Shade WordPress Theme FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I add thumbnail images to articles?

Google Adsense - How do i add my publisher ID?

How do i limit the links displayed in the top menu?

How do i set up the related post plugin

How do i add in the thumbnail image on the Featured Post?

How do i add my profile picture?

How do i choose which categories appear on the homepage?

Theme Spinner FAQ

Please note: there is no reason to use the wordpress '<--More-->' system. We have limited how much text displays on the homepage, archives, categories etc. If you have Read More --> appearing around your site, please go back and remove the "More" tag from these posts.

Please make sure you upload and activate all the plugin's found in the themes folder!

1. How do I add thumbnail images to articles? Login to wordpress admin area and edit any post, once there scroll down until you see the custom fields box. In the 'Key' field, type 'Thumbnail' without the quotation marks. Then in the Value field print the URL to the image.

After that Click Add Custom Field, or just save your post instead.

I recommended using a nice upload plugin to make things easier.

Please note: Thumbnail has to begin with a CAPITAL letter.

2. Google Adsense - How do i add my publisher ID? In your themes folder, located in /root/wp-content/themes/Shade, you will notice a folder called 'adsense'. Replace the adsense code in all files. don't forget to save and upload your changes.

3. How do i limit the links displayed in the top menu ? Visit: http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=functions.php Or in the admin area, visit: Presentation->Exclude Top Links

4. How do set up the 'Related Posts' related post plugin After activating the plugin, visit: www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?page=related-posts_Shade.php. Once there, enter these settings:

How many related posts would you like to show?
I recommend showing 5

Before / After (Post Title)?
first box = <div class="related-posts"><b>
second box = </b></div>

Show excerpt?
False

Excerpt length (No. of words):
Leave Blank

Before / After (Excerpt):
Leave Blank

Show password protected posts?
you decide, i left this as false

SQL Index Table Setup

If this is your first time installing this plugin you will have to run this script (opens a new window) in order to create the index table required by the plugin. If this fails, please refer to the readme on how to create it manually.

Click the 'the script' link and this should add the database tables automatically. If this fails, follow below:

If after clicking the link you receive an error, that means the script can't add the necessary tables to your database automatically.

So lets do this manually:
Just open your database in phpMySQLadmin and paste the following code into a SQL command

ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` ADD FULLTEXT `post_related` (`post_name`,`post_content`)

Note: You may have to change wp_posts to something else if you are using a different prefix, which is common when you have multiple WP installs running of the same database.

5. How do i add in the thumbnail image on the Featured Post Login to wordpress admin area and edit any post, once there scroll down until you see the custom fields box. In the 'Key' field, type 'Featuredimage' without the quotation marks. Then in the Value field print the URL to the image.

After that Click Add Custom Field, or just save your post instead.

I recommend using a nice upload plugin to make things easier.

Please note: Featuredimage has to begin with a CAPITAL letter.

6. How do i add my profile picture? Every author on your blog can add there picture automatically when posting simply by signing up to Gravatar. Please remember to sign up using the same email address as the one entered in your user profile on your blog.

7. How do i choose which categories appear on the homepage? In your theme's folder, located in /root/wp-content/themes/Shade, open 'home.php' and search for the category you want to replace, currently labled   etc...

When you find the category you want to change you will notice some code below:

< ?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=1"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

Notice in the code 'cat=1' change the number here to category you want to display.
If you are unsure on the categories number you want to change to - you can find out by visiting: yourdomain.com/wp-admin/categories.php and under the 'ID' is the number your looking for. don't forget to save and upload your changes.