“EARTHY” New WordPress Theme Released

1.Apr.2007 at 1 | hso

“EARTHY” New WordPress Theme Released

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Earthy is a new 2 column, “widget ready” WordPress theme with a left sidebar, with an earthy essence highlighted by brown and beige shades by headsetoptions.org and MandarinMusing. Ideal for environmental websites.

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7. Cindy | April 7, 2007 #

I absolutely LOVE this template.. the only problem I’m having is with the flickr option.. the instructions state:

- Open sidebar.php using WP or a text editor like notepad

- Find the Flickr script

- Change “tag=art” to “tag=your tag” “your tag” being your own unique tag

where would I get that ‘unique tag’?
thanks so much and keep up the good work

11. headsetop | May 2, 2007 #

@ David

The line is not meant to be, but the h1 style for content is clashing with the h1 for header (in this case top). To fix it, open style.css and find this piece of code:

h1 {
margin : 0;
padding : 20px 10px 5px 0px;
font : 175% Helvetica, “Trebuchet MS”, Arial,Tahoma, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #656C4A;
color:#656C4A;
background:inherit;
}

Just add #content in from of the h1, like shown below:

#content h1 {
margin : 0;
padding : 20px 10px 5px 0px;
font : 175% Helvetica, “Trebuchet MS”, Arial,Tahoma, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #656C4A;
color:#656C4A;
background:inherit;
}

That should do it, it will remove the line only from the header, but will not mess with the styling for h1 in the content. Let me know how it goes!

19. hso | July 25, 2007 #

@ David Taylor

Yeah, I usually do not include comment tag in page.php file. Here’s what you do:

Open page.php and look for this:

<br/>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Add this in between those two lines:

<div class=”commentsblock”>
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

So your final code should look like this:

<br/>

<div class=”commentsblock”>
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

You’ll then be able to activate the comments from your WP Admin > Manage > Pages

21. David Figueiredo | August 15, 2007 #

Hi,

I have been trying to add a sidebar picture. But when I add say after the News section, I get the alternate text after it attempts to load. If I try to load homepage.com/pic.jpg it just goes to the home page. So I assume that there is some special way to add pictures to the News section of the sidebar.
Thanks,
David

27. hso | September 14, 2007 #

@ David Taylor
Open header.php and look for this:

<ul>
<li><a href=”<?php echo get_settings(’home’); ?>/”>Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’); ?>
</ul>

To add an external link, simply add the HTML like below:

<ul>
<li><a href=”<?php echo get_settings(’home’); ?>/”>Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’); ?>
<li><a href=”EXTERNAL URI”>EXTERNAL LINK ANCHOR TEXT</a></li>
</ul>

29. Arlene Ripley | May 9, 2008 #

I love this theme and have been using it for some months now. I’d like to make the Archives more than just a list of entries and from what I’ve read, there is a feature available in WordPress called “Optional Excerpt” that can do this but it has to be available from the theme. Any chance this will or can be added to “Earthy?”

30. hso | May 11, 2008 #

@ Arlene Ripley

The optional excerpt relies on two things, one is the theme have the the_excerpt tag where the excerpt need to be visible and the admin/you add excepts outside what is generated by WordPress. If this seem confusing, it is not.

When you write a post in WordPress, the the_excerpt tag usually pulls the first few lines and make it an excerpt, however, WordPress also allows you customize you excerpts right when you write a post under advanced options. There excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content.

In order to make your theme show excerpt, here’s what you do:

Open archive.php (or Archive in WP) and look for these lines:

<li><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a> | <small> Posted by <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_time(’M d Y’);?> under <?php the_category(’, ‘) ?> </small></li>

Copy this code and past it right below the code above in your archive.php:

<li><?php the_excerpt (’Read the rest of this entry »’); ?></li>

That should do it, now you can add custom excerpts and it will show up in your archives.

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7. Cindy | April 7, 2007 #

I absolutely LOVE this template.. the only problem I’m having is with the flickr option.. the instructions state:

- Open sidebar.php using WP or a text editor like notepad

- Find the Flickr script

- Change “tag=art” to “tag=your tag” “your tag” being your own unique tag

where would I get that ‘unique tag’?
thanks so much and keep up the good work

8. hso | April 7, 2007 #

@ Cindy

You start off with creating a Flickr account and adding images, and while you are adding images you are able to tag your images whatever you want, so find a unique name and tag your images. Use that in the script within the theme file.

9. Cindy | April 7, 2007 #

ok, cool! thanks so much, will give it a whirl..
and Happy Easter

10. David | May 2, 2007 #

Love this theme. But I want to remove the line drawn under the header title which cuts right through the header picture. I am new to word press and cannot figure this out. Although I have modified other portions of the themes to my liking. What php renders this line?

