Mandigo Theme

Appreciation Thread

tom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:17:53 +0000

If you’re using Mandigo and feel like saying so or you want to give the URL to your Mandigo-powered blog, feel free to leave a comment here!

You can also use this thread to suggest new features and report annoyances. However this is NOT a support thread, so please don’t post requests for help here (email me instead).

Seven Color Schemes

tom — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:00:21 +0000

The theme is available in seven different color schemes, which you can select from the Theme Options page.

Besides blue, which is the current scheme on this site, the following colors are available:

Can’t decide? No problem, there is also an option to change schemes randomly!

Flexible Layout

tom — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:00:06 +0000

Mandigo is available in two widths, which means that even though the default layout is thought to accommodate users with a 800×600 screen resolution, you can also choose to set the width to 1024 pixels.

800px, 2 columns:

1024px, 2 columns:

Also, while the default layout shows only two columns, it is possible to turn a second sidebar on from the Theme Options page, and the two sidebars can be aligned to either side of the screen, independently. This option is only available when the 1024px wide layout is enabled though, for the reading area to not become too narrow.

1024px, 3 columns:

And the best of all is that no programming is required! You can switch layouts in a few mouse clicks.

Widgets Support

tom — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:00:40 +0000

Mandigo supports up to four widgets bars: one in each sidebar, one at the top and one at the bottom. The top/bottom bars are most useful to display some kind of static content (using text widgets), or recent posts/comments for example.

If you’re still not using widgets (you should!), you can find more information about them here: http://automattic.com/code/widgets/

Localization

tom — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:00:01 +0000

Mandigo takes advantage of WordPress’s compatibility with the gettext framework, hence making it fully localizable.

The theme has already been translated to the following languages:

Arabic
Bahasa Indonesia
Basque
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
French
Finish
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Japanese
Lithuanian
Malay
Maltese
Norwegian (Bokmal)
Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian

For instructions on how to use WordPress in your language, please read the following:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language

Don’t see your language listed here? If you are interested in helping with translation, please post a comment to let us know.

Customization Made Easy

tom — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:00:19 +0000

Mandigo was thought to let users easily customize the look and feel on their blogs. Take advantage of the theme options and make your blog look unique on the net:

Customizable background color and pattern
Easy header image customization
Customizable dates
Readability options

and more!