Agregado is a WordPress theme by Darren Hoyt and Matt Dawson, commissioned by the folks at Smashing Magazine. It features a built-in lifestream module and contact form with custom control panel options.

The motivation was to preserve the personal website, aggregate your data from sources around the web like Flickr, Delicious and Twitter, and publish it all in one convenient place in a consistent format.

Requirements

* WordPress 2.6+
* Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, IE7+
* Host server with PHP5+ installed

Features

1. Lifestream module with carousel
2. Animated dropdown menus
3. Custom archives page
4. Built-in contact form module with AJAX sent/fail message
5. Built-in drop caps for paragraphs
6. Numerical pagination on archive and search pages
7. Author-highlighting for comments
8. User profile module
9. Widgetized bottom bar on homepage
10. Widgetized sidebar on single post pages
11. ‘More in this Category’ sidebar module
12. Control panel options for lifestream and contact form

Getting things configured

1. Go to Settings->Permalinks and ensure your URLs use names, so the “Archives” icon links correctly
2. Go to Write->Page, and create a new page called Archives, selecting “archives” from the Template pulldown menu.
3. Go to Design->Agregado Options and input your RSS information from services you want featured in your lifestream, such as Flickr, Delicious or Twitter.
4. Go to Design->Agregado Options and input your email address and success message for the contact form
5. Go to Users->Your Profile and fill out the First Name, Last Name and Biographical Info fields.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. I installed Agregado - why isn’t WP finding my stylesheets and javascript?
If you downloaded the theme between 10:30am and 1:00pm on 9/8/08, permissions were not quite set. Please download the theme again.

If you notice conflicts with any javascript effects, try disabling any other WP plugins which use jQuery.
2. Why does the lifestream load slowly sometimes?
Sometimes fetching certain feeds (ex: Twitter) takes a second longer. Also make sure permissions are set to 0777 on the /includes/ and /includes/cache/ folders, though this should happen automatically upon install.

In the control panel options, you can also set the intervals feeds are retrieved (ex: 60 minutes).

I would also recommend Donncha’s awesome WP Super Cache plugin.
3. Why doesn’t my link to the Archives page work?
Make sure you have created a new Page called “Archives” and selected your custom template from the pulldown.

Changelog

• Version 1.0 | Sep 8, 2008

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