This guide was written for SWIFT-v2.07, most of the things here dont apply to the latest version. You can find the guide for the latest version here
SWIFT Options
Installing SWIFT is not different from installing any other WordPress theme. SWIFT looks great with the default options but spending a few minutes on the options page will give you a unique look to make your blog stand out from crowd. SWIFT is actually a infinite number of themes packed in to one 
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Here is an example of how you can make your SWIFT unique without any template edits
Installing SWIFT
Installing and activating SWIFT
- Download your copy of SWIFT theme, and unzip the file you have downloaded.
- Upload the entire folder on to your server wp-content/themes. The template files should thus be here now: /wp-content/themes/swift-vX.X.X/.
- You can also upload your zipped file via CPanel and extract it.
- Log into your WP admin panel and click on the Appearance tab –> themes. Now click on the SWIFT theme to activate it (see the first screenshot below).
- Change the permissions of swift/cache folder to 777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666.
- Your blog is now powered by the fastest SEO friendly, cross browser compliant, Adsense optimized, server friendly theme.
Note:If you are using WordPress 2.7 or higher, you install the theme directly from the admin dashboard.
Satish Gandham is a self taught web designer and developer. He is the founder of SwiftThemes. You can connect with him on twitter @ 
I Only need a couple more tweaks now…in all the screenshots of the theme there are 3 columns for posts on the main front page, I’m only getting 2? Where can I change this setting? And finally I’m including a paypal button in each post which seems to have acquired a blue border around each one. How can I remove this border from around the buttons?
Thanks for all the help with this..but just wondering now if the image thumbnails can sampled from the top of the image rather than the middle or can the thumbnails be resized to include the whole image, just smaller like a traditional thumbnail?
I loved this theme a lot. I am currently using it on my blog
Hi Satish,
Love the theme! I don’t know my way around CSS very well, and I wonder if you could tell me if it’s possible to make the following modifications:
- Can I change the content of sidebars depending on the page/post? Sidebar Widgets isn’t compatible with 2.8.6. I’d rather not have DONATE all over every page
- Can I scale the size of images in the sidebar? If you look at my site (www.sarahchauncey.com), the square icons I’ve inserted are tiny (around 20×20), but when published, they’re much bigger. Same with the rectangles.
Also, how do I increase the font size of 1) the blog tag line and 2) the post text? I know it’s in style.css, but I’m not sure which code refers to those two elements.
(If I could afford it, I would hire you for a customization, btw… maybe someday I can)
Cheers, and thanks again for doing a great job!
Sarah
this themes very simple and very good, i interested to install on my blog….
thank’s
Can you remove the category navigation altogether? I’d rather have a category list in my sidebar than as menu navigation.
ps if it can be done, can anyone tell me how to remove the catagory navigation under the logo and also how to remove author info in each post? I dont want my gravatar showing.
In header.php, remove all the code between
……
between… what?
use the single.php file from this copy of SWIFT to remove author gravatar.
http://swiftthemes.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=2
I’m working on setting up my site with your theme with I think is great.
Question though, when I’m setting up the pages – how can I remove the
“Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.” on the bottom of pages. I don’t wish to have any comments on these.
Thanks again for creating such a useful and functional theme.
Go into your theme editor and pull up comments.php
Find the line that says
<p><?php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.'); ?></p>and change it to
<p><?/*php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.'); */?></p>That will remove it from both posts and pages where you have comments closed. Alternatively, if you’d just prefer it to say something else, versus being gone all together, then just change the words.
PS don’t look for the [/code] words. That's something I thought I might need to do for the rest to show up in the comment. LOL Sorry about that.
Hi,
Thanks for the helping hand
No problem! I only knew because I’d just done it moments before! LOL
why page of Plugin Settings Related posts (YARPP) No related posts.
although the script has included in the plugin settings YAPP.
Because you dont have any posts related to that post.
Great theme! Is there a way to set the photo that appears in the slider based on which category the post is in?
Post your question on forum.
Hi Satish,
We have this theme installed on our blog. I am just wondering how we go about increasing the number of posts from 3 to 10 on the slider though?
