Using the Theme

The TEDx theme has been designed with ease of use by introducing many custom post types, and short tags.

Speaker

Speakers are the individual, organization or team giving the talk.

Adding speakers

• Start with adding the Event Year go to Admin > Speakers > Event Year.

A sample event year could be:

Name: 2013
Slug: 2013 (Note: this is used in the Appearances > Customize > Promoted Speaker Year field)
Description: The event year for 2013

• Go to Speakers > Add New

• Fill in the necessary details about the speaker.
• Make sure one or more event year is selected.
• Make sure a feature image is selected. Desired size for the featured image: 240x300

Displaying Speakers

The short tag [speaker_card slug='foo,bar'] can be used to display a list of speakers where foo and bar are the individual speaker slugs, not the category slug. This will allow you to divide speakers to multiple sections.

Talk

Talks are the performance that a speaker gave on stage.

Adding talks

• Start with adding the Talk Year go to Admin > Talks > Talk Year.

A sample talk year could be:

Name: 2013
Slug: 2013 (Note: this is used in the Appearances > Customize > Promoted Talk Year field)
Description: The talk year for 2013

• Go to Talks > Add New

• Fill in the necessary details about the talk.
• Make sure a talk year is selected.
• Make sure a feature image is selected. Desired size for the featured image: 240x300

Displaying Talks

The short tag [talk year='2014' location='archive|homepage' limit='6' ] can be used to display a list of talks.

The available options are:

• year: The talks to display from the talk year.
• title: The header title to display above the talks.
• location: homepage or archive. The style will be different depending on the location defined.
• limit: The number of talks to show.

Schedule

Adding schedule

• Go to Schedule > Add New

• Fill in the necessary details about the schedule item.
• Make sure the Start and End time follows the HH:MM format.

Displaying Schedules

The [schedule] short tag can be used to display a list of schedules.

Partner

Adding partners

• Start with adding the Partner Type go to Admin > Partners > Partner Types.

A sample partner type could be:

Name: Gold
Slug: gold
Description: Gold Partners

• Go to Partners > Add New

• Fill in the necessary details about the partner.
• Make sure one or more partner type is selected.
• Make sure a feature image is selected.

Displaying Partners

The [partner type='gold'] short tag can be used to display a list of partners.

The available options are:

• type: The slug of the parter type to be displayed.
• type_name: The name to be displayed for the partner type.

Team

Adding teams

• Go to Team > Add New Team Member

• Fill in the necessary details about the team member.
• Make sure a feature image is selected.

Displaying Teams

The [team_members] short tag can be used to display a list of team members.