To get a better idea what I mean by “auto-scroll,” simply look at the home page of this site. You’ll notice the featured articles scroll automatically form one to the next. If you’d like to implement this feature on your site, it’s pretty simple.

First, open your Featured Articles template. To find the Featured Articles template, click the Presentation link on your WordPress control panel, then click Theme Editor. From the list of files on the right, select “Feature Articles on Home Page.”

On the following page, scroll to the bottom, and find this block of code:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  var my_glider = new Glider('my-glider', {duration:0.5});
</script>

Change it to this:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  var my_glider = new Glider('my-glider', {duration:0.5, autoGlide:true, frequency:8});
</script>

You can adjust the time period between article rotations by changing the “8″ in the above code.

And that’s it.

• Home page option 2 – This was my original 2-column layout that uses image thumbnails for each post.
• Home page option 3 – This is a 3-column layout without image thumbnails. It looks more like a traditional blog
• Home page option 4 – Another 2-column layout that looks more like a traditional blog.
• Home page option 5 – And last but not least, a 2-column layout that uses image thumbnails and places posts side-by-side.

To change your home page layout is a breeze.

Step 1 – Login to Your WordPress Site Via FTP, and Find Your Index Page Templates

In your theme folder, you will find 5 different index page templates. There are named index.php, index2.php, index3.php, index4.php and index5.php. Click the image to the right to enlarge.

Step 2 – Change the File Names to Reflect Your Chosen Home Page Layout

To select a new home page layout, first, change the index.php file to index1.php. Then, change the filename of your chosen home page layout to index.php. Refresh your browser, and you should see the new home page layout.

To Change Your Archive Page Layout, Follow the Same Steps Above

There are 4 different archive page layouts.

• Archive page option 1 – This is the one currently active on the site.
• Archive page option 2 – Click the link to see a screenshot.
• Archive page option 3 – Click the link to see a screenshot.
• Archive page option 4 – Click the link to see a screenshot.

The filename for your archive page templates are archive.php, archive2.php, archive3.php and archive4.php. To use a different archive page layout, just change archive.php to archive1.php, and change your chosen archive page layout to archive.php.

To Change Your Single Post Page Layout, Follow the Same Steps Above

There is the standard 2-column single post page with the filename single.php. Then you also have a 3-column version of the single post page which has a filename single2.php.

To use the 3-column version, simply rename single.php to single1.php. Then rename single2.php to single.php.

How simple is that?