• Threaded Comments ¹
• Comment Paging ¹
• Post classes
• Sticky posts

Version 1.3.1 ² has all these implemented. Other stuff you'll see in this version are an additional 620px content width layout option to choose from and a modified search widget.

Notes:

1. Comment features need to be activated in the Settings > Discussion panel for them to be functional.
2. 1.3.1 is backward compatible up to WordPress 2.5. It has all the right stuff to be working on WP 2.3 as well, but hasn't thoroughly been tested on.

Looking around for ways to make the theme more user friendly, I noticed some of you
- were unable to accommodate ads properly in the sidebars
- wanted to embed external objects like videos and photo galleries
- or just wanted to show some 'About' or 'Intro' text at the top spanning across two columns.

Also some of you wanted a wider content column,
- maybe to display bigger images
- or just to show more content above the fold.

The biggest change I'd like to tell you about in version 1.3 is the introduction of Theme Options page. Without overdoing the whole options thing, I've created the options which I thought were very essential.

Among all the options I consider the "Layout Options" to be the most important. By using a combination of the two "Layout Options" i.e 'content width' and 'no. of sidebars' in the "PrimePress Options" page you'll be able to choose a set-up that should meet your needs.

Other options eliminate the need to hack up the theme template files and let you

• enter your custom FeedBurner feed URL
• type in your FeedBurner ID to activate email subscription link
• give you some control over the main navigation tabs

First, I'll give you the code and explain how it works. That way, you'll understand it better and can easily adapt it to your site.

The Code

<?php if (is_page('28')) { ?>
	<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/headers/image1.jpg" width="920" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> header image" />
<?php } elseif (is_page('26')) { ?>
	<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/headers/image2.jpg" width="920" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> header image" />
<?php } elseif (is_page('30')) { ?>
	<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/headers/image3.jpg" width="920" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> header image" />
<?php } else { ?>
	<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/rotating.php?image=<?php echo mt_rand(0,100); ?>" width="920" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> Rotating Header Image" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> Random Header Image" />
<?php } ?>

I have 3 Pages here. With the above code, I'm telling the theme to display a given image on each of those 3 Pages and to display random images everywhere else.

• 1st two lines tell the theme to display image1.jpg on a Page with ID 28.
• next two lines tell it to display image2.jpg on a Page with ID 26 and so on.
• Last two lines (marked in blue) tell it to display random images everywhere else.

How to

1. Upload your header images into the headers folder in your PrimePress directory.
2. Open your header-images.php in your WordPress theme editor, delete the already existing code and paste the above code block in there.
3. Change the Page ID and the image file name according to your site. (parts marked in red)

Some Notes

Chances are, you want to do this on more than three pages. Just copy (duplicate) the lines marked in green, paste them right below (but above lines marked in blue) and change the ID and filename.

If you have permalinks turned on, you can also type in the post-slug in place of the Page IDs.

Earlier on, I assumed support through comments would be sufficient for PrimePress. I was wrong. Support process is getting way too dis-organized and it's getting increasingly hard to find the right info under the relevent post.

Heck!… I myself am finding it hard to locate some of my answers, let alone the users.

So to simplify the support process, I've set up the support forums… to make it much more efficient and easier for both you & me. I request you to ask your PrimePress support questions in the forums.

Thank You

Make sure you update your PrimePress theme to the latest version before you proceed.

You need to have two pages ready to implement this.

• Homepage - A Page with welcome text or anything you wish to show first to your visitors. creating this is pretty straightforward.
• Posts page - A page to show all your blog posts. You need this because you'll lose the default blog functionality once you activate the static homepage.

1. Create the blog posts Page

Go to write Page panel in your WordPress Dashboard and create a new blank Page with the title 'Blog'. Scroll down to the Page Template options at the bottom and from the drop down list select 'Blog' and publish the Page.

2. Assign the home and blog pages

Go to Settings > Reading > Front Page displays and select 'A static page'. There are 2 more options to be selected under this. choose a page of your choice for the front page. But for the Posts page select 'blog' and save.

3. Modify the navigation menu

Open main-menu.php in your WordPress Theme Editor. Delete or comment out the marked code in the following code block (everything but the last line).

<li class="<?php if ( is_home() or is_archive() or is_single() or is_paged() or is_search() or (function_exists('is_tag') and is_tag()) )
{ ?>current_page_item<?php } else { ?>page_item<?php } ?>"><a title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages('depth=1&title_li=&exclude='); ?>

Addendum

Homepage - Any default Page you create will have the title centered at the top. You may not want this on your static homepage. Use the 'HomePage' template for that Page to get rid of this.

Page-Order - A word about the Page Order in the main navigation menu. If you prefer doing things manually, assign a number to each of the Pages in the Advanced Options and they'll be sorted in ascending order. A better and easier alternative is to use a plugin.