Suffusion Theme Layout

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May 172012
 
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In this tutorial we are going to look at suffusion layout structure and at the same time check out the most commonly used website layouts.

The layouts you see below are based on a header image of the following size 1000px X 204px.

Hint: Click an image to view a larger image.

We are going to look at the most common layouts. See images below:

 Layout 1: Header, left sidebar, content, right sidebar and footer

suffusion theme layout left sidebar and right sidebar

Layout 2: Header, 2 left sidebar, content and footer

suffusion theme layout 2 left hand sidebar

Layout 3: Header, content and footer

Suffusion theme content layout no sidebar

Layout 4: Header, content, 1 right sidebar and footer

suffusion theme layout 1 right hadn sidebar

Layout 5: Header, content, 2 right sidebar and footer. Notice how one side bar is larger than the other.

Suffusion theme layout sidbar different size

Step 1: Login into your admin account and navigate to Appearance >> Suffusion Options >> Layouts >> Default Sidebar Layout. See image below:

suffusion-layouts-settings

Step 2: Set up your sidebars and the position. You have 3 options; 0 sidebars, 1 or 2 sidebars and set the position. See image below:

suffusion theme default settings layout

Step 3: Widths page layout. Here you will choose between default theme sizes and margin or custom sizes and margin. In custom you have 2 options, fixed size or fluid size. For this tutorial I have chosen custom size and fluid flexible width. See image below:

suffusion theme layout widths

Step 4: Fluid width settings for your website. This part is important because of your header. If you increase the max width to a size larger than your header image then you will notice an ugly header. So be careful in with this setting. See image below:

suffusion theme fluids-settings

Step 5: This one is obvious, it will set the sizes of your sidebar’s. If you have 2 sidebars but you know that one sidebar will have a unique size widgets then this is where you can set up the size of the sidebar to meet the unique widgets. See image below:

suffusion theme sidebar-settings

Hint: Reset the theme layout if you are not happy with your settings

There are more options that you might want to check while you are setting up the layout. However this tutorial will give you a head start and provide you with an idea of the layout structure you want for your website or blog.

If you have any questions please leave a comment. Come back for more suffusion tutorials :)

More suffusion tutorials:

  1. Adding a header image.
  2. Create a Suffusion menu above the header.
  3. Suffusion custom style navigation bar.
  4. Add a slide show to suffusion theme.
  5. Create a suffusion child theme in a few steps.

First time Blogging – Revision Update

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May 152012
 
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If you are blogging for the first time then this tutorial will help you.

Revision Update: Added two new plugin on Step 7 one of the plugin is about security

My host is Justhost, although some of the most common Host that work very well with WordPress are Bluehost, Hostgator. Bluehost is at the top of the list of host that wordpress.org recommends.

I am currently using the latest version of WordPress 3.3.2.

WordPress in my opinion is the simplest CMS “Content Management System” most widely used blogging platform in the world.

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create a blog for the first time following these instructions. The more blogs you create, the better you will become. The more you use wordpress the more you will get to love it like I do. Experience will give you knowledge and the ability to develop very powerful blogs and in return you will become popular as a blogger. This is a learning curve and I am sure that you will enjoy it very much. That is why you are here reading this tutorial.

The following list applies to this blog and it is the same instructions I follow to develop my other blogs and websites.

The steps to follow:

  1. Think of a domain name
  2. Sign up with just host and register a domain name
  3. Install WordPress
  4. Setup your theme
  5. Add Categories
  6. Change permalinks structure
  7. Install plugins
  8. Create a Twitter account, a Facebook Page, and a Feedburner account
  9. Add links to these accounts on your sidebar
  10. Start adding some post
  11. SEO “Search Engine Optimisation”
  12. Change your privacy settings
  13. Backup, Maintenance and Security

#1 Think of a domain name

Buying a domain name using the correct keywords can be tricky at first but if you do it right from the beginning it can take you to the top in Google search and in time be ranked top 10. If you build the right foundations from the beginning using the correct keywords in your domain name people will find you much quicker.

Let me give you an example. Lets say you wanted to sell tomatoes at a special price and your name was Bob, the domain names that I would consider might be:

  1. www.bobstomatoes.com
  2. www.bobsspecialtomatoes.com
  3. www.specialbobtomatoes.com
  4. www.specialtomatoes.com

The above would be based on a search on Google and see how many searches come up with the words bob special tomatoes or any other combination. The results was astonishing 13,800,000 which tells you that you have a huge competition ahead based on that particular search query. This would mean that you might reconsider selecting another domain name to make life easier.

These are just examples, I think you are starting to get the message and remember that if you live for example in Spain then you might consider adding the .es domain especially if you only sell in Spain.

WordPress themes Suffusion

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May 092012
 
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Latest news, Suffusion has update the theme to version 4.2.0. Check out what’s new in this release Suffusion 4.2.0.

Suffusion

Is a very powerful theme with a very intuitive framework that you can develop further. There are so many options to change that at the beginning you will need some time to get your head around all the options you can change on the theme. I highly recommend this theme if you are very keen in developing a great blog, website using all the features it has to offer.

This is what Sayontan Sinha says about this theme. An elegant, versatile and browser-safe theme with a power-packed set of options. It has 19 widget areas, one-column, two-column and three-column fixed-width and flexible-width formats, 10 pre-defined templates, 18 pre-defined color schemes, two customizable multi-level drop-down menus, featured posts, a magazine layout, tabbed sidebars, widgets for Twitter, Social Networks and Google Translator, translations in many languages and RTL language support. WP 3.0 Menus, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies are integrated. A BuddyPress support pack is available as a plugin for smooth BuddyPress integration.

This theme will not disappoint you, with all the features it has. Go ahead and install it on your wordpress website/ blog. The theme is licensed under GPL version 3.

I have started some tutorials, they will help you if you are a beginner with this Powerful Suffusion Theme. Click on the following link Suffusion WordPress Theme Tutorials

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