Empire

TXP version: 4.3.0+

Ported by: ProText Themes

Designer: Ryan O'Rourke

Category: corporate

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Empire     Empire

  • Comes with 5 colour variations which can be set on the Theme Variables tab.
  • The theme uses it’s own theme logo by default but if you have your own logo image, upload it to the _templates/empire/assets directory that was auto-created when you installed the theme and enter it’s name on the Theme Variables tab. If this field is left blank the theme will display a text version of the site name and site slogan that you entered in the “Preferences/Basic” tab.
  • The header block can also display either a banner-ad image with link or a Google Adsense banner. All settings are on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can specify the name for the homepage link in the navigation on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can specify the sections displayed in the main navigation and their order on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can enable or disable the category drop-down menus in the navigation on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can switch the display of the slider on or off on the Theme Variables tab.
  • The slider section, height, display of the captions and display of the prev / next buttons can be set on the Theme Variables tab along with the quantity of articles displayed and the transition time, speed and type.
  • “Slider” articles are specified with a custom_field.
  • The front-page can display 2 articles from any section of your site, one above and one below the front-page widget block. These can be specified by article id number on the Theme Variables tab. If one of these settings is left blank no article will appear in that area or none at all if both are left blank.
  • You can set the section and the display of individual_article paging for the gallery section on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set the section and the display of individual_article paging for the portfolio section on the Theme Variables tab along with several other “slider-related” settings.
  • You can set the article_list view quantity for several different areas of the site on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set the length of the excerpt displayed in article_list view on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set the width and height of the article_image thumbnails generated for display in article_list view on the Theme variables tab.
  • Positioning of the article_image thumbnails is controlled on a “per article” basis using a custom_field.
  • You can set the width and height of the article_image thumbnails generated for display in individual_article view on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set whether or not to use the “PrettyPhoto” light-box in individual_article view on the new “Theme Variables” tab.
  • You can set which sections you want to allow “commenting” for on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set the theme used by “PrettyPhoto” on the Theme Variables tab.
  • For the “gallery” and “portfolio” sections, “PrettyPhoto” is set to “gallery mode” and you can determine whether it should be manual or auto operation on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can set the transition speed for “PrettyPhoto” in “auto mode” on the Theme Variables tab.
  • The display of the contact form on the “Contact” page can be switched on or off on the Theme Variables tab.
  • The contact form email address is entered on the Theme Variables tab.
  • You can enable or disable the display of the Google map on the contact page as well as make several other setting adjustments for the map on the Theme Variables tab.
  • No thumbnails are required anywhere due to the use of an image-resizing script.
  • All widgets can be displayed in the “horizontal sidebar”, “extended footer” or “front-page widget block”.
  • You can set which widgets are to be displayed in the “front-page widget block” and the “extended footer” on the Widgets tab.
  • You can control various aspects of individual widget display on the Widgets tab.
  • Widgets are included for Twitter, Flickr, image advert, archive menu, blogroll, tag cloud, recent posts, recent comments, calendar, text , category listing, get in touch, contact us, feedback and Feedburner subscription.
  • Full documentation on how to use your theme can be conveniently referenced in the “Home/Documentation” tab.

This theme requires Textpattern 4.3.0 minimum.

Please note that this theme is not free and is only available for download from ProText Themes.