Video and images:

When using Slates to post images, or to embed video from Vimeo, YouTube or other web video services:

• For the three-column layout: things work best at 300 pixels wide.
• For the two-column and one-column layout: things work best at 460 pixels wide

You can set this in your WordPress admin under Settings » Media » Embeds – simply set the various widths to either 300 or 460. This is more a rule of thumb than an iron law, so if you want things wider or narrower, go for it.

Theme options:

All the options in Slates:

• Site background image
• Site background colour
• Site logo
• Site logo height
• Site logo height (mobile)
• Show site tagline
• Show main navigation
• Centre align titles
• Hide comments
• Main link colour
• Link colour (visited links)
• Link colour (hover)
• Link colour (active)
• Set main site typeface
• Set main site font size
• Set header font size
• Slates Plus only: Set header font (Google Web Fonts)
• Slates Plus only: Set site title font (Google Web Fonts)
• Slates Plus only: Site title colour
• Slates Plus only: Site title size
• Slates Plus only: Site title top margin
• Slates Plus only: Site title letter spacing
• Slates Plus only: Flip layout columns
• Slates Plus only: Two-column layout
• Slates Plus only: Single-column layout
• Slates Plus only: Small logo
• Slates Plus only: Left-align the site
• Slates Plus only: Top margin
• Slates Plus only: Layout block height
• Slates Plus only: Main text colour
• Slates Plus only: Colour of layout blocks
• Slates Plus only: White layout blocks
• Slates Plus only: Transparent layout blocks
• Slates Plus only: Blog title
• Slates Plus only: Justify text
• Slates Plus only: Centre text
• Slates Plus only: Show footers
• Slates Plus only: Remove copyright
• Slates Plus only: Show site search
• Slates Plus only: Border radius
• Slates Plus only: Add Google Analytics

Installation Instructions

The following instructions give the basic steps involved in installing Slates. If you have general questions about WordPress, please use the WordPress support forums or the StackExchange WordPress Answers forum.

1. Install WordPress (v. 3.1 or higher).
2. Open the Slates zip file, and upload the resulting folder to your WordPress /wp-content/themes/ directory.
3. Go to Appearance » Themes in the WordPress admin area, and activate Slates.
4. From there, you can start to modify and customise Slates. Best to start with some theme options (Appearance » Slates options) or widgets (Appearance » Widgets), or else by taking a look at this video.

Change log

• 17 May 2011: Initial release

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