Imperial

Imperial is a theme with no specific focus. It’s not sure if it wants to be a personal blog, or house an online magazine. It’s not even sure if it’s black or white, for that matter!

Main Features

• WordPress menu for the main navigation.
• Standard featured images (post thumbnails), with fall-back custom field method for images.
• Support for custom backgrounds.
• Custom built reviews module allows you to easily add any type of review (product, service, etc.) to a post.
• 2 full colour schemes – dark and light.
• User specified “accent” colour can be chosen from a colour picker in WP-Admin for easy customization.
• Custom built theme settings panel within WP-Admin that allows you to customize the theme without editing any templates.
• Flexible logo space allows images up to 900px wide and any height. Image path and dimensions are entered in WP-Admin.
• Easily link to social networks you take part in, with support for 28 of the most popular sites.
• Both sidebars are widgetized.
• Custom widgets for the 3 main ad spots (4 125×125 buttons, 300×250 bigbox, 160×600 skyscraper). 728×90 leaderboard and 468×60 banner also supported.
• Super lean markup and CSS , makes advanced customization a pleasure.
• Tested on Windows and Mac. Looks great in all modern browsers. Some details are toned down for older versions of IE, but nothing is broken.
• Support for Twitter Tools, FlickrRSS, WP-PageNavi, and Subscribe to Comments plugins out of the box.
• Original PSD included!

Version 1.8 – Released: 12/22/2011

• Fixed custom backgrounds for WP 3 .3.
• Replaced a bunch of deprecated functions through-out.
• Updated bundled jQuery to 1.7.1, Slides JS to 1.1.9, and TimThumb to 2.8.5.

Version 1.7.5 – Released: 08/04/2011

• Fixed a bug that caused sticky posts to be shown first in the featured posts slider, recent posts widget, reviews widget, and on the reviews page.
• Added meta tag which forces Internet Explorer to run in standards mode. Ironically, this breaks HTML validation.
• Added Google+ icon to social profiles.
• Moved Theme Settings panel under Appearance, so it’s accessible from the Themes page along with Background, Menus, and Widgets.
• Updated bundled TimThumb to version 1.34 and jQuery to 1.6.2.

Version 1.7 – Released: 04/11/11

• Fixed a bug that prevented legacy post images from working.
• Changed how jQuery is enqueued. Now only loaded on the homepage and single posts to improve compatibility with plugins.
• Added meta tag to force IE to render as the latest version in standards mode, for better compatibility.
• Replaced a deprecated function in the Theme Settings panel.
• Upgraded bundled scripts.

Version 1.6 – Released: 02/22/11

• NEW Ability to turn any post into a review. From books to movies, music to video games. The criteria is set on a per-post basis, so there is absolutely no limitation on what you can review. Also included is a reviews widget to show your most recent reviews, and a reviews archive template.
• NEW Custom backgrounds using the standard WP functionality.
• NEW Featured posts slider now rotates on its own and is powered by SlidesJS.
• NEW Edit meta description and keywords from Theme Settings.
• NEW Styled embedded image galleries and added lightbox functionality (ColorBox) for links to full-size images.
• Fixed a bug that limited the nav dropdowns to 2 levels – now goes (back up to) 4.
• Updated bundled scripts (jQuery, TimThumb, etc.) to the latest versions.

Support & Feature Requests

First – read the help documentation that came bundled with the theme. It is also available on the theme’s live preview site.

Please send me a direct message via ThemeForest if you’re having trouble with your theme, and I will do my best to get back to you as soon as possible. Please be patient, as I work freelance full time and do not have dedicated time for theme support. I will not answer support requests left as comments here.

Also, it would be a good idea to a read through my Terms of Support document, which outlines the extent of support I offer, and information regarding updates, warranty, and compatibility.