Installation
Installation is typical like most WordPress themes. Here is the FTP Install instructions:
1. Download and Unzip the pokertheme zip folder.
2. Upload the interior folder called “pokertheme” to your wp-content/themes/ folder in your WordPress directory via FTP.
3. Go to Appearance->Themes and activate the poker theme.
Custom Widgets
Here are the widgets included in the poker theme.
4. Top Casinos Widget:
You can see the options to build this widget:
5. Poker Rakeback Widget
Here are the options for this widget:
Adding Poker Sites
You will see the casino post type when visiting your WordPress admin area. Filling out the fields on this page will populate many of the shortcodes and widgets as seen in the demo.
The logo/icon for each poker site is displayed using the featured image section in the post. Use a logo with dimensions of 180×72 or similar ratio for best viewing.
Poker Shortcodes
Shortcodes can be found in the editor menu on pages and posts labeled Flytonic. Select the shortcode and you can configure each within the popup window.
Top Poker Sites Shortcode
You can easily display a list of poker sites along with a few attributes inside posts or pages using the top poker sites table shortcode.
Choosing the Poker Sites Table Shortcode from Flytonic dropdown in the editor menu will bring up some options that you can insert.
Manual Shortcode:
Full code:
Attribute Options:
1. num: Number of casinos to show in table. Example: num=10
2. orderby: choose how you would like you table to be ordered by. Default is date.
Options are:
- orderby=’ date’ – the date published
- orderby=’order’ – menu order
- orderby=’_as_rating’ – the overall rating of the casino
- orderby=’_as_roomname’ – name of casino
3. sort: how to sort the order by: sort=’ASC’ or sort=’DESC’. Default is DESC
4. tag: Enter a poker site tag to filter by, example: tag=’usonlytag’
5. platform: Enter a casino platforme to filter by, example: platform=’mac’
6. software: Enter a casino software to filter by, example: software=’microgaming’
7. version: select a version to display:
Options are:
- 1 – Show signup bonus
- 2 – Show No Deposit Bonus
- 3 – Show rakeback
8. usacol: Enter ‘y’ to hide the US column: usacol=’y’
Featured Poker Sites Shortcode
You can easily feature a few poker sites inside posts or pages using the featured poker sites table shortcode.
Choosing the Poker Sites Table Shortcode from Flytonic dropdown in the editor menu will bring up some options that you can insert.
Manual Shortcode:
[fly_topsites]
Full code:
[fly_topsites num=3 orderby=’order’ sort=’asc’ platform=’iphone’ software=’PDC Poker’ version=’2′ tag=’poker’]
Attribute Options:
1. num: Number of casinos to show in table. Example: num=10
2. orderby: choose how you would like you table to be ordered by. Default is date.
Options are:
- orderby=’ date’ – the date published
- orderby=’order’ – menu order
- orderby=’_as_rating’ – the overall rating of the casino
- orderby=’_as_roomname’ – name of casino
3. sort: how to sort the order by: sort=’ASC’ or sort=’DESC’. Default is DESC
4. tag: Enter a poker site tag to filter by, example: tag=’usonlytag’
5. platform: Enter a casino platforme to filter by, example: platform=’mac’
6. software: Enter a casino software to filter by, example: software=’microgaming’
7. version: select a version to display:
Options are:
- 1 – Show rakeback
- 2 – Show rating stars
Page Templates
- Blog template options – read more about setting up a blog page.
- Full Page template – select the full page template to have a full width page.
Layout Options
You can change the entire site layout by going to your Layout Options Page. You will see three options to choose from.
You can also change an individual page or review page layout too – see here.
Change Theme Color Pre Set Style
To change the color style with one of the other built-in colors navigate to your theme options area under Flytonic in the WordPress admin area.
Under General Options there is a dropdown to select a different color style. Select another option and save it for the new design to appear.
The Poker theme has a black and green color to choose from other than the default blue.
Change /review/ word in poker site review page link
You can change the word review in the link to your review page with another word. Be sure to save your permalinks after you update this. The option is located in the Theme Options -> General Options and look for Review Page Slug.
Change /visit/ outbound link word
You can change all the visit links to your casinos to another word. Visit Theme Options->Redirect Options and look for Outbound Redirect Slug.
Create Featured Page Menu in a post or page
Here are the steps to create a page menu that looks this in the demo:
1. First create the page you want included in the menu.
2. In each page add a featured image (located in the right sidebar usually on the page edit page). This is the image used in the menu.
3. Create a new menu and select these pages.
4. Set the menu location as “Featured Pages Menu”
5. In a post or page, enter the shortcode: [featuredpages]
6. The menu will appear in place of this shortcode.
Using the Rakeback Review Page Instead of Default
To choose the alternative review page if you are going to promote rakeback, you need to pick the “Rake Review Page” Page template on your casino page. See screenshot:
Adding Banners and In The Header
You can learn more about the banner management system here.
To add a banner to the header you first need to add a banner in the system then add a banner widget to the Header Widget area.
Changing The Footer Display and Options
You can choose to hide or display different elements in the footer. The footer is composed of a top and bottom footer. The top footer contains 4 columns, each a footer widget. The bottom footer contains a menu and copyright info on the left and a widget area on the right for social media icons.
Here is the theme options for the footer area. Notice that you can hide different elements of the footer by checking the appropriate boxes:
Adding a Logo to the Theme
Add a logo to the theme in the theme options->branding section:
Width should be less than 250px for the logo.