Tuesday 26 April 2011

WordPress Theme: Marahan


Padd Solutions’ latest theme release isMarahan WordPress theme. This WP theme comes with a customizable front page which showcases the “Welcome To Our Website” section. This special multi-colored 5-in-1 free WordPress theme is packed with a better framework and a robust admin options panel to accommodate the General Settings, Page Tracker, Social Networking, Related Posts, Page Navigation and Custom Ads Settings.
Marahan WP theme has a featured content slider which is great for any blogger who wants to impress their readers with their contents and a premium quality design blog at no cost!

Check out the other theme features:
  • Featured Content Gallery
  • Multiple color schemes (blue, brown, gray, green, red)
  • Popular Posts
  • Latest Tweet
  • Spread the articles via Social bookmarks (TweetMeme, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Twitter)
  • Related Posts
  • Separation of Comments and Trackbacks
  • SEO optimized
  • Automatic Thumbnail Resizer (without using a custom field)
  • Compatible with WordPress version 2.9+
  • RSS and Twitter subscription
  • Google Analytics code integration
  • Built-in Page Navigation
  • Advertisement Blocks Ready
  • Gravatar Enabled
Marahan Screenshot
Marahan | Demo | Download Marahan (3066)
Installation:
  1. Install marahan folder at /wp-content/themes/
  2. Activate Marahan Theme 1.0 by Padd Solutions (Note: Don’t worry if it might look disoriented at first, you need to activate the required plugins to fully utilize the theme.)
Activate the Required Plugins
  • Popularity Contest
  • TweetMeme Retweet Button (note on the settings, see below)
Customizing Marahan Options:
  1. Go to Appearance > Marahan Options
    • General Settings
    • Page Tracker Settings
    • Social Networking Settings
    • Related Posts Settings
    • Page Navigation Settings
    • Custom Ads Settings
  2. Then Save Settings.
Additional Customization:
  • Changing the Logo:
    1. Use the site-name.psd found at the /images folder.
    2. Edit it using your favorite graphics application.
    3. Save as site-name.png and upload it at the /wp-content/themes/marahan/images folder.
  • Using TweetMeme:
    1. Go to TweetMeme settings
    2. Display: check “Display the button on pages”
    3. Position: Manual.
    4. Type: choose “The compact widget”
    5. The rest of the settings can be left as is.
    6. Save changes.
  • Updating the Featured Content Gallery:
    1. At the Custom Field post:
    2. Name: paddimage-gallery
    3. Value: url of the image (i.e. /wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image.jpg)
    4. Edit the settings.
    5. Save changes.
  • Updating the Post Thumbnail:
    1. At the Custom Field of the post:
    2. Name: paddimage
    3. Value: url of the image (i.e. /wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image.jpg)
    4. Edit the settings.
    5. Save changes.
Thank you:
Thanks to Crowd Favorite and TweetMeme for the useful plugins and Woofunction for their amazing icons. This theme is also brought to you by Cheap Hosting from the #1 Web Hosting Provider – HostNexus.
Feedback :

Tell us what you think, we would love to hear something from you.
If you have any problem or found some bugs upon using this WordPress theme, feel free to leave a comment here.


Credit : http://www.paddsolutions.com/wordpress-theme-marahan/

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