Customizing Our Themes

Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress®) to tweak the layout, color scheme & other theme-specific settings. The Theme Options Panel is packed full of helpful hints, including (inline documentation) that further explains the reasoning behind each configuration option. Clarity is a wonderful thing!

All of our themes come ready-to-run! So before you fire up your FTP application and start editing theme files directly, be sure to check your built-in Theme Options Panel first. We try to include as many options as possible, so that digging through CSS and PHP files is not required at all, or at least very little. I've attached several screenshots. [...]

You can modify our themes easily, in a variety of ways, using your built-in Theme Options Panel. So digging through files should not be needed in most cases. We've also provided you with a special section in your Theme Options Panel where you can add your own Custom Style Sheet, or even your own Custom JavaScript routines, without ever having to dig through the files that make up your theme.

All of that being said, our themes CAN be tweaked further by qualified web developers. If you'd like some intuitive assistance, please contact us for custom development quotes. If you're an aspiring web developer, and you just want to tweak things a little here and there; the information contained in this article will really help you understand the framework behind our software. If you're a web designer, and you use our themes on client projects, please continue reading. Once you understand the general rules we follow, you'll be capable of making major adjustments. I've provided a screenshot, special instructions for using custom/ files, and also a full breakdown. [...]

You can modify the Color Variation of our themes, by using the drop-down menu in your Theme Options Panel. So digging through the CSS files should not be needed in most cases. We have also provided you with a special section in your Theme Options Panel where you can add your own Custom Style Sheet, or even add some Custom JavaScript routines, without ever having to dig through the files that make up your theme.

All of that being said, our themes CAN be tweaked further by qualified web developers. If you'd like some intuitive assistance, please contact us for custom development quotes. If you're an aspiring web developer, and you just want to tweak things a little here and there; please check your WordPress® theme directory under: /colors. Depending on which Color Variation you are using, you will need to select a sub-folder from that directory and locate the CSS files for that specific Color Variation. I've provided a screenshot, special instructions for using custom/ files, and also a full breakdown on what each CSS file is responsible for. [...]

By default, browsers place embedded plug-in content, such as a Flash® movie ( e.g. YouTube™ videos ) or Java applets, on the topmost layer of a page. Unfortunately, this can cause drop-down menus, lightboxes, and sometimes other elements to be covered up; ( as reported here ). To prevent this from becoming a problem on your site, you should always add the wmode="transparent" parameter to any OBJECT/EMBED code that you add to your site. If you publish YouTube™ videos, or other media driven by Flash®, please review the examples below.

Modifying your OBJECT/EMBED code to add the WMODE parameter:

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<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf" />
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400"></embed>
</object>

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<object width="550" height="400">
<param name="movie" value="somefilename.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed src="somefilename.swf" width="550" height="400" wmode="transparent"></embed>
</object>