You can now easily add Google Ads to your theme. Step 1 — Create AdSense Account Start a Google AdSense account and enter your site url for approval. Step 2 — Create Display Ad In AdSense, create a display ad. Name it, keep it square and responsive. Copy the code snippet. Step 3 — Paste it in the Customizer In the WordPress Theme Customizer -> Google Ads, there's a spot to paste your code snippet. Ads will appear on your… Read more.
About Old Newspaper
"Space Cowboys", or simply "Update 2.5", is out. It brings you more visual tools than ever before. Eight color schemes and styles. Handwritten typefaces. Boxed Mode, making your theme look closer to a physical paper than ever. And many other options. This update was a thrill to work on, because this time I put more power than ever over in your hands. You can combine different types of typefaces with different color schemes as you will. Or you may choose… Read more.
The desire to branch out the Old Newspaper Theme into more visual expressions has been brewing in me a long time. A new Sci-fi Newspaper look is bouncing around in my mind, an Old American Western Newspaper have been suggested by a user, and I am already preparing for it. A more book/diary like approach has also been on the table. These are all things in the pipeline for the next major update. But for this to be possible,… Read more.
A Sweeter Old Newspaper, One Backer Away
We are always striving to bring you the best possible Old Newspaper Theme there is, and because of our new pricing model, we can put more time into it than ever. It's easier than ordering a cuppa We decided to transfer to Patreon this year, and so far it has been a success. Our patrons have been faithfully bringing their part to the table each month, investing the price of a cup of coffee or more into this Theme each… Read more.
Retro never went out of fashion. Whether you want to go back to the 80's or all the way back to when newspaper front pages were only covered in text and no pictures, Old Newspaper WordPress Theme provides the tools for you to build your dream paper! Now with more options than ever. What we've noted over and over from your feedback, is the want for more freedom to customize. So in this theme we have focused on checkboxes that gives you the ability to move the layout around as you are checking and unchecking. Read more.
Want your WordPress theme to feel like an old newspaper? Say no more! The latest update of the Old Newspaper WordPress Theme is here, with the largest of it's new features being no less than three different color schemes. After having the former version out a long time, we got a lot of incredibly on-point feedback from our users. How is a newspaper supposed to feel when converted into a website? Well, clearly you know how! The feature requests that kept coming back to us from several sources have now been implemented as we release version 2.2 of the Old NewsPaper WordPress Theme. Read more.
The Old Newspaper WordPress Theme grew from a few simple ideas. First of all: Old newspapers look good. Second: it should not be too cluttered, and focus on the reading experience—like an old newspaper. Thirdly: I simply wanted to make a WordPress theme. The theme is aiming to capture the feeling of holding a classic newspaper in your lap. Those large headlines, and that tightly fitted grid on the front page. Your room almost turns Black & White around you—(hopefully not). In this digital version of that paper, the article grid is responsive, refitting the news articles as your resize your browser. You may sit with a smartphone in your lap instead, but the feeling is still there. When your eyes have passed across the grid of articles, you select one that entices you, and enter into the reading experience. Read more.
It is no longer negotiable, except in very special cases; a web page should be responsive. That is, it should change appearance according to your screen width, in order to fit all kinds of devices from mobile phones to pads to huge screens. We have taken it a step further to ensure this WordPress them is really smooth. Read more.
The Old Newspaper WordPress Theme features three different post formats in addition to the standard — four in all. Each to resemble a real life newspaper article or ad style. The Formats Post Format "Aside": Breaking News A classic example of a breaking news headline. This style has a thick in-your-face typeface for the titles, which is a really classic way of making a newspaper article pop. This style, of course, needed to be a part of the Old Newspaper WordPress Theme, and has been so from the very beginning. Read more.
Old Newspaper WordPress Theme features six different color schemes and two complete styles (including custom typefaces.) You also have the option to change all titles into a handwritten typeface. You change your color scheme, or select a full style in the Customizer. Go to admin page -> Appearance -> Customize -> Color Schemes to select and preview different color schemes, styles and typefaces for your theme. Gray (Default) A good fit fit for most any old newspaper. Dark Gray A… Read more.
Using image sizes the right way is key when wanting the Old Newspaper WordPress theme to look like an actual newspaper. We are utilizing the default image sizes in WordPress to make your transition from a different theme as smooth as possible. Read more.
We made two Gutenberg Blocks that we think are essential for writing articles. They are also available as Shortcodes. Since we are going to use these on each and every theme we make, we packaged them as a free plugin. So you'll have to head over to our download link and install it from there. Download the Plugin After you've installed the plugin you will have the two new blocks available in your block editor. They will be called "Lead"… Read more.
Old Newspaper titles are huge, and that is how they are supposed to be. In some situations, that may create some awkward word-breaks here and there. Here is how to control it in the unlikely event of an emergency. If you want to control where long words are hyphenated when they break, add the tag ­ in the title, exactly where you want it to break. I have done this in the title about Huckleberry Finn. I broke it like Adven-ture, and Huckle-berry. Pull the browser on desktop to test. Read more.
The custom setup of this theme is all tucked into the Customizer – the proper way for a WordPress Theme to be customized. Here we go through each section and the available options. Customizer -> Site Identity Branding opportunity alert! Tagline Display: Display your tagline on mobile, desktop, or both. Leave it empty if you don't want to show it at all.Upload Logo: The Logo is going to replace your Site Title Font in the header.Flourish Before Tagline: Add text… Read more.