{{ project_name }} WordPress Theme Read Me

This document describes how to install and use your WordPress theme.

Summary

  1. Installation

    1. