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A complete guide to installing and customizing SWIFT

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Plugin Settings

Related posts (YARPP)

Swift provides comes with custom styling for YARPP, add the following code before

and this one after it

YARPP settings for Swift theme

YARPP settings for Swift theme

Sexy BookMarks

If you are using related posts plugin, set the number of your social bookmarking icons to 9.

Additional settings

Thumbnails shown on the home page are taken from those generated by WordPress, you can change their dimensions through media settings located under settings in your WordPress dashboard.

Ideal settings for SWIFT are as shown below.

Ideal wordpress media settings for SWIFT v3.0

Ideal wordpress media settings for SWIFT

The options that arent explained here are thought be self explanatory, if you face any problem feel free to drop in here or visit our support forum

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183 thoughts on “A complete guide to installing and customizing SWIFT”

  1. February 11, 2011 at 12:08 AM
    Shiva Steve Ordog says:
    Hi, Just getting into Swift. Would like to add a font to match our product labelling. I have found the "enable custom fonts" checkbox and see how to select a font for the home page header but how to add a font - want Papyrus font for some things. Thanks for any tips. Steve
    Reply
  2. November 6, 2010 at 3:31 AM
    Cardiogirl says:
    Hello, We're using your theme at tribalblogs.net and it's great. I've been able to customize all of my colors except for the blue box that says Post a Comment and Submit Comment. Where is the coding? I know which html color code I want to use, I just can't find the right place to change it. Thank you!
    Reply
  3. October 17, 2010 at 3:40 PM
    hanifimahaldi says:
    this first time I use swiftthemes, I very like this theme, friendly look, and more great option and upgrade was make for this theme, thanks before.
    Reply
  4. October 7, 2010 at 2:24 AM
    Lyev says:
    Hello, Satish please tell me how to properly configure the widget Swift 125 * 125 ads that it displays ads. what I do, go to the swift option in the management of banner ads in the box # 1 enter the URL where the jpg folder with the jpg, it is loaded on my site, then in the Enter destination url (link) here prescribe URL showing on partner sites image.jpg but it does not appear in Swift widget 125 * 125 ads. Tell me please what I'm doing wrong .... Thanks.
    Reply
  5. October 5, 2010 at 5:43 AM
    modern says:
    I'm using this theme in my site www.modernwallclocksworld.com
    Reply
  6. October 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
    JOE says:
    i need help I am currently using version 4.1.4 stable version and i wish to countinue like that but it dont have author bio for post pages. i would like to add author bio box with related post in it just like the one below this post(Black box) to my blog. Can you help me out..... waiting for your reply........
    Reply
  7. October 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM
    Edward de Leau says:
    change the permissions of swift/cache folder to 777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666. ??? in /uploads/swift_custom ??? is it called "custom-styles.css" or "custom-style.css" ?? so not "swift/cache" BUT "/uploads/swift_custom/cache/" ??
    Reply
    • October 6, 2010 at 2:35 PM
      Satish says:
      This guide is for older versions, cache folder and custom css are now located in wp-content/uploads/swift_custom wp-content/uploads/swift_custom/custom-styles.css
      Reply
  8. July 28, 2010 at 5:28 AM
    johnV says:
    Hi Satish! I've been using this theme since February but it is only now that I've really started tweaking with it (downloaded the latest version too), and I should say it is AWESOME!!! way, way better than the themes I tried and seen on other blogs. Got a question. I know this has been asked somewhere here but I tried looking and couldn't find any. Anyway, my question has something to do with the post titles on the homepage. How may I reduce their size?
    Reply
  9. July 22, 2010 at 2:58 AM
    Paul Rodgers says:
