Article DirectoryElite Article Directory On WordPress Engine

Represent your attention special Article Directory theme for using with my Article Directory plugin.

Worth noting that the ideological inspirer for realization article directory on WordPress engine is the ArticleDashBoard.com. Therefore, while creating Article Directory theme I was orientated to this directory.

Features

• Statistics on the total number of published articles and the number of registered authors.
• Each author has a page with his profile and list of his articles.
• The home page displays a list of the most recent articles. By default, 30 titles. The numbers can be changed in the template file index.php.
• Lists of “pages” are available at two locations in header of page. To mutual exclusion repeated pages you must find in two places of the header.php file the code like this:

  <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&include=2,3'); ?>

  and specify in the include option comma-separated list identifiers pages you wish to include into the list.

• On the categories pages displayed so-called “bread crumbs.”
• The category page displays a list of subcategories and list of this category articles. That pages don’t contain articles from subcategories. Such articles are displayed on the subcategories pages.
• The possibility of sorting a list of articles on the current category (title, newest, oldest). A similar possibility exists on the author page.
• A page of a particular article contains a list of other articles from the same category.
• The Article Directory theme is intended to work with WordPress version 2.3+. Working with earlier versions is not assured.

Supplement

For working the article directory at full capacity the following plugins are obligatory:

1. Article Directory – plugin, that displays the structured list of categories.
2. Role Manager – allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles – called Roles and their Capabilities.

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If you enjoy this theme, you can thank me and leave a small donation.

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FAQ related to Article Directory theme and plugin

How can I have the outside background (grey stripes) and the border like on this site? How to add a logo in the header before the site title? How can I change the width of the sidebars? How to place a banner in header? Etc.

Sorry, I can’t help you with such a questions. Please read and study CSS manuals or find a freelancer that make this things for you.

I have installed your theme “Article Directory”, but I don’t see the “Register” link on my site.

You need to activate the “Membership (Anyone can register)” option on the “General Settings” page of admin area.

When I make a page it does not show up in the menu where the “Home” link is located.

You need to specify the ID’s of these pages in the header.php file. Instruction about this written on the Article Directory theme page.

Is there a way we can place all submitted articles under moderation instead of being published straight away?

You need to install the Role Manager plugin. You can see a capabilities that are enabled on this site – look at the screenshot.

Is there a simple way to quickly add the categories (instead of adding it one by one)?

You can use the Post Corrector plugin for this.

How do I get my recent article posts to display like you have your “Recent Articles” in your first Sidebar?

If widgets are not used in this sidebar, the “Recent Articles” will be shown.

Is there a version of Article Directory theme just for a regular blog?

Yes, you can get it here – ADSimple WordPress theme.

Version history

Version 1.6.1 (01.10.10)

• If WP-PageNavi plugin is not installed, default paged navigation now displays.
• Fixed error with wrong displaying of the No articles in this category message.

Version 1.6 (09.27.09)

• Subcategory page now displays a list of other subcategories from the same category.

Version 1.5 (12.20.08)

• Changes for WordPress 2.7.

Version 1.4.1 (11.29.08) – downloads: 308

• Changed the method of reading WordPress version.
• Small minor corrections.

Version 1.4 (07.19.08) – downloads: 1112

• Solved the problem with incorrect displaying the message “No categories” with the heading “Subcategories” on categories archive pages.
• Small minor corrections.

Version 1.35 (05.22.08) – downloads: 172

• If the user is authorized, in authorization block displayed links to the admin interface for user of corresponding status.

Version 1.3 (04.11.08) – downloads: 145

• Added a page template to display a list of categories with links to their RSS feeds (rssfeeds.php file).
• Made some changes in code of recent articles in sidebar, because the excerpt was displayed incorrectly.

Version 1.2 (02.29.08)

• Added widgets support.
• Now, if a parent category does not contain subcategories when it is viewed not shown headline “Subcategories” with the message “No categories.”

Version 1.1 (01.19.08)

• Fixed counting of the total number of articles for WordPress Version 2.3+. Earlier this amount included and the number of published pages.
• Added user registration form.
• Other minor corrections.

Version 1.0 (01.09.08)

• First release.