How To
Adding Images To Posts / Using the Image Resizer:
Background Information
Many of the different template pages within The Journal, uses an embedded image within a post when displaying the post to the user. This means that you need to add a custom image to a post should you wish to display the image with the post. If you decline to add an image to a post, it will not be displayed and won’t disrupt the theme in any way.
Our themes use a custom image resizing script (thumb.php) which will dynamically resize, crop & create an image in the appropriate size needed for the template.
Instructions:
Screenshot 4: The Journal Custom Settings.
- On your Write > Post tab, complete all of the standard fields when adding a new post.
- Now scroll down to the « The Journal Custom Settings » panel (just below your Post Revisions). Click on the « Browse » button to find the image you want to your use on your local computer. Once you’ve found it click « Save » and the url will automatically be inserted.
- Insert an « Image Caption » if you so desire – recommended if you are using this post as the featured post with large image on the home page.
- Save your post and voila!
Widgets
Custom The Journal Widgets:
The Journal includes a bunch of different widgetized spaces, along with custom, The Journal-specific widgets to allow you more customisation options than ever before. Here’s a brief run-down of both the widget areas and custom widgets:
Widgetized Spaces
There are 6 different widgetized spaces throughout the The Journal template:
- Sidebar 1 (displayed on inner pages; middle column);
- Sidebar 2 (displayed on inner pages; right column); and
- Footer 1 – 4 (displayed in the four columns in the footer).
Note: You will need to go to Design > Widgets to add any widgets to these spaces. By default the theme will not display anything in these spaces, until you add your own widgets.
Custom widgets
The theme includes 2 custom widgets that you can add to your widgetized area:
- Woo – Search;
- Woo – Flickr*.
* denotes that there are options inside the widget that you may need to set for it to operate properly
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Page Templates
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