Article Directory WordPress Theme
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:
- Article Directory – plugin, that displays the structured list of categories.
- Role Manager – allows you to define and manage multiple subscriber profiles – called Roles and their Capabilities.
Download
Article Directory WordPress Theme
Version: 1.6.1 | Downloads: 1683 | Last updated: 2010-01-10
Donation
If you enjoy this theme, you can thank me and leave a small donation.
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.
-
Sory, 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.phpfile. 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 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: 296
- Changed the method of reading WordPress version.
- Small minor corrections.
Version 1.4 (07.19.08) – downloads: 1097
- 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.
Dimox, did you get my request for help? Do you have any idea what my problem is?
Mary, I don’t understand why excerpt not working on your site. May be reason in third-party plugins.
Hi, Dimox,
Is it possible this article directory and plugin providing options for author to add their different pen name same as the article dashboard.
Hey Dimox! Happy New Year;)
I was wondering if there is a way to create “ezine” ready format of articles. You know on article sites they have button to click and takes you to page with boxes to copy text and bio boxes, etc.
Right now only way is to get articles is to copy paste from actual post. Is there anything you can think of to do this?
raymond, no, only one.
Jeremy, please show me an example.
[...] Minimal Wordpress Themes October 30, 2008 by Jim Article Directory [...]
i noticed the tags are showing up on articles if your theme is changed. Is their a way for tags to show, with your theme in tact. Tags are extremely useful when submitting to bookmarking sites…. automatically
sorry about the duplication in plugin section
Sean
sean, you can independently insert a code for tags in templates.
Hey Dimox,
In reference to question #104, take a look at these pages:
miscellaneous article on ezinearticles.com
and this one:
Misc. article on article directory site
You are able to get to these pages by clicking a button like “Ezine Ready”.
It takes you to a page that you can “copy paste” the text or HTML very simple if you are an publisher looking for content. As it is right now, they would have to scrape your screen to get the article or subscribe to the RSS feed and only get what it gives them that way.
Unless I’m missing something….
Can this be done with your template or part of plugin?
I think it would be really cool. I remember you said you modeled this after Article Directory, most of them have this type of option.
Also, everything is working out Great right now! Thanks for the last update!
Jeremy
Jeremy, I will look what I can do about it.
Dimox,
You have anyways done a great job by giving a wonderful theme and plugin and the new version has in fact become even more user-friendly.
I am somehow unable to achieve the user-friendliness of an article directory.
I want you to let me know as to what all editing should I do so that:
1) When I click on a particular category on the home page, I should get to a page which can show list all the articles ON THAT category on the left hand side of the 2 right side bars.
&
On the main content area ONLY ONE article from that category should appear.
2) On the same level 2 page of that clicked category, on the right side of the sidebar, the complete list of article directory can appear.
I can definitely achieve the above….all I request is to give me some tips and guidance.
Regards,
Rajul Kaushik
“Dimox [ January 6th, 2009 at 4:09 am ]:
sean, you can independently insert a code for tags in templates.”
Has this code been removed?
can you give me the code so i can paste it back/ let me know where to paste it.
Thanks
Sean
I create a post, add my stuff including a link. However the only time the link is active is if I go into the post. If I click on its category parent from the front page, I see the post and it shows all the text but the link isn’t active. Same with its display in the Recent Articles area in the sidebar.
Is that a Article Directory setting? Can I make it so that the links are active wherever I’m viewing the post?
Rajul Kaushik, I don’t know how to do this.
Sean
It there has never been.
<?php the_tags(', ') ?> – this code is for display tags of post. How to work with templates please read in WordPress manuals.
stevemg, links are not displaying in excerpts. This is behaviour of WordPress.
Hi Dimox,
I am surpised at your answer.
I am asking you all those components and things that you have done on your article directory.
1) How to ONLY DISPLAY the article titles on the category page
2) I should be taken to the page where the complete article is there FROM the page as mentioned in oint (1) above.
Thats what I want to do………….nothing more.
To my previous question about the displaying of hyperlinks in excerpts. Do you have an easy link to a bit of helpful text on how to mod that?
Thanks again.
Never-mind, found some.
Hi,
Good theme and plugin. I’ve just installed them and try to figure out how to change the backgroung and make it like this one, I mean like in this site.
Can you give some instructions to do this, because I don’t like very much the default colour theme.
Hmmm,
Actually when i opened my new article directory in Internet Explorer, the background is white, and in Chrome too, but in Firefox 3 it is ugly gray background?
Do you know something about it?