Gridline Magazine
Gridline Magazine is a theme for Wordpress 2.3 and up that makes extensive use of custom queries and custom fields to create an unique blogging format. Gridline can transform your blog into a full-blown Magazine or news Web site. Gridline utilizes Blueprint, a CSS framework that streamlines development by utilizing an easy-to-use grid and sensible typography. View an example Wordpress page created with Gridline.
Get Gridline for Personal Use
This $24.99 package is for individuals who intend to use this theme on a single website. This is the full version and includes all scripts, theme files, and images. The credit link is not required to stay in tact.
Get Gridline for Developers
This $99 package is for developers who intend to use this theme on multiple websites. This is the full version and includes all scripts, theme files, and images. The credit link is not required to stay in tact.
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Installation
- Unzip the downloaded file
- Upload the entire “Gridline″ folder to your “/wp-content/themes/” folder
- Log in into your WordPress control panel
- Click the Presentation tab
- Select the “Gridline” screenshot
Configuration
- GETTING STARTED: To get Gridline off and running, you will need a minimum of 6 categories to populate the homepage. The main section on this page is the latest article posted in category 1. The three posts at right are all from category 1, offset by 1 to avoid duplication. The other sections display the latest articles in their respective categories.
- YOUR CATEGORIES: In the “home.php” you will find a series of query_posts functions which refer to specific category ID numbers from my database.
You will need to change the category numbers to reflect the ID numbers of the categories that you want to display on your homepage. Category numbers can be found in your control panel under Manage->Categories. There are a total of 6 spots in the home.php file to change to reflect the post categories that you want to display on the main page. - YOUR PHOTOS: To have thumbnails in each post, crop the thumbnail to 150px wide by 100px tall, upload it to the web and copy the URL to the photo. Within Wordpress’ Write Post page, scroll down towards the bottom and click on the Custom Fields section. Add a key called “small_photo” and then paste the link to the thumbnail photo into the key value field. Photos posted within each entry’s post will should not exceed 590px wide, otherwise, the images will bleed into the sidebar and make you site look icky. View a screenshot of the custom fields used for the Gridline Theme. Make sure your custom field values and keys match those in the screen shot above (but change the key value to the exact url to your images.) Custom fields are one of the most overlooked, yet powerful, tools in Wordpress. Read more about using custom fields.
- YOUR AUTHORS PAGE: Gridline comes packaged with an author archive (authors.php), which will display some author specific info pulled from the Users page in your Wordpress installation. In order for the author’s image to show up, you’ll need to place a jpg of the author titled by the author’s last name in the wp-content/themes/gridline/images/authors/ folder. For instance, mine is Allender.jpg, sized at 75px X 75px. Here is an example author page.
- STYLES.CSS: Unlike most Wordpress themes which plug all the css in one file called styles.css, Gridline utilizes the Blueprint CSS framework to help separate positioning, typography, forms and what I’ll refer to as custom or gridline specific styles. To edit all custom gridline specific styles, you’ll need to edit the style.css file located in your wp/wp-content/themes/gridline/ directory.
ABOUT BLUEPRINT
All Gridline Themes utilize the CSS framework called Blueprint. Who is credited for the ideas behind Blueprint? Some of the best designers on the web. They include Jeff Croft, designer for Blue Flavor, Khoi Vinh, design director for NYTimes.com, Nathan Borror, Christian Metts, Eric Meyer, Wilson Minor, Angus Turnbull, Olav Bjorkoy and a few others. Most major websites use some form of css framework to allow for rapid, consistent development and design. Take the Blueprint 101 course to learn about all the possibilities.
CAUTION
If you are new to Wordpress, HTML or CSS, Gridline probably isn’t the best theme to try to learn on. Gridline is, however, perfect for those who want to learn by doing, reading and practicing life inside a sophisticated Wordpress magazine theme.
December 28th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Quick question: is there any other form of documentation included (other than what’s on this page already)?
