The Digital Business Card Wordpress Theme
I’m proud to present The Digital Business Card Wordpress Theme for public release and download!
Want a copy? Read more about the release, look at some nice screen caps, and download after the jump…
Let’s Keep it Simple…
This theme release was originally a design project customized theme project for a client who was actually willing to give it away to the community after we finished! Seriously, what a nice guy.
Obviously inspired by sites like Card.ly and Tim Van Damme, this theme is perfect for those that need a good “Digital Business Card” or “Digital Curriculum Vitae” or “Personal Branding Landing Page” or even if you simply need a simple website with a few bits of information and links to social networks.
As you can see there are 15 social networks built in (and 50+ more included as alternatives that you can add if you’d like):
With some sleek-sliding jQuery-action, some very sexy social networking icons courtesy of Komodo Media, and an easy to use control panel you’ll be up and running with the quickness!
Check it out:
Demo and Download
Want to see it in action? Check out this live demo here.
Ready to download this thing? Click here to get your copy.
Updated! Made some small changes, download here!
You (like many others) will probably want to get a new domain name for your Digital Business Card, so if you’re in the market for a new host, I’ve got a cool promo here for cheap!
Love to hear your thoughts and let me know if you’re using it! And don’t forget that I have another “Personal Branding Wordpress Theme” here called Ipseity!
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Stoked about trying this. Now I just need to decide if I want to get a new url or create a sub-domain. What would go well with WayneCordova.com ? Any thoughts?
if you're going to be sharing it with a lot of people I'd probably do another domain…
Hey Guys, the original visiting card theme from PremiumThemes.net looks lot better than this.
You should have atleast provided credit to them.
obviously you didn't read the blog post where it was a custom dev off that version… take another look?
and it's licensed under GPL.
I don't know man. This is a lot better than that and you are forgetting something…this one is free. So stop complaining and writing meaningless comments.
Looks great! Downloading now…
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This is nice. Simple and clean, I like it. Gives me some ideas for URLs too…
cool, have fun with it.
Thanks for a great theme John (and your generous client as well). I've stood up a quick version at http://www.marcbentonresume.com . Yes, I did use a unique URL for it.
You mentioned in the write-up that there were 50+ more alternative sites that could be included. Any way to access them or am I just not seeing it?
there's a little code involved, but i included in the theme the full run of profile icons by komodo…
Thanks, I'll look and see if I can figure out the code. I'd like to link to my photography profiles on sites such as DPChallenge, SmugMug and Model Mayhem. This also means I'd need to create new icons for these sites since they are not included in Komodo's collection.
probably. you can always add your own…
The link to you blog is defective. It comes up as "http://http://www.marcbenton.com/"
Just thought I'd let you know!
—Jonathan
whoops. yeah. i fixed that on the theme for download but not on my own…
Thanks John, I have been wanting to do something different with my design webspace for a little while and this is the tool.
Thanks man really appreciate it.
word up!
This theme is awesome. I won't be using it, but it looks awesome. I wish I could use it on kevs.tel, but .TEL domains can't be hosted outside the given servers where it'll display the same boring page for all .TEL domains.
cool!
I like…. Great job John! Great concept.
Very slick!
For people who are thinking about different domains, you could set this as a subdomain – for example if your blog is running at http://www.yourname.com you could use me.yourname.com to run this as a separate profile space.
thanks for that!
Great stuff John. Trying to decide if I want to buy .me or go the subdomain route that Chris mentioned… decisions, decisions.
I didn't d/l it yet but can I add more pages to the nav bar??? Thanks for a simple theme…
you could definitely do that.
Lovely. I've been waiting for a theme like this for a while. Awesome!
have fun with it!
Sweet! Got it downloaded at http://brenthodge.com
One question, Can the contact page be the default when accessing the site, instead of the profile page?
dude…that is awesome!
Thanks Jim!
gotta support my local homies!
yes, you can easily change that by switching the order in the
Excellent!
Got it changed!
sweet!
John, I love this, i just need to figure out what to do for a url name…Jim Gray is taken…i own beaconhillnw.com and commentingninja.com…anyone have any good ideas for me?
hmm. you could always do the subdomina.
