Installing The Article Directory Theme
Step 1
Use your favorite FTP client to upload the Article Directory Theme folder to wp-content/themes.
Step 2
Log into the WordPress admin - click on Appearance - Click the word Activate under the Article Directory Theme icon.
Under Appearance, you should now see a new link titled Theme Options.  Click that link.
Step 3
Click the Miscellaneous tab.
Check the box to enable header modifications.
974 is the width of the header background image.
150 is the height of the header background image.
Set the width of your logo image 475 so your blog title and slogan will wrap if necessary.
Under the Right Side Widget area set the width to 475 and set the height as 130 or less.  With these dimensions, you will be able to place rotating banners in the header widget that are either 468 x 60 or 125 x 125.
The Header widget operates just like any other widget within the theme.
Click the Save Settings button.
Step 4
Click the Widgets link under Appearance.  Remove the Search, Archives, and Meta blocks from the Primary Widget area.
Add a Text block to the first position of the Primary widget area.  Add the code shown below to this Text block and click Save.  This is the code that allows authors to register at your site or log in to submit articles.
<?php if (function_exists('article_directory_authorization_form')) article_directory_authorization_form(); ?>
Step 5
And a Text block to the header right widget area.  Place the code below in this Text block if you wish to use rotating banners then click save.
<?php echo adrotate_banner('1'); ?>
When you go to add banners, you will need to create a group numbered one.  You can mix multiple size banners within this same group.
Step 6
Under settings, configure DDSitemapGen.  I like to display a maximum of 100 items per page and then choose the pagination preferences you prefer and save your options.  After completing this step, add a new page titled Sitemap.  Click on the HTML tab then paste in this code <!-- ddsitemapgen -->
While still in edit page, check sociable disabled.  Under discussion, uncheck allow comments and uncheck allow ping backs and trackbacks on this page.  Click publish.
Step 7
Click on add new page.  Title this page Archives.  Click template on the right for the drop down menu click Archives and disable sociable, comments, pingbacks and trackbacks like you did for the Sitemap page then click the Publish button.
Step 8
Create an Author Panel page and an RSS Feeds page using the same procedure you did in Step 7.
You will need some additional pages.  These are:
Privacy Policy
Terms Of Service
Disclaimer
Author Submission Guidelines
Support - I suggest that you install the Hesk help desk script instead of using an e-mail address because it looks more professional and you are less likely to be inundated by spam.

Step 9

You can edit both the style sheet and the theme images to the colors that you wish to use for your article directory.