Usage
How to use the Featured post
To create the Featured post on the homepage you need to make a Category called Featured. In order to exclude this category from the normal posts on the homepage you need to find ‘&cat=-5‘ on line 23 of the index.php file and simply change this number to your own featured category. You can find this number in the Dashboard -> Posts -> Categories.
How to use the Flickr photos
To have your own Flickr photos feed in the sidebar you need to edit the sidebar.php file. Go to line 71 and change the Flickr RSS feed with your actual own Flickr feed. You can find your Flickr feed by logging in to Flickr.com and then click Your Photostream. After the page loads, scroll down to the bottom and find Subscribe to Your Name’s photostream then copy the geoFeed link. Furthermore you can configure how many photos you want to be displayed by changing get_item_quantity(6) to whatever you want.
How to use the Contact form
In order to use the Contact form properly, you need to edit the following code in the contact-form.php file:
//If there is no error, send the email
if(!isset($hasError)) {
$emailTo = 'me@somedomain.com';
$subject = 'Contact Form Submission from '.$name;
$sendCopy = trim($_POST['sendCopy']);
$body = "Name: $name \n\nEmail: $email \n\nComments: $comments";
$headers = 'From: My Site <'.$emailTo.'>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $email;
mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, $headers);
if($sendCopy == true) {
$subject = 'You emailed Your Name';
$headers = 'From: Your Name <noreply@somedomain.com>';
mail($email, $subject, $body, $headers);
}
$emailSent = true;
}
The code above starts at line 48 in contact-form.php. Change the Items bolded to your own name and e-mail adres. Next, you will need to create the page in WordPress and select Contact Form as the page template. After you publish your page, you will have your contact form.
Anything else?
If you have any other questions about this free wordpress theme, please leave a comment below and we will try to do our best to answer you. For question related to the installation or configuration of a wordpess theme, consult the Wordpress forum or the Codex.
