Hello and welcome.
These are the instructions you need to implement the 'In The Woods' template for the excellent Textpattern CMS.
You can find more templates at http://textplates.com.

You can find a working example at http://www.jacobontwerpt.nl/inthewoods
Please note that the demo is slightly altered (though not visually). If you want to install this template, follow the
instructions below. The HTML and CSS is valid and works in most browsers.


-- CONTENTS of inthewoods.zip

- /images    		* all the images you need for the layout
- /forms     		* all the forms you need to replace the defaults
- html.txt   		* the html you need to replace the default
- style.txt  		* the css you need to replace the default
- style.css         	* the css you can use for external linking (optional)
- inthewoods.jpg	* a screenshot of the template
- instructions.txt  	* this thing you're reading at the moment


I will assume you have some knowledge of how Textpattern works. If not there are some excellent resources available
these days.

- Textbook (http://textpattern.net) The WIKI that tells you everything you want to know about textpattern.
- Kusor's Tag Manual (http://kusor.com/en/txptagmanual/) If you want to dive straight into the various Textpattern tags.
- Erratic Wisdom (http://erraticwisdom.com/2005/11/30/intro-to-textpattern) ongoing manual


That said, I'll try making the implementation of the template as simple as possible.


-- PROLOGUE

If you have installed textpattern, you'll notice that there are loads of setting for you to fiddle with.
I won't explain all these settings here (as they are explained much better elsewhere), however I will explain changes
that are necessary to make this template work. You can leave all the other settings at their defaults if you like.


-- STEP 1. UPLOAD

Start your favourite FTP client (Filezilla is an excellent free FTP client). Upload the images folder from 
Textmypattern.zip to your host. Be sure not to have a folder named images and also make sure there aren't
any subdirectories inside the images folder. 


-- STEP 2. HTML

Log on to your textpattern with your username and password and navigate to the Presentation tab. 
We will use the default section that Textpattern already has, aptly named default. If we were to click the View Site
tab, textpattern will call this default section, however it wil display the Page that is associated with it. We can
find this page by clicking the Pages tab and selecting the default page. 
What you see now is the source of the default page. Copy the contents from the HTML.txt file and paste them into the
default page here. Click save.
Now might be a good time to edit the About section on the page. In the default page you just edited find this string
<h3>Where am I</h3> the text following this header is the about section. Replace it with some information of your person.
Be sure to leave the <p> and </p> intact. Click Save after editing.
If we were to click the View Site tab now, we would call the default section and see the default page with our freshly 
added HTML. 


-- STEP 3. CSS

If you clicked the View Site tab you may have noticed it looks like crap. That's because we didn't add the proper 
styling yet. To do this, we click on Presentation and Style. Here you see the default CSS that comes with 
Textpattern. Copy the contents from the CSS.txt file and paste them to replace the deault styles. Click save.
Our Page is now associated with the right styling and if you click the View Site tab you'll see some improvement.
You can also upload the style.css file to the root using FTP and link to it from the default page if you know how.
I chose to use the built-in css feature in textpattern.


-- STEP 4. FORMS

Now click the Presentation tab again, and than Forms. Forms determine the structure of elements within the page, for
instance Articles, Comments and Links. 
Click on the comments form. Copy the contents from the comments.txt file and paste them into the default form here. 
Click save.
Click on the comments_form form. Copy the contents from the comments_form.txt file and paste them into the default form here. 
Click save.
Repeat this process for the comments_display, default and Links forms.
And there you have it, it works! (hopefully)

-- STEP 5. FILL 'r UP

You can now add articles but clicking the Content tab and the Write subtab. The article will be posted in the article section by
default. This section will appear on the front page by default. You can leave it like this, this is how it's supposed to work.
I made the template so that one article is listed on the front page. If you like to list multiple articles, open the default page
via Presentation then Page. Search for this string <txp:article form="default" limit="1" listform="default" /> and edit the limit 
to th number of articles you like on your front page.


-- EPILOGUE

Now after a while you may want to tweak the hell out of this template. Feel free to do so. I am not going to cover all the 
possible changes you can make, because I haven't the time. You can however always try. Take a look at the css (it's pretty
basic) and start fiddling with the colours or something. Take another look at the default page, adding things to the sidebar 
is as easy as copy paste and edit.

I chose not to add navigation (other than article navigation), because this would mean you having to add new pages and/or sections. 
If you know how and would like to add some navigation, a simple way would be to add a list in the sidebar like so:

<h3>Navigation</h3>
<ul>
<li> link to your new section here </li>
<li> link to your new section here </li>
<li> link to your new section here </li>
<li> link to your new section here </li>
</ul>

I did not use any plugins for this template.


-- CONTACT

If you have specific requests or questions, you can drop me a line at jacobreinsma@gmail.com and I'll try to help out.
You can also visit www.jacobontwerpt.nl/com

-- CREDITS

All code, illustrations and images copyright by Jacob Reinsma (http://www.jacobontwerpt.nl/com)
You can use these for free with this template, however please don't use them for other purposes, contact me instead.

That's it, thanks for reading.
