Outrigger README

Copyright 2010  Jonathan Kemp  (http://kempwire.com/)
This work, like WordPress, is released under GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL).
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html


Outrigger is a parent theme, designed for use with child themes. Outrigger uses a basic 2 column theme.


Features

Outrigger is light on features, but there are a few.

    * Custom menus
    * An options panel is available to edit HTML in the footer
    * Gravatars are supported
    * Support for nested comments
    * Widget ready with 2 sidebars defined, a top and a bottom sidebar area
    * Support for the Related Posts plugin by Alexander Malov, Mike Lu & Jon Bourne
    * Support for the WP-PageNavi plugin by Lester Chan


Outrigger is also a parent theme. This means that there are hooks and filters available to modify the theme through a child theme without modifying the source code. Documention for these hooks and filters is provided.


Child Themes

Outrigger is designed for use with child themes. The default CSS included with the theme is minimal. It is meant to be. It is only there to provide legibility when no child theme is available and not meant to be used on public facing web sites.

A child theme in WordPress is relatively simple to build. The main thing you need is your CSS file, style.css. A functions.php file is optional but not necessary.