I’m not exactly a newbie, but then again I’m not writing themes like this either…
Thanks in advance.
December 28th, 2007 at 11:22 am
There is no other form of documentation. The theme uses custom fields, detailed here and categories to populate the homepage. Follow the instructions above and you’ll be set.
December 30th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Many thanks. Just bought it last night, and it is indeed easy to grasp/customize.
Nice job, by the way.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Is there a way to make the header/logo area larger (ie. in height)?
Also is there anyway to add banner advertising in the header area? That top banner is imperative.
I bought Gridline magazine last night and am VERY eager to use it on my new magazine project. Any help would be greatly appreciated and would probably help future customers like me! =)
January 10th, 2008 at 5:10 am
bought it and i’m glad i did!
using it on http://www.tillywood.nl
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Love this theme. Just starting to impliment it on my website at http://www.edhidden.com. I do have a feature request if you are “taking them”.
Since I’m not going to the trouble of making thumbnails for my posts… how about adding them to the category display page and archive display page (if they exist).
They could fit right down the left or right side and would lend a little more graphic look to those pages. Just a thought.
Love the theme. Thank you for the great work.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:20 am
hey,
great theme but the author.php doesn’t work. i get the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /www/htdocs/w0096518/wp-content/themes/gridline_magazine/authors.php on line 1
And another question. are updates included in the price for the theme?
cheers.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:58 am
@Dom
Delete all empty lines of code at the very top of authors.php. I think you have an empty line of code, which is causing the problem.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am
no doesnt seem to be the problem. there s no empty line. here the (original) beginning of the code:
February 1st, 2008 at 9:58 am
[code]
[/code]
(sorry for double post, didnt show the code….)
February 7th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Hi,
Great template. I am using it to replace the current http://www.lighting-essentials.com site for tutorials and such.
I am new to WP, and was wondering if there is a way to add a right side column to the post pages?
http://www.lighting-essentials.com/magazine/2008/02/07/tulips-on-a-large-format-camera/
I would like to have an area for ads / options there. If that is a Plug In, would you kindly point me to that page. If not, I would appreciate any WP gurus out there helping me out.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Hi Don
There sure it. The sidebar is “widgetized.” To add content to your sidebar, simply log into your Wordpress admin panel, click on Presentation, then click on Widgets. You can add content to the Sidebar widget by dragging and dropping the content of your choosing. Plus, you can install additional Widget plugins that can do just about anything you want, including ad management.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:16 am
hey,
again with the author.php. i just checked don ones. doesnt work either.
so here is my link
http://sludern.de/wp-content/themes/gridline_magazine/author.php
and don’s:
http://www.lighting-essentials.com/magazine/wp-content/themes/gridline_magazine/author.php
February 20th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Hi
how can i exclude a category from the drop-down menu bar (department).
For ex: i have 4 cats: one, two, three, four. i want that only the cats two, three and four are displayed under department.
Tks for your help
mau
February 20th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Hi
I have founded!
I have added “&exclude=1″ in the wp_list_categories of the home.php file.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:33 am
How can I display images (thumbnail link small_photo) in category and archive pages?
March 10th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Can I turn off comments (not showing, not allowing them to be added)? Also, can we turn off the posts listing the author?
Thanks.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Whats the best way to postition/edit the header graphic? I replaced your “gridline_logo.jpg” with my own but it’s incorrectly positioned. Thoughts?
March 15th, 2008 at 1:03 am
How can I make it only show one post on the front page and limit the other featured posts to 3
March 15th, 2008 at 1:26 am
whats wrong with this –> http://www.otakus-dream.com/
March 16th, 2008 at 5:51 am
dont worry i fixed it
March 19th, 2008 at 7:25 am
the theme is very beautiful!
and i mean VERY…
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hello,
I happily purchased the Theme and using it with WordPress for a new site I’m working on.
I’d like to know if anybody knows is there is any forum or somethin where I could ask questios about CSS changes asnthings like that.
