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Started 4 months ago by chembro303
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chembro303
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I love this theme (Velvet) - thanks. One thing I want to do is have a portfolio page with rows of 6 columns (head shots of people) in addition to the normal options (1,2,3,4). I tried to modify a few of the underpinnings of the theme but I just couldn't get it to work.

While full instructions would be much appreciated :) at a minimum can you point me to the files I would need to modify and the basic gist of what I need to do in order to add a "6" option in the portfolio columns configuration selector that will display 6 portfolio items across using a new custom image size (approx. 130x170 in this case...)? I was able to add the "6" item as a new option in the select box but it didn't seem to 'do' anything when I select it. I must be missing something.

Thank you!!!

Posted 4 months ago #

Devin
Moderator

Hey chembro303,

The grid is a 12 column grid so six would be possible in this instance.

Open includes>admin>register-admin-options.php and look for:

array(
								"slug"	=> "portfolio",
								"name" 	=> "Portfolio Columns",
								"desc" 	=> "How many columns should be displayed?",
								"id" 	=> "portfolio_columns",
								"type" 	=> "select",
								"std" 	=> "4",
								"subtype" => array('1'=>'1','2'=>'2','3'=>'3','4'=>'4')),

add a 6 option to that with:

array(
								"slug"	=> "portfolio",
								"name" 	=> "Portfolio Columns",
								"desc" 	=> "How many columns should be displayed?",
								"id" 	=> "portfolio_columns",
								"type" 	=> "select",
								"std" 	=> "4",
								"subtype" => array('1'=>'1','2'=>'2','3'=>'3','4'=>'4','6'=>'6')),

Then in includes>loop-portfolio.php look for:

switch($avia_config['portfolio_columns'])
	{
		case 1: $grid = 'grid12'; $image_size = 'featured'; break;
		case 2: $grid = 'grid6';  $image_size = 'portfolio2'; break;
		case 3: $grid = 'grid4';  $image_size = 'portfolio3'; break;
		case 4: $grid = 'grid3';  $image_size = 'portfolio'; $showcaption = false; break;
	}

add an option for the 6 option:

switch($avia_config['portfolio_columns'])
	{
		case 1: $grid = 'grid12'; $image_size = 'featured'; break;
		case 2: $grid = 'grid6';  $image_size = 'portfolio2'; break;
		case 3: $grid = 'grid4';  $image_size = 'portfolio3'; break;
		case 4: $grid = 'grid3';  $image_size = 'portfolio'; $showcaption = false; break;
		case 6: $grid = 'grid2';  $image_size = 'portfolio'; $showcaption = false; break;
	}

Regards,

Devin

Posted 4 months ago #

chembro303
Member

Aha! Thanks! I *almost* had it... my ignorance of how to code that PHP 'switch' was my downfall. I also edited functions.php to add my new image size.

Thank you so much for the clear instructions! :)

Posted 4 months ago #
Devin
Moderator

Glad we could help :)

Let us know if you have any other questions or issues.

Regards,

Devin

Posted 4 months ago #