Calotropis theme is theme for all. It has so many-many features that every site needs. The magazine-styled theme is professionally designed and best for `review` site or so, nevertheless good for other purposes.
Like all theme by itx, it has these key features:

1. Easy to customize layout.

  • can choose between fixed or fluid layout
  • can set sidebar and content width in px or percentage
  • can choose how many columns to arrange the widget in the widget area
  • can choose what type to show in the front page (traditional, excerpt only, featured & excerpt, featured & line)

2. Easy to customize the header.

  • can choose between text header or image header/logo
  • can set header background image
  • can set how to display the background image alignment and repeats
  • can set the height of the header
  • can set the color and size of the header text

3. Easy to customize the background

  • can set he background image
  • can set the background image attachment (fixed or scroll)
  • can set the background image repeats and alignment
  • can set the background color

4. Supports Featured Image/Post Thumbnail

This is the must have feature of the magazine-style theme. You may set the size of the image.

5. Easy to chose what meta to show.

The meta are: Comment count, date, author, categories, tags, and author info.

6. Supports WordPress Navigation menu feature in WordPress 3

You can easily choose what item to show in the menu.

7. Custom CSS insert via theme options.

It’s a better method of inserting your custom CSS than hard-coding the css files since it won’t be missing/gone when you update this theme.

8. SEO optimized

  • H1 tag for post title.
  • All sidebars come after content.
  • supports Greg’s High Performance SEO plugin.

9. Up to 6 Widget Area

10. 5 Color scheme to choose (Sky, Baby Blue, Apricot, Rose, Dark)

Some other features:

  • can opt in to facebook, twitter and plurk
  • can show/hide RSS icon
  • can set favicon
  • can enable/disable hover efect
  • can show/hide allowed tags text.
  • can show/hide post comments RSS Link
  • can show/hide post TrackBack Link

and also basic must have features:

  • Threaded comments
  • automatic feed link

REQUIREMENTS:

- WordPress 2.8+ required. 2.9+ preferred. 3.0+ very preferred

CHANGELOG

1.5.1
- Custom background using WordPress 3 functions, while maintaining support for previous version.
- Custom header using WordPress core function.
- Adding $content_width
- Improving sticky posts behavior: sticky posts will only appear once in front page.
- Adding maximum width in fluid layout.
- Adding author info in author archive page.
- Some code rearrangement.

1.5
- Adding custom CSS insert via theme option.
- Allowing to select different style of archive page than the home page.
- Switching some heading tags for better SEO.
- Allowing disabling/enabling hover effect via theme options.
- Adding minimum width in fluid layout.
- Some CSS enhancement.

1.4
- Adding supports to Greg’s High Performance SEO Plugin.
- Adding different types of author meta.
- Adding special meta in traditional display so they can be different from single post meta.
- Adding easy hide/show “allowed tags”, “post trackback link” and “post comment feed link”.
- Removing timthumb. Images with direct URL will be resized in browser, not by timthumb script.
- Replacing get_template() with get_stylesheet() in behalf of child themes.

1.3.1
- Updating timthumb to ver 1.14
- Fixing meta not displayed in front page in traditional style

1.3
- A lot of code rewrite
- Adding custom Read more text
- Adding selective meta in front page and single post/page feature
- Change header background behavior
- Adding custom header height
- Adding easy hiding RSS icon
- Fixing IE6 and IE7 bug

1.2.7
- Fixing submenu blocked by menu below.
- Adding comment_form() functionality.
- Cleaning some code.

1.2.6
- Fixing wrong page count in page navigation.
- Eliminating navigation bar where there’s no menu displayed
- Fixing margin leftover in Inner Top widget area when there’s no widget there.
- Modifying search page.
- Cleaning some code.

1.2.5
- Fixing tabbed sidebar only displays default item.
- Fixing submenu hidden underneath content in IE 6 and IE 7.
- Fixing issue with the javascript code and Opera browser

1.2.4
- Adding inner top and inner bottom widget area in static home page.
- Eliminating “Call to undefined function is_multisite()” warning in the footer area for WP pre 3.0 installation.

1.2.2
- Following Strict Rules

1.2.1
- Fixing theme preview issue
- Adding footer link to home site for wordpress multisite.

1.2
- Supporting WordPress Navigation Menu.
- Using itx Tabbed Sidebar Widget v1.2.
- Adding Tabbed Sidebar Widget as default widget.
- Fixing missing first post in traditional and excerpt only style.
- Adding warnings when resetting to default options.
- Joining some CSS files into one (for better performance).
- Renaming sidebar to widget area and adding description.
- Neating some looks.
- Squashing more bugs.

1.1.1
- adding favicon feature.
- adding some default widget.
- adding list style button image.
- fixing post-thumbail not cropping.
- fixing issues with WPMU when updating options.
- fixing some wrong function calls.
- fixing layout error in safari.
- fixing some other bugs.
- combining javascript into one file.
- neating some looks.
- renaming some functions for better future consistency.

