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This theme is an original work, copyrighted by Rudd-O, and licensed to you under the GNU GPL, version 2.

For updates and more information, visit http://rudd-o.com/projects/revvedup/


****** POST-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS *******

Congratulations!  You've successfully installed the RevvedUp theme for WordPress.

Now it's time for you to perform a few short tasks in order to take full advantage of this theme.

UPDATING YOUR PERMALINK STRUCTURE

If you're using permalinks, you need to update your permalink structure.  Here's how.

On your WordPress administration interface, go to Options -> Permalinks.  Click the button named "Update Permalink Structure >>".  WordPress will then update the permalink structure to take into account the special RevvedUp pages.

If your .htaccess file is not writable by the Web server, copy the .htaccess code that appears in this screen and paste it into your .htaccess file, deleting the old code.

Don't forget to to update your permalink structure again when you stop using the RevvedUp theme.


CHECKING THE FAVICON AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS THEME

Once you've updated your permalink structure, make sure that the shortcut icon is loading.  Visit the front page of your weblog and take a quick look at your browser's address bar.  If you see an R in blue, you're all set.

Now go down to the calendar, and click the "Complete archives" hyperlink that appears below it.  If you see the complete archive page appear, everything is OK.

Now, if your Web server has directory indexes enabled, browse to your WordPress content folder (usually named "wp-content", so you'd probably have it at http://your.blog.address/wp-content/).  You should see a directory index, themed by RevvedUp.

Finally, check error pages.  To do so, upload a file to your wp-content folder, and change its permissions so nobody (not even the Web browser) can read its contents (usually, a "chmod 000" does the trick).  Try browsing directly to the new file's URL through your Web browser, or clicking it on your directory index of "wp-content".  You should see an error page titled "Forbidden".  If you see it, everything is okay.


PLACING YOUR OWN PICTURE

Evidently, I would not expect your weblog to carry my picture (although it would be a nice vote of confidence if you did).  If you want to place your own picture or clip-art image, edit the image named background.jpg in the RevvedUp template folder.

I recommend placing a picture of yours.  It's one sure way to give your own blog an identity of its own.


ELIMINATING BANNER ADVERTISING

Due to time constraints, I cannot provide a theme without banner advertising at the time.  Thus, out-of-the-box, the RevvedUp theme for WordPress includes my own Google AdSense banner code.

I would not expect you to pay my own bills through my own banner advertising code, of course.  So, I've made removing or replacing the banner ad code really simple, by isolating the code in separate PHP files.  All files with names starting in "ad" (ad*.php) contain banner code.  Deleting them will make the theme bomb out with an error, so instead of deleting them, I recommend you delete the code and markup within each file, or replace them with your own code.

A separate stylesheet named ad-styles.css contains the directives to control banner style, should you choose to place your own banner code.  Take advantage of the styles defined there, together with the HTML elements defined in the ad files, to style your own banners and define placements, margins, alignment, and so on.