Also I really need to know what should I do about the Word Press 2.5 update. WP is asking to update but I don’t know if I’d have problems with my website or even losing what I have so far… can someone please advise??
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 am
here is the forum:
http://www.graphpaperpress.com/forum
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
thx thad I’ll try to find answer to my questions there.
Is there an update of the gridline magazine template on the way?? cause I just made a test with the updated version (2.5) of WordPress with the template and it’s just not working, totally not configurated at all.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Hi Jose
All of my themes work with Wordpress 2.5, but you will first need to configure the home.php file with your categories, as described above in the install instructions.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
do they? I’m new using themes and don’t mean to sound rude but the last thing I read in the forum was:
“I plan to update all themes. I don’t, however, think that Wordpress Core will change in a way that causes any major problems to the themes. As a theme developer, I have to recommend that you don’t upgrade until you are positive that your specific theme is compatible. Once you know that it is, upgrade.”
So, should I upgrade without worrying about problems with the template?
Because this is how my site looks now: http://www.bogota-2600.com
And after exporting it to use with WP 2.5 looks like this: http://www.bogota-2600.com/wptest
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Hi Jose
Please double check that your home.php file in your new wordpress install contains the same exact categories that you have configured in your old install. Remember that there are a total of seven numbers to change in four different wp queries. I made the projection before Wordpress 2.5 was officially released that my themes would all work. I have tested them, so have hundreds of other users and they are wp 2 5 compatible. If you are having trouble with customizing or configuring your theme, please visit the forum, http://www.graphpaperpress.com/forum
We’ll get you rolling, promise.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Thx for you fast responses
I’ll work on that later and let you know how it went.
thx again
April 24th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Hi,
First of all, nice theme, you did a great job.
I have two questions: how easy or difficult is it to…
Place a permanent frontpage header/picture above the last post and underneath the menu bar?
And second…
I want to change the cat. 3 – 7 with 5 pages (with title, picture and a bit text), is this doable?
May 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Very nice theme thanks..
May 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
i want to this theme for Web Tasarım Sitesi
May 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Hey just picked up the package, I’m a total noob and trying to use your templates to get familiar with WP. Anyway, right out the gate I somehow dropped my categories, even though they show up in the admin panel, and your note about changing the ID # is somehow losing me. Any help would be much appreciated, and thanks for the killer themes.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Hello,
I like this theme but before I make a purchase, I would like to know up to how many categories (at the bottom of the page)can I add?
Regards,
Leemei
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
wp_fancyzoom works great in gridline_magazine in single.php and home.php but it will NOT work in archive.php. Any suggestions for a fix would be appreciated.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Hello, is there anyway to extend the page width from 590px to 600px in this theme?
June 21st, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Thad,
Good evening, and a quick question I’m hoping you can help me with.
I’m a licensed user of a couple versions of the Gridline theme. I’m currently using Gridline Magazine at http://www.dantrimble.com, and just recently went live with the theme.
Unfortunately, my Archives page doesn’t work. I created it simply by creating a Page under Wordpress called Archives. But it’s loading a blank page on all browsers. How do I configure Gridline to show the Archives “By Month”, “By Category”, etc. break-down like on your demo site?
Thank you kindly,
Dan
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 am
Hi Thad -
Love the theme. The site is going to look great, once it’s done finally!
One suggestion: Add a control panel to the dashboard to easily allow changing of categories displayed on the home page. This would make using the theme going forward MUCH easier. Requiring users to understand, and edit, code seems to be asking a lot. If I weren’t a programmer, I’m not sure I would have known how to do it.
Thanks again for the wonderful theme!
-Bob
July 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
hi thad -
a couple of months ago i purchased gridline lite (i think). anyway - its been a while since i fiddled with it and now i cant find the files anywhere. if you have a record of my purchase, would you mind sending me the theme files over again? or letting me download them again?
thanks,
mike giambattista