WordPress Club Themes
Ionosphere WordPress Theme
Ionosphere, the October 2012 theme release, is an incredibly versatile theme that places the artist's palette in your hands, through our most comprehensive Color Chooser system to date. The color selection system is completely dynamic, with just a few color choices, the theme calculates the appropriate tone; in conjunction with background pattern parameters.
RokSprocket debuts with Ionosphere, a powerful, revolutionary content plugin, that combines tabbed, showcase, ticker and accordian features.
Features and Screenshots
- 12 Preset Styles
- Powerful Core Gantry Framework
- iPhone/Android viewing support
- Extensive RokSprocket Integration
- RocketTheme Plugins Styling
- Custom Content Typography
- Fusion MegaMenu & Splitmenu
- Load Transitions
- 84 Widget Positions
- 11 Styled and 26 Layout Widget Variations
- FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
- W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid
RokSprocket Integrated Theme
RokSprocket is a revolutionary new WordPress plugin that has been designed to replace a variety of our existing ‘content’ widgets.
These include RokStories, RokTabs, RokNewsPager, RokNewsflash, RokMicronews, and basically any widget in the RT arsenal that manipulates and displays posts/pages. We have built our new October 2012 WordPress theme to showcase this plugin.
RokSprocket :: Revolutionary User Interface
RokSprocket is a very powerful and full featured extension that is a real game-changer when it comes to displaying content in WordPress. The plugin itself, follows RokGallery’s revolutionary approach to UI and implements a stunning new compound filter system based on OS X’s Finder functionality.
Installation
Downloading the Theme Files
To install the theme, you need two files:-
- Ionosphere Theme (rt_ionosphere_wp.zip) - This file is the standalone theme package you will use to install your theme into WordPress.
- Gantry Plugin (gantry_wordpress_framework.zip) - This file contains the Gantry Framework Plugin and it's required in order to have our themes working.
There are other files that you may wish to download that accompany the release, but are not required for the theme to work.
- Ionosphere Source PNG(s) (rt_ionosphere_wp-sources.zip) - This contains all the Adobe Fireworks PNG source files for the theme, and if applicable, the logo font.
- Ionosphere RocketLauncher (rt_ionosphere_wp-rocketlauncher.zip) - The RocketLauncher pack is a full WordPress install that contains all the demo content, including plugins and the theme.
Using the RocketLauncher
- Download the Ionosphere RocketLauncher Package (rt_ionosphere_wp_rocketlauncher.zip) from the Ionosphere theme downloads section
- Unzip the zip packaged onto your computer to reveal the rt_ionosphere_wp_rocketlauncher folder
- Upload this to your site using your FTP client
- Direct your browser to the installation such as www.yoursite.com/rt_ionosphere_wp_rocketlauncher or to whatever directory your uploaded to
- Follow the standard WordPress installation, after which the theme and gantry framework will automatically be activated, along with the sample content.
Using the WordPress installer
- Login into the WordPress administrator dashboard (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/)
- In the left menu sidebar, go to Appearance → Add New Themes → Upload
- Select the Choose File button
- Locate the rt_ionosphere_wp.zip file on your computer
- Click Install Now
- Ionosphere will now be installed
- Click Activate under Ionosphere Theme
Using FTP
- Extract rt_ionosphere_wp
- Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
- Upload the rt_ionosphere_wp folder to the http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/themes
- Login into the WordPress administrator dashboard (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/)
- In the left menu sidebar, go to Appearance → Themes
- Click Activate underneath the Ionosphere section
Installing Gantry Framework Plugin
Using the WordPress installer
- Login into the WordPress administrator dashboard (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/)
- In the left menu sidebar, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload
- Select the Choose File button
- Locate the gantry_framework_plugin.zip file on your computer
- Click Install Now
- Gantry Framework Plugin will now be installed
- Click Activate under the Gantry Plugin
Using the FTP
- Extract gantry_framework_plugin.zip
- Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
- Upload the gantry folder to the http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins
- Login into the WordPress administrator dashboard (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/)
- In the left menu sidebar, go to Plugins
- Click Activate underneath the Gantry Framework Plugin
Frequently Asked Questions
- Login into the WordPress administrator at http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
- Select the Ionosphere Settings tab on the left of the dashboard
