Category 4 Blog http://www.category4.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Ultimate Baseball Theme for Wordpress Released http://www.category4.com/2008/04/08/ultimate-baseball-theme-for-wordpress-released/ http://www.category4.com/2008/04/08/ultimate-baseball-theme-for-wordpress-released/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:39:54 +0000 Darren http://www.category4.com/2008/04/08/ultimate-baseball-theme-for-wordpress-released/

Description

Ultimate Baseball comes pre-skinned for the Boston Red Sox (our bias is showing), but built-in control panel options let you change imagery and scorecard info and blog for any team!

Plus, no need to fuss with custom fields — Ultimate Baseball comes with a custom upload/resize tool.

Go Get It!

Live Demo | Download Theme | Download PSD

Features

  • Control panel options for lead story and masthead photo configuration
  • Control panel options for RSS scorecard and Flickr Photos
  • Subcategory dropdown menus
  • Author-highlighting and gravatars in the comments section
  • Custom archives page
  • Dynamic subpage menus
  • Additional print.css stylesheet
  • Widget-enabled sidebar

Requirements

Worpdress 2.5+

Additional Screenshots



Getting Started

  • If you don’t already have a /wp-content/uploads/ folder created, make sure to create it manually and set permissions to 0777.
  • To create a lead story image, visit Design->Ultimate Baseball Options and upload your picture. A script should automatically upload your image to /wp-content/uploads/ultimatebaseball/, but if your server does not allow it, the folder will have to be created and set manually.
  • To change your Flickr images, visit Design->Ultimate Baseball Options and set the username or tagname and number of photos your want to display.

FAQ

  • Q: How do I activate the custom ‘Archives’ template?
    A: Open your control panel and click Write->Page. Select ‘archives’ from the Page Template menu in the right sidebar, click Publish and you’re done!
  • Q: How do I change the masthead photo?
    A: Open your control panel, click Design->Custom Image Header and you will see options for uploading and cropping.
  • Q: If I change teams, how do I change the scoreboard info?
    A: Scoreboard info is taken and parsed from a great service called Totally Scored. Browse their site for your team, copy the RSS address into the field under Design->Ultimate Baseball Options and click Save.

  • Q: What happens when the season is over?
    A: The scorebox disappears when there are no new scores to report.
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Description

A timely Wordpress theme for supporters of Senator Barack Obama’s political career and presidential campaign. Built-in control panel options allow easy management of images, video, podcasts and other RSS info.

Go Get It!

Live Demo | Download Theme | Download PSD

Features

  • Control panel options for Flickr, Youtube and Feedburner
  • Subcategory dropdown menus
  • Author-highlighting and gravatars in the comments section
  • Custom archives page
  • Latest-post highlighting on homepage
  • Dynamic subpage menus
  • RSS integration with BarackObama.com
  • Additional print.css stylesheet

Requirements

Worpdress 2.3.3+

Additional Screenshots



FAQ

  • Q: How do I activate the custom ‘Archives’ template?
    A: Open your control panel and click Write->Page. Select ‘archives’ from the Page Template menu in the right sidebar, click Publish and you’re done!
  • Q: How do I make changes to the video, audio and images?
    A: Open your control panel, click Presentation->Probama Options and you will see basic instructions on editing your RSS info.
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Client Columbus Labs
Tools Wordpress, HTML/CSS, Ajax
Launch Spring 2008 • View Site»

Columbus Labs is a research laboratory based at the University of Virginia. They hired Category 4 to build a website that serves as a showpiece for their scientific research, staff accomplishments and academic publications.

Category4 customized the core Wordpress functionality, and utilized several Plugins to make site the functional, Easily navigable, and easy for the client to update.

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Client Semester at Sea
Tools Joomla, HTML/CSS, Flash
Launch Spring 2008 • View Site»

Semester at Sea is an educational non-profit which offers a unique study abroad program. Since 1963, this non-profit organization has dedicated themselves to the development of global under­standing through life-changing international experiences

Semester at Sea presented several challenging opportunities to Category4: the development of several custom flash applications; a number of different audiences that would use the site; and the ability to update the site from anywhere in the world to name a few. Category 4 is continuing to work with Semester at Sea on further development on the site.

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Client Conservation Partners
Tools Wordpress, HTML/CSS
Launch Winter 2008 • View Site»

Conservation Partners was formed to help Virginians realize the benefits of land conservation. To accomplish our mission, we have established a number of programs providing comprehensive support services to donors of high-quality conservation easements and purchasers of high-quality land preservation tax credits.

]]> http://www.category4.com/2008/03/11/conservation-partners/feed/ International Screening Solutions Signs Contract http://www.category4.com/2008/01/30/international-screening-solutions-signs-contract/ http://www.category4.com/2008/01/30/international-screening-solutions-signs-contract/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:15:10 +0000 Dana http://www.category4.com/2008/01/30/international-screening-solutions-signs-contract/ International Screening Solutions has signed a contract with Category 4 to design their new website. Category 4 will design an initial splash page for ISS and follow up with a comprehensive website that provides information about ISS and its professional background screening services using Wordpress.

]]> http://www.category4.com/2008/01/30/international-screening-solutions-signs-contract/feed/ Category 4 to Design Website for University of Maryland’s Campus Dialogues Project http://www.category4.com/2008/01/24/category-4-to-design-website-for-university-of-marylands-campus-dialogues-project/ http://www.category4.com/2008/01/24/category-4-to-design-website-for-university-of-marylands-campus-dialogues-project/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:06 +0000 Dana http://www.category4.com/2008/01/24/category-4-to-design-website-for-university-of-marylands-campus-dialogues-project/ Category 4 is excited to announce that we have signed a contract with the University of Maryland to create a website for their Campus Dialogues project, a consortium of five universities seeking to decrease biases among students from different religious traditions. UMD contacted Category 4 after seeing a similar site of which we are extremely proud, the Thomas Jefferson Center’s Difficult Dialogues Initiative . We cannot wait to create and launch this very important website.

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