Posts Area & Posts

ThemeStarta provides a ton of power for designing the way individual posts appear and the area in which they appear in your WordPress theme. This tutorial covers the options available in the "Posts Area & Posts" option panel, including how to set single or multiple post columns, how to set the number of leading posts, setting post character limits for excerpts, setting your main posts and individual posts backgrounds, styling post text and links, individual post borders, and related CSS3 design effects.

Below Sidebar Widgets

Using ThemeStarta you can style your sidebar widgets to appear just the way you want them to look, both inside and outside the actual widget. One particular area of widget control is the ability to customize the space above and below your sidebar widgets. In this tutorial, we'll examine how to set the height values and backgrounds that appear directly below your sidebar widgets using the settings available in the "Below Sidebar Widgets" option panel.

Above Sidebar Widgets

Using ThemeStarta you can style your sidebar widgets and the areas inside and outside of those widgets as you please. In the same way that you can customize the area above and below your posts, you can also customize the areas above and below your sidebar widgets. In this tutorial, we'll examine how to set the height values and backgrounds that appear directly above your sidebar widgets using the settings available in the "Above Sidebar Widgets" option panel.

Sidebar Widgets

ThemeStarta provides plenty of design power and flexibility to help you create custom sidebar widgets that look exactly how you want them to. In this WordPress theme design tutorial we'll cover the options available in the "Sidebar Widgets" option panel, including how to set sidebar widget margin and padding, setting sidebar widget backgrounds, controlling text and links in sidebar widgets, widget borders, CSS3 design effects, and how to add social icons to sidebar widgets with links and hover customizations.

Below Sidebars

Using ThemeStarta you can style your sidebars to appear just the way you want them to look in your custom WordPress theme. Just as you can customize the areas above and below the widgets that appear in your sidebar, so too can you do the same with the sidebars themselves. In this tutorial, we'll examine how to set the height values and backgrounds that appear directly below your sidebars using the settings available in the "Below Sidebars" option panel.

Above Sidebars

ThemeStarta's sidebar design options give you the flexibility to apply an almost infinite number of different designs to the way your sidebars are displayed. In this tutorial, we'll specifically examine how to set the height of the area that appears directly above the main and/or second sidebar in your custom theme, how to set the color of this area, and how to upload images for use as backgrounds above the sidebars, all using the settings available in the "Above Sidebars" option panel.

Sidebars

ThemeStarta's WYSIWYG WordPress theme editor enables you to adjust the height and width of your sidebars with ease, but it is through the "Sidebars" option panel that you control your sidebar display settings. In this tutorial learn how to apply one or two sidebars to your WordPress theme, how to position your sidebars left and/or right, how to set individual backgrounds for your first and/or second sidebar, how to tile sidebar images, and how to set your sidebars to show on different pages.

Below Content Area Block

The "Below Content Area Block" refers to the area below the content that is displayed in the main "Content Area block". You can use this area to add cool design effect styles to your content area. In this tutorial, we'll look specifically at the settings available in the Below Content Area Block option panel, including how to set the height of the area that appears below the Content Area Block and how to set background colors and images to fill this area.

Above Content Area Block

The "Above Content Area Block" refers to the area above the content that is displayed in the main "Content Area block". You can use this area to add additional design styles to enhance the look of your content area. In this tutorial, we'll look specifically at the settings available in the Above Content Area Block option panel, including how to set the height of the area that appears above the Content Area Block and how to set background colors and images to fill this area.

Content Area Block

The "Content Area Block" is the area of your WordPress theme where your site content, such as posts, are displayed. The various display settings that apply to this overall block are accessed through the Content Area Block option panel. In this tutorial, learn how to use these settings to adjust the layout, background, border, CSS3 effects of the block, and how to set the content area to show or hide depending on which pages of your WordPress site are being viewed.

Featured Strip Block

The Featured Strip is designed to be used as an area of your theme where you can display featured content. The options that control the way the Featured Strip behaves are accessed through the Featured Strip Settings > Featured Strip Block options panel. In this tutorial we'll cover these options, including how to manually set your Featured Strip height, backgrounds, border, CSS3 design effects, and how to show or hide the featured area from specific pages.

Featured Strip Posts

This tutorial covers the options available in the Featured Strip Settings > Featured Strip Posts options panel. This is the panel from which settings can be applied to the actual posts that appear within the featured strip area. We'll cover how to set the number of posts appearing in the featured strip, how to set the number of featured strip post columns, controlling featured column widths, and setting featured post backgrounds, borders, and CSS3 design effects.

Posting Featured Strip Content

Once you've set up your Featured Strip Block you'll want some featured posts to appear in it. ThemeStarta's WYSIWYG preview editor will give you a sample of how your featured post content will appear, but it won't show you your actual content. In this overview of posting featured content, we discuss how the featured area uses "Featured Strip" custom post types, the instances in which it doesn't, and how to publish featured content. Remember, you'll need to preview your real content outside of the theme editor!

Post Outside Slider

The Spotlight block is specifically designed to accommodate a slideshow (the "slider") capable of displaying any type of content, however you don't have to fill the Spotlight area with just a slideshow. Instead, you can resize the slider and reposition it to create space for additional content outside of the slider. In this tutorial we cover how to use the "Post Outside Slider" option panel to customize the display of the content you want to display in the spotlight area alongside your slideshow.

Slider Arrows

To make content that appears in the slider (slideshow) as easy to navigate as possible, ThemeStarta provides two configurable slider navigation options: Slider Buttons and Slider Arrows. You can choose to display one, both or neither of these slider navigation tools. In this tutorial, we'll cover the method specifically related to Slider Arrows. Using the "Slider Arrows" option panel, learn how to upload your own slider arrow images and/or set slider arrow images to show or hide.

Slider Buttons

Slider Buttons are one of two navigation methods available to help users take manual browsing control of slider content without having to wait for slide transitions (the other being Slider Arrows). You can choose to display one, both or neither of these slider navigation methods. In this tutorial, we'll cover the method specifically related to Slider Buttons using the "Slider Buttons" option panel, including how to upload your own slider button images and/or set slider buttons to show or hide.

Slider Captions

ThemeStarta's slider includes in-built caption overlay functionality for displaying custom captions on each of your slideshow slides. The caption itself is typically added when you add your post content through the WordPress admin dashboard using the "Enter the Slider Caption Overlay Text" field, but it is through the Spotlight Settings > Slider Caption options panel that you control how the caption displays. In this tutorial, we'll cover how to customize the slider caption background and all text (including text links) that appear in it.

The Slider

ThemeStarta's slider provides you in-built functionality for displaying slideshows of your content in the Spotlight block of your custom WordPress theme. Options for customizing how your slider displays are found in the Spotlight Settings > Slider options panel. In this tutorial, we'll cover these options which include setting your slider to a full or fixed height and width, controlling slider spacing, auto resizing slider images, customizing the slider background, border, text and links, and setting the speed and type of slider transition.