    I have setup feedburner on my blog. Now I need to install Chicklet Chooser. Google tells me to : Copy the HTML below for use in your own page templates: I have the code. Now I need to know where to go to install it.
    Reply
  10. July 21, 2010 at 7:50 PM
    Paul Rodgers says:
    I would like to know how to proceed to "Change the permissions of swift/cache folder to 777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666." I am using  5.28 Thanks,
    Reply
  11. July 21, 2010 at 2:16 PM
    Funny says:
    I have a problem on the 404 page, please take a look at mine: http://funnypleaze.com/404.php The listing popular posts are all "http://funnypleaze.com/.php" How can I fix this? Thank you
    Reply
  12. July 16, 2010 at 3:31 PM
    teknoloji haberleri says:
    when i install theme with wp-admin panel, swift themes automatic updates it 5.25 to 5.28, but i want to install latest version.
    Reply
  13. July 13, 2010 at 5:33 AM
    Paul Rodgers says:
    I have chosen Swift theme because it is as easy to handle as it looks good. Yet, for the first time ever, my latest installation - http://herbs4all.com/blog - refuses to read my adsense codes... After triple checks... I am unable to find the answer. Anyone ever had the same problem ^ Anyone out there with an answer. Regards Paul Rodgers  
    Reply
  14. July 7, 2010 at 5:05 PM
    Samir says:
    Hi Satish, Just to thank you for a a really wonderful Wordpress theme. I am using swift theme at my website http://hostingpackagsare.com I am wonder if i can get the Twitter and Facebook widget at my site, i am unable to find one at current version. Thanks again, have a nice day....
    Reply
  15. July 5, 2010 at 10:29 PM
    Paul Rodgers says:
    I am using Swift v5.28. At the bottom of the "Ad management" page - Banner Destination - I have installed a banner in the Banner Destination section. Now, I would like to remove it but I do not know how to proceed...
    Reply
  16. July 5, 2010 at 5:57 PM
    Christan Leonard says:
    Hi, I installed swift through wordpress and it seems that it's missing option.  Under the "layouts" tab i don't have all of the available layouts that you show in your tutorials and I also don't have the option of creating a child's theme.  Can you think of a reason for this?
    Reply
  17. June 26, 2010 at 1:21 AM
    Mark @ Wichita-Today says:
    Can someone tell me how to change the header height to larger? [I have a header pic that's 960x253.] Thanks, mk.
    Reply
  18. June 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM
    Neil Little says:
    Where are these Folders? Change the permissions of swift/cache folder to 777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666.
    Reply
  19. June 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM
    Mosekwa says:
    I like this theme a lot. I'd like to use it for my online magazine. One thing that I'd like is to have the author or contributor name (as well a other optional text - e.g., date/time, location) appear under the title of each article. How do I do that? Thanks in advance
    Reply
  20. June 17, 2010 at 3:57 AM
    Mark @ Wichita-Today says:
    Satish- I need help.  I get this error when I activate the theme: Warning: fopen(/home/mpkoontz/public_html/wichita-today.com/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/custom-style.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mpkoontz/public_html/wichita-today.com/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 89 Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/mpkoontz/public_html/wichita-today.com/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/custom-style.css in /home/mpkoontz/public_html/wichita-today.com/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 90 Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/mpkoontz/public_html/wichita-today.com/wp-content/themes/swift/admin/admin-core.php on line 90 And it just doesn't look like your picture. I did have version 5.14 working much better... But the new version is not working for me.  Have a look at my site: http://wichita-today.com
    Reply
  21. May 8, 2010 at 3:26 AM
    Donna says:
