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Perihelion WordPress Theme

Perihelion The all new Perihelion theme features an incredibly stylistic and unique design to add that special touch to your sites. Colorful textures and intricate design elements create an amazing array of layout options and combinations to provide a brand new look and feel.

Perihelion not only features a unique design, but it also offers the same adaptability and powerful features RocketTheme templates are known for. The RokNewsRotator content presentation widget and an incredible 34 widget positions mean that you can enjoy this unique style without sacrificing versatility.

Features and Screenshots


Perihelion Preset Styles Theme Settings Page Front Page Widget Positions Every Other Page Widget Positions
  • 5 Style Variations
  • New Theme Settings Page
  • Fusion Menu
  • RokNewsRotator Widget
  • RokSwitcher Widget
  • RokTabs Widget
  • RokStories Widget
  • RokBox
  • 34 Widget Positions
  • Fully translatable
  • 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.

Perihelion Documentation

Get started using Perihelion with a wide variety of tutorials explaining installation, configuration, widgets, and much more More Details...

Installation


Downloading the Theme Files

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

  • Perihelion Theme (rt_perihelion_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.

  • Perihelion Sample Content (rt_perihelion_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.
  • Perihelion Source PNG(s) (rt_perihelion_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_perihelion_wp.zip file on your computer
  • Click Install Now
  • Perihelion will now be installed
  • Please go back to the themes page (with the template name, description and thumbnail)
  • Click Activate under Perihelion Theme

Using FTP

  • Extract rt_perihelion_wp.zip
  • Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
  • Upload the rt_perihelion_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 Perihelion section

Importing Sample Content

This allows you to copy over the data from the Demo so that you can match our setup
  • Extract rt_perihelion_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 Perihelion 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 Perihelion Settings tab on the left of the dashboard
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