Last update: Version 2.5 – March 17, 2015
Gameday is the premier responsive sports news and media theme for Wordpress with advanced features including: WooCommerce and bbPress integration, a custom-built scoreboard, a drag-and-drop homepage, a slider on each category page, a fully-responsive layout, fly-out mobile/tablet navigation, four different ad units (including a wallpaper ad), post/page slideshows and so much more!
Other Key Features
Responsive design – Gameday adjusts its layout based on the device it is being viewed on. This means the theme’s content will be easy to read and easy to navigate whether it is being viewed on a desktop computer, a tablet or a mobile device.
Retina ready – The theme and its images look sharp and crisp on retina-ready devices!
“Sticky” Navigation Bar – Gameday comes with a “sticky” menu bar that will always stay at the top of your device window as you scroll down the page for quick and easy navigation.
Logo position in Navigation Bar (Optional) – Gameday gives you the option to either display your logo in the traditional area above the content area or you can place your logo in the “sticky” navigation bar!
Slider on category pages – No more boring category pages with a list of the most recent posts. Gameday gives you a slider to display your most recent posts on your category pages!
4 different ad units – Gameday takes full advantage of available ad space to give you 4 different ad units, including a rare wallpaper ad! The ad units include a 728×90 ad, a wallpaper ad, in addition to unlimited 300×250 and 125×125 ads (displayed in a widget that holds four 125×125 ads).
Drag-and-Drop Homepage – Create unlimited homepage layouts by dragging and dropping our custom widgets into the layout that gives your website the professional look and feel you are truly looking for.
Complete List of Features
- Compatible with Wordpress 4.1
- SEO Optimized
- HTML5 & CSS3
- Translation-ready (contains .po/.mo files)
- Easy implementation with Google Adsense ads
- Wordpress Featured Image support
- Wordpress Custom Background support
- Wordpress Custom Menu support
- Child Theme Compatible
- No need for any additional plugins
- Custom Theme Options panel
- Custom CSS section in Theme Options so users will not lose custom changes to CSS when you update to a new version
- Built in Google Analytics support
- Custom featured slider options
- Optional homepage blog layout
- Free updates
- News ticker
- 6 Custom widgets
- Two navigation areas
- Mobile/tablet versions use “swipe” navigation for featured slider and scoreboard
- Easy logo customization
- Threaded comments
- Ability to turn Featured Image on posts on/off
- Ability to turn Author Info Box on posts on/off
- Custom copyright/footer text
- Custom favicon
- In-depth documentation
- And much more!
Support
MVP Themes takes pride in its support! If you have any questions related to the setup of Gameday that are not covered by the theme documentation or if you run into any bugs with the theme, please submit a ticket at the MVP Themes Support Center.
Unfortunately, MVP Themes cannot perform customization work for each of our customers, so Gameday comes “as-is”. Any customization you would like to make to the theme outside of fixing bugs will need to be done by you or a third party.
Updates
v2.5 – March 17, 2015
- New Feature! – Adds Full-Width Posts
- New Feature! – Adds responsive ad unit below article content
- Adds caption/photo credit space below Featured Image
- Makes styling changes based on new version of Woocommerce
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.8.3)
Affected files:
/admin/theme-settings.php
/css/media-queries.css
functions.php
header.php
single.php
style.css
v2.4 – January 20, 2015
- Adds scrolling feature for “Right Now” section
- Adds ability to turn social sharing buttons on/off
- Fixes bug with title in Shop page
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.8.1)
Affected files:
/admin/theme-settings.php
/css/media-queries.css
functions.php
index.php
single.php
style.css
v2.3 – September 26, 2014
- Fixes issue with certain characters being cut off in headlines on post pages
- Fixes retina related errors by updating retina.js to latest version
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.6.4)
Affected files:
/js/retina.js
style.css
v2.2.1 – August 19, 2014
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.5.7)
Affected files:
None
v2.2 – June 13, 2014
- Fixes issue with double menu on mobile devices
- Fixes minor bug with unclickable buttons on My Account page of WooCommerce
- Fixes bug with display of posts on category and archive pages
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.5.4)
Affected files:
/css/menufication.css
functions.php
style.css
v2.1 – March 28, 2014
- Fixes small styling bug with WooCommerce
- Fixes bug with display of posts on category and archive pages
- Updates title tag function
- Updates Theia Post Slider plugin to latest version (1.4.1)
Affected files:
/css/media-queries.css
functions.php
header.php
style.css
v2.0 – February 14, 2014
- Adds WooCommerce compatibility!
- Adds bbPress compatibility!
- Adds Menufication plugin
- Adds ability to turn the featured slider on/off on category pages
- Adds ability to replace Featured Image in posts with an Audio/Video embed
- Updates screenshot
Affected files:
/admin/theme-settings.php
/css/menufication.css (new file)
category.php
functions.php
header.php
screenshot.php
sidebar-woo.php (new file)
single.php
style.css
woocommerce.php (new file)
v1.10 – January 9, 2014
- Fixes issue with WP Admin Toolbar conflicting with dropdown menus
- Fixes issue some were having with Theia Post Slider which caused installation to fail
Affected files:
/admin/theia-post-slider/ (removes folder)
functions.php
v1.09 – December 16, 2013
- Adds option to turn responsiveness on/off
- Adds height option to Facebook widget
- Fixes bug with Twitter and Google Plus social sharing buttons
- Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version (1.3.4)
Affected files:
/admin/theme-settings.php
/admin/theia-post-slider (entire folder)
/css/media-queries.css
/widgets/widget-facebook.php
functions.php
style.css
v1.08 – October 25, 2013
- Adds option to disable featured image in individual posts
- Fixes bug with scoreboard display on mobile devices
- Fixes bug with social buttons
- Fixes bug with Wordpress admin bar covering main navigation
- Removes mobile ad and adds ability to use responsive Google Ad unit
- Updates Theia Post Slider to latest version
v1.07.1 – August 23, 2013
- Fixes issue with Author Box information on author pages.
v1.07 – August 8, 2013
- Made several upgrades to improve overall performance
- Fixes Facebook “Like” button on posts/pages
- Adds Author info box on Author Pages
- Updates .po/.mo files
- Removes shortcodes as per new Themeforest guidelines
- Removes Twitter widget due to update in Twitter API
- Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements
v1.06 – June 1, 2013
- Scoreboard items now link to posts for game previews/recaps/game info.
- Made small fixes to CSS
v1.05 – May 23, 2013
- Adds localization support (.po/.mo files)
- Adds optional 320×50 mobile ad
- Adds separate footer menu
- Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements
v1.04 – April 23, 2013
- Adds “Latest News” page template that displays all posts from site.
- Fixed minor bugs relating to social sharing buttons and slideshow feature
v1.03 – March 20, 2013
- Theme is now retina-ready!
- Improved SEO
v1.02.1 – February 27, 2013
- Removed automatic updates, which were causing issues with installation and Wordpress updates
v1.02 – February 5, 2013
- Added Sidebar Widget Area to Homepage Blog layout
- Fixed conflict with IE8
- Fixed other minor bugs
v1.01 – January 17, 2013
- Added Twitter widget
- Fixed minor bugs
