I used grey as the main color to make the photo stand out in this theme. Hope you like the Rustic Portrait theme

Latest Version: 1.01
Updated on: 2009/05/11

This theme is free to download and you are granted unlimited usage. Please support this site by subscribing via RSS or email.

Rustic Portrait PSD File Gain access to the fully layered Photoshop file for quick and easy tweakage. Great for designers who want greater customization.	Self customization tutorial
Ad-Free Package Removing the credit links will make the theme to not function properly. Theme files without the credit links can be purchased at $20.

Theme Customization
Do 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 go to the theme customization service.

Main Features
- Free forum support. visit Rustic Portrait forum
- Rotating pictures in the frame
- Compatible with IE7, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera
- W3C XHTML and CSS compliant
- SEO ready
- Gravatar enable

 
Blog Title and Description
By default, the blog title and description are using the Arial font. You can change the font style by following this instruction:
- Open “header.php”
- Remove this code

<<?php echo $tmp;?> id="blogtitle"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></<?php echo $tmp;?>>
<div id="subtitle"><?php bloginfo('description');?></div>

- Save the file and upload to your server
- Download this PSD zip file (including the font that I use, which is available free from dafont.com.)
- Extract and open the PSD file in the Photoshop program
- Add the title and description using your desired font
- Save the image using this name: bg_header.gif
- upload the image to your server in the /images folder to replace the old one

Image Customization
When you refresh the page, you’ll see different photos being displayed. Those images can be customized by following the instruction below:
1. Resize your images to W320 x H280 px.
2. Upload your images into the /custom/ folder.
There are a few images currently in the folder. You can delete and upload your own one.
3. Only *.jpg and *.gif format are accepted.
4. The filenames should not contain “space”.
5. The uploaded images will show up in the hole.
6. If you upload more than 1 image, one of the images will show up in the hole randomly.

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
2009-03-19 v1.00 – Release
2009-05-11 v1.01 – Fix Tag Cloud widget display problem
2009-07-14 – Theme is compatible with WP 2.8

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Rustic Portrait

How does it work?
First, I will decide which area of the header to allow custom image. Then I’ll program that section and assign a folder for you to upload your own images.

How to make it work?
Very simple. After you have unzipped the theme, you’ll find a folder named “custom” (for Photo Frame theme) or “photos” (for Postage Sydney theme). Simply upload your image(s) with the correct size to the folder and that image(s) will show up in the header.

What is the file extension for the image?
Your image should be in .jpg format.

What if I upload more than 1 image?
Your images will be rotated when you click refresh button a few times.

As an example, look at our Photo Frame theme as shown below. As you can see, there are 3 photo frames in the header. I have programmed the theme such that you can change the image in the middle frame.

I have uploaded these 2 images to the “custom” folder (for the Postage Sydney theme, upload your images to the “photos” folder)

To show the second image, just click the refresh button a few times and the first image will be replaced by the second one.

I even rotate and resize the uploaded images so that it fits in the middle frame nicely!

What is the server requirement?
To make this work, your web server should have GD Library supported. GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. To check if your server supports this feature, follow this simple instruction:

1. Download this GD testing file
2. Unzip the file and upload it to your server
3. Open the file in any browser
4. If your server supports GD, all the items should display “Yes”

The server report for Templatelite can be seen here.

What if my web server doesn’t support GD Library?
The effect will not show up. Instead, the header image will show a default image. In the case of the Photo Frame theme, the default image is a butterfly as shown below:

Themes that are currently using this effect:
- Photo Frame (Recommended image size: 300×240 px and above)
- Postage Sydney (Recommended image size: 180×200 px and above)

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Rotating Custom Header Image