – Find âTheme Styleâ under âLayout Settingâ – In the pull-down menu, select âdefault.cssâ – Save the setting and go to your site to see the changes. Ad Widget...
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