Free Dark and Clean WordPress Theme: Designpile
In this post we are glad to release DesignPile WordPress Theme, a theme designed by Site 5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme comes with 3 color styles and a couple of jQuery-based goodies. It can be used for portfolios and blogs as well as corporate webAs usual, the theme is free to use in private and commerical projects.
Download the theme for free!
The theme is released under GPL. You can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. Please link to this article if you want to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish.
- live demo
- large preview (1.2 Mb)
- installation guide and documentation
- download the .zip-package (.zip, 0.9 Mb, includes instructions files and required plugins)
- download mirror for the .zip-package
- release on designers’ site
Features
Here are some of the features of the theme:
- Widget ready (footer and sidebar),
- Easy to setup, the Theme Options Page has 3 color styles,
- Custom homepage,
- Simple Post Thumbnails Plugin,
- 125×125 ads section with enable/disable option, using “WP125″ plugin,
- JQuery Lightbox,
- JQuery Forms,
- AJAX-based based contact form,
- Live form email validation,
- Theme Requirements: WordPress 2.9.1+
Sidebar
Content, overview
“About the author”-section
Comments
Categories archive section
Thank you, Gabi Schiopu and the Site 5 design team! We appreciate your work and your good intentions!
Aravind
February 22nd, 2010 10:10 pmreally……great……..nice……
Aravind
February 22nd, 2010 10:10 pmreally……great……..nice……
mbug
February 23rd, 2010 4:13 amGreat post. Where did you get the background? How can I recreate something like this?
mbug
February 23rd, 2010 4:13 amGreat post. Where did you get the background? How can I recreate something like this?
Jason
February 23rd, 2010 6:22 amGreat theme, and I was able to use it with 2.9.2. Just a couple of notes:
- To get the simple thumbnails to work, I had to add the “thumbnails” folder myself with the proper permissions via FTP, then install the theme. I noticed the download on this site did not provie all of the plugin files. The “install” feature through the wp-admin plugin area did not do it either. My solution? I downloaded the files from the plugin page, uploaded via FTP, and it worked.
- I do not get the contact page error – but you should verify that the settings are all correct on the designpile settings area for the contact section. I also do not get the navigation issue – my pages are set by page ID, with no added plugins, and are working great.
- The ad section. I could not get the 2 column to work either. However, I did after I went into the plugin editor for the WP125 plugin, went to the CSS, and changed the padding from 10 px to 2 px in the last section/paragraph. You can give that a try.
- Yes, you can change the graphics quite easily. The easiest way to do it is to locate the images in the theme folder (under images) and edit them in Photoshop, then FTP them right on up to the same location on your server. Done! For logos, default thumbs, etc, I would use the options provided for the theme in the admin area under settings.
- I now have the site working great. My only question is the footer still has the design copyright to “designpile” and I cannot find the option to change it. I am, worried if I change it in the footer itself, I will violate the GPL and the template will stop working. I know better than to remove the “provider” of the theme, but my content is obviously not the copyright of designpile.
- You can see my site, though I am still working on it, at blues.jfrewald.com. I would be happy to help those I can help, since SM has helped me so much in the past.
Great theme!
Corie
May 29th, 2010 8:40 amJason,
I would love to use this theme as well…with a little customizing…I am a serious noob when it comes to coding or anything like that..so any help you might be able to give would be great!
Thanks
Corie
Jason
February 23rd, 2010 6:22 amGreat theme, and I was able to use it with 2.9.2. Just a couple of notes:
- To get the simple thumbnails to work, I had to add the “thumbnails” folder myself with the proper permissions via FTP, then install the theme. I noticed the download on this site did not provie all of the plugin files. The “install” feature through the wp-admin plugin area did not do it either. My solution? I downloaded the files from the plugin page, uploaded via FTP, and it worked.
- I do not get the contact page error – but you should verify that the settings are all correct on the designpile settings area for the contact section. I also do not get the navigation issue – my pages are set by page ID, with no added plugins, and are working great.
