How to Install
To get it going, you need to upload the theme into your wordpress theme folder, then select the theme from within wordpress like any wordpress theme.
Plus here are a couple of extra steps to get the unique slidingdoor features enabled.
IMAGES
Download the original photoshop files and edit the text on the sliding images and the background pictures to suit your own site. Then save the images as compressed as you can, and upload the finished pictures to: yoursite/wp-content/themes/slidingdoor/imagemenu/images
IMAGE URL’s
The images by default point to the first 7 wordpress categories. You can change this to point them wherever you wish, but you will need to edit the header.php file. The URL for the first image is in line 47 of the header.php file. Line 48 contains the link for the second image and so on.
SITE HEADING
The theme has the ability to have two colours in the blog heading. To use this optional effect you simply need to place square brackets around any words that you want to be darker in the heading. For example on this site I have as the blog name “free[wordpress]theme[!]” so the “wordpress” and “!” is darker. This does not effect the page title where the brackets are replaced by spaces.
If you have any questions please go to the support forum and chances are someone has already asked it there.
Wayne
Tags: support
Hi Wayne,
Great theme!
Just one question, I only want two columns so I do delete the third in the code?
Thanks
Neil
REPLY: This question is answered in the forum.
It’s amazing
Hi,
Shayna
I am in the process of changing my personal website to be more aesthetically appealing and would like to use your awesome sliding door theme to do this. However, before I do I need to know please which version of wordpress can I use for your theme? Please let me know.
Thanks!
good theme thak you!
Hello!
I am a newbie at having my own domain and in installing a wordpress theme. I am not also a tech-savvy person and don’t understand much about the techie stuff in blogging.
I fell in love with your template the first time I saw it. It actually inspired me to decide to have my own domain.
When I upload the unzipped files to my theme folder, I was excited to see if it worked but it didn’t. Instead, there is a notice that says: “Broken Theme, The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template. The stylesheet is missing.” I am sure I have uploaded the style.css file and followed the instructions in the ReadMe file.
Please help. Thank you very much.
Hi Shayna,
DId the wordpress site work before you uploaded this theme, did it work with teh default theme?
It would help if you posted the address of your webpage, do this at the support site mac-host.com/support
Wayne
hi – great theme!
where can i download the photoshop files for the images directory?
Hi Wayne,
I posted this to the support forum at 8 a.m. this morning.
I am sorry if this is a dumb css question – but I only need 5 images in the imageMenu header and would like to have it centered. Can you please tell me how to do this?
The blog is http://www.idosignatureevents.com/blog
I absolutely love this WP theme!
Thanks!
Rhonda
Thanks for sharing, It’s very useful for everyone who interests.
Ozge Turizm
http://www.ozgeturizm.com
I love this theme
Thanks for sharing
wow, the theme amazing, its just i needed. I search in all web the link for the photoshop images, but i found nothing, Could you post the link? Thanks ^^
The photoshop files are here:
http://mac-host.com/slidingdoor/artwork.zip
Very visually impressive design. One question: is there any way to get the sliding doors on the a page? At present the doors only show up on the posts. I use a static page as the entry point. I’d love to use this theme as it so original, and doesn’t scream out like the others I’ve seen “WordPress.”
I’m trying to transition my webpage to WordPress and i love your theme!
current theme defaults to 7 catagories… and i’d only need 5.
i tried to play with the source codes, but images do not stretch out laterally… is there something i’m missing or doing wrong?
instruction on changing number of categories would be awesome!
FYI to those who have downloaded this theme recently (maybe a different version) — the URL for the images is actually located at the bottom of the imageMenu.css file rather than in header.php
Hi,
first: very cool theme.
second: i have a question..if i click on one of the sliding thing like nature or people it says there is nothing to see..so my question is how can i make a new site in wordpress which coems when i click on the slide door nature?
Good article. Thanks.
Just wanted to say Good job! Everything has been easy to navigate and find answers to- thank you for that!
I added your blog to Google Reader.
I activated your theme to see what it was all about, but I can’t get back to admin where I can change it to another theme. How do I get back to my dashboard without wiping everything and starting over with wordpress install?
Go to yourblogname.com/wp-admin and you’ll get the admin screen. In otherwords, just add /wp-admin to what’s in your browser.
Just starting a new blog for my upcoming travels. I love your theme! I’m not very tech savvy and I’m having some trouble following the instructions to change the sliding door photos to my own. Crazy question: is there a different way to change the photos for Windows than for Mac?
free wordpress theme ! » How to Install great article thank you.
Hi ,
I am still trying to upload pics,
I want to use my own JPEG pics
something is wrong after I uploaded them,
It looks like you don´t use JPEG as a format.
What can be my mistake ?
Sorry for my bad english, I am german
Brand new to this blogging adventure…LOVE the theme Wayne which I installed ok but am a REAL NOVICE….anyone suggest where I can go to understand how I can change and update ( especially the sliding doors)..Just cannot seem to get the hang of it. I certainly do not understand code (yet) I guess I’m still thinking its an analog, film using world…..Yikes..if you look at my “site” you’ll see I’m a real knucklehead…don’t really know a darn thing but want to learn.
suggestions????
is there anyone out there who would be interested for a modest but fair fee to help me with the website http://www.castlehom.com
please go to the site and see some of the minor issues and if you can address them lets make a deal for tech support
if none of that is possible please help me towards DIY