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SolarSentinel WordPress Theme

SolarSentinel SolarSentinel is ready to impress with its staggering assortment of new features; an array of diverse widget variations; sophisticated, SEO friendly layout; and incredible flexibility. SolarSentinel, an ideal theme choice for any situation.

Content is king with this theme with a plethora of avenues available to showcase your content in a visually stunning and effective manner.

Features and Screenshots


SolarSentinel Color Styles Front Page Widget Positions Every Other Page Widget Positions
  • New: RokMicroNews
  • New: RokNewsFlash
  • New: RokStories
  • RokBox
  • Source Ordered Layout
  • RokMooMenu
  • 10 Preset Styles
  • 9 Widget Variations
  • 10 Widget Positions
  • Fully translatable
  • FF3, Opera 9.6, Safari 3, IE6,7,8 Compatible
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid

Source Ordered Layout

The structure places the main content before the side columns in the code hierarchy which is beneficial for SEO purposes as your primary content is crawled first by the search engines such as Google. More Details...

SolarSentinel Documentation

Get started using SolarSentinel 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:-

  • SolarSentinel Theme (rt_solarsentinel_wp-(version).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.

  • SolarSentinel Sample Content (rt_solarsentinel_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.
  • SolarSentinel Source PNG(s) (rt_solarsentinel_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_solarsentinel_wp-(version).zip file on your computer
  • Click Install Now
  • On the post-install page (with the theme name, description and thumbnail), select Activate
  • SolarSentinel will now be installed

Using FTP

  • Extract rt_solarsentinel_wp-(version).zip
  • Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
  • Upload the rt_solarsentinel_wp-(version) 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 SolarSentinel section

Importing Sample Content

This allows you to copy over the data from the Demo so that you can match our setup
  • Extract rt_solarsentinel_wp-sample-(version).zip
  • Upload the “wp-content” folder using your favorite FTP client to your WordPress main 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.
Please DO NOT check the "Download Attachments" tickbox as it won't download anything. All images from our demo are provided in a zip package with sample content.

Frequently Asked Questions


Where can i find theme settings?
  • Login into the WordPress administrator at http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
  • Select the Appearance tab on the left of the dashboard
  • Select SolarSentinel Settings from within the tab
How to add frontpage post thumbnails?
If you would like to see a thumbnail next to your post on frontpage you have to :
  • 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/2009/08/thumb.jpg
Best size for frontpage thumbnails is 66px x 58px
TIP: To check path to an image please go to the Media page in your administration dashboard, click Edit under the image you wish to use, and copy the path from the File URL field.
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