WooThemes

Getting Started

Introduction

So you've purchased a WooTheme and you are dying to get it up and running on your website?

To install a WooTheme, is not much different to installing any other (free) WordPress theme. Remember though, you'll need to set up your theme options afterwards to have it functioning like our demos.

There are two ways to install a WooTheme on your website. Both methods are explained below in video tutorials, we however recommend doing it via the Wordpress backend.

Below is a quick overview of the Wordpress "Add New Themes" installation method:

1. Download your template file (wootheme_name.zip) from your WooThemes account.
2. Log into your WP admin panel and click on the "Appearance" tab. Now click on the "Add New Themes" tab.
3. Click on the "Upload" button, "Browse" for your zip folder you downloaded from our site to your computer and select "Open".
4. Click the "Install Now" button.
5. Activate the theme from this page, OR "Return to Themes Page" and activate from there if you experience a problem. See screenshot of an activated theme.
6. REMEMBER to set up your theme option's panel for it to display correctly. See example of theme option's panel.
7. MAKE SURE your theme "cache" folder is CHMOD 777. View this tutorial for help.

Installing a WooTheme via the Wordpress Backend

Installing a WooTheme via an FTP program

Prior to Wordpress 2.8 this was the only way to upload and install Wordpress themes, but since then Wordpress have made the process much easier, documented above. Many users still prefer to install themes via FTP, as it offers more flexibility when modifying themes.

Installing a WooTheme from WooThemes on Vimeo.

Explaining the Theme Options

Below is a screenshot of the theme option's panel included in this theme. The default settings used are what we have used in our demo.

Widgets

Custom Widgets

The theme includes 2 custom widgets that you can add to your widgetized area:

• Ads widget (setup ads in options panel)
• Flickr widget

Setting up widgets in a WooTheme

Widgets are hugely powerful optional modular blocks of content or functionality that you can place on your WooThemes powered, Wordpress website. This tutorial shows you how to set up widgets to further enhance your website's appearance.

Changelog

Typebased Changelog

2010.01.18 - version 2.1.2

• header.php - Added dropdowns to navigation
• style.css - Added styling for new dropdown menus
• includes/js/superfish.js - Added superfish js file
• includes/js/menu.js - Added menu js file
• includes/theme-js.php - Included superfish file in theme

2009.08.30 - version 2.1.1

• /functions/ - Core Framework 1.0.7
• /lang/typebased.po - Added language file. See: http://www.woothemes.com/2009/08/how-to-translate-a-theme/
• Added gettext functions to template php files to support localization.

2009.08.13 - version 2.1

• /functions/ - Core Framework Update to V.1.0.6
• /includes/theme-options.php - Added Custom CSS option

2009.07.29 - version 2.0.0

• /functions/ - New WooThemes Framework (V1.0.4) (core theme functions)
• functions.php
• includes/sidebar-init.php - Added additional homepage sidebar (for magazine layout)
• includes/theme-comments.php - Moved from /functions/
• includes/theme-functions.php
• includes/theme-js.php
• includes/theme-options.php
• includes/theme-widgets.php
• includes/theme-options.php - Added new options for navigation and tweaked some older options
• header.php - Tweaked page navigation
• footer.php - Fixed query_posts includes, changed references to /includes/popular.php
• includes/popular.php - Included in theme-functions.php
• index.php - Added functionality to toggle between the_content & the_excerpt for posts, integrated woo_get_image()
• archive.php
• search.php
• thumb.php - Added