Gameday - Wordpress Sports Media Theme

Last update: Version 1.05 – May 23, 2013

Gameday is the premier responsive sports news and media theme for Wordpress with advanced features including: Custom-built scoreboard integration, a drag-and-drop homepage, a slider on each category page, a fully-responsive layout, a “sticky” menu, five different ad units (including a wallpaper ad), post/page slideshows and so much more!

Key Features

Responsive design – Gameday adjusts its layout based on the device it is being viewed on. This means the theme’s content will be easy to read and easy to navigate whether it is being viewed on a desktop computer, a tablet or a mobile device.

Retina ready – The theme and its images look sharp and crisp on retina-ready devices!

Advanced, Custom-Built Scoreboard (Optional) – Gameday gives you the ability to easily enter and display scores from multiple sports with a custom-built scoreboard!

“Sticky” Navigation Bar – Gameday comes with a “sticky” menu bar that will always stay at the top of your device window as you scroll down the page for quick and easy navigation.

Logo position in Navigation Bar (Optional) – Gameday gives you the option to either display your logo in the traditional area above the content area or you can place your logo in the “sticky” navigation bar!

Slider on category pages – No more boring category pages with a list of the most recent posts. Gameday gives you a slider to display your most recent posts on your category pages!

Post & Page Slideshows – Gameday utilizes Theia Post Slider to give you dynamic slideshows in your posts and pages. Now, you can increase page views and ad impressions while providing excellent, organized content in a fluid slideshow. The slideshow comes with a set of options that includes the ability to reload the page with each slide to increase ad impressions.

5 different ad units – Gameday takes full advantage of available ad space to give you 5 different ad units, including a rare wallpaper ad! The ad units include a 728×90 ad, a wallpaper ad, a separate 320×50 mobile ad, in addition to unlimited 300×250 and 125×125 ads (displayed in a widget that holds four 125×125 ads).

Drag-and-Drop Homepage – Create unlimited homepage layouts by dragging and dropping our custom widgets into the layout that gives your website the professional look and feel you are truly looking for.

Featured Headline – Most major news and magazine sites use shorter “teaser” headlines in their featured content section on the homepage. Gameday gives you the same option to spruce up your featured items with a custom “teaser” headline.

Complete List of Features

• Compatible with Wordpress 3.5


• SEO Optimized


• HTML5 & CSS3


• Translation-ready (contains .po/.mo files)


• Easy implementation with Google Adsense ads


• Wordpress Featured Image support


• Wordpress Custom Background support


• Wordpress Custom Menu support


• No need for any additional plugins


• Custom Theme Options panel


• Unlimited color picker for: Primary theme color, secondary accent color, primary link color and widget header color.


• Custom CSS section in Theme Options so users will not lose custom changes to CSS when you update to a new version


• Built in Google Analytics support


• Custom featured slider options


• Optional homepage blog layout


• Free updates


• News ticker


• 7 Custom widgets


• Over 20 shortcodes


• Two navigation areas


• Mobile/tablet versions use “swipe” navigation for featured slider and scoreboard


• Easy logo customization


• Threaded comments


• Ability to turn Featured Image on posts on/off


• Ability to turn Author Info Box on posts on/off


• Custom copyright/footer text


• Custom favicon


• In-depth documentation


• And much more!

Support

MVP Themes takes pride in its support! If you have any questions related to the setup of Gameday that are not covered by the theme documentation or if you run into any bugs with the theme, please submit a ticket at the MVP Themes Support Center.



Unfortunately, MVP Themes cannot perform customization work for each of our customers, so Gameday comes “as-is”. Any customization you would like to make to the theme outside of fixing bugs will need to be done by you or a third party.

Updates

v1.05 – May 23, 2013

• Adds localization support (.po/.mo files)


• Adds optional 320×50 mobile ad


• Adds separate footer menu


• Made small fixes to CSS and other small functionality improvements

v1.04 – April 23, 2013

• Adds “Latest News” page template that displays all posts from site.


• Fixed minor bugs relating to social sharing buttons and slideshow feature

v1.03 – March 20, 2013

• Theme is now retina-ready!


• Improved SEO

v1.02.1 – February 27, 2013

• Removed automatic updates, which were causing issues with installation and Wordpress updates

v1.02 – February 5, 2013

• Added Sidebar Widget Area to Homepage Blog layout


• Fixed conflict with IE8


• Fixed other minor bugs

v1.01 – January 17, 2013

• Added Twitter widget


• Fixed minor bugs