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This is the Island After Sunset theme for WordPress, customized and cleaned up by PRMoney. (The original version can be found here: http://cureless.net/works/wp-themes/island-after-sunset-wordpress-theme/)

This theme has been fixed & tested to be compatible with WordPress versions 1.5, 2.0, 2.3.3, 2.5, and MU v1.3.3 (2.3.3) in FireFox 2.0, and Internet Explorer 6 & 7.

WordPress v1.5, 2.0, 2.3.3 & 2.5 users:
You’ll need the Simple Adsense plugin (based on the AdSense Share plugin)

You’ll also want to read this post regarding the new “unimproved” widgets in WP 2.5. It explains how to easily revert to the old 2.3.3 way of dragging-and-dropping widgets. The new interface is a nightmare, and ruins this theme’s widget capabilities.

WordPress MU v1.3.3 users:
You’ll need the AdSense Share plugin, which allows you to set site-wide AdSense Sharing options.

Details:

The Island After Sunset theme features a beautiful picture of the sun setting behind the mountains with a large house near the water. It utilizes a large 1024 pixel wide format that cleverly incorporates page link, dual sidebars and a large post entry area.

The top of the header for this theme begins with page links across the top, followed underneath by the blog title & description. The main portion of the header contains an unobstructed image of a sunset with Google AdSense links directly underneath for maximum click-through potential.

The main body has three columns. The left colum contains the blog entries, while the two side bars contains various functions as well a Google AdSense Links AdUnit. The side bar has been customized to work with WordPress widgets (v2.3.3 & MU only), which allow the different functions to be re-ordered or removed all together. NOTE: If you’re using WordPress v2.5, please read the note above about the ruined widget functionality, and how to easily fix it.

The main blog area has been customized to randomly display horizontal AdSense ads between posts. (Single pages will always have at least one.) At the bottom of the page is a footer that spans both columns.

The default left side bar contains Google AdSense text links, Archives, Categories, Blogroll links, and RSS Subscription links. The default right side bar contains Search, Calendar, Meta links, and a large Vertical AdSense banner. Additional sidebar widgets are available as well, if your version of WordPress supports them: Tag Cloud & Recent Post.

Island After Sunset Theme Ad Placements

Theme Preview:

Feel free to check out this theme in action:

A Post With Images
A Post With a Video
A Post With Text Formatting
A Post With Comments
A Post With a Password
A Small Post

Download:

Download the latest version here:
Island After Sunset Word Press Theme v1.3

NOTE: For the AdSense units to display properly, you’ll also need to download, install, and activate either the Simple AdSense plugin, or AdSense Share plugin.

WordPress MU admins - download the AdSense Share plugin
All other WordPress admins - download the Simple Adsense plugin

Feedback:

G2Y has gone to great lengths to ensure all of our AdSense-ready WordPress themes work in the latest versions of WordPress, as well as the three major browsers.

The hardest part of modifying an existing theme for use with AdSense is dealing with the messy code found in almost every theme out there. It takes us anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours to fix all the CSS bugs and them implement the AdSense ads in the most profitable locations of the theme.

We’ve also found that theme authors don’t usually bother to actually test their theme to ensure it displays properly in FireFox & Internet Explorer (6 & 7!), or other versions of WordPress. Most theme authors also fail to test various other aspects of their themes, like the widgets, tag cloud, calendar, etc.

Every template on G2Y has been thoroughly tested in FireFox v2.0, Internet Explorer v6 & 7, and WordPress versions 1.5, 2.0, 2.3.3, 2.5, & MU v1.3.3 (2.3.3), but there’s no doubt we’ve missed something, Don’t hesitate to email support@g2y.net with bug reports, or simply leave a comment below.

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