TXP Minima

Introduction

TXP Minima is a template for Textpattern CMS, from 4.0.4 upwards.

Features

• Built for a resolution of 800x600, but will also look good at larger resolutions
• Valid, tableless, semantic XHTML 1.0 Strict & CSS code
• Well organized template page structure - almost all reusable chunks of code are separated into forms, thus your site will be very easy to update or change
• Clean, minimal style suited for blogs or simple corporate sites that use a lot of images, and which focus on the content rather than the design

Installation

The installation should be very quick. Just follow the steps below:

1. Upload images

   Login to your account using an sftp/ftp client and upload all files that reside in "images" directory of the template package to "images" directory in your textpattern installation.

   If you don't have an FTP access to the website, you'll have to upload every image through the textpattern admin interface. If using 4.04, you may have to create thumbnails before uploading. With 4.05 creating and editing thumbnails is a much easier process.

2. Set up pages

   Every text file in the "pages" directory of the template package corresponds to a template page with the same name. Go to presentation -> pages in your Textpattern admin interface, then create (or replace) all appropriate pages, using the contents of that directory.

3. Set up forms

   Every text file in the "form" directory of the template package corresponds to a form with the same name. Go to presentation -> forms, then create (or replace) all appropriate forms.

   Most of the forms have to be created. This is easy, but be sure to create the correct form type, as follows:

   • article_list - Type: article
   • category_links - Type: misc
   • contact - Type: misc
   • external_links - Type: misc
   • footer - Type: misc
   • frontpage_image - Type: misc
   • gallery - Type: misc
   • header - Type: misc
   • header_error - Type: misc
   • menu - Type: misc
   • search - Type: misc
   • sidebar_box - Type: misc
   • thanks - Type: misc
   • rss_feeds - Type: misc

4. Set up CSS

   Go to presentation -> styles, then replace the default stylesheet with the contents of "default.txt" file in "styles" directory.

5. Set up sections

   Go to presentation -> sections, create the following sections, or if the section already exists, then just follow the settings as outlined below.

   • "about" section uses "archive" page. Set all options to "no", except "included in site search" which should be "yes"
   • "article" section uses "default" page. Set all options to "yes"
   • "contact" section uses "archive" page. Set all options to "no", except "included in site search" which should be "yes"
   • "gallery" page uses "archive" page. Set all options to "no", except "included in site search" which should be "yes"
   • "search" page uses "search" page. Set all options to "no"
   • "video" page uses "archive" page. Set all options to "no", except "included in site search" which should be "yes"

   Don't forget to save every section before moving to the next section

6. Install plugins

   Go to admin -> plugins, then install plugins by copying the content of each file in "plugins" directory into the appropriate field and clicking "install". After installation of each plugin, be sure to turn the plugin on - after installation (by default) a plugin is turned off.

   Its a good idea to read the plugin help files in order to see the options each plugin offers - as an example, "the_video" plugin offers easy video insertion into your articles from popular sites like YouTube, Google Video and others.

7. Do some editing

   Go to presentation -> forms -> header and edit the RSS Feeds portion near the end of the form - change the feed URL's. Then, in the style sheet, change the image number and the path to the RSS feed image to reflect where the image is on your system - look for a style named ".feed" in the default style sheet, under "Misc classes and styles" comment.

   Go to presentation -> forms -> contact and change the "to" attribute of "zem_contact" tag to your real e-mail address. Finally, change the presentation -> forms -> sidebar_box/footer/thanks forms to suit your own needs.

   To change the frontpage image, simply replace the frontpage_image form image id to the number of the image you wish to use. In the frontpage_image form, it is currently set to image #10. Change this to the image number of your choice. Upload an image first (758x225 pixels size in the style sheet) then replace the image id in the form.

   Some other editing of the forms may be required, so I suggest you take a look and edit accordingly.

Enjoy TXP Minima!!