    Hi there. I installed Swift and it's working well so far. I installed directly from the admin panel. However, the options I selected when I first implemented it yesterday, such as which categories featured posts pull from on the homepage, can no longer be accessed. The only two links under Swift Options are for Options and Design Options. Neither show the layout options again, nor can I find how to add new categories to pull from. The ones I selected were a little light, so I don't have the content populating as I'd hoped. Any ideas? I am not sure if I can do this manually now, but I am not seasoned with php.
    Reply
    • June 1, 2010 at 8:20 AM
      rivermaya says:
      Sorry if I'm wrong to answer, I though the Layout Options you can find inside "Design Options", Category Featured Post at "Swift Options >> Home and Archives" and you can add category name to show on navigation is form "Swift Options >> Header" down to the bottom.
      Reply
  22. May 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM
    Robin says:
    I can see now itself, that you are going to be the competitor for DIY Themes :) Hats off to you Satish. - Robin DailyTUT
    Reply
  23. April 28, 2010 at 8:51 AM
    Veronica says:
    Hallo, I am just want to start to make my blog, when I saw swift theme, I directly installed it. But in your guidance there is statement like this: Change the permissions of swift/cache folder to 777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666. What it means, and how I do it? please explain step by step, cause i dont understand. Swift theme i installed was 5.21 version Wordpress 2.9.2 Thank you :) Veronica
    Reply
  24. April 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM
    Alma says:
    I managed to install the theme without hitch except that I could not make the post slider work.  I know that to enable the slider, I need to modify the permissions like swift/cache and custom styles.css.  Now my problem is I cannot find the cache folder? Can someone help me please?  
    Reply
  25. April 20, 2010 at 8:04 PM
    umang says:
    in feed burner setting whts exactly account name i hv to enter confused i hv to enter hole feed burner link ?
    Reply
  26. April 12, 2010 at 10:07 PM
    Alethea says:
    Hi My dropdown categories aren't working properly and appear behind my posts instead of infront. can anyone help me please? Thanks
    Reply
  27. April 10, 2010 at 6:12 PM
    Tania says:
    LOVE THIS THEME!! just installed...getting to know it a little bit:) Will leave more comments if Ihave questions:) EXACTLY what I was looking for!
    Reply
  28. April 8, 2010 at 8:29 PM
    Luca says:
    Hello Satish, I am a Wordpress beginner (even though a long time Joomla! adept). Your template is great!! Best than many premium templates ;-) Great work Luca
    Reply
  29. April 1, 2010 at 4:32 PM
    Bill Jones says:
    How do I upload my custom logo and have it become my header? Do I upload directly to a specific place within the swift theme?
    Reply
  30. March 29, 2010 at 8:50 AM
    asiantribe says:
    I am new to the swift theme. I want to ask why the About page is not visible on my blog. How do I make it visible? I really like this fully loaded theme.  Thank you.
    Reply
  31. March 25, 2010 at 5:01 AM
    unpasso says:
    satish i need a hand , i have a problem with layout, nothing change if i set magazine layout , i want show  posts in boxes, how can i do ? i have the latest version of swift
    Reply
  32. February 24, 2010 at 9:32 AM
    Boricua says:
    How can I have a left and a right sidebar.  In previous versions it was very easy.
    Reply
    • February 24, 2010 at 2:01 PM
      Satish says:
      That layout is removed from the v5.0 of due to difficulties in implementation. I'm working on it, and almost there. It will be included in the premium version of SWIFT.
      Reply
  33. February 21, 2010 at 10:13 PM
    Archivist says:
    In the process of switching to Swift from a (basic) blogspot template. 1- I want to 'choose' which stories/posts are on the front page.  2- I want the main post to be showing up bigger or even completely 3- I don't have pictures on all my posts, can that black 'box' be removed from the top of the stories? I want just a headline/title Thanks!
    Reply
  34. February 19, 2010 at 11:51 AM
    caitlyn says:
