{"id":28593,"date":"2014-05-29T02:43:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=28593"},"modified":"2014-07-13T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T18:23:47","slug":"the-orpheus-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=28593","title":{"rendered":"The Orpheus WordPress Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I discovered that, when it came to WordPress<\/a>, I had lost my step.\u00a0 I hadn’t coded anything in some time, I had largely ceased to blog, and I didn’t have any feel for the platform any longer.<\/p>\n

Heck, I didn’t even know what was new and current.<\/p>\n

I needed a little “warm-up” project.\u00a0 Something that would get my feet wet, get the rusty WordPress gears turning again.<\/p>\n

So I put together a child theme for the WordPress theme created by NPR<\/a>, Argo<\/a>.\u00a0 And I called it Orpheus.<\/p>\n

Argo<\/a> was designed for single topic, long-form journalism.\u00a0 In other words, it’s perfect for the sort of wordy blogging that I do.\u00a0 It has some interesting features, like spotlighted posts and category navigation.\u00a0 The one thing it doesn’t have is a responsive design.\u00a0 Argo, out of the box, doesn’t work well on mobile devices and tablets.<\/p>\n

Orpheus addresses that.<\/p>\n

Argo is built on the 960 grid.\u00a0 Orpheus reflows the 960 grid based on screen resolution.\u00a0 On some tablets, the grid is scaled proportionately.\u00a0 On phones, the grid becomes a single column.<\/p>\n

Some features are lost, such as the related posts feature and the category navigation; these elements simply didn’t function at other widths.\u00a0 (Also, they rely on hovering, something you can do with a mouse but not with with a touchscreen.)<\/p>\n

Otherwise, Orpheus succeeds in bringing Argo up to 2014 standards.\u00a0 It’s also easy to integrate with an existing Argo child theme; a plugin will add the necessary code to the header and, essentially, lets you run a second child theme.<\/p>\n

I doubt many, if any, people are using Argo except for those NPR stations that were part of the theme’s development.\u00a0 Nonetheless, Orpheus fills a need.<\/p>\n

To download NPR’s Argo theme, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To download Orpheus, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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