F.A.Q.

How do I install the theme?

1. Make sure you have Wordpress installed properly.
2. Download the Fauna theme from this website.
3. Unzip the file, and place the extracted fauna folder in your wp-content/themes/ folder
4. Go to your Wordpress admin -> Presentation section, and click "Activate" next to the Fauna theme

Can I port it to another blog system?

Sure, as long as the GNU Public 2.0 license remains intact.

Is it okay to remove the link credit?

Yes, of course.

That said, if people ask you, please tell them where you got the theme. Despite the GNU 2.0 license, Fauna is still charityware. That means people should know that, when they install it, and pass along a good deed.

Why aren't the newer versions of Fauna on Wordpress.com?

This is under strict control by the administrators of Wordpress.com.

If you would like to see Fauna on Wordpress.com, you should kindly ask in the forums.

Once Fauna reaches 1.0, I'll collaborate with the administrators of Wordpress.com to bring the theme to them, with whatever changes be necessary.

When will Fauna reach 1.0 final version?

Very soon.

Will Fauna support 3-column layouts?

In Fauna RC we're introducing a new "custom style" system, that's much improved from the previous one. It will most likely be possible to add a 3-column layout using such a custom style. The offical bundle, however, will not have 3-column support out of the box, so to speak.

What plugins are supported in Fauna?

• Subscribe To Comments 2
• Textile (Fauna even automatically shows extended post syntax on the comment page)
• Favatars
• Brian's Latest Comments
• Time Since
• Easy Gravatars
• Edit Comments
• Nice Categories
• Extended Live Archives
• Relative Dates (Far superior to "Time Since")

What are "Special Categories"?

Special categories are categories that display posts filed in them differently than other categories.

Fauna has three special categories:

• Noteworthy
• Sidenotes
• Asides

Posts filed in "Noteworthy" get a heart icon. Posts filed in "Sidenotes" show up in the sidebar. Posts filed in "Asides" are smaller posts that show up among regular posts. Read more in the documentation.

Features

Add content to the sidebar on pages or posts

Fauna supports an easy way to add content to your sidebars on archived posts.

1. Open the page or post in Wordpress, you wish to add sidebar content to
2. In the "Custom Fields" area, write <code>sidebar</code> in the "Key" area, and the sidebar content in the "Value" area
3. Save

Textile and HTML is supported.

Add an archive page

1. In the Wordpress admin, navigate to Presentation -> Fauna Options
2. Check the box that says "Enable Archives Page"
3. Save

Add special categories, Sidenotes, Noteworthy or Asides

1. In the Wordpress admin, navigate to Manage -> Categories -> Add New
2. Type in either "Sidenotes", "Noteworthy", "Asides" or "Dailies"
3. Click "Add category"
4. File a post in the newly created category

Posts filed in "Noteworthy" get a heart icon. Posts filed in "Sidenotes" show up in the sidebar. Posts filed in "Asides" or "Dailies" are smaller posts that show up among regular posts.

Note: You can change the title of these categories, but make sure the post slug name is exactly sidenotes, asides, dailies or noteworthy.

Fauna for RTL languages

RTL means Right-To-Left. Arabic style languages can benefit from using the bundled RTL stylesheet:

1. Go to Presentation > Fauna Options
2. In the "Custom Styles" area, select "default-rtl.css"
3. Add a translated PO file in your language