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Nexus WordPress Theme

Nexus Nexus is the February 2010 release from RocketTheme. Its primary focus is that of style control, allowing for quick, simple and wide reaching changes of the theme's styling with a few template parameter toggles.

Also sporting a recoded layout, perfectly catered for search engine optimisation.

Features and Screenshots


Nexus Preset Styles Theme Settings Page Front Page Widget Positions Every Other Page Widget Positions
  • SEF Optimised Layout
  • Custom Fonts
  • New Theme Settings Page
  • Fusion Menu
  • RokTabs Widget
  • RokStories Widget
  • RokBox
  • 10 Preset Styles - Light / Dark Variations
  • Widget Hilites
  • 26 Widget Positions
  • Fully translatable
  • Stylish, Professional Typography
  • IE6 Warning Message
  • FF3.5, Opera 10, Safari 4, IE6,7,8 Compatible
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS 3 Valid

Fusion Menu

Fusion is effectively a dropdown menu which offers a javascript enhanced dropdown modes. The menu itself is built on the rewritten core of the latest revision of RokNavMenu, the core application behind all RocketTheme menus. Fusion offers a series of new abilities ranging from Menu Icons, Subtext support and much greater controls over the Multiple Column ability for dropdowns.

Source Ordered Layout

Nexus continues the latest trend of SEO optimised templates. The layout of the template has been constructed differently to the norm. A typical WordPress template, in regards to the mainbody source, will load the left column first, then the right column and finally the main column (where your main articles are loaded). Affinity takes a different approach and loads the main column code before the left and right columns. Therefore, this template loads in this order: Header, Menu, Showcase, Main Column, Left Column, Right Column, Bottom, Footer. This is perfect for SEO purposes as the search crawlers will find your main content before your subsidiary content in your side columns. This is a major step forward and will improve your search engine results for your pages.

Nexus Documentation

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Installation


Downloading the Theme Files

To install the theme, you only need one file:-

  • Nexus Theme (rt_nexus_wp.zip) – This file is the theme package you will use to install your theme into WordPress.

There are other files that you may wish to download that accompany the release, but are not required for the theme to work.

  • Nexus Sample Content (rt_nexus_wp-sample-(version).zip) – This file contains XML file with sample posts, comments etc. and the "wp-content" directory with all images used in our sample content.
  • Nexus Source PNG(s) (rt_nexus_wp-sources-(version).zip) – This contains all the Adobe Fireworks PNG source files for the theme, and if applicable, the logo font.

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_nexus_wp.zip file on your computer
  • Click Install Now
  • Nexus will now be installed
  • Please go back to the themes page (with the template name, description and thumbnail)
  • Click Activate under Nexus Theme

Using FTP

  • Extract rt_nexus_wp.zip
  • Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
  • Upload the rt_nexus_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 Nexus section

Importing Sample Content

This allows you to copy over the data from the Demo so that you can match our setup
  • Extract rt_nexus_wp-sample-(version).zip
  • Enter the wp-content folder from inside of the sample package
  • Upload from it "rockettheme" folder using your favorite FTP client to your WordPress wp-content directory.
  • Locate sample_data.xml
  • Login into the WordPress administrator dashboard (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/)
  • In the left menu sidebar, go to Tools → Import
  • Select WordPress from the numerous options
  • Click Choose File and select sample_data.xml from your computer
  • Click Upload File and Import
  • Now you can create a new author for sample posts or map it to existing user.
  • Press the Submit button and let the Wordpress do the rest.

Frequently Asked Questions


If after installing theme your menu doesn’t appear itself in the header please do one of the following :
1) Go to your themes, activate another theme for a second, and activate your Nexus back again.
2) Go to your widgets panel and drag the RokMenu widget to the Top Menu position.
Where can i find theme settings?
  • Login into the WordPress administrator at http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
  • Select the Nexus Settings tab on the left of the dashboard
How can I add a thumbnail to my post?
There are two ways to add a thumbnail to your post.

Method #1

Using introduced in WordPress 2.9 - Set Thumbnail
  • Login into the WordPress administrator at http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
  • Go to the edit mode of the page/post you wish to add your thumbnail
  • Select Set Thumbnail from the right menu
  • Setup your image

Method #2

Using 'thumb' custom field.
  • Enter into edit mode of post next to which you'd like to display your thumbnail
  • In the section "Custom Fields" from the dropdown menu please choose "thumb" - if it doesn't exist you have to press "Enter new" to create it
  • In the field "Value" next to "thumb" please enter URL to your thumbnail ie. http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/thumb.jpg
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