- The ad section. I could not get the 2 column to work either. However, I did after I went into the plugin editor for the WP125 plugin, went to the CSS, and changed the padding from 10 px to 2 px in the last section/paragraph. You can give that a try.
- Yes, you can change the graphics quite easily. The easiest way to do it is to locate the images in the theme folder (under images) and edit them in Photoshop, then FTP them right on up to the same location on your server. Done! For logos, default thumbs, etc, I would use the options provided for the theme in the admin area under settings.
- I now have the site working great. My only question is the footer still has the design copyright to “designpile” and I cannot find the option to change it. I am, worried if I change it in the footer itself, I will violate the GPL and the template will stop working. I know better than to remove the “provider” of the theme, but my content is obviously not the copyright of designpile.
- You can see my site, though I am still working on it, at blues.jfrewald.com. I would be happy to help those I can help, since SM has helped me so much in the past.
Great theme!
Corie
May 29th, 2010 8:40 amJason,
I would love to use this theme as well…with a little customizing…I am a serious noob when it comes to coding or anything like that..so any help you might be able to give would be great!
Thanks
Corie
Connie
February 23rd, 2010 6:27 amunfortunately again a non-translated theme.
When will you guys learn that the web is not monolingual?
When will you guys use the WP-translation-features in the themes?
Shame an you. Schämen Sie sich! Стыдитесь! Avez honte!
Connie
February 23rd, 2010 6:27 amunfortunately again a non-translated theme.
When will you guys learn that the web is not monolingual?
When will you guys use the WP-translation-features in the themes?
Shame an you. Schämen Sie sich! Стыдитесь! Avez honte!
Miller
February 23rd, 2010 7:37 amAdded my logo file- which looks great on the home page- but doesn’t show on subsequent pages (About, Contact, etc). Help?
theredbulb.com
Miller
February 23rd, 2010 7:37 amAdded my logo file- which looks great on the home page- but doesn’t show on subsequent pages (About, Contact, etc). Help?
theredbulb.com
Glenn Sorrentino
February 23rd, 2010 8:41 pmPretty clean, but is WordPress ruining web design? While they are easily accessible/modified and praised for that, is it taking a) business away from the freelancer, and b) is it making web design the mass-production market like other “factory” businesses?
Glenn Sorrentino
February 23rd, 2010 8:41 pmPretty clean, but is WordPress ruining web design? While they are easily accessible/modified and praised for that, is it taking a) business away from the freelancer, and b) is it making web design the mass-production market like other “factory” businesses?
Zeeshan Rasool
February 23rd, 2010 10:22 pmNice theme, thanks for sharing it !!!
Zeeshan Rasool
February 23rd, 2010 10:22 pmNice theme, thanks for sharing it !!!
Rolando A. Petit
February 24th, 2010 10:41 amI took the theme and made some mods to it to match my website theme. rosodigital.com/blog
Rolando A. Petit
February 24th, 2010 10:41 amI took the theme and made some mods to it to match my website theme. rosodigital.com/blog
JK@techtrickz
February 24th, 2010 8:09 pmAmazing! I was really looking for a good free theme for my blog. Thanks for sharing!
JK@techtrickz
February 24th, 2010 8:09 pmAmazing! I was really looking for a good free theme for my blog. Thanks for sharing!
RKM
February 25th, 2010 3:26 amI rarely ever see free WP themes that I’d consider implementing.
THIS is the exception, awesome work!
To other WP theme designers, take note of the feedback here — clearly this is a good direction!
RKM
February 25th, 2010 3:26 amI rarely ever see free WP themes that I’d consider implementing.
THIS is the exception, awesome work!
To other WP theme designers, take note of the feedback here — clearly this is a good direction!
James Lonergan
February 25th, 2010 10:59 amnice theme… its the style i want to design for my own one
James Lonergan
February 25th, 2010 10:59 amnice theme… its the style i want to design for my own one
markyc
February 25th, 2010 6:19 pmWow, great theme! Not only does it look great, but it seems to be coded very well too! It only needed a couple of tweaks, but I’m stoked to see such high quality free themes coming through SM. Thanks and keep it up!!
markyc
February 25th, 2010 6:19 pmWow, great theme! Not only does it look great, but it seems to be coded very well too! It only needed a couple of tweaks, but I’m stoked to see such high quality free themes coming through SM. Thanks and keep it up!!
