WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist? en Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-828873 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:51:19 +0000 timethief 828873@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome. :)

]]> piperlori on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-828866 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:46:30 +0000 piperlori 828866@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks!

]]> 1tess on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-827457 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:11:24 +0000 1tess 827457@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Moved to the Ideas Forum~

]]> timethief on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-827369 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:26:49 +0000 timethief 827369@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

In other words, I could really use a VISUAL of what everything means.

In the meanwhile here's an example of a theme description in the Themes Showcase:
Minimum theme description
On this page note the links to feature descriptions in the right hand siebar of the page, not the theme:
Features
Custom Background
Custom Header
Custom Menu
Featured Images
Fixed Width
Left Sidebar
One Column
Right Sidebar
Sticky Post
Theme Options
Three Columns
Two Columns
Featured Image Header
Full Width Template

Minimum live demo site

]]> timethief on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-827363 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:19:14 +0000 timethief 827363@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no such glossary but maybe the Themes team will create one in the future in most cases theme options in the theme descriptions are linked to support documentation.

Fixed means the width of the theme does not change according to screen resolution (or the width of browser) your visitors use.

Fluid means the width of the theme changes according to screen resolution (or the width of browser) your visitors use.

Responsive width means the the layout adapts depending on the size of the device being used to view your site. When responsive width themes are viewed on mobiles sidebars appear below the posts in order to provide as much space as possible for reading. The WordPress.com Theme team uses the “responsive-width” tag in the Themes Showcase to indicate which themes have this feature.

Post formats > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-formats/
Post formats (themes) > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/post-formats/

]]> piperlori on "Glossary for Word Press Themes - does one exist?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/glossary-for-word-press-themes-does-one-exist#post-827355 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:02:04 +0000 piperlori 827355@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ In reviewing the different themes offered for WP blogs, I have to say that for blogging neophytes many of those terms mean diddly squat—as in I don't understand what they mean, or how they translate into features and benefits.

In other words, I could really use a VISUAL of what everything means. For example, "fixed-width vs. responsive width," "translation ready" "responsive layout" "theme options" "microformats" ... huh?

Does WP just assume everyone knows what all that means? It's very hard to pick a theme when one doesn't have a glossary to (a) define terms and (b) to know what the benefits of having (or not having) particular features.

It would be GREAT if there was some sort of animated graphic that gave a visual on how all these features looked in use on each theme. At least the Premium themes should have them since they're charging for them!

Maybe I'm the only non-techie in existence—if so I'm not ashamed to plead ignorance. I just want to know how to choose the right theme based on what I'm trying to do with the understanding that much of it I will learn (as I did before with my portfolio/blog) by trial and error.

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