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// Rainbow As My Hat  (R.A.M.H. 1.0)
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Created: 25/10/2008
By: Valentino Aluigi (postream)
Contact Info: [email protected]

Thank you for purchasing my theme.
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email, via my user page contact form.
Thanks so much!


// TABLE OF CONTENTS //

1) Description
1.1) HTML Structure and CSS
1.2) Javascript 
1.3) Source files

2) Usage
2.1) How to choose your favourite color
2.2) How to change the color for a single page or post
2.3) How to change the sidebar appearance
2.4) How to use twitter themes

3) Credits


// 1) DESCRIPTION //
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1.1) XHTML Structure and CSS

This theme is a fixed layout with two columns.
The XHTML structure is based on Sandbox, a blank theme for designer.
For more info about Sandbox please read sandbox-readme.html
Thanks to Sandbox, this template has a very powerful css system.

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1.2) Javascript

This theme uses just a little script to change the color of the widgets when the user move the pointer over them.
This script uses jQuery, but there's no need to include it beacuse it's loaded dynamically from Google Ajax API.
jQuery is a Javascript library that greatly reduces the amount of code that you must write. 

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1.3) Source files

In the "sources" directory you can find:

   1) The main layout
   2) The footer
   3) The windmill (both Illustrator and Photoshop files)
   4) The twittter background image
   

// 2) USAGE //
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2.1) How to choose your main color

RAMH has a flexible way to choose the main color.
You can change the main color in the Wordpress administration under Desing/Rainbow As My Hat - Options.

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2.2) How to change the color for a single page or post

It's possible to choose a color for each page or post.
Just add a custom field named "color" with the appropriate value.
Warning: value is case-sensitive! 

You can also change the favourite color just using an appropriate link (with a GET variable).
If you are using permalinks just add "?color=Mycolor" to the address.
Example: http://www.maverick.it/ramh/color-sample?color=Orange

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2.3) How to change the sidebar appearance

By default RAMH shows the right sidebar only on posts and search page.
You can change this behaviour in the admin panel.
Just enter the Wordpress administration under Desing/Rainbow As My Hat - Options.

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2.4) How to use twitter themes

Unfortunatly twitter hasn't the ability to install packaged themes.
Anyway, changing it's appearance is really easy.
In the "twitter" directory you can find 6 background images (one for every color theme)
To use one of this background surf to your twitter design page:

http://twitter.com/account/profile_settings

Click "Change background image".
Upload a background image and save changes.

Now click "Change design color".
Edit the background color to: #E6E6E6

Save changes. Done!


// 3) CREDITS //
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"Rainbow As My Hat" is the name of a nice song played by the indie rock group The Second Grace.
You can listen it on LastFM: http://www.lastfm.it/music/The+Second+Grace/_/Rainbow+As+My+Hat
This is their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/thesecondgrace

Thanks to:
* http://tit0.deviantart.com - for design inspiration
* Sandbox team (http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/)
* Jeffery (http://www.detacheddesigns.com/) for the help file template (http://blog.themeforest.net/site-news/help-file-template/)
* my lovely lady for the windmill


Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme.
As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme.
If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section. 


Valentino Aluigi (postream)
http://www.themeforest.net/user/postream
Email: [email protected]