NavaPavan
February 25th, 2010 10:13 pmThanks for sharing. It was clean and nice
NavaPavan
February 25th, 2010 10:13 pmThanks for sharing. It was clean and nice
alchymyth
February 27th, 2010 1:12 amthere is a fix for the pagination problems of the front page of ‘designpile’ in the wordpress support forum ( http://wordpress.org/support/topic/369386?replies=10 );
a copy of the edited home.php ( http://wordpress.pastebin.com/X3JRpx23 ) is available.
alchymyth
February 27th, 2010 1:12 amthere is a fix for the pagination problems of the front page of ‘designpile’ in the wordpress support forum ( http://wordpress.org/support/topic/369386?replies=10 );
a copy of the edited home.php ( http://wordpress.pastebin.com/X3JRpx23 ) is available.
matthew
March 2nd, 2010 3:00 pmthank you so much for this wonderful theme. excellent neat coding.. which saved me alot of time in modifying it! we have it in action here: polkadotmonsters.com
matthew
March 2nd, 2010 3:00 pmthank you so much for this wonderful theme. excellent neat coding.. which saved me alot of time in modifying it! we have it in action here: polkadotmonsters.com
Logan
March 2nd, 2010 5:48 pmHey. I seem to be having a problem where image posts show up as an error box in my blog. I’ve tried all the fixes I could find on the web but am just absolutely stumped. I see a rather large picture on everyones version of the blog, but cannot find a way to post a large image. I’ve tried using the homepost tag, and worked with the thumbnail plugin quite a bit, but nothing is working. If I apply the homepost tag, no other blog posts show up. I’m stuck!! HELP! To see what exactly I’m talking about, check out logancollingwood.com
Logan
March 2nd, 2010 5:48 pmHey. I seem to be having a problem where image posts show up as an error box in my blog. I’ve tried all the fixes I could find on the web but am just absolutely stumped. I see a rather large picture on everyones version of the blog, but cannot find a way to post a large image. I’ve tried using the homepost tag, and worked with the thumbnail plugin quite a bit, but nothing is working. If I apply the homepost tag, no other blog posts show up. I’m stuck!! HELP! To see what exactly I’m talking about, check out logancollingwood.com
LaurensT
March 3rd, 2010 3:56 amI like it!
LaurensT
March 3rd, 2010 3:56 amI like it!
Aditya
March 4th, 2010 1:10 pmNice theme. I love it.
Grungy and yet unique
Btw, the layout for the first page is broken when where is password protected post. Is there any way to fix this.
Aditya
March 4th, 2010 1:10 pmNice theme. I love it.
Grungy and yet unique
Btw, the layout for the first page is broken when where is password protected post. Is there any way to fix this.
Ciprian Palici
March 8th, 2010 2:00 amI see more and more people using this kind of color scheme… look at mine. creativeweek.org
Ciprian Palici
March 8th, 2010 2:00 amI see more and more people using this kind of color scheme… look at mine. creativeweek.org
Jack Murphy
March 9th, 2010 11:57 pmFor those of you having trouble with the sidebar, here’s a tip. Make sure you installed both required plugins. Make sure you have “Simple Post Thumbnails” installed, and “WP125″ Plugin installed. Next, make sure you add content to your sidebar using Appearence – Widgets -> Sidebar. You can drag items in there…
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp125/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-post-thumbnails/
Good Luck! I’ll be pimping out symbionmedia.com/blog/
Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy
March 9th, 2010 11:57 pmFor those of you having trouble with the sidebar, here’s a tip. Make sure you installed both required plugins. Make sure you have “Simple Post Thumbnails” installed, and “WP125″ Plugin installed. Next, make sure you add content to your sidebar using Appearence – Widgets -> Sidebar. You can drag items in there…
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp125/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-post-thumbnails/
Good Luck! I’ll be pimping out symbionmedia.com/blog/
Jack Murphy
1618
March 14th, 2010 1:33 amHey how do you get the featured post to work?
