Looking for a minimalist Magazine WordPress theme with unlimited background color options? Check out our latest Neptuniumize WordPress theme.

This WP theme comes with a well-structured code for easy customization and a .pot file which you can easily translate in your preferred languages with ease.

Neptuniumize WordPress theme comes with a clean straightforward design, easy customizable admin options which has the General Settings, Page Tracker, Slideshow, Social Networking, Page Navigation and Advertisements Settings.

Tested to work well in a multisite environment, Neptuniumize is a WordPress MU compatible theme.

Neptuniumize WordPress theme is an awesome WordPress theme 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 Neptuniumize WordPress theme features:

• Magazine Theme
• Unlimited Background Colors
• jQuery Slider
• Custom Front Page
• WordPress MU Compatible
• Custom Font Integration
• Facebook Like Box
• Twitter Status Integration
• Popular Posts
• Spread the articles via Social bookmarks (TweetMeme, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, RSS, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Twitter)
• Separation of Comments and Trackbacks
• SEO optimized
• Automatic Thumbnail Resizer (without using a custom field)
• Compatible with WordPress version 3.0+
• RSS and Twitter subscription
• Google Analytics code integration
• Built-in Page Navigation
• Advertisement Blocks Ready
• Gravatar Enabled

Neptuniumize | Demo | Download Neptuniumize (987)

Installation:

1. Install neptuniumize folder at /wp-content/themes/
2. Activate Neptuniumize 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

• Regenerate Thumbnails
• WordPress Popular Posts

Customizing Neptuniumize Options:

1. Go to Appearance > Neptuniumize Options
   • General Settings
   • Page Tracker Settings
   • Slideshow Settings
   • Social Networking Settings
   • Page Navigation Settings
   • Advertisements Settings
2. Then Save Settings.

Additional Customization:

1. Setting the Slideshow:
   1. Go to Appearance > Neptuniumize Options > Slideshow
   2. Enable Slideshow
   3. Designate a Slideshow Category – choose from the different categories in the dropdown menu
   4. Customize the other settings – Slideshow effect, Slide Duration and Slide Scroll Speed
   5. Save Settings.
   6. Note: All post in the slideshow’s designated category will be automatically featured in the slider.
2. Setting the post thumbnail:
   1. Go Post > All Posts > Choose the post to edit
   2. From the post section, find the “Featured Image” box found at the lower right most part of the screen
   3. Set Featured Image (recommended image size: 510×320)
   4. Publish / Update Post.
3. Setting the Custom Front Page Widgets:
   1. Go to Appearance > Neptuniumize Options > General
   2. Designate a Page for the First Column
   3. Designate a Page for the Second Column
   4. Designate a Page for the Third Column
   5. Save Settings.
4. Setting the DropDown Menus:
   1. Go to Appearance > Menus.
   2. Drag and drop the menus you want to appear in header navigation menu at the “Main Menu” Box and hit “Save Menu” button.
   3. At the Theme Locations box, choose “Main Menu” from the dropdown choices and hit “Save”.
5. Adding Descriptions in the DropDown Menus:
   1. Go to Appearance > Menus
   2. Click the “Screen Options” and tick “Description”
   3. In your Menu box, write a short description of the menu (tick the inverted triangle in the menu)
   4. Hit Save Menu.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.0+
• Host server with PHP5+

 

Thank you:

Thanks to Viper007Bond and Héctor for the useful plugins and our friends at Managed Services for the collaboration.