That's what I was thinking…an extension of beaconhillnw Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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John, I noticed one thing. Under Theme options/contact info. The blog address bar says to use http:// but when I do this, it doubles the http:// up and makes the page not exist. If I remove the http:// from the blog address line, it works fine. I did notice the verbage underneath that line said "include http://" but it does not need it.
Also made some background color and icon changes.
Love the them!
John. Lovein the theme – http://ryanburns.me
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I was trying to get the title tag to not display "Digital Business Card – Profile." Technically, the title tag does show the title I want, but the javascript seems to overwrite it with the message above. Since I have limited JS skills, I can't find where to modify this. Any pointers?
Thanks for the theme!
in the footer.
Bingo! Thanks fella.
Playing with the theme (again, love it!) and wondered how I could make the contact page the landing page. Any tips? Also, I hate asking "support/help" question on free themes, so can I get your paypal email so I can buy you a cup of coffee or something?
ryan,
i'd love to demo a copy of the mac version of logos on my new 17\” macbook pro…?
you can switch the order by simple changing the
john
DUDE! That is hot!
Awesome that's cool! I am loving ipseity..
Great theme! Love it!!
That is SICK! Lifestreaming is now accessible to the masses
I keep trying to install the theme to a sub-domain and I keep getting this error:
Warning: file(/home/waynecordova/meet.waynecordova.com/wp-content/themes/DigitalBusinessCard/style.css) [function.file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/waynecordova/meet.waynecordova.com/wp-includes/theme.php on line 180
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /home/waynecordova/meet.waynecordova.com/wp-includes/theme.php on line 180
Not sure what to do, I'm still learning wordpress… Any help?
You did it!! It's works great! http://meet.waynecordova.com
good looking…!
I seem to have the same problems as Wayne! Is there an easy fix for that?
I can help if you need bro. shoot me an email at johnsaddington@gmail.com
John, fixed the problem! This is going to be an awesome tool!
http://doninottawa.com
great!
moved my business card to a new site! http://HelloWayne.com
I love it!
nice stuff man…
Is there a way to add secondary static pages? I.E. a resume page and a portfolio page? Thanks.
You could definitely do that if you'd like.
I tried, but I got "plugin doesn't have a valid header"
it's not a plugin… it's a theme.
I don't know why I thought it was a plug-in…d'oh!
yeah…
I am really excited about this. This is such a great idea. Thanks.
sure thing!
Really nice! A big mistake is the cloaking of the real title.
On my site for example (http://www.davidnilsson.nu/) the title in view source is "David Nilsson" but in the browser it says "Digital business card – Profiles"…
You can change that in the footer.php.
Turkish version: http://www.rss-ems.com/blog/1366-turkce-dijital-k...
Thanks so much!
Simple and clean, It looks great, i like it!
Love your theme.
I've tried to add a text-widget but every link I've made creates a new line. Any ideas how to avoid this?
I'd probably hard code it in there for better look and feel…
Of course! Thx!
This is super cool and slick!
Thanks!
http://canearnonline.com
A question — Would this be available as a plugin instead of an entire theme?
Nope, this is an entire theme…
Nice! now i can integrate a page like card.ly in my blog..
thank you.
I’ve got that new “no valid header”!
I can’t use it.
Thank you for this idea, but, as pointed also by others before, I would like also to have the contact page as default. I tried to default the theme to a new page with the link to http://www.tertulia.ro/#contact by creating a page with the following as title <a title="Contact" href="http://www.tertulia.ro/#contact">Contact – trick that worked for normal themes in Wordpress. Here it doesn't seem to work. Is there any option to default to the Contact page?
perhaps i should make an alternative layout…
Thank you, but there is no way to simply swap the pages somewhere in the theme? I have no php programming experience but maybe I'll look out in the source files and figure out a way to do that.
You could definitely do that by changing one line of code.
Thanks, I've been looking around and already figured that out.
Clever, clean and needed. Thanks for this wondrous idea!
Resembles the Visiting Card theme a lot, but loving this one too, nonetheless.
well, that's because it was built off of it!
Thanks John. Just added the theme to my personal site: http://www.jordanlyall.com/
Great theme! Thanks!
Awesome theme! I just redid my old website with this theme. I modded it a bit and came up with this:
http://jjwright85.com/
nice buddy, thanks
looks fantastic!!
enjoy!
