2.0 is here!!!
10.7.2009 – What’s new in OnStage Theme 2.0? Plenty. First, the theme now has options that allow you to choose a Light or Dark color scheme. The dark scheme is based on the original design, the light is all new. OnStage Theme for Actors is also easier than ever to set up. Simply install the theme and configure the theme from the options page. You can still use the NextGen Gallery Slide Show on the front page, but you no longer have to. You can simply paste in a link to the photo you want to show on the home page. Finally, OnStage Theme for Actors may be the first theme to incorporate PODS CMS Framework into a theme release. Included in the theme folder is a pod-package that can be imported into the the Pods CMS plugin to create a Youtube video gallery.
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The theme is free to download, but I am happy to set it up for you for $200. If you are interested, drop me an email at mike@mikevanwinkle.com or call 708.289.3136.
SCREENSHOTS
INSTALLATION
- Unpack this archive in your wp-content/themes/ directory.
- Go to WP Theme Admin page and select Onstage theme
- Go to “Onstage Options” to configure theme.
HOME PAGE IMAGE
- Upload photo into WP media library.
- Copy photo link into space provided on OnStage Options page
SET UP BLOG PAGE
- Click “Add new page” from dashboard menu.
- Title the page “Blog” and select the template named “Blog Page Template”
USE NEXTGEN GALLERY SLIDE SHOW
- Install NEXTGEN GALLERY plugin.
- Create new gallery and make note of the ID number.
- Upload photos to gallery (images should be 680 x 400)
- Set up slideshow functionality by following instructions here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/installation/
- Go to “OnStage Options” page, select “yes” under use NEXTGEN option, and enter the Gallery ID # in the space provided.
USE VIDEO GALLERY
- Install Pods CMS Plugin via WP Plugin directory
- Open ‘pod-package.txt’ file in a text editor and copy text.
- Select “Package manager” from pods dashboard tab.
- Paste text into the space provided under the “import” tab.
- Add videos under the new “Videos” tab by pasting a full youtube link (i.e. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbb2rKXIQu8) into the “YouTube Code” field.
Note: Make sure that you have enabled a custom permalink structure as part of the pods installation. Also, if you are installing into a directory other than the root directory, you may need to edit the .htaccess to make sure the redirects are going to the right directory.
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great template!
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im having troubles importing the POD.
I go through the package manager, but the import of the code isnt working.
This is great. A breeze to set up and looks very professional. Thanks a lot.
I am having the same problem with PODS package. No error message, but I never get to a confirmation page (at least I don’t think I do) and the Videos tab never appears (where should I be looking for it?)
you have to open and copy the “pod-package.txt” with WORDPAD not NOTEPAD, then it works.
The videos tab won’t appear until you create a page for it.
please help me install the nexgen
thanks!!
i also cant find pod-package.txt HELP!
Liking it so far and getting to know it. Any thoughts on also setting up a voice page. Would you just use the vidieo setup or did i miss something.
Thank you for creating this.
I love this theme… thanks a lot. The only trouble I am having is with the footer. I wanted to make the footer stick to the bottom… so I did the standard: position:absolute; bottom:0px; but this doesn’t seem to work. Any idea how to get the footer to stick all the way to the bottom?
Can i use dropdown menus..
i use the parent but the menus are not dropping down.
help!
yeah having pods cms problems. It gives me this error message when trying to activate it:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: str_split() in /blog/wp-content/plugins/pods/init.php on line 27
I love this theme and am trying to get the hang of it. I don't get how to use the video gallery. It looks like there's a page created because there is the link for "Video Gallery" but I don't know how to access it. I'm guess it's the pods thing, but I can't seem to get that to activate. And I went into the folder to try and look for the "pod-package.txt" file but it doesn't exist.
I created another page and named it "Video" but what do I do with Video Gallery?
@David I believe that error is a result of not running PHP5. You might want to check on that to ensure you're nort running PHP4.
Er… "not"