
Frequently Asked Questions: General
Is Manji free?
As a bird. Manji operates under a GPL license.
Do I need to keep the link and credits in the footer?
Manji is under a GPL license, which basically means it’s open source, and as such you have every right to change ANY part of the code. There is only one section you’re not allowed to remove, and that’s my copyright notice in the css file, and the GPL license information.
So who retains the copyright?
Basically I retain my copyright of the original Manji code. All changes you make are your copyright. If you want to include your copyright notice for your changes, then simply append them after/before my copyright notice. I talk about this in a lot more detail, so if
you're interested then go here .
What’s all this I hear about Flavours?
In my mind Manji comes in various Flavours. The idea is that when you’ve played around with this template, you get to put your signature on it. Think of it like an artist signing his art after he’s done with it.
Why is it a single column?
There are a plethora of templates that have 2 or more columns. Manji is one of the few that is a single column design. The idea is for the actual content to take centre stage at this point rather than your 200 links to other sites, and other unrelated information. It’s not by accident it’s by choice ^_^.
But I really want a second column. How do I put it in there?
Fine ignore me why don’t you. Actually if you really want then you can download Manji2, which retains all the Manji goodness but adds a column for you to do with as you please. Go to
the Manji download page for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions: Design
Ok I’ve downloaded Manji. How do I run it on my site?
So you’ve got Wordpress 1.5 running on your system? If that’s the case the next step should be as easy as pie. In your FTP manager (I can’t live without FileZilla http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) :
- Drag and drop the Manji folder you just downloaded into the themes folder (which can be found in wp-content file).
- Now go to your presentation tab in your control panel. You should be presented with two options, the default theme and the Manji theme. Press the Select button next to the Manji Description.
How do I add more items in the menu and not break it?
The structure of the navigation bar at the top is broken down into the following way:
- id=hnav holds the top navigation bar.
- On the left we’ve got, id=header and this holds the other id=blogtitle. id=header is 260px wide and can be adjusted accordingly, depending on how large your blogtitle actually is.
- On the right all the links are housed in id=hmenu and that is 410px wide.
- Just play around with widths to suit your needs.
How do I get Archives and Links pages working?
This uses Wordpress 1.5’s new ’static’ page feature. Go to
- Write > Write Page
- In the Page Title dialogue type in Archive
- The scroll down to the Page Options, where you should get a further three options in the scroll down menu other than Default Template.
- Archives, Links and About. Choose the Archives template.
- Create the page.
- Do the same for the other 2 pages.
- If you now have a look at your site you'll see that the pages have been linked automatically. Clever don't you think?