WordPress Theme

Premium Newspaper WordPress Theme

NOTE: IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PREVIEW THE THEME UNDER WORDPRESS ADMIN DASHBOARD, DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN STILL ACTIVATE IT. YOU CAN'T PREVIEW IT DUE TO THE PLUGINS CONFLICT IT SEEMS.

Width Maximum: Do not exceed 640 pixels in width for your images and such in your entries as it would screw up the theme dimension.

A. Plugins

It is recommended THAT you upload and activate the provided plugins before switching the new theme.

  1. Popular Post Plugin
    1. This plugin displays popular entries.
    2. PHP code located under sidebar.php. The code is <?php if (function_exists('popular_posts')) popular_posts(); ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, go to "WP > Control Panel > Settings > Popular Post ".
    4. Under "General Options" I recommend 5 posts.


  2. Pagebar2 Plugin
    1. This plugin displays a nicer page navigation.
    2. PHP code located under category.php, tag.php and search.php. The code is <?php if (function_exists('wp_pagebar')) wp_pagebar(); ?>
    3. To change the CSS look, edit style.css file to change it, search for the code /* Pagebar */


  3. Related Post Plugin
    1. This plugin displays a list of related entries to current post.
    2. PHP code located under single.php and page.php. The code is <?php if (function_exists('related_posts')) related_posts(); ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, go to "WP > Control Panel > Plugins > Related Post ".
    4. Click the this script link to create the database.
    5. Add <li> to before and </li> to after options.
    6. I recommend 5 related post to display.
    7. To change the CSS look, edit style.css file to change it, search for the code box7e


  4. Sociable Plugin
    1. This plugin displays social bookmarking icons in your article.
    2. PHP code located under single.php. The code is <?php if (function_exists('sociable_html')) { echo sociable_html(); } ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, go to "WP > Control Panel > Settings > Sociable ".
    4. Under settings, untick all the checkboxes and remove the tagline.
    5. I also recommend you display no more than 17 icons.
    6. To change the CSS look, edit style.css file to change it, search for the code box9c, sociable and sociable_tagline.


  5. WP-Ratings Plugin
    1. This plugin allows a user to rate the entry.
    2. PHP code located under single.php. The code is <?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, go to "WP > Control Panel > Ratings ".
    4. Under ratings options, I recommend thumbs ratings image. You can of course choose otherwise.
    5. Change the ratings template as follows
      • Ratings Vote Text: Rate: %RATINGS_IMAGES_VOTE% (<strong>%RATINGS_SCORE%</strong> rating, <strong>%RATINGS_USERS%</strong> votes) %RATINGS_TEXT%
      • Ratings Voted Text: %RATINGS_IMAGES% (<em><strong>%RATINGS_SCORE%</strong> rating, <strong>%RATINGS_USERS%</strong> votes, <strong>rated</strong></em>)
      • Ratings No Permission Text:: Rate: %RATINGS_IMAGES% (<em><strong>%RATINGS_SCORE%</strong> rating, <strong>%RATINGS_USERS%</strong> votes, <strong>rated</strong></em>)<em>You need to be a registered member to rate this post.</em>
      • Ratings None: Rate: %RATINGS_IMAGES_VOTE% (No Ratings Yet) %RATINGS_TEXT%


  6. WP-Poll Plugin
    1. This plugin allows a user to cast a vote for the topic.
    2. PHP code located under sidebar.php. The code is <?php if (function_exists('get_poll')) get_poll(); ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, go to "WP > Control Panel > Poll ".


  7. Post-Thumb Plugin
    1. This plugin displays auto-generated thumbnails on the main page for each entries.
    2. PHP code located under index.php, category.php, tag.php and search.php. The code is <?php the_thumb('EDIT-PARAMETERS-HERE'); ?> & <?php the_random_thumb('EDIT-PARAMETERS-HERE'); ?>
    3. To configure it via WordPress, , go to "WP > Control Panel > Settings > Post Thumb".
    4. I recommend settings the thumbnail sizes to 300px width and 225px height.
    5. I recommend you create a new folder call "thumbnail" under wp-content/thumbnail. CHMOD the folder to 777. This is where it will store the auto-generated thumbnails.
    6. Under the Post Thumb WP config page, set the "folder name" settings to wp-content/thumbnail.
    7. To change the CSS look, edit style.css file to change it, search for the code box4b img, box6a img, box7a img and box8c img.

B. AdSense Ready

  1. 728x90 banner ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-728x90.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.
  2. 336x280 banner ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-336x280.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.
  3. 300x250 banner ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-300x250.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.
  4. 728x15 link ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-728x15.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.
  5. 160x90 link ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-160x90.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.
  6. Sidebar ads - Open up the provided file template-ads-sidebar.php. Replaced the ad code with yours.

C. Customizing Header Graphics

  1. Look for the image anwar-ibrahim-03.gif under the images folder. Edit it to your liking or replace it with the same size dimension.
  2. I've also provided anwar-ibrahim-03.psd just in case you want to follow my logo style.

D. SEO

  1. ALT - Open up the provided file template-alt.php. Replaced the alt code with your anchor keyword. This will help increase your quality score in search engine rankings.
  2. You can also rename the theme folder and images filename to your anchor keyword. But doing so, do update the theme PHP files to the new corresponding new renamed changed filename.

E. Profile

  1. Open up the provided file template-profile.php. Replaced the profile info with yours.
  2. Look for anwar-ibrahim-10.jpg under images folder if you wish to change the profile background picture.
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