Blargo is a child theme of Largo. While Largo is a great theme to get started, we wanted to make it even easier for new news publishers to get started. It adds several features, and most importantly, is ad-friendly.
It was build in partnership with the New Jersey News Commons.
Here are some features you get when you use Blargo:
- 2x 2-column layout with width optimized for IAB-standard ad sizes
- Fixed-width (with responsiveness) or fluid, full width layout
- The addition of an ad zone right of the logo (468x60)
- The addition of a "Monster" ad zone at the top of the page (728x90 or 960x?)
- Seamless integration with Broadstreet's ad manager (free under 100k monthly impressions)
- Built in ad zone widget
- Responsive styling of ads
- Several basic color schemes
- Ability to set a site background image/wallpaper
- Ability to set transparency on the content area
- More, like the tweaking of some unrefined largo styles
- Install the Blargo theme
- Go to Admin Menu->Ad Management and follow the instructions
- Go to the Widgets page and drag the Ad Zone widget to the widget areas where you would like ads to appear
- Log into Broadstreet's dashboard and start uploading ads
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