Arturo takes advantage of many of the new features available in WordPress 3.1. You can create a custom menu, add a background image to the header section, select a specific color for your site background or use an image and so much more. Arturo is even built to be used with a Multi-Site network.

Here is the arturo_slideshow() code and all of its arguments:

$args = array(
	'type' => 'faderota',
	'cat' => '',
	'postnum' => 4,
	'width' => theme_option('content_width'),
	'height' => 260,
	'excerpt' => 35
);
arturo_slideshow($args);

Every argument can be customized for your needs. Here is the block of code I used to change the demo to display the Scrollerota slideshow:

remove_action('arturo_index_top', 'arturo_index_top_slideshow');
add_action('arturo_index_top', 'new_index_top_slideshow');
function new_index_top_slideshow() {
   global $paged;
   $args = array(
      'type' => 'scrollerota',
      'cat' => '1'
   );
    if(is_home() && $paged < 2) arturo_slideshow($args);
}

Notice that I have added a conditional statement that will only display the slideshow on the front page and no subsequent pages.

If I would have wanted to add the Sliderota plugin instead, it would have looked like this:

remove_action('arturo_index_top', 'arturo_index_top_slideshow');
add_action('arturo_index_top', 'new_index_top_slideshow');
function new_index_top_slideshow() {
   global $paged;
   $args = array(
      'type' => 'sliderota',
      'cat' => '1'
   );
    if(is_home() && $paged < 2) arturo_slideshow($args);
}

With “Full Width” selected, all sidebars will disappear and your post or page will fit the entire width of your site.

You can even display a full width video if you want.

If you wish to add more ad space to your site, it is easy using Custom Actions.

Here is a quick tutorial on how you can add an AdSense spot at the top of your first sidebar:

function adsense_sidebar_spot() {
   <div class="side-widget">
      <script type="text/javascript">
            google_ad_client = "XXXXXXX";
            google_ad_width = 300;
            google_ad_height = 250;
            google_ad_format = "300x250_as";
            google_ad_type = "text_image";
            google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
            google_color_bg = "0000FF";
            google_color_link = "FFFFFF";
            google_color_text = "000000";
            google_color_url = "008000";
      </script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
   </div>
}
add_action('arturo_sidebar_top', 'adsense_sidebar_spot');

Just place the above code into your Custom Actions editor and voila!

The above image is actually 722pixels wide, but it adjusts to fit perfectly inside your main content box. To make the full size image appear on the front page, you just need to set the post format (new in WordPress 3.1) to “Image”.

If you navigation through your site once the guides are turned on, you will see all of the different actions you can hook into to customize Arturo.

Here are some easy examples to get your started.

How to move the navigation menu to the top of the header:

remove_action('arturo_header_bottom', 'arturo_navmenu');
add_action('arturo_header_top', 'arturo_navmenu');

How to remove the “Read More” link from the index page:

remove_action('arturo_index_post_bottom', 'arturo_readmore');

How to remove the author box on single posts:

remove_action('arturo_single_bottom', 'arturo_authorbox');

Just add the above code to the Custom Actions editor to see it work.

We have also included some Framework Guides that you can switch on and off in the Layout Options. With the guides on, you can see every single action that you can hook into to customize Arturo.

Check out the Support Forum for tons more.

To make an embedded video appear on the front page, you need select “Video” as your post format.