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?
-
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.
Looks like you have changed something in it. By default theme not looks so.
Hi. I have installed plugin and theme but i have got problems with theme i think. When i try to do search and if there are no search results than additional “search box” appears at right top on my page and not below “No results. Try different search”. I’ve noticed that some websites have the same problem (but i think they didn’t notices this problem yet). I’m using the latest plugin and WP 2.7.1
John, this is my mistake. To resolve this bug in
searchform.phpfindsearchformand replace it on any another or delete.That solved the problem. Thank you a lot. I’m really pleased with the theme and the script so far. Great job. Do you accept donations (paypal)?
John, thanks.
I have nothing against, but paypal, unfortunately, is excluded (I’m from Russia).
I have got problem with log out at sidebar. It doesn’t redirect me to current url but to previous. If i just rollover mouse cursor and check url from log out button at the comment area and log out button at the control panel at sidebar there are not the same. Do you maybe know how to solve this problem? The next question i have is how to reduce words in Recent articles? The article summary is too long for me. How can i reduce it? Thanks in advance.
In
sidebar.phpfind this row:<li><a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>">Logout</a></li>and replace
get_permalink()on$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].Try to find a plugin which can do this. I don’t know such.
hi buddy,
i have accidentally uploaded wrong files and now my site home pages does not appear as article directory…. but i am able to login into my wp…
how to recitify this, how to get back my blog same as article directory layout.
regards
BRIAN
http://BrianAnan.com
Hi, Dimox
Would you mind to show me which part of the CSS file that i need to edit to include the background image to the site?
Example, your site at articlesss.com is using bg.gif as the background image.
So where can i include the background image?
Thanks a lot. :)
@Brian – reload the correct files.
@Raymond -
body {...
background: url(i/bg.gif);
}
Thank you very much for your reply, Dimox.
I really appreciate it. :)
Dimox – For some reason, the tag on this front page theme is only pulling the information from the blog name. What can be changed to have it pull the description also? I’ve tried many different combinations, but can’t seem to get it to work. The post pages are fine, they pull from the all in one SEO pack that I have installed. I’d just like to be able to SEO the front page more.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Kelly Ling
Previous post should have referenced the TITLE tag.
Thanks!
Kelly
The link for Fancy Excerpt is incorrect. Please change from:
http://www.semiologic.com/software/wp-fixes/fancy-excerpt/
to
http://www.semiologic.com/software/wp-tweaks/fancy-excerpt/
Cheers
Stephen Spry
@Kelly Ling, I have no ideas.
@Stephen Spry, thanks, changed.
@Dimox – Thanks. I went ahead and hard coded what I needed into my theme.
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Good Evening,
I just installed your theme and plug in, and it looks great.
I know that you don’t use Google Adsense, but is there anyway that you can set it up so we can? I’ve tried several different plugins and widgets, and nothing works.
Thanks for the help.
James
My theme have a problem with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. The right column display below the others. Go to my website with IE 6 or 7 and you will see that. Could you help me?
My website: http://viet-ebook.co.cc
@James A, it means you doing something incorrectly. There is many plugins. Try again.
@hoangxu, in source code find code like this:
<h2>Thống Kê</h2><ul><li>Thành viên: 7976</li><div class="pfwidget"><li>Ebooks: 575</li><li>Comments: 279</li></div></ul>Here using of the
<div class="pfwidget">and</div>is not correct. If you will delete them, bug will be fixed.