WPJunkie Facelift

I love taking themes and tweaking them a little here and a little there to get what I like. I have done this with every theme on all of my sites because it not only helps make your site different from others that might use the same theme but also helps you learn a little coding. I had my previous theme for WPJunkie for about 3-4 months and decided that I was a little bored with it and it was time for change so I began to search for a FREE theme to tweak and use here. I searched and searched but was at a stand still as most were too far from what I wanted or I had already tweaked it in the past or for a client. Then I received an e-mail from Chris over at JungleJar about a new theme that he released called Helium which I had previously posted about (last post I believe). The theme featured the thumbnail enabled homepage which is a feature I love in Wordpress and had a nice featured category section in the sidebar. It even had the original orange feel that I was looking for!! So of course I had to get it and begin the tweaking.

The first thing I  focused on was the homepage where I wanted to be sure to do was get my 125×125 banners their own little place so I simply pasted the script code from Rotatee in place and BAM! It was up and running. I then noticed that my Twitter and little “about me” section was gone so I went ahead and pulled that over and placed it right above the 125×125 banners. Perfect! I wanted to be sure people had plenty of access to the RSS feed, my Twitter account and MyBlogLog account so I simply added each buttons code into the sidebar’s php and voila! Thats pretty much it for the front page other then the date layout and the authors names that I changed.

The single posts page was my next victim. I wanted the same feel as my old layout which was the larger “thumbnail” at the top of each post. I did this by using the same custom field call that the homepage thumbnails use except changed up the image size variables. Simple. I wanted a similar footer as the past theme but not exactly the same so added an area with the social bookmarking buttons, RSS feed button, Twitter button, category and tag lists as well as a few related posts. Of course I had to add some Google Adsense in the mix as well as change up the date and author layouts just as the homepage.

Other then removing the third sidebar on the page’s, that’s about all I had to do as the sizes and colors were already perfect for me. This is a free theme offered by Chris at JungleJar along with a few others that are what I would consider more on the premium side considering their features and great layouts. Be sure to check them out.

If you have any questions then you can use the comments below or just leave a message about the new layout.

As always,
Enjoy!

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