sam
March 18th, 2010 1:27 pmto show a featured post you have to add “featured” to your tags and create a custom field, called “featured_img” and post the direct URL to the image !
greetz
1618
March 31st, 2010 7:57 amThanks that works but just can’t get the main image to appear :$
1618
March 14th, 2010 1:33 amHey how do you get the featured post to work?
sam
March 18th, 2010 1:27 pmto show a featured post you have to add “featured” to your tags and create a custom field, called “featured_img” and post the direct URL to the image !
greetz
1618
March 31st, 2010 7:57 amThanks that works but just can’t get the main image to appear :$
Tim
March 14th, 2010 5:29 amI’v got a litle problem with this skin, sometimes the post are acting wierd:
blog.kingdom-rose.com/
May someone help me out with this problem
Tim
March 14th, 2010 5:29 amI’v got a litle problem with this skin, sometimes the post are acting wierd:
blog.kingdom-rose.com/
May someone help me out with this problem
WakeUPZee
March 15th, 2010 9:15 pmsmashingmagazine is a place where i learnt lot of things in technologies.
WakeUPZee
March 15th, 2010 9:15 pmsmashingmagazine is a place where i learnt lot of things in technologies.
gee
March 16th, 2010 6:05 amvery nice!
some nice work also in here
gee
March 16th, 2010 6:05 amvery nice!
some nice work also in here
mark
March 19th, 2010 1:34 pmhi, this is an amazing theme. But I have had some trouble with a photogallery plugin called slidepress. It uses the thickbox to show pop up galleries. it works with other thems fine, but won’t pop up with designpile ? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slidepress/
mark
March 19th, 2010 1:34 pmhi, this is an amazing theme. But I have had some trouble with a photogallery plugin called slidepress. It uses the thickbox to show pop up galleries. it works with other thems fine, but won’t pop up with designpile ? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slidepress/
eddy
March 20th, 2010 4:01 am[gallery link="file" columns="8" class="lightbox"]
is this the correct way of getting the lightbox to work ?
eddy
March 20th, 2010 4:01 am[gallery link="file" columns="8" class="lightbox"]
is this the correct way of getting the lightbox to work ?
LuckInMe
March 21st, 2010 7:44 amReally, Great Theme. Thanks…. :)
LuckInMe
March 21st, 2010 7:44 amReally, Great Theme. Thanks…. :)
Erick
March 27th, 2010 8:25 pmGreat Theme !!!
BUT !!!
I have a problem with Posts Thumbnails:
I dont have problems with “Default thumbnail”, but when i want to set a
different Thumbnail in my posts… the image does not show.
Someone can help me, please? =(
Erick
March 27th, 2010 8:25 pmGreat Theme !!!
BUT !!!
I have a problem with Posts Thumbnails:
I dont have problems with “Default thumbnail”, but when i want to set a
different Thumbnail in my posts… the image does not show.
Someone can help me, please? =(
Nydia
March 28th, 2010 8:03 amI’ve finally managed to install this theme, but the featured image just won’t show up D:
Here it is: test.yongwonhisub.com/
I already specify the border and alt, I don’t know why this happens.
Nydia
March 28th, 2010 9:58 amNvm. I worked it out :D
HR
July 8th, 2010 7:38 amI can’t seem to get the feature image to work. What did you do the get it going?
Nydia
March 28th, 2010 8:03 amI’ve finally managed to install this theme, but the featured image just won’t show up D:
Here it is: test.yongwonhisub.com/
I already specify the border and alt, I don’t know why this happens.
Nydia
March 28th, 2010 9:58 amNvm. I worked it out :D
HR
July 8th, 2010 7:38 amI can’t seem to get the feature image to work. What did you do the get it going?
hkn
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hkn
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Enes
April 9th, 2010 3:36 pmie 6 again. it doesn’t work on ie6. I’ve just checked. all of the site5 wp themes are the same.
Can anyone fix this problem?
