Main Features:
- Minimalistic & Clean Design
- AJAX Portfolio
- AJAX Comments + AJAX Comment Pagination + Comment Form Validation
- Advanced Theme Customizer (using non-branded WordPress Customizer)
- Unlimited Portfolios – create as many portfolio pages you want
- Love Post – updated live in the sidebar, can be used as an internal bookmarking system
- Unlimited Sidebars – generate new sidebars with ease
- Social Profiles Widget – display social icons in the sidebar or footer
- Tag Index Template – show all your tags in one place for quick search
- Post Formats – Standard, Status, Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Link or Quote
- Quick Publish – publish images and statuses from the frontend in AJAX
- Approve Quickly – approve comments from the admin bar
Other Features:
- Responsive & Retina-ready
- XML Demo Content Available – replicate the demo in a few seconds
- Well Documented – from beginner to advanced
- Translation Ready – foreign characters also available (Turkish, Russian, Polish, etc)
- Responsive Slider – available on homepage & blog
- Testimonials Widget – display testimonials carousel in your sidebar
- Shortcodes – use the shortcodes plugin for easy content creation
- Portfolio Widget – display portfolio slides in your sidebar
- Easily change portfolio and testimonials URL slug
- SEO Ready – built with SEO in mind & compatible with every SEO plugin
- Change Portfolio & Testimonials Slug – have the URL in your language
- Styled Contact Form 7
- Archive Template
- 404 Page Template
- Lightweight & Coded With Care
Multipurpose – 7 Post Formats Supported
Weather you’re a blogger, freelancer or a startup in need for the perfect blogging theme, your needs will be fulfilled as well. Write Standard posts or use other Tumblog-like format such as Status, Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Link or Quote. Writing a Status is a really neat way of publishing small content and letting your visitors know what’s going on.
Responsive & Retina Ready (HiDPI)
No more ugly blurred icons when browsing, Handbook comes with beautiful custom made sharp pixel-perfect icons that look gorgeous on the iPad, iPhone or any other HiDPI device. Handbook was made with mobile in mind so using it on the go is a real. Gallery and slider have touch gestures enables so you can just swipe through images. Theme is fully compatible with WordPress 3.8.
Demo Content
Set up your site in a few seconds with demo posts, portfolio items, testimonials, galleries and much more. Note that the images in the demo are watermarked. XML file is included in the download.
Support and Pre-sale Questions
For any questions drop me a message here and I’ll get back to you within a couple of hours. Or in most cases – couple of minutes.
Version History
29/04/2014 – Handbook 1.3
[ADDED] Support for WordPress 3.9 (Appearance issues and Shortcodes button)
[ADDED] Portfolio category support for frontpage templates
[ADDED] Shortcode for columns can now execute other shortcodes inside
[ADDED] Major SEO improvements to the portfolio images
[ADDED] Portfolio filter can accept tags with a forward slash in it (for example 'UI/UX')
[ADDED] Welcome message on the frontpage can be removed
[ADDED] Option to show/hide site title and description next to the logo
[ADDED] Random order of the slides option for the main slider
[ADDED] Social Profiles Widget Plus - Option to open links in new window/tab
[ADDED] Social Profiles Widget Plus - Spotify icon
[FIXED] Video in the portfolio stops playing if it's closed
[FIXED] Greatly improved RTL
[FIXED] Customizer not saving in some rare cases
[FIXED] Testimonials slider isn't loaded if there are no testimonials
[FIXED] IE8/IE9 hover for portfolio items
[FIXED] Portfolio Plus - Search in the administration view
[FIXED] Many CSS improvements
18/01/2014 – Handbook 1.2
- [ADDED] Unlimited portfolios (requires updating Portfolio Plus plugin)
- [ADDED] Black & White portfolio items option to the Customizer
- [ADDED] Documentation chapter explaining unlimited portfolios
14/01/2014 – Handbook 1.1.2
- [ADDED] Slider transition option to the Customizer (slide or fade)
- [ADDED] Social Profiles Widget Plus - IMDB icon
- [FIXED] Slider is on auto-rotate by default
- [FIXED] Minor CSS issues in the portfolio
28/12/2013 – Handbook 1.1.1
- [ADDED] Portfolio can contain videos now (YouTube & Vimeo)
- [ADDED] Portfolio autoplay setting in the Customizer
- [ADDED] RTL support (automatic)
21/12/2013 – Handbook 1.1
- [ADDED] Portfolio related items in single view
- [ADDED] Portfolio Settings section in the Customizer
- [ADDED] Portfolio Plus 1.1 - custom URL slug
- [ADDED] Testimonials Plus 1.1 - custom URL slug
- [FIXED] Showing wrong number of total portfolio items
- [FIXED] Tag Index template CSS issues
17/12/2013 – Handbook 1.0.1
- [ADDED] Portfolio Plus widget
- [ADDED] Testimonials Plus widget
- [ADDED] Demo Content XML included in the download file
- [FIXED] Small CSS fixes
