Monochrome Pro
Monochrome is a magazine-style theme for Wordpress packaged with an AJAX post slideshow, a custom theme admin page to easily manage and customize Monochrome, author archives, two page templates, multi-tier drop down menus, utilizes custom fields options and a CSS framework to aid in customization. Now that’s a mouth-full.
With Monochrome, you get:
- AJAX-enabled post slideshow on the homepage
- Multiple entry points to your posts on the homepage
- Auto or manual thumbnail control
- Two widgetized sidebars, one for homepage content, one for single page views
- A widgetized bottombar which includes three widgetized areas
- A custom administration panel
- Authors archives
- Two page templates: One with sidebars and another without
- S.E.O. optimized
- Valid HTML and CSS
INSTALLATION
- Unzip the downloaded file
- Upload the entire “Monochrome″ folder to your “/wp-content/themes/” folder
- Log in into your WordPress control panel
- Click the Presentation tab
- Select the “Monochrome” screenshot
CONFIGURATION
- GETTING STARTED: Monochrome creates a new administration page in the Presentation tab of your Wordpress admin panel to easily manage an update the categories that you want to display on the homepage. View the theme options page. Type in the category id’s and you’re ready to go!
- PHOTOS & CUSTOM FIELDS: This theme uses custom fields to manage all photos and thumbnail photos. In your Wordpress settings, you can change the dimensions on both thumbnail and medium sized photos. Change the thumbnail width to 128 px wide by 128px tall. Change the medium photo size to 575 px wide. Save the settings. Wordpress will resize every photo uploaded to the dimensions described above. After uploading the photo into Wordpress using the media uploader, Monochrome Pro automatically generates your thumbnail and slideshow images for your homepage (version 1.1 only). Don’t like the thumbnail Wordpress generated for you? Override it, by copying the link to this thumbnail photo and pasting it into the custom field value, with a key called “thumbnail.” Similarly, you can copy the link to the medium photo (575 pixels wide maximum) and paste it into the custom field value, with a key called “photo.” Here is a screenshot of all properly filled out fields.
- YOUR AUTHORS PAGE: Monochrome 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/monochrome_lite/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, Monochrome utilizes the Blueprint CSS framework to help separate positioning, typography, forms and what I’ll refer to as custom or Monochrome specific styles. To edit all custom Monochrome specific styles, you’ll need to edit the file style.css in your wp/wp-content/themes/monochrome/ directory.
ABOUT BLUEPRINT
This theme utilizes a 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.
Seems like a great theme, but did that guy’s issue ever get taken care of? The one from comment 1? I don’t want to buy it just to find out that will happen with my site as well.
My sister just got this theme and loves it. And I will be uploading it on my new blog!
Thanks a bunch!
great theme, I am going to add this to my new blog I am working on at the minute. Thanks again.
very nice theme. We are thinking about adding a blog to our site, thanks for the inspiration!
I agree the theme is great. I am also putting in a blog as well. Thanks.
I can get my Categories to Link.
Wow this theme is hella lot better than my current INOVE theme, great job
Ok I go it to half work what are the advantages of to buying this theme is there a missing file. Some sort of extra control panel I am not aware of…etc
Hey
is there anyway to change the amount of the Post that are rotated? or even set it to 1 so just 1 Post is shown?
Greetings Marvin
So guys.. i did some changes to the Theme. So you can change the amount of post that are rotated.
Locate the file home.php
And go to Row 20. It should look like this.
change the whole row with this:
This is for 2 Posts in Rotation
2){break;} ?>
This is for 3 Posts in Rotation
3){break;} ?>
and so on.
So while you are in the File home.php you can also locate row 23.Looks like this.
This is the Posted image within the Frame. Just add a to center it.
I thougt that it looks better.
Okay it seems my php code was removed.
Just write me under skype:MorviumS
if you want to know how to make these changes!
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Hi
I’m having a bit of an issue with the photos like one other guy had last year (2008 posts). I uploaded all my pics through the add media and put them at ‘center’ and ‘medium size’ but not all pics show up at the bottom of the home page under ‘Travel’. It just shows blank and links to “more in travel”. How can I fix this?
Does it show only recent posts? I’d like one pic from each category to show up on the home page but I don’t know how to get it to do that.
My site is http://www.SFLens.net.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
is there anyway to change the amount of the Post that are rotated? or even set it to 1 so just 1 Post is shown?
Thanks for the nice post. I appriciate your good effort..
Keep posting more..
Cheers
Hi,
I really like the monochrome wordpress theme, but I have been having alot of problems with it, I’m no php genius and seem to find it needs alot of work.
I have used many themes in my time as a blogger, with the likes of thesis, flexx professional, bosco, and I am still looking for that perfect theme.
I have also looked into theme creation as a way of boosting linkage back to your website. How do you feel about this matter?
Speak soon
Ciaran
is there anyway to change rotated post amount? i want to enlarge it.
I like everything, but when I download things nothing is working at all!!!
In Monochrome the catergories aren’t working, in Monochrome Gallery it doesn’t allow you to upload pictures and there is a blank space next to the slideshow, and both of these don’t have a sidebar at all!!! *The Monochrome theme’s black bottom of the page sidebar doesn’t work at all…
HELP!!! I’m new to WP and I’m not liking anything at the moment.
good stuff, following with interest, helping me firm up my travel plans.
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How to set the slideshow image size to 575?
I did either custom and default, but the size still auto generate to 300×250 px. Why?
How to set to 575 wide? Thanks
No one reply one?
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Good posting, I have read similar on other sites but this post is more relevant. How can I generate a pingback to this?
Ajax is a wonderful innovation does anyone know if there is a good plug-in for wordpress so that I can run ajax on my blog?
thanksssss
Thankx mate. but i can not set the slideshow image size to 350
thanks yours
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Hi,
I’m using your monochrome pro theme on my site, however I’m having problems with the permalinks. If I set the permalinks to show the post name the theme losses the widgets and posts (the slideshow stays). How do I fix this?
Cheers
Hi, I’m using Monochrome Pro but have a couple of questions.
1) I changed the pixel size to 575 on my settings but the pics still appear too small on the home page’s main AJAX slideshow — why?
2) Can I decrease the amount of text used in the article “excerpt” on the home page and sidebars?
3) I’m having problems getting my categories to appear — I adjust this in Theme Options, right? The bottom row of five are all the most recent post.
4) Is there any way of customizing the header to include an image/logo? If not, where do I change the color? I thought I’d found it but it ain’t workin’…
Sorry to be a pain. Thanks in advance!
Hi James,
I just left details on how to sort some of your problems but for some reason it didn’t get posted head over to my site and send me your email and I’ll help you out.
Also anyone have any ideas how I can fix my permalinks!!!!
Hi,
More info. I get this error when changing my permalinks:
object of class wp_error could not be converted to string
Thank you.
promosyon.
Hi,
I’m trying to get the images to display. I have definitely added them correctly and with the right width etc. but the thumbs and the main picture 575px wide don’t display.
Any idea why?
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Wordpress is highly scallable and is surelly lapping other CMS systems… this theme encompasses and utilizes modern web technologies.. nice
Nice theme …!
Thank you.
Thanks for the nice post. I appriciate your good effort..
Keep posting more..