Wordpress 2014 theme design.

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by dim sum, Oct 8, 2014.

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    Hi,

    I've been using the above theme for a few months now. I read a review on the theme recently which brought up a few issues - namely optimizing the content for tabs and smart phones, which is something I hadn't thought about or done up to now.

    This is important to me as most of my readers are in a region where these devices are heavily used. I checked out the site on a tab and it actually seemed o.k to me in terms of looks and functionality. However, on a smartphone the whole left hand bar is not visible at all until you scroll down a long way, which makes navigation extremely poor.

    With this in mind I want to add a drop down menu on the header bar. Problem is, although it shows it on the 2014 demo I can't get it to work for the 'categories' section such as I want. I've about 10 categories at present and when I try and add them they are just individually spread horizontal along the header bar and not in a single drop down menu. Obviously they don't all fit either. Is this function available as standard without tinkering with the theme? (I'm not especially technical).

    The review also shows a fly out menu which I'd also be interested in but I can't work out how to get this either. Additionally, it shows a 'follow blog by email' on the sidebar. How do you do this, and once you put this on screen does it automatically forward your posts to those on the list or do you have to do something extra?

    Lastly, I like the idea of the quotes box. Is this handled by 2014 ephemera widget or by other means? Carrying on from here, how do things stand in this context regarding copyright? Can you just use a quote as long as you name the originator? Is there a good site for sources of quotes or do you just use what's at hand or what you're familiar with?

    Apologies for all the questions, I thought it best to get them all out in one go.

    Any advice much appreciated,

    Thanks.
     
    dim sum, Oct 8, 2014 IP