Padd Solutions

Matingkad WordPress theme is our newest premium quality WordPress theme offered to the community. This comes with an upgraded framework which is compatible with the latest version of WordPress.

This special 5-in-1 free WordPress theme is packed comes with a robust admin options panel to accommodate the General Settings, Page Tracker, Social Networking, Related Posts, Page Navigation and Custom Ads Settings.

Built by Padd Solutions, Matingkad WP theme 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 background graphics (armada, brick, flower, ribbon, veerle)
• TweetMeme Retweet Button
• Facebook Share Button
• Google Buzz Button
• Dropdown Categories Menu
• Spread the articles via Social bookmarks (TweetMeme, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Twitter)
• Related Posts
• Better Comment System
• 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 matingkad folder at /wp-content/themes/
2. Activate Matingkad 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

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

Customizing Matingkad Options:

1. Go to Appearance > Matingkad 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/matingkad/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.
• Using FlickRSS:
  1. Go to FlickRSS settings
  2. Display: “6 – user”
  3. User ID: Manual.
  4. Save Settings.
• 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.

Requirements:

WordPress 2.8+

Host server with PHP5+

Thank you:

Thanks to DinPattern for the beautiful seamless patterns and our friends from Home Stair Lift, Keyword Tools, Free Online Games, and Get Six Pack Abs for the wonderful ideas and collaboration.

Feedback :

Tell us what you think, we would love to hear something from you.
If you have any problem or found some bugs upon using this WordPress theme, feel free to leave a comment here.