1.1
- add option to choose from 5 available styles.
- add ‘reset to default’.
- limit percentage sidebar width to 100%;

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34 Comments

  • Cheolsu says:

    I like the fact that the menu in the header and links on the right hand nav looks lively. The color combination looks just about right.

  • Bill Morris says:

    Great theme, very useful! I have a question, though:

    On the homepage, the title “Home” and the author name cannot be styled – I’ve tried custom css, I’ve changed the theme’s functions.php file, and I’m beginning to think the style is being created on the fly.

    Using Aardvark in Firefox, there is a style added that isn’t a part of the source code.

    which is what it is in the parent file.

    What gives? How do I get this styled to the right color?

  • Bill Morris says:

    Corrections:

    <a class=”single-content-h3″ rel=”bookmark” href=”http://stonebridge.mapsedgemedia.com/” style=”color: rgb(204, 204, 0)”>

    instead of

    <a class=”single-content-h3″ rel=”bookmark” href=”http://stonebridge.mapsedgemedia.com/”>

  • Biswasdip says:

    this template is one of the best I ever use.

  • Carlo says:

    Upgrading the theme, I’ve lost the code of google analytics. Where have I to put it?
    Grat theme, however!
    Thanks

    cm

  • I Like Yout Theme Is Ok Bos
    Thank You My Website Page Rank 4

  • todd says:

    where to change the sidebar font colors? Currently red?

  • I really feel this is unique from others..had no issues in uploading and making my site look cool now! thanks for sharing this with me!

  • I only want to say thanks! Your “Bombax” seems perfect for what I need.Congratulations!

  • Boris says:

    Hi! Thank you for the wonderful theme Calotropis! Calotropis – this is an excellent constructor to design their site (yet I have 5 on the this theme).
    Boris from Ukraine

  • Arun says:

    Your theme is among one of the best themes I have see offlate. Great job!

  • edzzy says:

    this is a very good theme… i recommend this to others.. keep it up mate..

  • Andrew says:

    If my post video contains video, can I use it as a thumbs instead? In this case, that would show the video was possible without entering into record.

  • Andrey says:

    Sank u… very good themes u makes… Hi frome Belorussia:)

  • Thanks a lot. I have been using your theme for my http://www.englishbee.net. It is wonderful…

  • heypla says:

    i wanna to use your theme plz

  • I love Calotropis and I am using it on several sites. Thank you for a great theme. I need to completely remove the social icons from the header. I want Google to read the blog title as the first keywords. I see from using Web Developer that the FB and RSS Icons in the header are the first thing Google encounters. How can I remove them?

  • David says:

    Thank you kindly. Already using Bombax. Now trying Calotropis for another blog. Lovely styling.

  • aandroid says:

    thanks,, i use bombax.. your great creator,,

  • Sensei says:

    I would like to change the font on my website. I know this is basic, but I don’t know how. Please help me with this when you are able.

    I have worked with your theme after searching for several months a couple years ago and just updated it a few days ago. You really do solid excellent work. You and I share the ethic of value added quality content on the Internet.

    Once again Great Work that you do!!

  • Aunty Photo says:

    Great work! I love this theme, and using it on http://www.AuntyPhoto.com ! thanks ..
    but i got a question, Can you tell me how to change the numbers of each page showing posts? the default is 10 posts. I wanna to change it to 20 . thanks

    Regards

  • Sensei says:

    how do I change my header font and color. Thanks. Using your theme for huge project. I need a better way of contacting you.

  • Sensei says:

    ITX, I finally got tired of waiting and looked on the other forum for my answer. Hooked up my Blog in a jif. really want to thank you for making a really quality Theme. Your work is highly marketable.

    I really thank you for saving me so much time.

  • Deandre says:

    Oh yeah, foabulus stuff there you!

  • miss ben says:

    hello there,
    i love Calotropis | itx Themes.
    i used this themes for my web.
    my question is,
    1. where should i put meta tag in wordpress codex header.php templete file?
    i try to put below this line but it show error.

    2. where should i put advertising html as a header in my web.

    many thanks for any advice and answer.

  • ben says:

    i installed NextGEN Gallery to my wordpress themes Calotropis 1.5.2.
    i can create gallery but when to upload image, the error will appear and no image upload.
    ERROR: 1.JPG :
    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ngg_get_ttffont() (previously declared in /home/jomr3na/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/admin/settings.php:768) in /home/jomr3na/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/admin/settings.php on line 796.

    anyone can help me?

    • Jakub says:

      Hi i have the same at NextGen Gallery: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ngg_get_ttffont() ….. and no image upload. however when i disable flash upload then i can upload pictures.
      Anyone have solution?

  • leoAugust says:

    wow, this theme is very good, love it. thank you for sharing this information

  • Hi,

    I use the theme calotropis as revenue in the administration desk of my wordpress header in the configuration I get the following error:

    Warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, ” was given in /home/u498560274/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 405

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  • Nate says:

    Hi. I updated the DB prefix on a WP installation and now it appears as if there are no CSS styles being linked into the site. The display is all off. Does anyone know how to fix this?

    Thanks.

  • junnydc says:

    i see one site that is using this template and that site is doing very well
    nice one guys.

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