1. From the downloaded .zip file ( journalcrunch_zipfile_and_license.zip ) extraxt the theme .zip , journalcrunch.zip. Go to your WP Admin panel, Appearance >Themes > Install Themes and upload journalcrunch.zip file.
2. To install the theme manually you should have already wordpress installed and running on your server. Unzip journalcrunch.zip and using FTP, upload the "journalcrunch" theme folder to your web server, and place it in "/wp-contents/themes/". So what you'll have in the end is "wp-contents/themes/journalcrunch/".
3. Now that you have the theme uploaded you just need to login to your WP admin panel and activate it "Appearance > Themes".
4. Beside "Post Thumbnail" this theme uses TimThumb for better image resizing. In case your post thumbnails don't appear you should check the following:
- Your server has the GD library compiled with its version of PHP. It usually included with PHP 4.3 and higher. If you are not sure you should check with your hosting provider. - Make sure permissions for "Cache" folder from your theme folder is 755. If this is not working try 777 but also check with your provider as 777 permission should usually be avoided due to security reasons. - Make sure the file "timthumb.php" has the correct permissions needed for your server.In most cases this is "644" but it may vary depending on where you are hosted. If 644 does not work, try 755 or 777.
5. Cufon Font Replacement Current font used on Cufon Replacement is Vegur. If you want to use your own font or if you want the current font to have more special character included, you have to go to Cufon Font Generator page and generate your own. Add the generated file it to your "js" folder and change the font script reference in header.php:
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/js/Vegur_400-Vegur_700.font.js"></script>
Featured Posts To create Featured Posts you just need to add tag "featured" and have a Featured Image set for the selected posts. From JournalCrunch Options page you can set the number of Featured Posts to be displayed on the homepage.
Homepage Posts You can display only specific posts on the homepage. All you need to do is to add tag "homepost" to targeted posts. If there are no such posts, the latest posts will be displayed. You can also set the number of the posts to be displayed on the homepage.
Slider You can enable and set up its parameters the slider from JournalCrunch options page. Once you select to display the Slider the Featured Posts wont appear anymore. To set up the slider items you need to go to Administration Panel, "Slider Items". The item's image should be set as Featured Image. For proper display we suggest to use images 940px X 370px.
Themes comes with a built-in widget for latest tweets, that you can simply drag on sidebar or footer widget-ready areas.
From Options Page you can also choose to have the latest tweet displayed as mouseover tooltip on the header twitter icon.
This themes comes with a custom options page.
The theme is ready to take advantage of the new Wordpress 3.0+ feature for Menus Management.
*Please remember that you first need to create a menu to appear as available under registered Themes Locations.
When you create the Contact page, you will need to set the "Contact" template for it ( right side Attributes panel ), in order to have the contact page as in preview and have it Ajax functional.
The theme comes with the WP thumbnail options enabled in functions.php. So, setting up a post thumbnail can be done in edit post page. The post option will be visible on the right sidebar.
You can also set as post thumbnail an image you insert into your post. So, when inserting an image you will see an option for "Use as thumbnail".
For adding Lightbox behaviour to a link just add rel="prettyPhoto" to the image Link Rel.