“Simplicity” v2.0 Documentation by “Matt Skiles”


“Simplicity” v2.0

Created: 22/08/2009
By: Digital Visions Queenstown
Email: contact@dvq.co.nz

Thanks for downloading Simplicity. If you have any questions that are not answered in this readme, please feel free to email me: contact@dvq.co.nz. Thanks, and enjoy :)


Table of Contents

  1. License
  2. Installation
  3. Custom Logo
  4. PSD Files
  5. Custom Avatar
  6. Sources and Credits

A) License - top

Simplicity is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. You can view the license here.

If you have any questions about the license, just send email me: contact@dvq.co.nz


B) Installation - top

STEP 1. Unzip the Simplicity Theme folder.

STEP 2. Upload the theme folder to your /wp-content/themes/ directory.

STEP 3. Now go to Appearance » Themes and activate the "Simplicity" theme.

NOTE: If you have trouble installing the theme then please visit http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes for detailed installation instructions.


To use you own custom logo, use the logo.psd file included in the download.

STEP 1. Open logo.psd

STEP 2. Customize it to your liking.

STEP 3. Save it as logo.gif. (If you want to use jpg or png instead, you will need to change the h1 a CSS in the stylesheet as well.)

STEP 4. Replace the old logo in the images folder, with your new one.


D) PSD Files - top

There are two psd's included with this theme:

  1. The site layout
  2. The logo

E) Custom Avatar - top

To active the custom avatar that's included in this theme, you need to:

STEP 1. In the wordpress admin go to the discussion page (under settings)

STEP 2. Under Default Avatar select "Theme Default"

STEP 3. Click "Save Changes".

If you want to use your own custom avatar, just replace default-avatar.gif with your own image. (located in the images folder)


F) Sources and Credits - top

The following files, scripts and images have been used in this theme:

Simplicity is built on the Sandbox WordPress Theme.

Read Me file thanks to Jarel Remick @ In The Woods


Once again, thanks for downloading Simplicity. I hope you enjoy using the theme, as much as I did making it :)

Matt @ DVQ

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