This is a great business theme from the WooThemes team. Installation uses Manfre’s mem_templates plugin to import all page, form and CSS templates plus it installs all plugins used by the theme and activates them.
No theme images need to be uploaded to the “Images” tab. All aspects of the theme remain external to Textpattern itself.
The theme includes the “woo_variables” and “woo_widgets” plugins. Once installed you will find that you have 2 new tabs – “Content/Theme Variables” and “Content/Widgets” – both of which enable you to modify the set-up of the theme without the need to go anywhere near any code.
The theme comes with extensive documentation. Here are some details about Optimize:-
- Comes with 22 colour variations which can be set on the new “Theme Variables” tab.
- The header can use your own logo image or, if you don’t have one, it will display the site name entered into the “Preferences/Basic” tab. These settings are on the new “Theme Variables” tab.
- The front-page is about as flexible as any you are likely to see and it is all controlled from the new “Theme Variables” tab.
- The “light-box” script can be switched on or off.
- The main feature can use a video or image.
- The main feature title can be modified.
- The main feature text can be switched on or off.
- The main feature buttons can be switched on or off individually.
- The main feature button text can be modified.
- The main feature button links can be modified.
- The sub-features panel (under the main feature) can be switched on or off.
- The sub-features title can be modified.
- The sub-features text can be switched on or off.
- The front-page twitter display can be switched on or off.
- The twitter account displayed can be changed.
- The quantity of tweets displayed can be modified.
- The front-page mini-articles section, quantity and excerpt length can be modified.
- The front-page accolades quantity can be modified.
- The front-page about article excerpt length can be modified.
- Feeds use Txp tags by default but if you have a Feedburner account the URL can be entered on the new “Theme Variables” tab and this will be used instead.
- By default the theme uses the “articles”, “portfolio” and “accolades” sections but these can all be renamed on the “Sections” tab and the new sections entered on the new “Theme Variables” tab. These will then be used throughout the site including widgets and navigation.
- The quantity of articles displayed per page in “article_list” view for the Weblog and Portfolio sections (or whatever you have called them) can be changed.
- The email address for the contact form is added on the new “Theme Variables” tab.
- All widget variables, including ad images, are on the new “Widgets” tab.
- All widgets can be placed in both the extended footer and the sidebar, or both if necessary.
- You can set the widgets used in the extended footer on the new “Widgets” tab.
- The extended footer can be left blank.
- A form is included (blank by default) for your Google Analytics code if you use it and the form is already being called to the bottom of all page templates.
- Styling is included for images contained within an article to position them left, right or centre. Just add the appropriate class name to your image tag.
- The Contact form will be automatically added to the bottom of the Contact article once it has been created.
- A full-width page template is included.
- An error_503 page template is included.
- The “mem_templates” plugin needs to be installed manually but once that is done all page templates, form templates, CSS templates and remaining plugins are imported with a couple of “clicks” plus all plugins are “activated”.
Please note that this theme is not free and is only available for download from thebombsite.com.