    Satish, Your theme makes me look GOOD! What a great theme. I got a couple of pages to "nest" properly and drop down under the parent page titles on the top navigation bar, but then it stopped working. The only thing I could find on the forum was someone did an upgrade & it worked. My version is up-to-date. I made a mistake with my registration at the support forum & although I can log in I am not activated. I have sent an email through "contact us" so, hopefully, that can get solved and I will be able to post future questions there. I'm just really excited to keep building this site and would like to get the drop down child pages working... I already have a bit of content there, but no way for people to see it or navigate to it. Thanks. Again, awesome theme. I've worked with a few and this one scares me a little because I am just a regular point & click computer user, but so far almost everything is intuitive and working really well.
    Reply
  35. February 14, 2010 at 10:18 PM
    David Cragg says:
    I use version 5.0 and there is no check box to activate Banner Ad Management (125×125).  I have used this feature in the prior versions of Swift and I would like to use it again but there is no check box to activate.
    Reply
    • February 14, 2010 at 10:28 PM
      Satish says:
      Banner ads are moved to widgets since version 5.0. Add the ads widget to the sidebar from appearance->widgets
      Reply
      • February 15, 2010 at 10:20 PM
        David Cragg says:
        That was very helpful.  Now I am trying to choose a different topic for the slider.  Only the recent posts works as a category for the slider.  All the other categories are blank in the slider.
        Reply
  36. February 14, 2010 at 1:17 AM
    Iulia says:
    I cant see more than 2 mah box... how can i change this?
    Reply
  37. February 6, 2010 at 7:54 PM
    hawdy says:
    ive installed ur latest version (5.15) but when i change the design on swift design option, i save it and when i preview, nothing change!!! what happen on that?? and on your guide you wrote to change swift/cache folder to777 and swift/custom-styles.css to 666. how do i change it if i dont have swift/cache folder on my root directory? and for custom style.css, actually it appear on wift//includes/custom-styles.css
    Reply
  38. February 4, 2010 at 8:28 PM
    thuyetha says:
    How can I change the deafaul thumbnail view 250x130 of swift theme
    Reply
  39. January 29, 2010 at 9:20 AM
    Edward de Leau says:
    Im trying out some new themes and this one looks nice. I noticed that my images which I set with width=20 initially load as 20 but then directly get resized to their original size. Is there anything I can do about this?
    Reply
  40. January 28, 2010 at 7:19 AM
    Diane says:
    Hi Satish, I've been using for a while swift theme v. 3.11 i think, wich i loved and i managed to customize it to fit my personal taste. however recently i have update to the latest version. and i'm having some problems: 1. The head logo is not centered and is floating outside the header. 2. I can't get the body bg image to be fixed . 3. The header bg to be the same as the body bg. 4. Some thumbnails for excerpts and for the  slide are not showing. instead i get the pencils. 5. The date for the posts it's all messed up.  http://www.dianeraeshin.com Thank You so much, Diane
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    • January 28, 2010 at 9:39 AM
      Satish says:
      add this css code in custom css field #header-container{background:none} #logo{margin-left:-10px} 4. Some thumbnails for excerpts and for the slide are not showing. instead i get the pencils. You have to add the thumbnail url manually in custom fields to those posts. 5. Check the date options in wordpress general settings.
      Reply
  41. January 26, 2010 at 6:59 PM
    Loudable says:
    Hi Satish, Thanks a lot for your theme...This theme is working fine but only problem is I am not able to see any thumbnail image on home page...I tried everything but it is not working out....Please help....
    Reply
  42. January 26, 2010 at 1:39 PM
    lingmac says:
    Hi there, what is the name of the homepage file. I ask this as I want to remove my feedburner ID and it doesnt work through the theme interface . So I have to manually do this. Please advise   thanks