I'm using it now! http://www.grahambrenna.com/
So, How do I update this theme in wordpress
you code it…?
Ahhh, I uploaded it to wordpress and open the editor no way to code
perhaps your permissions are broken.
how do i edit this to display the contact page first. or both pages together? if i disable javascript its *perfect* (the stars indicate a sense of urgency and desire for this other format).
someone please help. my life depends on this change. nothing in the universe is more important (or ever will be)
you can just change one line of code in the backend. i think i answered this somewhere else in the comments…
Okay, Do you code the theme in Wordpress or in a editor. Uploaded to Wordpress, but doesn't work.
Wordpress install failed
How do I add more pages to the template
have to do that manually…
Awesome theme dude! Id like some advice on domains. Michaelmurphy.com .co.uk .me are all taken and i want to start using the digital bus card rather than paper versions. I dont want to use a sub domain, does anyone have any ideas for me?
yo…http://www.jimgrayonline.com you are a rockstar…
It does´nt work in IE 8 ?
How can I setup it? I can't. Please help..
you need your own copy of WP installed.
nice theme, http://visit.lovenyberg.se/
Thanks!
Ok John be proud of me, I read every single comment pertinent comment here to make sure that my question wasn't already answered. Would you be terribly offended if I removed your link in the footer? I mean, GPL vs. CC, you won't mind, right?
I'm running it here.
P.S. Don't worry about the people who don't seem to understand WP, it's called life, they'll figure it out. Just keep cranking out those themes, the rest of the world will love you for it.
Ok John be proud of me, I read every single comment pertinent comment here to make sure that my question wasn't already answered. Would you be terribly offended if I removed your link in the footer? I mean, GPL vs. CC, you won't mind, right?
I'm running it here.
P.S. Don't worry about the people who don't seem to understand WP, it's called life, they'll figure it out. Just keep cranking out those themes, the rest of the world will love you for it.
It’s simply wonderful…
Very great theme ! Congratulations !
Wish your business card theme was available via Wordpress’s Themes directory. I’m not sure how you get one listed, but it would be cool. Nothing came up like it when you search for businesses card, or put the name of your theme in there.
This is a great theme. Just what I have been looking for……Many thanks.
Dear Theme creator,
this theme is awesome! I have been looking for something like this for years! Is there any way to add aditional pages, for example, I would like to add a page for my curriculum vitae. thanks!
you’re welcome!
you could!
Thank you very much!
I’ll make this my main theme for my personal domain name.
Thanks again!
Can I add another tab like Profiles and Contact.. Juz wanna add an about me paragraph.
yes, you could try!
I did and it wasn’t to difficult to work (even without any .php experience).
great! glad you like it.
John, most excellent theme. I haven’t the time to devote to a personal blog, so this works perfect for me.
Having a bit of a problem with the sexybookmarks (http://sexybookmarks.net/documentation/usage-installation) plugin though. I’m working with the plugin developer and he hasn’t been able to fix it yet. Wondering if you might know anything about why it wont work with this theme and what I can do to fix it? I’m trying to add the bookmarks just after “The DBC Theme” as you can see on my site. All I get are the links.
Thanks in advance for any insight. Wish I knew .php.
not sure. it may be a problem with this theme, but, i would have to dig in.
The plugin developer fixed the problem. Apparently the theme didn’t have in the header.php file. Might want to add it for future versions/themes. Thanks again for a great theme John.
Thank you so much!
I made my own by your great work!
http://www.wongc.com/me
I love the idea… however, is it possible for me to easily edit the icons used – and the links where they go, so I can put book covers in place of the icons and url pointing to the sales page for the book?
Awesome Theme! Thank you so much. I put it up for homie’s page at http://maddchadd.com. I’d actually love to take away the navigation as a and place the networks all on one page vertically. I don’t know how but do you mind if I mess with it? Or even better if you have time feel free to toss me some hints.
Either way I really appreciate you developing this. THANKS!
ace
word up dude. enjoy! we used to dance together, you probably don’t even remember me though.
Really fantastic theme mate! Very easy but effective. Just skinned this beauty at: arkarthick.com/about/ -I’ve a Q though (I’m a newbie to WP!) How to add my tumblr link to my profiles page? Thanks in advance.
you’ll have to do this through the code or manually.