The Shiba dynamic WordPress theme was created to give end-users a simple way to customize their WordPress theme, without the need for PHP, Javascript, or CSS programming.
Shiba is also an image based theme, which places an emphasis on the use of graphics in the design of posts, excerpts, and comments within your blog.
[Most recent Shiba Theme updates]
- Theme now supports one-column, two-column, three-column layouts.
- Customize fonts for the main, widget, and comment areas.
- Added attachment and gallery pages.
- Clean and customizable 404 page.
- Set backdrop color and backdrop tiles.
- IE7 Javascript support.
Shiba Theme Customization
All theme customizations are controlled through a visual interface within your WordPress Appearance menu. This includes altering header and footer images, as well as styling the colors, borders, and backgrounds of posts and excerpts. You can assign different images and colors to posts, pages, and categories in your WordPress blog.
Other customizations, such as adding in new text segments, or adding in third-party advertisements is done through the WordPress Widget interface. The Shiba theme is widget-ready and includes two widget sidebar areas, numerous header and footer widget areas, as well as a copyright area at the bottom of the page.
Multi-column widget support is also available through the Shiba Widgets plugin.
Multi-column WordPress widget area.
Shiba WordPress Theme Feature List
- Blog images, colors, borders, and edges customizable directly from your WordPress administration panel through a simple visual interface. Header and footer images can be loaded from your local computer or from your WordPress Media Library.
No PHP, Javascript, or CSS knowledge is required. - Easily switch between a one-column, two-column, or three-column blog layout. The Shiba theme has left and right sidebar areas.
- If you do not place any widgets in either the left or right sidebar, then you get a one column layout (as is seen on this page).
- If you place widgets in the left or right sidebar (but not both), then you get a two column layout.
- If you place widgets in both sidebars, then you get a three column layout.
- Easily switch between a wide and narrow right sidebar.
- A variety of Shiba theme images are free and readily available for your WordPress blog.
- Different theme images can be assigned to categories, posts, and pages. This WordPress blog, for example, has different skins for many of the category groups, as well as some individual skins for some posts and pages.
- The Shiba WordPress theme supports a variety of blog edges including dark, light, thick, thin, and inverted edges. You can choose which edge option you would prefer from your WordPress Dashboard.
- Image-based comments area with its own set of alternating comment backgrounds. Comment backgrounds are set through a simple drop-down menu. Comment threading is also supported. Custom gravatars are available through the Shiba Gravatar Plugin.
- Menubars can be added with the Shiba Menubar Plugin. Simply drop the standard Custom Menu WordPress widget into the theme Menubar widget area.
- Assign the font of your choice to the main blog, widget, and comment areas.
- Customizable 404 page. Set the image or text in the page through the Shiba Themes >> Theme Options menu.
- Shiba Themes can be exported and imported using the standard WordPress import/export tool. This means Shiba themes can be easily moved from blog to blog similar to your WordPress posts.
- Internet Explorer 7 javascript support. This ensures that IE7 support will work even on cached pages.
- Tested on Firefox, IE-8, IE-7, and Chrome.
Example one-column, two-column, three-column layouts.
Example theme edges.
Add Your Own Border Images
You can add your own border images by transferring them to -
[WP_CONTENT]/themes/shiba/images/borders/
- Backdrop tiles are stored in the backdrop directory.
- Left borders are stored in the left directory.
- Right borders are stored in the right directory.
- Top borders are stored in the top directory.
- Bottom borders are stored in the bottom directory.
Shiba Theme Updates
- Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.9
July 26th, 2010- There is now a wide sidebar option. For example, this page is rendered with a wide sidebar.
- Themes can now be assigned to blog-wide conditions such as is_front_page, is_404, is_post, is_page, etc.
- Theme objects have been converted into custom post type objects. This means that Shiba themes can now be exported and imported using the standard WordPress export/import tool.
- Theme manipulation has been significantly simplified and enhanced. You can now copy existing themes, and perform bulk operations on themes in the same way as WordPress posts and pages.
- Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.7
The Shiba Theme has been slimmed down so that it is cleaner, more efficient, flexible, and secure.
In particular the theme is now focused on layout and providing layout flexibility through expanded use of widget areas.
- Example page showing widget areas within the Shiba Theme.
- Example page showing a 3-column layout Shiba Theme.
Specialized features such as custom gravatar support, multi-column widget areas, automatic thumbnail image assignment, as well as adding and positioning background images are now supported through plugins.
- Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.5
- Custom gravatar functionality has been moved to the Shiba Gravatar Plugin. This allows you to use whichever gravatar system you want by loading the Shiba Gravatar plugin, some other gravatar plugin, or using the existing WordPress gravatar system.
- Default themes have been updated to include the Spy Girl, Blog Warrior, and Tattoo images.
- The Shiba Theme is now better integrated with the Shiba Custom Background plugin.
Tattoo WordPress Theme Images
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Another Blog Warrior
The blog warrior is back - and this time - she is heavily armored for action. This second incarnation of the blog warrior will help you hack and slash your way to high blog traffic and a killer website. Blog warrior images are created with Carrara, Photoshop, and 3D-models from Daz 3D. The header and footer of this page will automatically rotate through the different Blog Warrior theme options, so you may see how they look in a WordPress blog format. Note - The images below may take...
Spy Girl Theme Images
She is sexier and more deadly than James Bond. Spy Girl theme images are created with Carrara, Photoshop, and 3D-models from Daz 3D. The header and footer of this page will automatically rotate through the different Spy Girl theme options, so you may see how they look in a WordPress blog format. Note - The images below may take a while to load depending on your connection. Thanks for your patience. Spy Girl Header Images Spy Girl Footer Images Spy...
- Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.4
Post thumbnail support, media library support, improved interface for loading image themes, and much more. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.1
Internet Explorer 6 compatibility release. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 2.0
New features – WordPress excerpts for multi-post pages, styled native WordPress search widget, and updated support for Menubar Plugin 4.2. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 1.8
New features – Comment threading support, blog background effects, decorative edges, and blog post images, plus 5 new theme image options – Tattoo, Vampire girl, Dark Angel, Wedding, and the original Dragons. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 1.6
New features – Assign themes to posts and categories, default gravatar support, and an optional left-sidebar that allows you to easily switch from a two-column to three-column WordPress blog layout. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 1.5
New features – Menubar plugin support, styled blockquotes, and stylish comment images. - Shiba WordPress Theme Release 1.0
The first Shiba WordPress theme release. Easy customization of your blog images, colors, and advertisements all from your WordPress dashboard.
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