    Reply
  43. January 22, 2010 at 3:32 AM
    Donna says:
    Is the font size, font type font color editible in the title of a post or page?   It appears the font displays as Times and quite large. 
    Reply
  44. January 19, 2010 at 12:40 AM
    Stephanie says:
    Hello, I am trying to change the order that the navigation categories appear in under the logo. Is there a way to do this? They appear to load alphabetically? Thank you.
    Reply
  45. January 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM
    tj coen says:
    I want to display the picture on the home page. as in the example.
    Reply
  46. January 1, 2010 at 12:56 PM
    dodypku says:
    this themes very good and I've use it in dodyekaputra.com. I have a problem when installing banner 125x125. the banner does not appear in the sidebar. whether there is any other setting than in the ad management
    Reply
    • January 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM
      Mahendra says:
      I am also facing same problem. I don't know how to configure and set up ad code for 125*125 ad banner. It tried to search a solution but couldn't find yet    
      Reply
  47. December 30, 2009 at 5:13 AM
    Jim says:
    got this error and am not able to my options page, how can change what I need to in order to make it work? Warning: require_once(/home3/xxxxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxx/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home3/xxxxx/public_html/xxxxxxxx/wp-includes/class-feed.php on line 4
    Reply
  48. December 23, 2009 at 11:02 PM
    santos says:
    this theme cools but can you tell me how to put ads in this theme ?
    Reply
  49. December 21, 2009 at 10:50 PM
    Zaiful Anwar says:
    why when I install the plugin YAPP sidebar on my blog falls down?
    Reply
  50. December 21, 2009 at 5:16 AM
    Caitie says:
    Hello! Thanks so much for your hard work! Is there a way, on the home page, for me to make the boxes a little less vertically large? Basically what I mean is I'm trying to fit two horizontal rows of three 'content' boxes in the main/home section. Like on all our homepages, a little picture above, and the description. I only need a very little bit of room for the text description after the picture that is posted above the story, and I would like to reduce the downward length of the rest of the box which is all empty space since the text is rather short, before the next lower line of boxes. Know what I mean?
    Reply
  51. December 21, 2009 at 4:08 AM
    bsctwo says:
    Great theme, thank you! How does one REMOVE the "categories" widget that ppears by default in what appears to be a Wide-Right sidebar? With the category drop-downs at the top of the page, it seems redundant to have it also on the right and I can't figure out how to remove it?
    Reply
  52. December 18, 2009 at 5:55 AM
    Ji says:
    Hi Satish, thanks for a great theme! We are using at the LBW trust in Australia, an NGO that raises funds to pay for students' tertiary education in developing countries. www.lbwtrust.org.au We are having a problem with the banner height in explorer - basically the banner height is 150 but it is being cut short in explorer. Could you offer some advice - many thanks, Ji
    Reply
    • December 18, 2009 at 7:41 AM
      Satish says:
      Hi Ji, replace custom-styles.css in swift folder with http://swiftthemes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/custom-styles.zip Note: This is custom made for Ji, May not be suitable for other blogs.
      Reply
      • January 14, 2010 at 2:19 PM
        Ji says:
        Hi Satish, thank you so much for the custom code. I've just uploaded it and unfortunately the banner is reduced in height to maybe 50 pixels. I've reinstalled the original custom-styles.css file so you won't be able to see it in action. Many thanks, Ji  
        Reply
  53. December 16, 2009 at 8:19 AM
    Janice @ Lazy Mama Fitness says:
    Hi Satish, My theme options don't appear in my backend when I click on "Swift Options".  The page opens, your header opens, but none of the options appear.  Help! Thanks,  Janice
    Reply
    • December 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
      Satish says:

