Give your blog a clean look with bright pops of color. Superhero features a heroic full-bleed Featured Content area, full-bleed featured images, a fixed header, and subtle CSS3 transitions.
Featured Content Section
To set up Superhero’s Featured Content area:
- Navigate to Settings → Reading.
- Scroll down to the section labeled “Featured Content”.
- Enter the name of a tag.
- Click the blue “Save Changes” button at the bottom.
- Create a post with a featured image that’s at least 960px wide.
- Note: The featured image will look best at a 2.88:1 width-to-height ratio, and at least 500px tall.
- Give the post the tag you declared under Settings → Reading → Featured Content.
Widget Areas
Superhero has a widget area sidebar that appears everywhere in the site (except when using the Full-Width page template. It can be setup in Appearance → Widgets.
Custom Menus
Superhero has a single, primary custom menu area in the header, that can be set up by going to Appearance → Menus.
Custom Header and Background
Superhero features a Custom Header that can be set under Appearance → Header. The background can also be customized under Appearance → Background.
Full-Width Page Template
If you would like to remove the sidebar from a page, assign it the Full Width template under Page Attributes.
Available on WordPress.org
If you love the look of Superhero, but have a self-hosted WordPress blog, have no fear, Superhero is… already available for download! Check it out in the WordPress.org theme directory.
Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels)
- The main column width is
645except in the full-width layout where it’s910. - The primary sidebar width is
190. - The Featured Content image size is at least
960wide. - Individual post featured image is at least
645wide.