Enes
April 9th, 2010 3:36 pmie 6 again. it doesn’t work on ie6. I’ve just checked. all of the site5 wp themes are the same.
Can anyone fix this problem?
Lorem Ipsum
April 10th, 2010 3:58 pmBackground furat.
Lorem Ipsum
April 10th, 2010 3:58 pmBackground furat.
charobnjak
April 11th, 2010 11:10 amHi, love the theme,
I wanted to start a blog for dzidze.com and i couldn’t find a suitable theme, now that i have, will start soon.
If anybody is having problem with a blank theme on install you should change the last line i
functions.php
From:
<? }?>
To:
<?php } ?>
charobnjak
April 11th, 2010 11:10 amHi, love the theme,
I wanted to start a blog for dzidze.com and i couldn’t find a suitable theme, now that i have, will start soon.
If anybody is having problem with a blank theme on install you should change the last line i
functions.php
From:
<? }?>
To:
<?php } ?>
Kevin
April 14th, 2010 12:05 pmWhen I install the zip I get the following errors –
Warning: fopen(C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\wordpress/wp-content/themes/designpile/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 3598
Warning: fread() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 3601
Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 3604
Kevin
April 14th, 2010 12:05 pmWhen I install the zip I get the following errors –
Warning: fopen(C:xamppxampphtdocswordpress/wp-content/themes/designpile/style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:xamppxampphtdocswordpresswp-includesfunctions.php on line 3598
Warning: fread() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:xamppxampphtdocswordpresswp-includesfunctions.php on line 3601
Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:xamppxampphtdocswordpresswp-includesfunctions.php on line 3604
Kevin
April 16th, 2010 7:33 amFor anyone experiencing the same problem as me above I have a solution. First off I tried editing the functions.php closing tag as a few people suggested but this had no effect for me. So in the end I uninstalled the zip (and I was sure that the zip was only the theme and not theme plus instructions) and then rather than uploading it again using the “upload zip” option, I instead pasted the unzipped folder directly into my theme folder. Then I refreshed my admin theme page and hit preview – it works now. Odd.
Kevin
April 16th, 2010 7:33 amFor anyone experiencing the same problem as me above I have a solution. First off I tried editing the functions.php closing tag as a few people suggested but this had no effect for me. So in the end I uninstalled the zip (and I was sure that the zip was only the theme and not theme plus instructions) and then rather than uploading it again using the “upload zip” option, I instead pasted the unzipped folder directly into my theme folder. Then I refreshed my admin theme page and hit preview – it works now. Odd.
Alex W
April 18th, 2010 9:59 pmCould somebody help me with the “featured” Thing. I cannot seem to get it working=/
wackertech.com
Thanks,
Alex
Alex W
April 18th, 2010 9:59 pmCould somebody help me with the “featured” Thing. I cannot seem to get it working=/
wackertech.com
Thanks,
Alex
pyr0technicien
April 27th, 2010 2:43 pmHi,
I’m french and I totally don’t understand for the featured_img, what does ” custom field, called “featured_img”” means ? I don’t understand the ” custom field “, I don’t know how to do it …
If someone could help me, it will be great :D
pyr0technicien
April 27th, 2010 2:43 pmHi,
I’m french and I totally don’t understand for the featured_img, what does ” custom field, called “featured_img”” means ? I don’t understand the ” custom field “, I don’t know how to do it …
If someone could help me, it will be great :D
fangs
May 4th, 2010 3:09 amhey! i;m a new user to wordpress. must i purchase css upgrade then only able to use this design pile css?
fangs
May 4th, 2010 3:09 amhey! i;m a new user to wordpress. must i purchase css upgrade then only able to use this design pile css?
Corie
May 29th, 2010 10:15 amDoes anyone know how to edit the “About Author” box?
Brandon
June 13th, 2010 11:53 amJust use the Text widget. Simply write About Author as title and then your text in the description. Should be good to go.
Corie
May 29th, 2010 10:15 amDoes anyone know how to edit the “About Author” box?
Brandon
June 13th, 2010 11:53 amJust use the Text widget. Simply write About Author as title and then your text in the description. Should be good to go.