I have been through the Swift Theme Options and couldn’t find anything there specifically for this….
Thanks in advance!
Mignon
it may sound like a stupid question, but how do you change the permissions?
This is a great theme! It’s very customizable and really well thought out. It’s a great theme for our http://www.settlingcreditdebt.com site.
I am using 4.07. When I clicked on “display exerpts” in the home page options, all my thumbnails disappeared on my home page. When I disable exerpts, the thumbnails display again. How can I get to enable excerpts with thumbnails to show on the home page?
Here is my website. http://www.geomalik.com
Bellow coding is use for page number. Like
« Older Entries Newer Entries>>
1 = where i will Replace the this codeing for page numbers <?php if(function_exists(’wp_page_numbers’)) { wp_page_numbers(); } ?>
This Plugins downlaod from this url. and u can see how can its work and how can use. http://www.jenst.se/2008/03/29/wp-page-numbers/
Here is my 2nd qustion
2 = In The slider Pictures are not showing only last post picture and text is showing. any 1 guide me how can i will fix it?
Thnx
Use this plugin instead.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/
SWIFT has built in support and custom styling for this plugin.
You dont have to do any edits.
yes now i see page number on main page.. but if when clcik on Category then again i can seee
« Older Entries Newer Entries>>
yes now i see page number on main page.. but if when clcik on anyCategory then again i can seee
« Older Entries Newer Entries>>
yes now i see page number on main page.. but if when clcik on anyCategory then again i can seee
« Older Entries Newer Entries>>
Here is link one from Category. http://www.geomalik.com/?cat=5
How can i will add page number also here in Category
hey how did you add all these buttons like “bollywood review” “mobile review” “videos” “visa embassy” below the header? in your site.?
Nice Theme. i like it. GOOD work
i have 2 qustion
1 = where i will Replace the this codeing for page numbers <?php if(function_exists(‘wp_page_numbers’)) { wp_page_numbers(); } ?>
2 = In The slider Pictures are not showing only last post picture and text is showing. any 1 guide me how can i will fix it?
Thnx
What is that fucntion for??
Post your URL
on my slider only last post picture and text is showing. and page any 1 guide me how can i will fix it?
pictures are not showing in my main page and also in showsilde. guide me what can i do? how can i will fix it?
pictures are not showing in my main page. guide me what can i do? how can i will fix it?
I have a quick question. I am trying this theme for me new site. On my other site (www.fastharry.com, Atahaupal)), when I paste a post to the front page the hyperlinks work. When I do it on Swift on this site, they come through as solid text, non clickable. And yes, I am enabling them through links…Thanks!
First I must say this Swift Theme is great.
I’ve been using it about a week now.
However, I’ve not been able to figure out how
to change the font style and size. How do you do that?
Regards,
Peter
I corrected this using the custom css coding under the “colours” page.
Here’s my blog youthoutreachunion.com/blog
This theme is amazing, very tweakable, nice looking and its the only thing that runs well on my awful godaddy hosting. Best WP theme ever… Many thanks!
how i add more post in tht slide show on main page ??
Does anyone have some links to their sites so I can get some ideas of how to implement this theme?
here you are …. http://giftideasforchristmasguide.com Cheers
How can I add an external page as one of the menu button to my blog http://2learncad.com/blog ? for example when I go to wordpress Pages, and Add new page. I want that new page that I create to directly open another site with link http://astore.amazon.com/2learncad-20 when someone click on the button.
Anyone?
Thanks
why my popular post is not work at my home page ?
Thanks
Hi Satish,
you are doign a well done job. Recently I used “shift” theme for my new blog http://SagarRai.com
Everything is fine on my blog but except one thing. I want to increase my “homepage post”.. Right now it shows only 4 post. So i want it to be 6 0r 7. And also the “popular post” i set it to 10 but it shows only 5. Whats the matter here.
Please mail by here or reply to my inbox mail@sagarrai.com
Your help will be really appreciated friend. Thank you
Hi there I am using this on my site but for some reason on my article posts the background color changes, please help thanks!
