WordPress for Ministry Gallery Launched
I’ve recently launched a little fun project over at WP for Ministry. It’s intended to be a gallery of churches, ministries, pastors, and even Christian web designers using WordPress to power their sites. The theme for WP for Ministry is an Elegant Theme. Feel free to offer a submission with a screenshot and a description.
Ministry Free WordPress Theme
Ministry Free is a little bit similar to the premium theme, Ministry Theme. I designed this site to be the front end web site where I will feature the Ministry Theme. I wanted it to be clean and free of clutter. Here are some features…
- Valid CSS & XHTML
- Widget-ready sidebars
- Support for tags, gravatars, comments, etc.
- Nice search feature and clean menu style
- FREE!
Download the Ministry Free WordPress theme (95)
If you’d like customizations made, a logo designed, or if you download this and use it, feel free to contact me.
Note: to replace the header’s text with a logo, take out the following from header.php:
<p class=”site-title”><a href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>”><?php bloginfo(’name’); ?></a></p>
<p class=”description”><?php bloginfo(’description’); ?></p>
and add this:
<a href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>”><img src=”<?php bloginfo(’template_directory’); ?>/images/yourlogo.jpg” alt=”<?php bloginfo(’name’); ?>: ,<?php bloginfo(’description’); ?>”></a>
Your image file can be .jpg, .gif, or whatever, but store it in /wp-content/themes/ministry-free/images/.
This will show your logo and will have an alt= text of your site’s name and tagline. Right now, the logo’s area is 300 pixels wide by 108 pixels high. You would need to tweak the stylesheet.css file to change this.
Ministry Theme - Premium WordPress Theme for Church & Ministry
Update: The Ministry Theme was initially intended to be a theme for purchase, but because of the swirling debate surrounding commercially licensed WordPress themes, I’m attempting to remain above reproach. You may donate below, but the theme and all code is now licensed as GPL.
The Ministry Theme has been a LONG time in the making. It’s a premium WordPress theme designed with churches and ministries in mind. The support site, www.ministrytheme.com, will be launched very soon, but you can go ahead and pick up a copy now! The theme features…
- A clean, but easily skinnable, light design.
- Custom home, archives, and links pages.
- Tabbed sidebars (that degrade in IE6).
- A DHTML menu that follows your page structure.
- Front page post thumbnails.
- A widgetized sidebar.
- WordPress 2.6 ready with image and caption styling.
- Gravatar/avatar support in the comments section.
I’ll soon be opening up a forum for support, but for now you can contact me with questions or support requests. Please note that I’m available for support and will offer tutorials publicly soon, but customizations will be handled on a quote-per-hour basis.
Bible Scholar WordPress Theme
Bible Scholar is basically the theme I use for my blog (currently) at www.brandonacox.com, enhanced so that it can be applied to any WordPress blog. It can be 2 or 3 columns, depending on how the owner wants to style the site. It has room for ads, a nice search function, and the built-in ability to use the blogroll without using it site-wide. The preview page includes instructions. Note that I’ve updated it as of September 8 to version 1.1 to reflect some changes suggested by WordPress. The theme now provides gravatar/avatar support.
Download the Bible Scholar WordPress Theme (148)
If you’d like customizations made, a logo designed, or if you download this and use it, feel free to contact me.
Separating Static and Blog Pages with WordPress
One common question related to Wordpress relates to how one can have a “static” (in the sense that content doesn’t change) home page with just a simple link to the blog pages. That’s how this site is set up, though it’s subject to change. Just selecting a page as your home page under reading sections is fine for a simple blog site, but what if you want to have different sidebars or style changes between the two areas of your site? Here’s how I accomplished it for eGrace Creative. Read the rest of this article »
