Flex for Wordpress - A Portfolio & Blog Theme

Thanks Chris!

Thanks for the comment Massfocus I really hope people dig this one – it’s definitely been built with some love and care on my part and I think it’s fun to break out of the box every once in a while. Cheers!

Hi Cugami – yes, this can be used as both a Blog and Portfolio site. Right now it’s setup to release everything to the homepage, but in the next couple of days I’ll be releasing a tutorial on how to create a separate blog section for any non portfolio posts so that users can pretty much filter the homepage to show whatever they want Hope that clarified this – it’s an incredibly flexible theme, so if you can think it up, chances are there is a way to implement it

thanks, it is clear now. and one more question, are you planning to add the script that is on your website, opens the post when you click on the homepage

Hi Massix – just drop this into the custom CSS part of the admin panel (or in any of the stylesheets)

/* IE Dropdown menu fix */ .cufon:hover, .page_item{color: white !important; visibility: visible !important;}

Hi Hesleskaug – I’m not entirely sure what you are referring to… can you be a little more specific or send me an email if you see a problem with the live preview? Thanks!!

Oh sorry… I was referring to this:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2mpar0z.jpg

Hi Ajfiel,

Thanks for the question – The new thumbnail feature in Wordpress is pretty sweet, but it takes a few tries to really get comfortable using it. Have you tried cropping the thumbnail using the “Edit Image” tool that Wordpress provides… if you upload a vertical image, Wordpress will do it’s best to resize it for you, but in most cases a manual crop is the best way to go. I’ve even provided a little tutorial on how to do this in the manual:

1. Just re-open the thumbnail that you created.

2. Make a selection (click and drag the mouse) around your preferred thumbnail area.

3. Hit the “Crop” tool button (at the top left of the image toolbar).

4. Select “only for the thumbnail”.

5. Hit the save button.

Then just update your page and you should be good to go

Cheers!

Hi Geniuz, Yep – I’ll be including how to do this in the next update (I’ll be happy to tell anyone over email or in the forum here as well), but in short, you can set the theme up to open all images into a lightbox that navigates through itself (one big gallery). You can also set this up (as it is in the demo) where each post has it’s own individual gallery that doesn’t link to the others. Cheers!!

Lol – thanks for the comment Ricky! Feel free to drop me a line over email (or here) about any questions. I’m committed to making this theme as awesome as possible, so feedback is always helpful after the initial release

Cheers! Brandon

Thanks WP

Oh! No worries Naweed! – I just have to flag them as I see them – your comment wasn’t offensive or anything like that, and like I said, I read through it and really appreciate the notes Anyways, thanks again for taking the time to drop a comment. Glad you like the theme so much! Cheers! Brandon

Sure thing AJ – just let me know if you run into any issues

Bottom right side of my profile page (just click on my name) – I’d normally just hand it out but its way easier to track emails through this form.

Hi LeBrit!

Thanks for the comments!

1. It’s setup as a blog – so any new posts automatically show up on the homepage Using the Wordpress post-thumbnail feature, it automatically ties your selected thumbnail to the post, so it’s pretty darn easy to manage.

2. Pages automatically show up at the top navigation bar – you can obviously opt to have these not show up in the navigation bar and have them just be private pages, but again, it’s super easy to manage this.

3. You can get a little more complicated (only if you want to of course!) and select only certain categories to show up on the homepage. I’ll be releasing some notes in the next week on how to implement these kinds of advanced modifications.

4. I’ll also note that I designed this to be used as a “complimentary” site to any existing traditional site. So, it might make sense to have a standard agency URL AND have a Flex URL for your gallery. People love browsing through images, and this is just a simple, streamlined way to do it.

Cheers!

Hi AJ,

Strange – I’m checking into it for ya right now I know Wordpress cacheing can be funky and it’s a relatively new feature, and it sounds like it’s definitely not tied to this theme specifically. Let me do a little digging for you and get back. Try refreshing your cache in the meantime (and if you are running any WP Cache plugins, turn them off for a bit). Do you have a link that I can check out for this?

Side note – if you want to take this over to email, that’s fine as well. In most cases it’s easier to troubleshoot if I can get more details from you, which you might not want on the public thread. I’m happy to help out either way.

Brandon

Hi Wilkie!

Good idea – I considered this myself, but opted again showing category titles as it felt cluttered. I’ll definitely keep it in mind though as, in general, reminding users where they are is a good principle to follow. That said, I’ll be sure to include a quick tutorial in the next update for users (like yourself) who do want to add this – it’s pretty simple to add and I’ll be happy to walk you through it line by line.

Cheers! Brandon

Hi AJ!

Thanks for the update. Glad you sorted it out.

Side note – PSSHH ! 185 posts is nothing, I just helped my sister in law install a theme for her photography blog with over 1200 posts, each of which needed thumbnails! Everything is relative, but I feel your pain

Cheers! Brandon

Oops, sorry – my misunderstanding – it sounded like you had sorted it out.

Ok – let’s try this for ya. Add the following to the custom CSS panel in the admin section:

.img_link {overflow: hidden; width: 200px; height: 130px; display: block;}

.post_float img { display:block !important; width:200px !important; height: auto !important; }

Try that out and let me know

Thanks!

Thanks! And yes, it takes time to upload your portfolio, even on the easiest WP themes