Corie
May 29th, 2010 1:54 pmAny coders out there who might be able to help me with this theme? There is just one thing I would like to add!!! Please desperate!
Corie
May 29th, 2010 1:54 pmAny coders out there who might be able to help me with this theme? There is just one thing I would like to add!!! Please desperate!
Kristen
June 20th, 2010 2:33 pmISSUE: I can’t seem to use any widget that involves an image on the sidebar for this theme. I’ve tried about 5 of them, and each time the image will not appear. These same widgets work on other blog sites. Anyone else have this issue?
SITE: kristennedopak.com
Kristen
June 20th, 2010 2:33 pmISSUE: I can’t seem to use any widget that involves an image on the sidebar for this theme. I’ve tried about 5 of them, and each time the image will not appear. These same widgets work on other blog sites. Anyone else have this issue?
SITE: kristennedopak.com
Ipads Tablet
June 21st, 2010 9:58 pmA theme designed by Site 5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme comes with 3 color styles and a couple of j Query-based goodies. It can be used for portfolios and blogs as well as corporate web As usual, the theme is free to use in private and commercial projects.
ipad tablet
Ipads Tablet
June 21st, 2010 9:58 pmA theme designed by Site 5 and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The theme comes with 3 color styles and a couple of j Query-based goodies. It can be used for portfolios and blogs as well as corporate web As usual, the theme is free to use in private and commercial projects.
ipad tablet
5tak
July 17th, 2010 8:29 amAmazing Theme!
I have a question how to embed video in a message tagged Favorites? So that it appears in the post on the main page, rather than switching to the post itself?
5tak
July 17th, 2010 8:29 amAmazing Theme!
I have a question how to embed video in a message tagged Favorites? So that it appears in the post on the main page, rather than switching to the post itself?
Laura
July 27th, 2010 7:56 amThis doesn’t seem to work with WordPress 3.0. Nothing is showing up in the preview, and when you install it, you get nothing as well. The fix charobnjak mentions is already done, but doesn’t seem to help. Any ideas?
Laura
July 27th, 2010 7:56 amThis doesn’t seem to work with WordPress 3.0. Nothing is showing up in the preview, and when you install it, you get nothing as well. The fix charobnjak mentions is already done, but doesn’t seem to help. Any ideas?
Nae
July 29th, 2010 9:40 amIs there a forum or support group for this theme? I’ve seen 2 people ask about how to get the featured post to work and it really hasn’t been answered so that everyone can understand. Also, I have tried to change the page of my post through the Settings/Reading section and the posts will not post to another page. Since this theme has a lot of tweeks that need to be done, it would be great if there was a forum.
Nae
July 29th, 2010 9:40 amIs there a forum or support group for this theme? I’ve seen 2 people ask about how to get the featured post to work and it really hasn’t been answered so that everyone can understand. Also, I have tried to change the page of my post through the Settings/Reading section and the posts will not post to another page. Since this theme has a lot of tweeks that need to be done, it would be great if there was a forum.
Nae
July 29th, 2010 10:15 amOkay, I figured out how to add the featured post…
#1 – The first thing that you need to do is upload your photo. I used the “thumbnail” thing and it did not work for me, so I opened a free account with Photobucket. I went to the Photobucket account and uploaded the image I wanted to use. Once the image is uploaded, it will give you several ways to “share” the link. Click the link above the photo that says “share”, then click, “get a link code”. Copy the link for “Direct link for layout pages”.
Now go back to you blog.
#2 – Create a post as you normally would. You can name the post whatever you like and in the text area, you can type whatever you want to.
#3 – Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find “Custom Fields”. In the name field, you will put “featured_img” (without the ” marks). In the “Value” section, paste your Photobucket link.
#4 – Next, go over to the right of the screen and in the “Tags” section, type in the word: featured
Publish your post and there it is!
***Now this is how you answer a question (if you know the answer) :)
Edit:: I’ve been trying to figure out how you can “center” the image. If I figure it out, I will come back and explain. If someone else know, please share.
hoektoe
September 22nd, 2010 12:43 amThanx man for help!!!