11. headsetop | May 2, 2007 #

@ David

The line is not meant to be, but the h1 style for content is clashing with the h1 for header (in this case top). To fix it, open style.css and find this piece of code:

h1 {
margin : 0;
padding : 20px 10px 5px 0px;
font : 175% Helvetica, “Trebuchet MS”, Arial,Tahoma, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #656C4A;
color:#656C4A;
background:inherit;
}

Just add #content in from of the h1, like shown below:

#content h1 {
margin : 0;
padding : 20px 10px 5px 0px;
font : 175% Helvetica, “Trebuchet MS”, Arial,Tahoma, sans-serif;
letter-spacing:5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #656C4A;
color:#656C4A;
background:inherit;
}

That should do it, it will remove the line only from the header, but will not mess with the styling for h1 in the content. Let me know how it goes!

12. David | May 2, 2007 #

Awesome, So #content means not-in-header. I’m going to have to get that wordpress book or more documentation. Thanks for your help.

13. amore | May 21, 2007 #

hello, do you know what specific files I need to change to enable access or edit of theme inside wordpress? (ex. 666, 777 code in FTP)

14. hso | May 22, 2007 #

@ amore

If you want to make your file writabe from WP, you need to CHMOD your theme files via FTP by right-clicking the file, choosing properties and then making it read-write-edit or at least read-write for all users!

15. beginners_luck | July 6, 2007 #

Great looking design!

I have one question. I do not want the main blog page to be titled “home”. How can I change that?

Thanks for your help and your great work!

16. hso | July 8, 2007 #

@ beginners_luck

Open header.php and look for this:

?php echo get_settings(’home’); ?>/”>Home<

and change the “Home” to whatever you like.

17. beginners_luck | July 10, 2007 #

@hso

Thanks!

18. David Taylor | July 25, 2007 #

I love this template… One slight problem though, when creating pages even though ‘Allow Comments’ checkbox is checked the comments box does not show.

19. hso | July 25, 2007 #

@ David Taylor

Yeah, I usually do not include comment tag in page.php file. Here’s what you do:

Open page.php and look for this:

<br/>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Add this in between those two lines:

<div class=”commentsblock”>
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

So your final code should look like this:

<br/>

<div class=”commentsblock”>
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

You’ll then be able to activate the comments from your WP Admin > Manage > Pages

20. David Taylor | July 25, 2007 #

@ hso

Many thanks, you’re wonderful!

21. David Figueiredo | August 15, 2007 #

Hi,

I have been trying to add a sidebar picture. But when I add say after the News section, I get the alternate text after it attempts to load. If I try to load homepage.com/pic.jpg it just goes to the home page. So I assume that there is some special way to add pictures to the News section of the sidebar.
Thanks,
David

22. hso | August 16, 2007 #

@ David Figueriedo

Use the full images URI like below to make your image work (and searchable):

< img xsrc=”http://imageURL/imagename.jpg” alt=”image name” / >

23. David Figueiredo | August 16, 2007 #

Hi hso,

Well I tried it but it didn’t work. I still think the if I put pictures in the images directory I should be able to load it in the browser with homepage.com/images/pic.jpg. But that doesn’t happen. So this still baffles me.

24. hso | August 19, 2007 #

@ David Figueriedo

Use the full URI like

homepage.com/wp-content/uploads/image.jpg

25. Fatih Nakış | August 23, 2007 #

Many thanks

26. David Taylor | September 8, 2007 #

Hi, I want to put an external link on the top menu bar, how can I do this?

27. hso | September 14, 2007 #

@ David Taylor
Open header.php and look for this:

<ul>
<li><a href=”<?php echo get_settings(’home’); ?>/”>Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’); ?>
</ul>

To add an external link, simply add the HTML like below:

<ul>
<li><a href=”<?php echo get_settings(’home’); ?>/”>Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’); ?>
<li><a href=”EXTERNAL URI”>EXTERNAL LINK ANCHOR TEXT</a></li>
</ul>

28. David Taylor | September 18, 2007 #

Many thanks

29. Arlene Ripley | May 9, 2008 #

I love this theme and have been using it for some months now. I’d like to make the Archives more than just a list of entries and from what I’ve read, there is a feature available in WordPress called “Optional Excerpt” that can do this but it has to be available from the theme. Any chance this will or can be added to “Earthy?”

30. hso | May 11, 2008 #

@ Arlene Ripley

The optional excerpt relies on two things, one is the theme have the the_excerpt tag where the excerpt need to be visible and the admin/you add excepts outside what is generated by WordPress. If this seem confusing, it is not.

When you write a post in WordPress, the the_excerpt tag usually pulls the first few lines and make it an excerpt, however, WordPress also allows you customize you excerpts right when you write a post under advanced options. There excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content.

In order to make your theme show excerpt, here’s what you do:

Open archive.php (or Archive in WP) and look for these lines:

<li><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a> | <small> Posted by <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_time(’M d Y’);?> under <?php the_category(’, ‘) ?> </small></li>

Copy this code and past it right below the code above in your archive.php:

<li><?php the_excerpt (’Read the rest of this entry »’); ?></li>

That should do it, now you can add custom excerpts and it will show up in your archives.

31. Arlene Ripley | May 12, 2008 #

Thanks very much! I’ll give it a try. Thanks for the wonderful theme too!

32. Arlene Ripley | May 12, 2008 #

Okay, I did what you recommended and it worked perfectly — thanks again!

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