We’re often asked, “What is the difference between a ‘Page Template’ and a ‘Shortcode’ Gallery?” and we’ll explain.
Creating a Gallery via “Page Templates” is how our template originally handled Galleries but later in the release of version 4.0+ we introduced the new post-type called “Galleries” where you can now create Galleries and use a shortcode to call them. The method of using a shortcode is a bit more versatile than using a […]
Let’s review how you’d create a gallery using the Gallery Shortcode. In earlier versions (and the current documentation for version 4.0.3) it’s a little different than it is now for WordPress 3.5. The user-interface has changed a little as noted in our previous post, “WordPress 3.5 – How it affects KingSize WP“. So let’s get […]
On December 11th, 2012, WordPress released Version 3.5 named for the jazz drummer “Elvin Jones”. With the release of this new version, there have been some changes to the “User Interface” which many of us were not overly thrilled about as we were accustomed to the old ways. Yet with improvements, always must come change. […]
Updates can be as easy or hard as you want to make it. We say that because there are a variety of ways a person can update the version of there template and if you follow these instructions, we’ll try and make it as painless and as successful as possible.
There are quite a few shortcodes available in KingSize WordPress. Most of which can be seen on this demo “Shortcodes” page. Shortcodes are designed to make adding certain options and features a little less difficult and time consuming sifting through code.
Using Sliders can now be used on all and any pages/posts. In previous versions of KingSize WordPress, this was restricted to only the homepage – hooray for updates! To learn more about Homepage Background usage, checkout our Tutorial on “Background Sliders and Background Videos” for the purpose of homepage usage. In this tutorial though, we […]
In the release of version 4, we have introduced not only the Video Background capabilities, but a new and improved Background Slider script using the ever popular Supersized. With previous versions of KingSize WordPress, we had a Theme Option where you would upload your Backgrounds and sort them there. In the release of version 4, […]
The purpose behind Portfolios is to add multiple projects with the use of additional details and essentially to help showcase your work. Portfolios can serve many purposes, such as: Showcase your past and current Projects. Showcase your photography sessions. Showcase your traveling / adventures. Outside the box usage: Shopping Carts. Outside the box usage: Product […]
It’s a commonly question we are asked: [blockquote]What’s the difference between Galleries and Portfolios?[/blockquote] Galleries These are single page collections of images that when clicked will open in lightbox to display the images you’ve chosen to upload / attach to that Page/Post. There is no pagination and you cannot assign links to Gallery images so […]