Octofirst Business Portfolio WordPress 4 in 1
Download: Octofirst Business Portfolio WordPress 4 in 1
by octofine
The theme is compatible with WP 2 92
March 3rd 2010 update
cURL Twitter plugin by default you will no longer get errors if allow_url_fopen is turned Off by your webhost
small improvement regarding functionality and management of featured slides
CSS conflict solved that impeded functionality of NextGEN gallery plugin
December 1st 2009 update
corrected a menu bug regarding 2nd level dropdowns improved hover functionality
Octofirst WordPress Theme version 23 available now 14 Sep 09
New option in admin panel to sort the homepage slides
Fixed styling for strong tag alignleft alignright and aligncenter classes
Octofirst WordPress Theme version 22 available now
parsing bug errors fixed these were caused by tweets that contained links
Only take twitterphp from the downloaded zip and replace your old twitterphp files in /octofirst and /octofirstlightweight folders
Manually delete the cache xml file as well from the /cache folder
Octofirst WordPress Theme version 21 available now
headers already sent error fixed
Doctype changed to strict Cufon lineheight problem fixed for Firefox
Cufon updated to latest version 103
homepage design tweaked improved visual hierarchy
pagination bug fixed
function for equalizing container height added
IE6 IE7 hacks removed they are no longer needed
This is a WordPress theme which can provide both CMS and Blog functionality Best for business / corporate / portfolio websites
Demo link for version 21 of Octofirst WordPress Theme
Octofirst 2 Light
Its a pain maintaining 2 identical installations so the demo for the dark theme version is no longer online Check the Documentation page on the Light Demo to see screenshots of the Dark theme version instead
Full documentation admin panel screenshots
click here to see them
3 screencasts for theme installation and configuration
Screencast 1
Screencast 2
Screencast 3
Watch in fullscreen mode quality is much betterPlease note that there are many options still left unexplored in the admin panel the theme can do so much more than what was covered in the screencast
Octofirst 2 Theme features
easy to customize
theme options panel with color picker included
custom write panels
drop down menus
4 sidebarenabled areas for widgets
portfolio lightbox gallery you can have as many portfolio pages as you want TimThumb generates the thumbnails automatically
modular homepage design fullwidth option available
modular homepage slider which can be replaced easily with a static image fullwidth option available can take flv videos as well
clean valid code lightweight optimized for speed
functional Ajax contact form
dark/light/rounded/square versions as well as a bonus superoptimized theme version which you are demoing now designed to further reduce page load times uses combined javascript files and CSS image sprites
automatically rounded corners with jQuery in the rounded theme version
Cufon font replacement which wont hurt your SEO
free fonts used included
all PSD source files included
Twitter plugin with xml filebased caching
when Twitter is off a sidebar for regular content is activated in its place
tested on the 28 WordPress branch and the current release 284
styling for up to 5 levels deep threaded comments
Gravatar ready
Scissors plugin for easy image resizing
RSS feeds ready
jQuery improved degrades gracefully when Javascript is turned off
comes with a bonus fullwidth page
localized in 2 languages DE IT po files included so you can easily generate more translations if needed
Theme Requirements
You need to have the GD library for php installed because TimThumb needs it If you have php4 you will need to install a different version for the Twitter plugin which is included with your download
Full support provided
contact me here
To import all the demo content use the xml file included in the /import folder of the themes
If you already purchased Octofirst version 1
Please note that the contact form has been upgraded it no longer needs the send_emailphp file The form processing is done inpage now
Make a backup of your files first before installing the new theme
Your admin panel options will be resetted automatically once the new theme is in place you will have to reenter them Luckily this will take minutes at most
If you used the XML import file you need to go to Settings > Reading and set Home as the static frontpage
If you did not use the import file you need to create a page assign it the Home template go to Settings > Reading and set it as the static frontpage
Also please note that the translations are not perfect so you can easily correct the premade german and italian localizations by using the po source files included
Regarding using your own bigger logo
You can easily use bigger logos than mine There are settings in the admin panel on how to correctly reposition your logo if needed Feel free to explore the options
I may post a screencast for this next weekin the meantime enjoy your theme
Download: Octofirst Business Portfolio WordPress 4 in 1
by octofine