Tag Archives: 1.6+

Help test WPFolio 1.6.5 beta

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 10, 2010

Update – the release has been approved. Thanks! Before we submit our latest version of WPFolio to WordPress for general release, we’d like for you to help us test it. Patrick Carey and I have been working on getting a 1.6.x version of WPFolio released since the summer. Each time we submit it to WordPress we’re made aware of some standard we need to meet. While it’s slowed down the release, it’s made the code better. We’re fairly sure we’ve got all the bugs handled, but things pop up when it gets out into the real world. Would you help us out? Things to know about beta testing You may [...]

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Styling Navigation Background Colors (1.6+)

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 4, 2010

With the 1.6 version of WPFolio I added a drop down menu bar. The default hover and background styles are shades of grey. The background colors in the navigation menu can be changed using your child theme the code snippet below. WPFolio version 1.6 includes a sample child theme for adding your own modifications. These modifications stay separate from WPFolio so you can update and keep your tweaks. The code below should help you get started. Add a color value after “background:” and before the semicolon. You can use hex values (or rgba if you care to be so bold).

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Insert gallery with 4 images across using a child theme (1.6+)

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 31, 2010

When adding an image gallery to a post WordPress’ default is to have 3 images across. While you it’s possible to select 4 across when selecting options for the gallery or by changing the options in the gallery shortcode, it won”t display correctly. If you add the following code to an activated child theme, you can use 4 image across galleries (but be aware your old 3 across galleries will start to look off). WPFolio version 1.6 includes a sample child theme for adding your own modifications. These modifications stay separate from WPFolio so you can update and keep your tweaks.

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Adding rounded accents with a child theme (1.6+)

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 27, 2010

Read up on using child themes to modify your theme files. If you have trouble, check out the troubleshooting area. WPFolio version 1.6 includes a sample child theme for adding your own modifications. These modifications stay separate from WPFolio so you can update WPFolio in the future and keep your tweaks. One change you may want to add is to add rounded corners to your design. The following code snippet, added to your child theme’s style.css file will add these rounded corners.

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Navigation Menu

WPFolio uses the new custom menu features of WordPress 3.0 that allow you to have beautiful custom, drop-down menus. No more clunky widget hacks for us! However, by default, when you install the theme it will just show a list of pages in the navigation. There’s a few steps you’ll need to take to make the magic happen! Creating a Navigation Menu Step 1. Create A Menu! Start by going to Appearance > Menus. Name your menu, then click on create menu. It needs a name so if you want to have a few and switch them around, you can. Step 2. Select Your Menu Step 3. Select and Arrange [...]

Upgrading to 1.6

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 18, 2010

Exciting – WPFolio 1.6 is almost here. And with it, all kinds of new features and improvements. This post will go over what you can expect when you update and how to have your site looking at it’s best quickly and easily. WPFolio 1.6 takes advantage of features in WordPress 3.0. When you update, you’ll need to make a few adjustments to your theme to make it current. You will also want to experiment with some of the new features. So, why not start by watching this exciting video on WordPress 3.0? Updating First, WPFolio 1.6 requires WordPress 3.0 and up. It’s highly recommended to keep WordPress, your themes, and [...]

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