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This entry was posted on 30 December 2007 at 16:29 and filed under Linoluna: Magazine-style Theme for Wordpress
30.12.07 at 16:29 in Wordpress and Themes # 176 CommentsBored of usual Wordpress template? Well, magazine-style themes is now becoming a trend. With Linoluna, you will be brought to a new level of blogging. It is a simple and neat theme for a magazine-styled blog. The theme use the Wordpress’ template tags quite extensively but still, it is very easy to use. Linoluna best suits a multi-author Wordpress blog.
The CSS is lean and the design is very simple. Basically it is a grid-styled layout with green accents. The theme uses a tabbed navigation to show the most popular posts. There are four tabs avaiable and by default it is “Viewed”, “Commented”, “Top Rated”, and “Emailed”. There is a slideshow animation for the featured articles in the front page. It is a simple JavaScript from JQuery.com.
You can see the statistics of each page in a rectangular box inside every post. I include some fresh icons to make everything look better. The statistics includes the total comments, total views, author name, category, date, and the email and print function. For the best functionality, you should have the plugin WP-PostView, WP-PostRating, WP-Print, WP-Email installed. Those plugins are from LesterChan.net.
Installation
- Download and extract the zip file.
- Upload the theme file to your server at “/wp-content/themes/” folder.
- Activate the theme. (Admin Panel -> Presentation -> Themes)
Configuration
- Linoluna is built to support WP version 2.0 and up.
- The theme is sidebar widget-ready. By default, the sidebar is divided into four sections. Sidebar-Top, Sidebar-Left, Sidebar-Right, and Sidebar-Bottom. Each sidebar can be configured in the WP Admin Panel (Presentation -> Widgets). So it will be only clicks-and-drags.
- In the
index.phpfile you will find some PHP code like:
<?php query_posts('showposts=1&cat=10'); ?>
The$catvariable refers to the respective category_ID. You can see the category ID from the WP Admin Panel. (Manage -> Categories) The$showpostvariable refer to the number of posts you want to show. - Images across the theme can be configured using the Custom Fields. You should add a custom field called “Image” in every post and put the image filename within the custom field value. Each post is attached with several images (but the same filename) that will be shown according to its proper places. The “Banner” image will be shown at the top of every post (below the title), the “Slideshow” image will be shown in the slideshow, the “Asides” image will be shown in the “Aside” section, and the “Thumbnail” images will be shown in the archive and author pages. I repeat, all images should be named the same for each post. (e.g Custom field name:
Image; Custom field value:pool.jpg) - The layout will also work with different image sizes of your likings but I think it’ll be better if at first you try everything using the default sizes. The slideshow images are 400×300pixels, the Asides images are 200×130pixels, and the Thumbnails are 75×75pixels.
- There is a dedicated author page that show the author biography, his/her photo, and his/her publications. The author photos should be named after the author’s last name. And it must be a JPG file. (eg. Hutagalung.jpg)
- An ad banner (468×60px) is shown in the post pages between the post entry and the comments. An ad square banner (300×250px) is shown in the sidebar.
- This is the folder structure of the theme folders:
- Main folder (index.php, single.php, author.php, style.css, etc.)
- Images->Ads (put the advertisements here)
- Images->Banner (put the banner images here)
- Images->Asides (put the aside images here)
- Images->Slideshow (put the slideshow images here)
- Images->Thumbnail (put the thumbnails images here)
- Images->Author (put the author photos here)
Download the theme (ZIP File).
This file has been downloaded 9698 times.
Anyway this is the very first theme that I made and I really want to hear any of your comments and suggestions.
Changelog
V1.1 Some PHP code correction. Linoluna now works well for blogs that are not installed on the root folder. (e.g http://www.yourdomain.com/blog)
If you have any problem using the theme and want to ask for support, please use the forum instead.
Good working.Thanks
Hi Michael. Great program! Is there any way to delete the author field from the sections?
Fresh…… Gud Jab!
Feel good. Thank
awesome theme. how did u make that “most popular” widget/plugin?can you release it so we can put it on arthimea or other blogs? thx
Great theme. I’ve added it to my music blog, but I’ve encountered some problems with the front page. Started a discussion in the forum here:
http://michaelhutagalung.com/forum/topic.php?id=367
Hai jubel, i’m from bandung too
Btw mhn pencerahan kang Jubel donk, bgm menerapkan category_ID utk setiap post setiap hari dengan beberapa Categories yg berbeda-beda. Misalnya utk Categories A,B,C,D di post pada hari yg sama dgn isi yg berbeda pula, bila sy masukan Categories A saja maka B,C,D nya ga muncul! Dan blm tau caranya utk menampilkan setiap Categories bisa berganti otomatis setiap hari?
Makasih byk ya atas waktunya kang Jubel untuk menjawab pertanyaan saya
1. Great theme! We are using it for the next version of Lifehacking.nl and our new website EcoHacking.nl. Both are under development and will be online end of october. Many thanks to Michael. I’ll be using it for the next of my own website as well.
2. I’ve read multiple comments about automatic image uploader and cropper. Well… I wanted to let you have a peek at a little something I’m developing: video.danalog.nl
I know many of you want this. The plugin is in alpha stages at the moment but workable for a php developer. The code needs cleaning and optimisation, I need to add an admin settings page to adjust sizes and set upload folders. In the next couple of weeks I’ll add all that.
It’s mainly focused at Linoluna but when finished could be used for other themes also.
Maybe plan: merge with PhotoDropper like functionality so you can browse and select creative commons pics from Flickr. That would be perfect right?
Plz note: Many days went into developing this plugin and many will follow so be patient, I want to deliver a great working plugin usable for professional websites.
Now i try to change my previous template with yours.
I like the style and colour is.
Hope there is another update for this template.
Waiting for your update
Very-2 nice posting, i download one
Hi Michael! Thank U for the theme!!It’s great!
I add a lot of “asides” in the index page to show more information of my blog. I wish you like it!
I’m tryin to fix the error of the id categories of aside-1,2,3. It’s always the same! any idea?!
Bye1!!
Michael,
If you have time, Please consider upgrading this version. I like the style, and the colour too.
Hi Mike! Now I’m using your theme linoluna on my blog. Tks.
Nice theme, I’m using it on my site.
Thanks
You might want to upgrade this theme to premium, keeping the look the same but having the kind of cool stuff in the backend like arthemia. I downloaded it and found it difficult to configure, but I do like the classy layout.