This website is the origin of the Slidingdoor WordPress theme. If you roll over the images at the top they will open and close like a sliding door. There is a light and dark version and you can toggle between the two on the theme options page. I wanted a theme for dubbo.org where I could display animals from the zoo up the top without taking up too much space. I also wanted a theme that felt more like a traditional website rather than a blog. I combined phatfusion sliding menu system with the Twenty Eleven WordPress theme to create this website design.

Getting it going

Here are some basic instructions, but if you have technical questions about the sliding door theme please head over to the WordPress support site

How I change the text on the sliding menus at the top of the page?

The text in the sliders is part of the image. You can make your own sliders using any image editing software). If you use Photoshop, you can download the original Photoshop file here:

How do I upload the pictures after I have made them?

WordPress looks for the pictures in the ‘ featured image’ field of each page.

1. From the WordPress Dashboard go into any page and select ‘upload image’ 
2. Once the image is uploaded and select ‘use as featured image. 

Once you have set the featured image it should look like this:

How do I add the pictures to the top menu?

You need to add a new menu from here:

Then select 7 posts, add them to a new menu, and check the Sliding Navigation box.

The post will automatically find the images and add them to the sliding menu.

Enjoy!

Wayne

Old Support Site

The old Support website will be closing on 2024. The theme used to be difficult to use but now with 10 years of refinements it’s very simple, so if you ave any questions you can post them on the WordPress.org support page.