How To
Theme Overview
Placeholder is very easy to setup. Once you have installed the theme simply navigate to the « Placeholder > Theme Options » page and set up the theme.

You’ll quite evidently see all the options available to you, allowing you to totally customize the page look and feel. You can enable/disable the introduction, social links, newsletter sign up and countdown clock each under their own dedicated theme option’s panel.

To change the background color of the page, add a background image, and to add your own custom logo you just need to navigate to the styling options and fill in the options.
Adding a Campaign Monitor newsletter form
To add a Campaign monitor newsletter subscription form you are required to create a custom form on their website and then find the ID and also the Action on that form.
First navigate to Placeholder > Theme Options > Newsletter and select Campaign Monitor from the dropdown box.

Next login to your Campaign Monitor account, then click on the « Create a subscribe form » link in the right sidebar. You’ll then go to a page where you can set up the form.


Copy the two sections highlighted in the screenshot above and place the action and ID in the corresponding fields in the « Newsletter » theme options.
That’s it. You are set up for registrations for your newsletter!
Widgets
Custom Widgets
The theme includes 4 custom widgets that you can add to your widgetized area:
- Woo – Ads 125 x 125 widget (setup ads in options panel)
- Woo – Flickr widget
- Woo – Twitter widget
- Woo – Search widget
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Page Templates
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