Hey! Thanks for purchasing this theme and supporting clean, Flash-free design. In this file you will find instructions for getting things setup, links to tutorials and an overview of what you can do with the theme and what kind of support you can expect from us. So, without further adieu...
This theme is licensed under the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html). You can read the full text of the license in the "license.txt" file that's included with the theme. Only the WordPress theme is licensed under the GPL. All other files (including Photoshop actions and other images) are licensed and copyrighted under Whitespace. You may not sell or redistribute these files in any way.
Our templates, designs and layouts/actions are sold "as is", with no guarantee that they will function exactly as you wish or with all 3rd party components and plugins. Further, we offer no support via email or otherwise for installation, customization, administration of WordPress itself.
- Wordpress 3.2 and above
- Minimum requirements for a WordPress installation: http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
- You should have received a single download called "whitespace-intelligentsia-bundle" with to folders inside: "homepage layouts" (layouts and Photoshop actions) and "whitespace-intelligentsia" (the actual WordPress theme).
- New to WordPress? Start here: http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start
- Make sure you follow the official WordPress installation guide to get the base software installed: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
- Drop the "whitespace-intelligentsia" folder into /wp-content/themes within your WordPress installation. The theme should now be available when your browse to your Themes menu in the WordPress dashboard.
- Activate the theme and your site should be ready to go.
Install Whitespace Actions for Blog Layouts
- After you have saved the Whitespace Actions to your computer, open Photoshop, and view the Actions panel.
- Select the drop-down for more options on the Actions panel, then select "Load Actions."
- Select the Whitespace Actions, and select "Load."
Place Images in the Whitespace Blog Layouts
- Open the PSD layout file
- Select the Whitespace action that corresponds with the number of images in the layout (e.g. “2 IMAGES”), and select “Play Selection” on the actions panel (the “play” arrow at the bottom of the panel”
- Images will be populated from left to right and top to bottom. Select the file you want to place in the image. When you hit enter, it will automatically size and mask the image within the layout. Select and place images until the entire layout has been populated.
- Once the images are in, you can use the move tool to arrange or crop images within their respective layouts.
- If you want to add your logo to the image, select and play “LOGO” within the Whitespace actions, and place your logo as a PNG file.