Upward - Experimental Portfolio & Blog WordPress Theme
Themeforest Upward - Experimental Portfolio & Blog WordPress Theme WordPress Theme
The Upward WordPress theme is an original choice for showcasing artwork and illustrations with style and balance.
The Upward Theme by StrictThemes is an edgy, experimental portfolio theme focused on images. This theme boasts an unusual diagonal gallery presentation, and its aesthetic might not be for everyone. There is a quirkiness to this theme that may appeal to artists or bloggers with an eye for something different.
As a portfolio WordPress theme, the design does not have the same universal appeal that other StrictThemes themes tend to offer. Functionally, the Upward theme operates according to the traditional blogroll style of a WordPress site, but visually it incorporates some unique features. With an emphasis on images, some might find the diagonal arrangement and framing of visual elements distracts from the readability of the site, while others may find it a refreshing departure from traditional layouts.
Ultimately, Upward is best-suited for users who are looking to create a portfolio that doesn’t look like every other portfolio.
What customers say about my themes
First of all, congratulations for the theme. So elegant, functional and aesthetic. I am very happy with it. – chemabonilla
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Great theme, cool features! – arnederynck
I am creating my first website and am learning as I go? So far, I am really enjoying the theme and I love the gallery format. – allisonhaubrick
I am really impressed with your quick responses and patience with the learning curve I am experiencing – allisonhaubrick
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Theme Features
Responsive and Mobile-Optimized
Don’t leave visitors behind. All themes created by StrictThemes are fully responsive and look great on all kinds of devices and screen sizes from widescreen desktops to tiny smartphone displays.
HiDPI Ready
All themes created by StrictThemes are fully compatible with high-resolution screens such as laptops with Retina-display so your text and images will look absolutely gorgeous!
Color Schemes
The theme comes with two color schemes – Light and Dark.
Style Customizer
Tweak styles with three clicks. Unlimited colors available.
Translation Ready
The theme has been designed from the ground up with translation in mind. It comes pre-packaged with a .po file containing all of the theme’s text strings ready for translation.
Unlimited Sidebars
With individual sidebar areas for the homepage, posts, pages and portfolio projects, you can easily customize sidebars for different parts of your site. In addition, you can create your own custom sidebars. If you don’t need multiple sidebars, use the predefined sidebars.
Search Engine Optimized
Built with clean, semantic and search engine optimized HTML5 and CSS3 code, so all you need to do is add great content!
Clean, Valid and Well-Commented PHP & JS Code
Readable code is the key to quick customization. No dirty code. No bloated code.
Valid HTML5
All themes created by StrictThemes are built with respect to W3C standards.
Clean CSS3
CSS styles come with a good structure and are well-commented, so you’ll never be confused.
Extended Documentation
In addition a simple setup process and easy-to-use theme options panel, we have comprehensive documentation online.
Free Bug-Fixes
If you find a bug, we’ll fix it. StrictThemes are 100% compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
One-Click Updates
No need to download and re-install theme after each release. Updates are available with just one click.
Dummy Data Included
Want to start from a solid base or demo? Dummy data is included.
ST Kit (Framework) Features
Easy To Use
StrictThemes kits are designed from the ground up to be as easy to use as possible. No confusing interfaces here. You’ll love the sensible, easy-to-understand theme options panel. Spend less time fighting with your theme, and more time doing something you really enjoy!
Custom Sidebar Widgets
The framework is loaded with custom sidebar widgets – Share, Get In Touch, Posts, Flickr and Subscribe. More …
100+ Unique Icons
Pixel-perfect glyphs are included.
Google Fonts
The framework allows you to switch between fonts or set up any custom font provided in the Google Fonts library. That’s more than 600 fonts!
Shortcodes
ST kits include all of the shortcodes you would expect from a premium theme, including columns, buttons, tabs, and much more! Plus, it comes with detailed documentation and usage examples. More …
Import\Export Theme Settings
No need to make new settings. Just copy and paste.
One-Click Updates
No need to download and re-install theme after each release. Updates are available with just one click.
Other Features
- Custom logo
- Text or image logo
- Custom favicon
- Google Analytics ready
- Sitewide data (info) on post page
- Subtitle for post, page and projects
- Post views
- 7 sidebars available for footer
- Built-in social icons
- Style editor
- Custom styles on standalone .css file
- Created by a WordPress lover
Hello-
ReplyDeleteI’m really liking your theme!
Hopefully quick question:
Something odd is happening with the URLs for the social medial links in the header. Seems like they are directing to this URL: ROOT_URL/wp-content/themes/Upward/go.php?SOCIAL_URL, which then redirects to the social URL. Is that the way it was intended? Is there a way to edit the code so these links go direct to the social sites?
