Field Manual

A guidebook publication: a working index by section, a numbered library and guide articles with an outline, a materials list and numbered steps.

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How-to guides, practice notes and reference libraries
Platform
WordPress
Status
On sale
Price
$47 USD
Version
1.3.3
License
WordPress edition: GPL-compatible theme code
Demo photography is licensed separately from theme code

Page inventory

Home: working index with section navigation
Home
Library: all guides
Archive
Guide with outline and steps
Post
About the publication
About
Contact the editor
Contact
Section archive
Archive
Search results
Utility
404
Utility

Design controls

Site Editor
Edit the header, footer, navigation and templates with core blocks in Appearance → Editor. No page builder.
Sections from categories
Categories become the sections in the vertical navigation, library tabs and front-page groups; descriptions appear under each heading.
Starter guide
Make any guide sticky to feature it as guide 01 on the front page.
Guide parts
Guide outline, Materials panel, Margin note and Numbered step block styles, plus a New guide pattern.
Guide numerals
Turn row numbers, step badges and the starter numeral on or off.
Reading width and article options
Text width 520–1040px, article spacing, image corners and an optional reading progress line.
Colours and style variations
Recolour Paper, Graphite, Burnt orange, Cover slate, Cool slate, Rule and Pencil, or switch to Clear or Literary.
Fonts
Inter and Source Serif 4 are served from your own site; choose other fonts in Styles → Typography.

Features

  • Front page lists guides by section with a vertical section rail
  • Numbered starter guide and a separate field-notes panel
  • Library page template listing every guide in numbered rows
  • Guides with a linked outline, materials list and automatically numbered steps
  • Related reading from the same sections under each guide
  • Built from core blocks and ordinary posts
  • Contact links open the visitor's email app; no form service is bundled
  • Native block theme edited in the WordPress Site Editor

What the download includes

  • WordPress block theme: templates, template parts, patterns, theme.json and two style variations
  • Inter and Source Serif 4 font files with SIL Open Font License 1.1 texts
  • GETTING-STARTED.md with a six-step publication setup
  • readme.txt, CHANGELOG.md and LICENSE.txt
  • ASSETS.json recording font and photograph sources, licences and checksums

Setup

  1. Upload the theme ZIP at Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme and activate it.
  2. Create three or four sections under Posts → Categories, with short descriptions.
  3. Optionally create a field-notes category for short notes.
  4. Create a Library page and assign the Library: all guides template, or set it as the Posts page.
  5. Write guides as posts using the New guide pattern; make one sticky as the starter guide.

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