Paul Cracknell Wordpress Themes and other stuff
Welcome to Wordpress Theme – Breathe
Read this Post first to help set up your Breathe Theme.
This is the working site of my free Wordpress theme Breathe. I have put a lot of time into the design and adding some features that I think make the site more functional and are the kinds of thing I wanted when I first started using Wordpress. To make your theme work like this one, you will need to download…
Changing the picture in the header
This is the mountain range at the top of the page. The easiest way to change it is to make your image the same size and same file name and them upload it to the images folder.
The header image is 950×200 pixels.
The header image can be located in the images folder within the breathe folder. It is called header.jpg
Alternatively if you have already added the theme to your wordpress it is…
Version 1.7 upgrade
This update has fixed an error which was causing a header error from the functions.php file.
A comments count has been added to the front page.
I have removed the default thumbnail for posts without images, but it will still display images on posts that have images.
If you have made modifications to your Breathe theme and don’t want them over written the best way is to download the theme then upload…
Important Update Fix
This is an important update if you have had any errors relating to the the header being already sent from Breathe version 1.4.
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /hsphere/local/home/blah/yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/breathe/functions.php:21) in /hsphere/local/home/blah/yoursite.com/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 850
If you have made changes to the Theme, these will be over written when you update, including the header.jpg. This does not include the changes to the navigation plugin and…
Changing the default thumbnail
This thumbnail on the front page beside an excerpt of an article is a default image. This image is called by the Plugin Get the image. If an article has no images of its own the default image will be called. If an article has an image the first image in the article is called. Most people like pictures and this is why I have included it in this theme. …
Setting up the Navigation Menu
Multi Level Navigation
Get the plugin (Multi Level Navigation) and activate it by following the directions with the plugin.
This plugin is particularly powerful in providing a navigation system that works in all browsers, looks good and is fully customisable. By following the next few steps we will integrate it into the look and feel that compliments the Breathe Theme.
Lets get started.
Once it is activated your navigation will look like this as…
How to stop Firefox crasing when using Wordpress
If your Firefox browser is crashing when you are using Wordpress, this is the fix.
Firefox has Google Gears as an add on which interferes with Wordpress. By disabling Gears you will fix the problem. This is how you do it.
How to fix errors with uploading images or media in Wordpress
If you are having trouble uploading images because of this error: File is empty. Please upload something more substantial. This error could also be caused by uploads being disabled in your php.ini when you use either the flash uploader or the browser, there is fix. A short article by Phillip Barron outlines a fix using the .htaccess file.