Thanks, the theme is looking great so far. One problem I am having is that when I add my logo to the header, the title of the blog disappears. Is there a way to get it back as my logo is only a picture and doesn’t have the title in it? Thanks!
It’s not possible, add text in your logo.
I am having problem , I add my logo to the header, following instructions that was given but nothing is happening! What is the problem?
P.S.
Excuse my spelling!
Thanks for the reply. I can add the text to the logo, but am afraid that the search engines will miss it. There isn’t any way to have a logo and text?
You dont have to worry, blog name and title are added to alt and title tag for image and link title.
Search engines wont miss them.
Satish, this is best theme ever! thanks
I have a question, why I can’t see the posts in the home page (under the slider)? http://carloscabrera.net
Thanq
Read this
http://swiftthemes.com/faqs-and-troubleshooting/
Satish,
One of the best free themes I have ever encountered! – Keep up the fantastic work ! - Question – the pic in the slider is too big compared with the post – is there a setting somewhere other than the wordpress media settings ? I set the media settings to what you suggested above but the slider pic is still too large – any help is appreciated THANKS AGAIN http://www.cretedirectsolutions.com
These media settings work only if they are set before the thumbnail are created, once they are created these new media settings won’t apply to them.
Use custom fields.
Im adding automatic cropping feature in v4.0, that should takecare of issues like this.
Satish,
Thank you very much ! I deleted the pic and added a similar one back into the post and the slider shows it correctly ! yeeha… keep up the awesome work and thank you for such a quick reply.
How do I ensure that Header has image as well as text. I do not know how to use Alt text as given in the guide. Please could you elaborate? Thanks a tonne…Regards
You dont have to enter the alt text, alt text is added automatically.
Satish..many thanks for your reply. Text is not appearing as intended/automatically. Only the image appears. Is it to do with height of image? I have set height to 120px. Many thanks..Ramesh
Provide your blog url.
it is http://www.prabhava.com..many thanks
Are you still having problem?
I don’t see any problem in your blog.
Anyway I’m adding better thumbnail functionality in v4.0
My first blog will be with your theme. Congratulations.
Just a question. I see slider is limited to 184 characters.
How can increase it??
Thank you very much.
How does a person change the content for the tabbed display beside the slider (to the right) on the home page?
Right now you this has to be done manually.
Edit tabs.php in swift/includes.
I adding an option to edit this from options pave in version 4.0
i’ve looked this theme in my friend homepage, this awsome and i follow the link here. i will try it.
Hello Pete
In the latest version of version of SWIFT i reduced the slider speed to 6 Seconds form 3.
If you want to reduce it further
open js-functions.js in swift/includes folder
there will be a number either 3000 or 6000, change it to one of your choice. Thats slide duration in mill seconds.
tried the forums but it won’t send me e-mails to log in so I’ll post my question here:
Is there a simple way to adjust slider speed in the latest swift template ? Love the feature, but my guests cannot read that quick
Pete someone here had figured how to do that. I guess there was a comment here only on this. Try searching it.
OK I spoke too soon. I already saw the option above to edit the js_functions.js file but that looked scary to me
turns out I can edit it like any other file in notepad. Not so scary after all ..
works like a charm,
don’t know if you can change this setting into a variable to set in admin panel but may be a future feature request. (only showing pictures may require different settings than text, quick setting in admin would then be cool).
Is there a way to increase the font size in the slider?
Thanks for help!
add this to your style sheet
.slide-details{font-size:18px}
Add any size of your choice.
Feel free to drop in if you need any more help.
Wish there was comment reply subscription option by email here!
It’s a great theme just the same! Thanks a ton!
Added comment subscription for you
It is so rare to get such prompt replies and follow up! Great job man!
I have installed Swift (twice, two different sites), and have the same problem:
Have selected category for “Featured Category” and set the “Number of Featured Posts.” BUT the selected category does not appear on the home page slider.
What can be the problem?
Thanks.
Please check the discussion here
http://swiftthemes.com/forum/topic/featured-slider-category-not-selected
The fix worked. Thanks!
Looks like useful theme.
Can you adjust the jquery slider speed? (I’d want it to be slower.)
