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.
Hi Dimox,
I need to add custom logo to my site before site name How can I do it?
Hi where would i find my directory on my website is it in a sub folder? where is it usually?
any help is appreciated thank you
Steve, your question is not clear.
Hi, how can i add extra pages to the info bar next to home page link?
Theme download doesn’t work :(
It comes up with a page full or php errors and gibberish underneath!
Andrew Hook, read article above.
Get the Snip, try again.
Hi,
How can I add a privacy policy, etrms of service to stick on the front page. Sorry, but I don’t know how to do it.
I followed directions but i must have missed something when i install it give me this message
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /home/beaver/public_html/wp-includes/theme.php on line 180
any idea what i forgot to do
Bob W, sorry, I can not imagine why this.
Dimox – This theme is the bomb!
I have written a post about setting up my article directory at http://fishingnihon.com/how-to-set-up-a-multi-user-wordpress-article-directory
For the guys having issues it might be worth checking out.
@Andrew Hook – My post explains how to edit the header.php file.
Word.
thanks for your help…I have doing for using this theme :)
hi, I am a user of adsimple 1.2.1. Thank you for developing this simple but beautiful theme. But it is not compatible with firefox. The format in firefox is wrong.
My firefox version:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; zh-CN; rv:1.8.1.20) Gecko/20081217 Firefox/2.0.0.20 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Please correct this bug~
I have to use adsimple, it’s the theme I love most in so many ones I’ve even seen.
dimox,
in order to get the plugin to work with a different theme, which files are mandatory to copy? category.php I IMAGINE IS ONE? THANKS!
manio, you are using an outdated version of FireFox, it does not support HTML5. I recommend you to upgrade your browser.
james, the plugin is independent from the theme.
Thank you very much for your reply. I like your style~
dimox,
on my single post pages, i am not seeing the category tree; for example if i was using
Home » Internet Business » Blogging » , on your site all posts under “blogging” show the category tree Home » Internet Business » Blogging » , but on my site, once i get to the individual post the category tree is not there. i assume there is a snippet of code that may be missing from the single.php file?
james, I have not included this tree in Article Directory Theme, this made only on the current site.
Snippet of code looks like this – http://dumpz.org/15972/
Thanks Dimox. Worked like a charm!
Hey D,
I have been using your outstanding theme and plugin for over a year now. I am now ready to move to a new theme, but I do not want to lose my categories and article/author statistics. What do I have to do to keep the statistics and categories on a new theme? I searched some of the posts, but could not find the answer.
I thank you in advance for your response.
Chris
APlus, preservation of data in WordPress does not depend on a theme you are using.