Dean
October 3rd, 2011 4:19 pmJust to clarify one thing, in WordPress v3.1+, the option to add/view Custom Fields is hidden if you have not used it before.
So go to the Screen Options drop down in the upper right corner of the screen and pull it down. Then check the “Custom Fields” checkbox. Then continue as normal as explained in the above comment.
Dean
October 3rd, 2011 5:20 pmTo answer your question about how to center the Featured Image:
#1 – Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
#2 – In the left column, look under the caption “Appearance” and click on “Editor”.
#3 – The style.css file in use should open up in the center column.
#4 – Look for this code:
#featuredPost .featuredDetails a img {
border:none;
}
#5 – Replace it with:
#featuredPost .featuredDetails a img {
border:none;
display:block;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
#6 – Hit “Update file” link.
That should work. I tried that for myself and it worked. Hope it works for others too.
Regards.
Nae
July 29th, 2010 10:15 amOkay, I figured out how to add the featured post…
#1 – The first thing that you need to do is upload your photo. I used the “thumbnail” thing and it did not work for me, so I opened a free account with Photobucket. I went to the Photobucket account and uploaded the image I wanted to use. Once the image is uploaded, it will give you several ways to “share” the link. Click the link above the photo that says “share”, then click, “get a link code”. Copy the link for “Direct link for layout pages”.
Now go back to you blog.
#2 – Create a post as you normally would. You can name the post whatever you like and in the text area, you can type whatever you want to.
#3 – Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find “Custom Fields”. In the name field, you will put “featured_img” (without the ” marks). In the “Value” section, paste your Photobucket link.
#4 – Next, go over to the right of the screen and in the “Tags” section, type in the word: featured
Publish your post and there it is!
***Now this is how you answer a question (if you know the answer) :)
Edit:: I’ve been trying to figure out how you can “center” the image. If I figure it out, I will come back and explain. If someone else know, please share.
hoektoe
September 22nd, 2010 12:43 amThanx man for help!!!
Charlie
August 4th, 2010 1:16 pmIs there a help forum for this site file?
Only have one small issue that needs to be fixed. My logo only shows up on the home page but not the other pages….weird.
Any help would be awesome.
Charlie
August 4th, 2010 1:16 pmIs there a help forum for this site file?
Only have one small issue that needs to be fixed. My logo only shows up on the home page but not the other pages….weird.
Any help would be awesome.
PJ
August 4th, 2010 5:37 pmI am having a problem with page navigation. You know the thing where there is a previous and next page. It has css code for it, just not implemented. I know there was a “fix” shown earlier in the posts, but the fix no longer works as I have just did it. 100% fresh clean install and simply replace home.php with the fixed home.php. Can anyone help me with the previous and next page thing? Oh and I am a super noob :D
EDIT: Just figured it out, you need to have over 10 posts in order for the navigation to show up on the bottom. Don’t know why considering you can set it so that there are only 6 posts on the front page . . . oh well solved :D
PJ
August 4th, 2010 5:37 pmI am having a problem with page navigation. You know the thing where there is a previous and next page. It has css code for it, just not implemented. I know there was a “fix” shown earlier in the posts, but the fix no longer works as I have just did it. 100% fresh clean install and simply replace home.php with the fixed home.php. Can anyone help me with the previous and next page thing? Oh and I am a super noob :D
EDIT: Just figured it out, you need to have over 10 posts in order for the navigation to show up on the bottom. Don’t know why considering you can set it so that there are only 6 posts on the front page . . . oh well solved :D
jlmurgas
August 10th, 2010 6:52 pmCan I remove the Site5 logo footer ?
jlmurgas
August 10th, 2010 6:52 pmCan I remove the Site5 logo footer ?
jane
September 1st, 2010 9:11 pmCan anyone post a link to the fixed file? I tried uploading this to my site and when I activate it, it turned my whole page to blank white.
What could be the problem? :(
jane
September 1st, 2010 9:11 pmCan anyone post a link to the fixed file? I tried uploading this to my site and when I activate it, it turned my whole page to blank white.
What could be the problem? :(