Aesthete wordpress theme
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TABLE OF CONTENT

	Description
	Compatibility
	Installation
	Some words on graphic header
	Sugested plugins
	How to use portfolio
	How to use catalogue
	Terms of use
	Feedback
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DESCRIPTION

	Aesthete theme is designed in the renaissance style. It includes portfolio 
	and catalogue functionality and	supports threaded comments.
	
	Author: Ivan Milaev (http://www.vatuma.com)
	e-mail: vatuma@gmail.com
	
	Demo: http://vatuma.com/demo/?themedemo=aesthete

COMPATIBILITY

	The theme was tested on wordpress 2.8+

INSTALLATION

	1. Upload complete folder "phpThumb" to your web hosting to document root 
	   (e.g. /usr/home/yoursite.com/htdocs/)
	
	2. Set write permissions to everyone on folder "phpThumb/cache"
	
	3. Upload complete folder "/wp-content/themes/aesthete" to your web hosting 
	   to /your-wordpress-install/wp-content/themes/
	
	4. Optionaly upload "/wp-content/plugins" to /your-wordpress-install/wp-content/ 

	5. Edit footer.php. There are four alternative designes of footer. 
	   E.g. there is a corporate footer that contains address and phone number. 
	   See comments in footer.php
	
	6. Configure the theme at Your Blog -> Site Admin -> Appearance -> Current Theme Options
	   See "How to use portfolio" and "How to use catalogue" sections
	
	7. Activate the theme
	
	8. Optionaly activate plugins
	
SOME WORDS ON GRAPHIC HEADER
	
	You can turn on graphic header in the theme options. 
	The header uses image file img/logo.gif. The supplied logo.gif is just an example of 
	how it can look. I supplied file psd/logo.psd to help you make your own logo.
	I didn'd supplied the font I've used. You can either use a font you like or 
	obtain the font at http://paratype.com/pstore/newstyles.asp?fontcode=PT_DCR

SUGESTED PLUGINS
	
	1. Slimbox Plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slimbox-plugin/)
	   It can be used in the catalogue functionality
	
	2. Pagebar2 (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagebar/)
	   Use it only for the multipaged posts. Uncheck "Automagic insertion" in the 
	   plugin config.
	   
	3. WP-Paginate (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-paginate/)
	   Use it for all other pagination

HOW TO USE PORTFOLIO

	The portfolio is designed to use one post for one work. This allows you to 
	describe your work, insert more images and so on.
	
	To use portfolio:
	
	1. Create a category. For example "Portfolio". Look "cat_ID" in the url of the category
	
	2. Go to Theme Options an enter the cat_ID.
	
	3. Create a post in Portfolio category. SAVE the post.
	
	4. Upload preview image. 
	   The image containing the word "thumb" in it's filename (e.g. "mywork_thumb.jpg") 
	   will be considered as thumbnail.
	   Otherwise the first image will be taken (see "Order" field while uploading images).
	   If the thumbnail image is smaller then the size set in theme options it will 
	   not be resized.
	
	5. Insert images to post.
	
	6. PUBLISH the post.

HOW TO USE CATALOGUE
	
	Catalogue is almost the same as portfolio. Separate category, one post - one item 
	(catalogue item, commodity).
	The differences are:
	   - it's available to show more then one image preview in item list
	   - item description (post excerpt) is shown in list
	   - no need to insert images into a post. All uploaded images will be shown automaticaly
	   - a catalogue can have subcategories

TERMS OF USE

	"Aesthete" is a WordPress theme
	Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Milaev (www.vatuma.com)
	
	You can use the theme both on personal and commercial sites.
    
	You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public 
	License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

	This theme is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	See the GNU General Public License for more details: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/

FEEDBACK

	Feel free to contact me via e-mail vatuma@gmail.com