Also, I don’t suppose there’s an easy way to edit the tooltip text within those social media icons? I swapped out Pinterest (which I do not use) for Producthunt) by changing the png, but keeping the filename. But the tooltip still says “Pinterest”.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback.
You can disable redirect function manually. Open ../Upward/framework/functions/global.php file. Find #479 line – http://c2n.me/3Adshou.png – and tweak it like this – http://c2n.me/3Adsa6P.png
Regards,
Nat
Awesome! That worked perfectly. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAs for the tooltip, is that possible to edit as well? I’ve tinkered, but haven’t been able to find the code to tweak that
Hi,
ReplyDeleteGreat. You are welcome
Please provide me URL and let me know what kind of changes you’d like to make.
Regards,
Nat
The site is www.laymanlab.com. I’m trying to change the tooltip for the social icon for Pinterest (I changed the icon to Producthunt “manually”). Here’s a grab: https://cl.ly/121u1y1g2o1l
ReplyDeleteIf it’s easier to just shut off those tooltips, I’d be open to that instead.
Hope this is a quick fix, I’m past the time on support and don’t want to bother you
Hi,
ReplyDeleteTo disable tooltips you can drop these lines on Theme Panel > Style > Custom CSS:
#tooltip-holder {
display: none !important;
}
To change tooltips the tweaks with the theme files should be done.
Regards,
Nat
Thanks again – worked perfectly.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Great. You are welcome
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Regards,
Nat
Hello, I’m building a page on http://bajabrews.wpengine.com/
ReplyDeleteAll projects are published and have a similar date, but for some reason “In progress” is still showing for two, and only 10 out of 13 are displaying. Reading Settings is set to 50 posts, Projects per page (in ST Kit Project Settings) is set to 50 as well.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI’ve already answered on your messages twice.
You’ve made custom changes with the theme. You need to restore original theme files to work it properly.
Regards,
Nat
hi there. very simple question for your ‘Upward: Experimental Portfolio & Blog.’
ReplyDeleteyour thems has a slanting border theme throughout. can this be changed to make everythign straight?
thank you very much
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest.
I suggest you to take a look a Recital theme. It seems that more fits for your needs – http://strictthemes.com/recital/
Regards,
Nat
Great theme, was wondering will you be able to add advertisement areas like you did in other themes ?
ReplyDeleteHi, this theme is not ad focused but you can still use the theme panel options to append any custom code (aka ads) before and after the a post ( http://take.ms/HCgYe )
ReplyDeleteRegards, Luis.
Hi, great theme, I’ve been using it error-free for about a year now, however yesterday I noticed that the “st-gallery” shortcode stopped working. I haven’t been doing any changes/updates to the web, except for automatic Wordpress updates. Yesterday I also tried updating the ST Kit plugin, but the shortcode still doesn’t work. Eg. “googlemap” shortcode works on the same page. Example:
ReplyDeletehttp://adieu.sk/hotel/l-horizon-luxusny-hotel-spa-palm-springs-usa/
Gallery should appear between subtitle and the booking form. I’m using do_shortcode() to display the gallery within single.php. IDs are passed to the shortcode from post meta.
Thanks for your help.
I know my support expired, but could you please help? I didn’t need support before
Michal
Hi, this is what I see: http://take.ms/qCwoS
ReplyDeleteAbout the gallery, it is not intended to be used as a shortcode, and the gallery post format is working fine with latest WP version.
Maybe another plugin making conflicts?
Please consider on extending your support if you still have problems.
Regards,
Luis.
Hi, thanks for your answer. What you see now is actually the classic WP gallery (in my template I changed [st-gallery ids=”XY”] for [gallery ids=”XY”]). As mentuoned, it all worked fine until now…I haven’t added any plugins, there were just some automatic WP updates (not plugin updates). Anyway, will try and figure this out. Thanks again, Michal
ReplyDeleteHi, nice looking theme, love the angled approach, it would work well with our logo.
ReplyDeleteCouple of quick pre-sale questions…
1) Is it possible to change the angle value? Or easy to do so with some custom css? The angle in our logo is going the same way, but is not quite the same angle if that makes sense?
2) Portfolio – is there just one layout in the theme for the portfolio single? Would be good to have a couple of options instead of the huge image. A mosaic layout for multiple images perhaps, or half image half description.
Thanks in advance!
Hi, the angle is made with a css border trick, you should be able to modify the angles with a bit of css work without any problems. About the portfolio we only included one type of layout
ReplyDeleteI will send your suggestion to the team and see if it gets approved
Regards, Luis.