Padd Solutions’ latest theme release is Marahan WordPress theme. This WP theme comes with a customizable front page which showcases the “Welcome To Our Website” section. This special multi-colored 5-in-1 free WordPress theme is packed with a better framework and a robust admin options panel to accommodate the General Settings, Page Tracker, Social Networking, Related Posts, Page Navigation and Custom Ads Settings.

Marahan WP theme has a featured content slider which is great for any blogger who wants to impress their readers with their contents and a premium quality design blog at no cost!

Check out the other theme features:

• Featured Content Gallery
• Multiple color schemes (blue, brown, gray, green, red)
• Popular Posts
• Latest Tweet
• Spread the articles via Social bookmarks (TweetMeme, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Twitter)
• Related Posts
• Separation of Comments and Trackbacks
• SEO optimized
• Automatic Thumbnail Resizer (without using a custom field)
• Compatible with WordPress version 2.9+
• RSS and Twitter subscription
• Google Analytics code integration
• Built-in Page Navigation
• Advertisement Blocks Ready
• Gravatar Enabled

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Installation:

1. Install marahan folder at /wp-content/themes/
2. Activate Marahan Theme 1.0 by Padd Solutions (Note: Don’t worry if it might look disoriented at first, you need to activate the required plugins to fully utilize the theme.)

Activate the Required Plugins

• Popularity Contest
• TweetMeme Retweet Button (note on the settings, see below)

Customizing Marahan Options:

1. Go to Appearance > Marahan Options
   • General Settings
   • Page Tracker Settings
   • Social Networking Settings
   • Related Posts Settings
   • Page Navigation Settings
   • Custom Ads Settings
2. Then Save Settings.

Additional Customization:

• Changing the Logo:
  1. Use the site-name.psd found at the /images folder.
  2. Edit it using your favorite graphics application.
  3. Save as site-name.png and upload it at the /wp-content/themes/marahan/images folder.
• Using TweetMeme:
  1. Go to TweetMeme settings
  2. Display: check “Display the button on pages”
  3. Position: Manual.
  4. Type: choose “The compact widget”
  5. The rest of the settings can be left as is.
  6. Save changes.
• Updating the Featured Content Gallery:
  1. At the Custom Field post:
  2. Name: paddimage-gallery
  3. Value: url of the image (i.e. /wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image.jpg)
  4. Edit the settings.
  5. Save changes.
• Updating the Post Thumbnail:
  1. At the Custom Field of the post:
  2. Name: paddimage
  3. Value: url of the image (i.e. /wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image.jpg)
  4. Edit the settings.
  5. Save changes.

Thank you:

Thanks to Crowd Favorite and TweetMeme for the useful plugins and Woofunction for their amazing icons. This theme is also brought to you by Cheap Hosting from the #1 Web Hosting Provider – HostNexus.