Thanks.
replace js-functions.js in swift.includes with this one.
http://swiftthemes.com/blog/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/js-functions.js
Thank you, but tried it and that is even further from what I want! Will go back to the original.
Isn’t there a way to adjust the timing?
A slider that holds an excerpt, must allow people time to read it. Even if they are only looking at the pictures, it should not be too fast. A nice classy fade effect, nothing harsh or fast, is preferred.
BTW, my test site is at: http://alabuzz.org/example2/
Thank you so much for all your help and your quick replies!
Solved the slider timing problem. Set the interval to “6000″ (from “3000″) in js-functions.js like this:
timer = setInterval(function() {
$(opts.next).click();
}, 6000);
Glad to know that you solved your problem, thanks for sharing.
Hi Satish,
I just installed Swift from wordpress and am trying to figure out how to have it show the whole post on the home page instead of just the first sentence or two. Can you clarify for me how to do that?
This template is beautiful btw!
Thank you so much,
Jenn
goto appearence ->swift options ->homepage options and uncheck “Display excerpts on homepage”
In the current version of swift you can not display featured post, and featured post section will display only the first few lines of the post. This is issue is dealt in v3.0 which is due for release this monday
http://swiftthemes.com/2009/09/wordpress-themes/swift/preview-of-swift-v3-0-0-need-your-feedback/
Hi Satish, Still puzzled because when I went to follow your instructions, the box was already unchecked. Any other thoughts?
Thank you so much for your help!
Jenn
Do you have the latest verswion??
give me the url where you are using it.
How can we remove about me page from home page? Instead of this if we put vertical slider bar for different post or advert then this is more beneficial in terms of revenue and page views.
I’m replacing the about section with tabs, and featured post with a clean content slider in the next version of SWIFT. It should be out this monday.
You will have the option to disable the slider if you dont want it.
Thank you, satish for such a lovely theme for free. I will use it in my next blog.
Thank you again for giving option for slider bar.
Yeah, I’m using it and it provides most important widgets and options that a blog must have!
nice theme. but did this theme support gravatar? how to do gravatar? help me pls, thanks.
There is a problem in Feature post.. it doesn’t show the image if its not uploaded via WordPress itself. Lets say i uploaded an image on tinypic and put the direct url of it, it doesn’t show up in Feature post. Is there any way to fix that?
first image of the gallery associated with that post is shown as thumbnail. I doesnt take images uploaded outside.
next version of SWIFT will support this feature. I will try to releaase that asap.
Thank you Satish for your quick response, I will be waiting for the next release
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@Satish
Sorry there was a silly mistake from my side. I think I didn’t install the theme properly. After reinstallation it is working like a charm. Sorry for the trouble.
The theme looks sexy. Keep up the good work
There is no problem with SWIFT, you are having some unclosed HTML tag, that’s creating the problem.
Check the posts on the home page for any unclosed tags.
there should not be any conflict between atahualpha and SWIFT, it might be due to some plugins you installed recently.
-Satish Gandham
Yes it was working fine. I have sent u an email as well. What is the solution for it? Sinle page or post is working normal only home page is throwing that error.
Strangly atahualpha 3.4.2 stopped working after installing this theme. Only version 3.4.1 is working well that is with some difficulty.
Hey ricky bro, enable the setting of wordpress – writing submenu under settings – WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically.. I think this should fix up the things
I cant really say, without it being live.
Most probably, that might be due to a div which you forgot closing in your post.
Are the pages containing the previous posts fine??
Most probably they should be.
It is not working properly on my website. The homepage doesn’t look good, single page is working fine.
What could be the problem?
Screenshot: http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8231/techgenuineatechnicalge.png
I think this theme is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to install it….
OK – some problems were between the seat and the keyboard (my fault), but the magazine layout seems to only work in chrome and IE. I can’t seem to get it to work in firefox.
Peace,
G
This is a problem with zoom. Zooming out (making the text smaller) seems to causes div #content .grid_10 19 or div #post-main 55 to become more narrow not allowing div .post mag-box 56 and div .post mag-box m_right 59 to line up side by side.