The dkret theme is the result of ongoing improvements over years now. This theme is my opinion of how WordPress/WordPressMu themes should work.

Plus dkret is more than just a theme — it's a theme framework. Create your own child theme "on top" of dkret3 without coding one single line of HTML code.

Theme Options

Every theme option available is there for your convenience, but won't bloat your site or get in the way of your customization.

There are options to explore - have a look at the dkret3 settings page to find the option that suits your needs.

Support of Custom Header, Custom Background and Custom Menus

Widgets

The theme comes with some theme specific Widgets. You can place Widgets in one of eight sidebars and use as many Widget instances as you like because all Widgets use the new Multiple Widget Class of WordPress.

You don't need seven more Widget Sidebars? No problem, Widget Areas completely collapse if you don't use them.

Page Templates

The theme is packaged with some useful Page Templates. Page templates change the way a WordPress page displays or functions depending on the particular template you've chosen.

Layouts

The theme comes with more than 10 different theme layout files (formerly called schemes). Have your sidebar on the left or right side or run dkret without a sidebar at all. Just choose the layout which suits your needs.

You are a CSS genius or have at least some basic knowledge about writing CSS? Write your own layout file and add it to the layout folder.

Have a look at the Settings Page for a complete list of all available layouts.

Built-in Support for Plugins

The theme supports some plugins out of the box. The list is gettings smaller and smaller with every release. As most newer plugins work out of the box without tempering with theme files.

If you think I missed an important one - Leave a note in the support forum and I will add support for it in the next release.

Child Themes

The dkret theme is also a good starting point for your own design ideas. It is meant to be used as a base theme to build from. You can extend it through child themes.

Just copy the my-dkret3 folder to your /wp-content/themes folder. So the path reads /wp-content/themes/my-dkret3.

Edit the style.css to reflect your URL informations:

    
    /* 
    Theme Name: my-dkret3
    Theme URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
    Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
    Version: 1.1
    Author: Your Name
    Author URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
    Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
    Template: dkret3
    */
    
    

Replace the default favicon inside /wp-content/my-dkret3/library/images with your customized one BUT don't change the name.

Look inside the my-dkret functions.php and learn how to register your own header image. You don't have to be a php genius to change the header image but I you still find it too complex - Use the custom header menu to upload your own header.

Finally add your own styles to the style.css of the my-dkret3 child theme.

It is a good practise to reuse some of the shipped css files inside /wp-content/dkret3/library/css. The default my-dkret child theme uses this approach. Feel free to change it the way you like.

Illumini

You can download a second child theme for the dkret3 theme on my homepage. Please have a look inside the functions.php and style.css to find more informations about using child themes the right way.

User based Child Themes

Localization

The theme has native support for english and german. Do you need a different language? Some users have been kind enough to provide some translation files. Note, I am not responsible for any of these.

Writing your own locale or changing an existing one is easy. I recommend the fantastic Codestyling Localization Plugin. If you are used to it you can use Poedit too.

Theme Support

If you have a question, problem or concern with dkret3 you can visit the dkret3 forums.

The latest dkret version, updates and bug fixes are always available at the dkret Project on Google Code.

Donate

I spend countless hours of work to develop dkret3. Please consider donating if you use the theme and would like to support further progress.


Credit

I don't come close to naming all the people that should be credited, but I'll list some of the main folks.

License

Dkret is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL).


Joern Kretzschmar (2009)