Posts contained in the “Graphene Theme” category:

Graphene is my go-to theme for a WordPress site. Its multiple features, custom action hook widget areas, and child theme support make it easy to adapt to your needs.

Add Post Navigation Links in the Graphene Theme for WordPress

Earlier today, somebody in the Graphene Theme support forum asked about changing the location of the “Next Post” and “Previous Post” links: I’d like to put the pointers to prev/next posts below a post as well as at the top, preferably between the post and any comments. Is that possible please and, if so, how? …read more…

Adding a Category Description to Graphene’s Front Page

Someone over on the WordPress forums asked for a way to display the category description when using Graphene‘s front page category option. This is actually easy to do using Graphene’s action hook widget areas. If you’re not familiar with this feature, you should first read my tutorial on Graphene’s action hook widget areas before attempting …read more…

Target Graphene Action Hook Widgets by their Unique ID

In my earlier post about using Graphene action hook widgets, I neglected to mention how to target each widget in the style sheet. In much the way that WordPress gives each widget its own unique ID, which you can then target with some specific CSS, Graphene also provides each of these action hook widget areas …read more…

Changing the Graphene Header Image Size

Now with 1.6, the Graphene theme for WordPress offers a quick and easy way to change the width of your blog. However, changing the size of the header image still requires a little tweaking. Contents Graphene 1.5 and below You really should upgrade. But if you don’t want to or can’t, this will get you …read more…

Changing the Width of the Graphene Theme for WordPress

I see a lot of requests on the Graphene support forum regarding changing the width of various elements of the theme. One of the nice things about the Graphene theme is that it has so many options. You can use one, two, or no sidebars, you can use “homepage panes” (which allow you to combine …read more…

Graphene Action Hook Widgets – an easy way to modify your blog

If you’re using the Graphene theme for WordPress, you’ve probably realized how powerful it is, and how easy it is to customize. With the introduction of version 1.5, another even more powerful function was added: action hook widget areas. First, let’s talk about what action hooks are. An action hook is simply a placeholder in …read more…