Represent your attention the 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.
Demo
You can see the demo here – Articlesss.com/demo/.
Theme features
- The Article Directory theme is intended to work with WordPress 2.9 – 3.0.4.
- Statistics on the total number of published articles and the number of registered authors.
- The home page displays a list of the most recent articles. By default it’s a 30 titles. The number can be changed in the template file index.php.
- Each author has a page with info about him and list of his articles. Info about the author is also displaying on a single article page.
- Breadcrumbs on the archives by date, author archives, categories and search results pages.
- The category page displays a list of subcategories (or sibling subcategories) and list of this category articles.
- The possibility of sorting a list of articles on the current category (title, newest, oldest). A similar possibility exists on the author page.
- Single article page contains a list of other articles from the same category.
- Pagination without a plugin.
- List of top authors.
- Widgets support.
- Localization support.
Attention! The Article Directory plugin is obligatory for working the article directory at full capacity .
Download
Version: 1.7.1 | Last updated: 2010-09-12
Donation
If you enjoy this theme, you can thank me and leave a small donation.
FAQ about 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.
Is there a simple way to quickly add the categories (instead of adding it one by one)?
Yes. You can use the Post Corrector plugin for this.
Is there a version of Article Directory theme just for a regular blog?
Yes. You can get it here - ADSimple WordPress theme.
What should I enter in the "ID of author panel page" in the plugin options? What should that look like?
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Go to the "Pages" in admin menu. Hover the mouse cursor on the title of the author panel page you have created. Now look at the status bar of your browser. You'll see something like this:
The number after
post=is the ID of author panel page. Is there a way let users edit their posts not in WordPress admin area?
Sorry, but that's not possible.
How do I allow authors to upload images?
Unfortunately, it's impossible in the author panel. But they can upload an image on the free image hosting (for example imageshack.us) and then paste a link on it.
Can you share or sell theme like on your site articless.com?
No, this theme is not for share or sale.
Version history
Version 1.7.1 (2010-09-12)
- Added CSS styles for the TinyMCE editor and HTML editor in the author panel.
- The authorization form is made as a function that connects from the “Article Directory” plugin.
Version 1.7 (2010-09-06)
- Many different changes in the design.
- Added widgets “Top Authors” and “Recent Articles with the excerpts”.
- Pagination without a plugin.
- Info about the author on a single article page.
- Displaying an avatar of the author, if it’s configured in the Gravatar service.
- Added localization support.
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 categorymessage.
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.
@Chris – you need to create these pages and then configure theme (read about this in article above).
Ha, I got that prior response, but it was a different Chris. Anyways, I have a general question. What php page is the Home link on that shows up on the main page with all the categories. Maybe I am an idiot but I cannot find it. I would like to add more menu links to other static pages.
In addition, perhaps you can look at the distribution of articles by parent category on my site (listed in website section). It tries to sort them into 3 columns but one of them extends super far down because the sub categories within one parent are unusually large. Is there a way to get it to balance out the distribution of parent categories so it looks more balanced? I know there are options to do this, but my fiddling with it has not produced anything worthwhile.
Thanks for any input
Chris
Is there a function to import an article (category) database?
This menu is in
header.php, secondwp_list_pages().If no one of sorting option does not provide the necessary balancing of categories list, unfortunately I can’t do anything.
Not fully understand your question. WordPress have an import function in admin area. May be this is what you want.
Hi Dimox,
Thanks for your theme. I really still do not understand how to ad logo beside the title. how i can change logo on style.css?
and my second question “when i want to show my banner title ( i made oh photoshop ) instead of my blog title that emerge on header how i do that (like this site http://share-book.com/) ?
thank. have do this on my style css but it won’t work properly my logo did not show .
#logo {
float: left;
color: #808080;
line-height: 0.85em;
font-size: 3.3em;
margin: 5px 0 5px;
padding: 9px 0 10px 78px;
background: url(i/indo-logo.jpg) no-repeat;
}
#logo span {
display: block;
font-size: 0.38em;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
Hi. I have a good site with this plugin
but how lines I change my css( or header) to put a background image in header?
thnks
hi tips mega, my question is the same as yours
how can i change title in header with my image or how i can give image near the title in header thx
hi dimox,
how do i change or increase the width of the side bars.
i would like to insert 2 images of 125×125 ads images – side by side. please advice.
regards
Brian
http://briananan.com
hi dimox,
how do i increase the width of the two side bars (250 x 2)
regards
http://briananan.com
Hi there .. I have just downloaded your theme but I don’t see the “Register” Option for users anywhere. Can you please say me how do i go about it.
Hi again. Is there anyway we can add TDO Mini forms to your theme as I would want to collect the data using the form which would automatically be converted into post rather than sending the users to the admin panel.
You need to activate corresponding option in admin panel.
May be, but I have not tried this.
I have just downloaded your theme but I don’t see the “Register” Option for users anywhere.
you write into the addmin panel or into the register form and i dont see it
can you help me, more specific?
thank you
Hi – Fantastic plugin. Up and running great!
Quick question – How do I add pages such as ’submission guidelines’ etc as you have on the front page if your directory?
Cheers
JohnnyC
@JohnnyC, using admin menu Pages -> Add New.
Thanks for the quick reply – All working now!
Cheers
JohnnyC
hi,
how hard would it be to move one of the sidebars to the left side, so it would be left sidebar, content, right sidebar? could you post it? thanks!
Hi Dimox,
Great job. Thank you very much. I have one question. Where in which css is the font color located? I would like to change the red to another color. I want the typical blue for links, and a different color for the rest of the red text.
Thanks so much,
Laura
Laura, in
style.cssseecolor:parameters.