Tantalumize


Name:Tantalumize
Platform:WordPress
Coder/Designer:Padd Solutions
Coder/Designer URL:http://www.paddsolutions.com/
Description:Tantalumize WordPress Theme is a free kick-ass portfolio theme where you
can easily showcase your high quality featured works and services to potential clients. The crisp custom typography and creative layout, immediately add personality to the overall look and feel of the site. Tantalumize is also tried and tested to work in a multisite environment. Tantalumize is WordPress MU compatible theme. This freemium WordPress theme is packed with a better framework and a robust admin options panel to accommodate the General Settings, Page Tracker, Social Networking, Page Navigation and Custom Ads Settings. This theme has a clean and well-structured code for easy customization for your special needs and a .pot file which you can easily translate in your preferred languages with ease.
Theme Features:1. Custom Front Page Widgets
2. WordPress MU Compatible
3. Custom Font Integration
4. Gravatar Enabled
5. Facebook Like Box
6. Twitter Status Integration
7. Popular Posts
8. Spread the articles via Social bookmarks (TweetMeme, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Twitter)
9. Separation of Comments and Trackbacks
10. SEO optimized
11. Automatic Thumbnail Resizer (without using a custom field)
12. Compatible with WordPress version 3.0+
13. RSS and Twitter subscription
14. Google Analytics code integration
15. Built-in Page Navigation
16. Advertisement Blocks Ready
Installation:1. Install tantalumize folder at /wp-content/themes/
2. Activate Tantalumize Theme 1.0 by Padd Solutions (Note: Don’t worry if it might look disoriented at first, you need to activate the required plugins to fully utilize the theme.)

Activate the Required Plugins:

Initial Settings:
  • Setting the DropDown Menus:
    1. Go to Appearance > Menus.
    2. Drag and drop the menus you want to appear in header navigation menu at the “Main Menu” box and hit “Save Menu” button.
    3. At the Theme Locations box, choose “Main Menu” and “Footer Menu” from the dropdown choices and hit “Save”.
  • Regenerate Thumbnails (skip this step if you are on a fresh install):
    1. Tools > Regen. Thumbnails
    2. Click Regenerate All Thumbnails
    3. Wait for 100% to regenerate all thumbnails.

Customizing Tantalumize Theme:
  • Setting the post thumbnail:
    1. Go Post > All Posts > Choose the post to edit
    2. From the post section, find the “Featured Image” box found at the lower right most part of the screen
    3. Set Featured Image
    4. Publish / Update Post
  • Setting the Custom Front Pages:
    1. Go Appearance > Tantalumize Options > General
    2. First Column Page – choose the page from the dropdown options (make sure you have an image in the page so that it will be automatically shown in the homepage)
    3. Second Column Page – choose the page from the dropdown options (make sure you have an image in the page so that it will be automatically shown in the homepage)
    4. Third Column Page – choose the page from the dropdown options (make sure you have an image in the page so that it will be automatically shown in the homepage)
    5. Designated Featured Projects Category – choose the category from the dropdown options
    6. Save Settings.

Requirements:
  • WordPress 3.0+
  • Host server with PHP5+
Compatible:Mozilla FirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariOperaInternet Explorer
Tags:1 Sidebar, 2 Column, 5 Column, 3 column footer, Ads Ready, black, Custom Menu, dark, Featured Content, Fixed Width, Gallery, Page Navigation, Portfolio, Right Sidebar, SEO Optimized, Social Bookmark, Theme Options, Threaded Comments, Twitter Ready, Widget Ready, wordpres


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