      I guess you are using internet explorer. Use firefox. If this doesn't solve the problem wp-content\themes\swift\includes\admin-fucntions\admin-interface.php and remove this code <div class="info-widget"> <span class="title">Latest news about Swift</span>                <?php require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss.php'); wp_widget_rss_output('http://swiftthemes.com/category/swift/feed/', array('items' => 4, 'show_author' => 0, 'show_date' => 1)); ?> </div>

       

      You have a very nice header and colour scheme, keep up the good work.

      Reply
  54. December 8, 2009 at 8:21 PM
    Mike Deakin says:
    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?
    Reply
  55. December 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
    Mike Deakin says:
    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?
    Reply
  56. December 8, 2009 at 1:35 AM
    Sarah says:
    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 20x20), 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  
    Reply
  57. December 7, 2009 at 10:01 PM
    dodypku says:
    this themes very simple and very good, i interested to install on my blog.... thank's
    Reply
  58. December 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM
    Mike Deakin says:
    Can you remove the category navigation altogether? I'd rather have a category list in my sidebar than as menu navigation.
    Reply
  59. November 28, 2009 at 3:32 AM
    Chris Comberrel says:
    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.  
    Reply
    • November 29, 2009 at 2:09 PM
      Dawn says:
      Go into your theme editor and pull up comments.php Find the line that says [code]<p><?php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.'); ?></p>[/code] and change it to [code]<p><?/*php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.'); */?></p>[/code] 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.  
      Reply
  60. November 27, 2009 at 8:39 PM
    Ngobrol Seputar Bisnis Online says:
    why page of Plugin Settings Related posts (YARPP) No related posts. although the script has included in the plugin settings YAPP.
    Reply
  61. November 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM
    Mike says:
    Great theme!  Is there a way to set the photo that appears in the slider based on which category the post is in?
    Reply
  62. November 25, 2009 at 7:15 AM
    Mignon says:
    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
    Reply
  63. November 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM
    mary says:
    it may sound like a stupid question, but how do you change the permissions?
    Reply
  64. November 22, 2009 at 1:24 AM
    Ryan Sanders says:
    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.
    Reply
  65. November 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM
    George says:
    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?
    Reply
  66. November 17, 2009 at 1:02 AM
    Tom says:
    Here is my website. 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
    Reply
    • November 17, 2009 at 1:57 AM
      Satish says:

      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.

      Reply
      • November 17, 2009 at 2:11 AM
        Tom says:
        yes now i see page number on main page.. but if when clcik on Category then again i can seee « Older Entries                     Newer Entries>>   
        Reply
      • November 17, 2009 at 2:12 AM
        Tom says:
        yes now i see page number on main page.. but if when clcik on anyCategory then again i can seee « Older Entries                     Newer Entries>>   
        Reply
      • November 17, 2009 at 2:47 AM
        Tom says:
        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
        Reply
    • December 5, 2009 at 10:21 AM
      raghav says:
      hey how did you add all these buttons like "bollywood review" "mobile review" "videos" "visa embassy" below the header? in your site.?
      Reply
  67. November 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM
    Tom says:
    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
    Reply
  68. November 15, 2009 at 12:15 AM
    Swift | The fastest loading Wordpress theme | Swift Themes says:
    [...] option to add images through custom fields, check the following url for info on using custom fields http://swiftthemes.com/2009/09/wordpress-themes/a-complete-guide-to-installing-and-customizing-swift... *Added default favicon. *Increased the font size of sidebar title. *Changed content slider sliding [...]
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  69. November 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM
    khizer says:
    on my slider only last post picture and text is showing. and page  any 1 guide me how can i will fix it? 
    Reply
  70. November 14, 2009 at 5:30 PM
    khizer says:
    pictures are not showing in my main page and also in showsilde. guide me what can i do? how can i will fix it?
    Reply
  71. November 14, 2009 at 3:29 PM
    khizer says:
    pictures are not showing in my main page. guide me what can i do? how can i will fix it?
    Reply
  72. November 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
    fastharry says:
    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!
    Reply
  73. November 7, 2009 at 4:52 AM
    Peter A. Brown says:
    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
    Reply
  74. November 5, 2009 at 7:26 PM
    kbob says:
    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!
    Reply
  75. November 4, 2009 at 9:48 PM
    viral says:
    how i add more post in tht slide show on main page ??
    Reply
  76. October 30, 2009 at 1:40 AM
    Outdoor Dog Kennel says:
    Does anyone have some links to their sites so I can get some ideas of how to implement  this theme?
    Reply
  77. October 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
    james says:
    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
    Reply
  78. October 28, 2009 at 12:12 AM
    mobiles says:
    why my popular post is not work at my home page ?   Thanks
    Reply
  79. October 25, 2009 at 8:05 AM
    Sagar Rai says:
    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
    Reply
  80. October 23, 2009 at 10:48 AM
    Shant says:
    Hi there I am using this on my site but for some reason on my article posts the background color changes, please help thanks!
    Reply
  81. October 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM
    Stein says:
    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!
    Reply
  82. October 21, 2009 at 5:27 AM
    Carlos Cabrera says:
    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
    Reply
  83. October 20, 2009 at 12:22 AM
    Geo says:
    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
    Reply
    • October 20, 2009 at 1:36 AM
      Satish says:
      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.
      Reply
      • October 20, 2009 at 3:16 AM
        Geo says:
        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.
        Reply
  84. October 14, 2009 at 8:40 PM
    Ramesh says:
    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
    Reply
  85. October 14, 2009 at 3:45 AM
    diego says:
    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.
    Reply
  86. October 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM
    Mike Wall says:
    How does a person change the content for the tabbed display beside the slider (to the right) on the home page?
    Reply
  87. October 10, 2009 at 10:34 AM
    marjan says:
    i've looked this theme in my friend homepage, this awsome and i follow the link here. i will try it.
    Reply
  88. October 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM
    Satish says:
    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.
    Reply
  89. October 9, 2009 at 1:13 AM
    pete says:
    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 :-)
    Reply
    • October 9, 2009 at 1:20 AM
      vikasg says:
      Pete someone here had figured how to do that. I guess there was a comment here only on this. Try searching it.
      Reply
    • October 9, 2009 at 1:22 AM
      pete says:
      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).
      Reply
  90. October 8, 2009 at 8:55 AM
    alaJoAnn says:
    Is there a way to increase the font size in the slider? Thanks for help!
    Reply
  91. October 7, 2009 at 7:56 PM
    VIKAS GUPTA says:
    Wish there was comment reply subscription option by email here! It's a great theme just the same! Thanks a ton! :)
    Reply
  92. October 6, 2009 at 12:27 AM
    alaJoAnn says:
    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.
    Reply
  93. October 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM
    alaJoAnn says:
    Looks like useful theme. Can you adjust the jquery slider speed? (I'd want it to be slower.) Thanks.
    Reply
    • October 6, 2009 at 9:14 AM
      Satish says:
      replace js-functions.js in swift.includes with this one. http://swiftthemes.com/blog/wp-content/themes/swift/includes/js-functions.js
      Reply
      • October 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM
        alaJoAnn says:
        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!
        Reply
  94. September 24, 2009 at 7:32 PM
    Jenn says:
    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
    Reply
    • September 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM
      Satish says:
      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/
      Reply
  95. September 19, 2009 at 8:50 AM
    Monster Buzz says:
    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.
    Reply
  96. September 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM
    Kenji lim says:
    Yeah, I'm using it and it provides most important widgets and options that a blog must have!
    Reply
  97. September 15, 2009 at 3:07 AM
    Lee says:
    nice theme. but did this theme support gravatar? how to do gravatar? help me pls, thanks.
    Reply
  98. September 14, 2009 at 10:06 PM
    Shujaat says:
    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?
    Reply
  99. September 9, 2009 at 7:58 AM
    Ricky says:
    @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 ;)
    Reply
  100. September 8, 2009 at 6:51 AM
    Satish Gandham says:
    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
    Reply
  101. September 5, 2009 at 9:19 AM
    Ricky says:
    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.
    Reply
  102. September 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM
    Satish says:
    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.
    Reply
  103. September 5, 2009 at 3:17 AM
    ricky says:
    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
    Reply
  104. September 3, 2009 at 7:42 AM
    pramodh says:
    I think this theme is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to install it....
    Reply
  105. December 19, 2009 at 8:11 AM
    Greg says:
    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
    Reply
  106. January 27, 2010 at 12:59 AM
    Greg says:
    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.
    Reply

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