This post demonstrates the step-by-step process to installing The Columnist WordPress theme and applying it to your blog or website.
1. Download
Download TheColumnist.zip file here or by the .zip icon anywhere on this website. It contains all the necessary files for functionality and styling of the theme.
2. Upload
Upload the unzipped file to your web server into the following Worpdress file structure:
/wp-content/themes/
3. Activate
Go to “Themes” which can be found under the “Appearance” section in the left-hand column of your Admin screen. Within Themes you will see the recently uploaded “The Columnist” appear as an available theme. Go right ahead and activate!
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nice design. though I don’t use wordpress i download this template to test in local server. Thanks for make it free.
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nice design. though I don’t use wordpress i download this template to test in local server. Thanks for make it free.
Hello!
Great theme, but when I click on a thumbnail, or the continue reading below the thumb I get Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
any thoughts?
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@Tom not sure mate, all good from my end…
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
Did upgrading to 2.9.2 screw something up? I’m getting “Sorry, no posts matched your criteria” when my page loads.
@Joe
Currently using 2.9.2 and all is good…
Well I’m sure I’ve screwed something up. Ha! Thanks!
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A clean and elegant theme for any artist and minimalists, cool!
wow, great theme.
i’m just curious, how to put “photo by” and “price” below “Date” like yours?
thanks.
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@mande
At the moment the are custom meta fields for “date”, “time”, “price”, “photo” and “rsvp”.
You can use the custom fields from your Edit Post page using the labels I have just mentioned.
Hope this helps
Benji
Beautiful template. Recommending it to some friends now. Very useful if you want content split into categories.
Great one!!!