Producer is a highly flexible wordpress theme that can be used to build a magazine or news type blog.

The theme features many layout options such as a photo slideshow layout, newspaper or magazine style with 3 static layout options and the ability to build your own widgets based layout from scratch.

There are similar configuration options for the sidebars, such as the ability to hide one or both sidebars on 404, index, search results, single post, and static pages.

Page templates for additional layout options and also included. The header section items ( logo/slogan row, horizontal menu row, search bar row, hidden leaderboard row) can also be re-arranged. 10 featured category slots available. Sticky posts, feedburner, youtube are all integrated too.

The theme has been recently updated to Version 2 and the latest news about it can be found at the authors site AntiSocialMediallc.com.

The Producer WordPress Theme provides an attractive design right out of the box and allows you to get a unique look for your site without editing a single line of code!

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If you would like to show video on your blog in the style of Google Video or YouTube then the new WordPress plugin WordTube by Alex Rabe is for you. Alex has done a great job in creating this plugin as it makes the process of adding and managing media files such as Videos, MP3s and even pictures very easy. This plugin can transform your blog into a complete Media Center if you wanted to!

WordTube supports the following;

• streaming Video formats .flv and .swf,
• sound files such as MP3
• and also JPG, GIF or PNG picture files.

With WordTube activated in your plugins admin area, you simply insert the tag [MEDIA=ID] into your blog to have it displayed. You can also add a playlist of files when you use the [MYPLAYLIST] tag. You don’t need to change the WYSIWYG mode or have special HTML knowledge to insert such a tag. You can show a single media file (i.e. a flv video) or a playlist of all your media files.

How To Encode A Flash Video

There are several ways to encode your videos so that the can be streamed using the WordTube plugin. You can use the Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash Video Encoder (included in the Stanard installation) or the free version of RIVA FLV Encoder. It’s really easy to encode your Mpeg,Avi or whatever into a flash video (the FLV format).

Installation

Unpack the zip file and upload the folder to your WordPress plugins folder. You will also need the free (for personal use) Flash Media Player plugin from Jeroen Wijering. Download the player from the website and upload the file mediaplayer.swf into the WordTube plugin folder. If you would like to have the Equalizer displayed for MP3s then download the Flash MP3 Player as well. The plugins can now be activated.

Uploading Media Files

You can upload your media files via the Manage->Media Center Upload form or you can manually upload to your blog and select the URL to the file. The file you want to play doesn’t need to be on your server. Note for streaming videos; The Flash player will not show a thumbnail preview so you will need to upload a image thumbnail file. After uploading you can insert the tag [MEDIA=ID] or you show the playlist with the tag [MYPLAYLIST] in your blog.

Download

To have your blog transformed into a very flexible Media Center using the WordTube WordPress plugin please visit the following sites to download the required plugins;

• WordTube Plugin by Alex Rabe.
• Flash Media Player and Flash MP3 Player by Jeroen Wijering

Have Fun!!

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