Black Aperture is an all-in-one news and reviews theme specifically catered to video games.
Main Features
- WordPress menu for the main navigation.
- Standard featured images (post thumbnails), with fall-back custom field method for images.
- Unique featured posts showcase requires minimal effort to take advantage of.
- Nivo Slider bundled (since version 1.7) for alternate featured posts presentation.
- Dynamic image resizing for various thumbnails used through-out the theme. Upload once, and see the image used all over in different sizes and aspect ratios.
- Custom built Theme Options panel within WP-Admin that allows you to customize the theme without editing any templates. Change the accent colour used in the nav and headings using a colour picker, switch from 3 columns to 2 by selecting a checkbox, construct the main navigation bar, and even manage ads.
- Default 3 column layout can be changed to 2 (removes left sidebar) from WP-Admin.
- Both sidebars are widgetized.
- Custom widgets for the 3 main ad spots, along with a recent posts list.
- Change the logo to plain text (which makes use of the Blog Title and Tagline settings) or replace it with your own image without touching any code.
- Custom CSS area in Theme Options which allow you to override CSS without manually editing templates.
- Super lean markup and CSS, makes advanced customization a pleasure.
- Tested on Windows and Mac. Looks great in all modern browsers. Some details are toned down for older versions of IE, but nothing is broken.
- Support for Subscribe to Comments, Twitter Tools, and WP-PageNavi plugins out of the box.
Version 1.8 – Released: 06/25/2012
- Fixed a bug which prevented Nivo Slider from installing properly; plugin activation scripted needed updated.
- Changed how Nivo Slider is included, so it’s no longer dependent on the slug. The slider ID must now be entered in Theme Options.
- Updated Twitter button in the header with new Twitter bird icon.
- Changed aspect ratio of post thumbnails to match those in the featured posts.
- Aligned post thumbnails to the left of post content when Hide Left Sidebar is enabled.
- Added navigation links for multi-page posts.
- Updated bundled TimThumb to version 2.8.10.
Version 1.7 – Released: 02/24/2012
- NEW Nivo Slider bundled for alternate featured posts presentation.
- NEW Google+ button added to social buttons in the header.
- NEW Custom CSS area added to Theme Options for quick and easy style modifications, without having to edit templates.
- Social buttons in the header have been redrawn and are much more precise and sharp.
- Removed search from navigation area in order to provide more room for sub-menus. Search widget can be added to the right sidebar, and is styled to match the theme.
- Post thumbnails on indexes are 80% bigger.
- Fixed a bug where in some cases the logo would link to the current page, instead of the homepage.
- Replaced deprecated functions through-out.
- Updated bundled TimThumb to version 2.8.8.
Support & Feature Requests
First – read the help documentation that came bundled with the theme. It is also available on the theme’s live preview site.
Please send me a direct message via ThemeForest if you’re having trouble with your theme, and I will do my best to get back to you as soon as possible. Please be patient, as I work freelance full time and do not have dedicated time for theme support. I will not answer support requests left as comments here.
Also, it would be a good idea to a read through my Terms of Support document, which outlines the extent of support I offer, and information regarding updates, warranty, and compatibility.
I went and bought you theme yesterday and I love the look of it and my guild also agree. However; for some reason I can’t get the social buttons to appear. Only the RSS button appears.
Any advice on how to get this sorted out? I’m a newbie to WordPress, but learning as I go along nivo-slider,
I fixed it reviews,
Good stuff!stark,
How to change logo image? I can’t delete or change default logo. Thanks.video game,
The help documentation is your friend. You can access it from the theme options panel; Appearance -> Theme Optionsvideogames,
Thank you! I’ve done it
I want to translate the theme to Portuguese. Is there any easy way to make it?
Unfortunately no. There are no language files for this theme, so you would have to change the hard coded English text in the templates. Fortunately, there really isn’t much that you would need to change.
Another question is that the Nivo Slider don’t give me the option to show featured images from newest posts. The Nivo Slider version in my blog is the 1.5. I’ve heard about the v1.9 but I didn’t found any way to update. Also I wasn’t notified about any new version of the plugin. Any help?
Nivo Slider should prompt you to upgrade, just as regular plugins do. I just logged into the demo site’s admin and there was an update waiting for (1.9.1), which installed normally. Is this not happening for you?
No, still no sign of newer version. Still using v1.5. I’ve managed to use categories to make newer posts show in the slider, so I can wait until I get the update. Thx for you reply! =)
Man, I wish I had this type of talent, but even my stick figures come out looking like straight lines on crack. I’ve been able to figure out most of what I need to do, but I have a couple of oddball issues. First, my Nivo Slider images don’t crop unless I use use the Pascal or Orman themes, which would be fine but they put those headers on them, which I don’t want to use. I’ve tried disabling and re-enabling Dynamic image resizing, but didn’t solve it.
The other issue, is the search function isn’t there as well as the Recent Articles section on the right hand bar. I assumed those articles will show up once I start posting some, but I’m not sure if the Search function will also do that.
Again, very nice theme, as it’s exactly what I was looking for. When I tried to create my own, it looked like a bowl of fruit loops on LSD.
You can ignore my comment Matt. I am just manually setting the image sizes, which works fine for now, and I figured out the Search and Archives functions.
Alright, good stuff!
Hello Matt
I was wondering if there is a way I can put Google Adsense ads in the article? I updated the theme and I can no longer put the ads inside the article like I used to through the editor and single post section.
Is there a way to do this? I only put one adsense advert on my site and its usually in the single post article either on the middle or at the end of the article.
When I go into the single post of the editor it no longer has the same coding so I am lost, because I used to put an Ad code in there.
There’s nothing in the theme that alters post content, so I’m not sure what the issue could be.
Are you talking about editing posts, or editing the single.php template?
Hi Matt,
Firstly, love this theme, works great with my artwork and I have been using it for some time now. I am giving my site a fresh look and have incorporated full width pages. I am setting up a “Newsfeed” which is made up of flash posts but I am struggling trying to change these to full width. I have followed advice on other sites etc but still struggling to make the tweak. Is there a quick or easy code fix for this?
Thanks in advance!
Dave
It’s always the case, when you decide to “make the call to the designer” you come across the fix! I copied the full width page php and added it to a new one specifically for Posts, all sorted!
Hi,My customer liked this design and we want to buy it. But we have a questions. Can you answer these.
1-) Is slider editable from admin menu?
2-) Is it supporting sidebar widgets (like HTML or another).
3-) Is codes encrypted?
Thanks …
And can we change Game Title, Developers, Release Date’s texts etc. ? (From admin panel and web site)
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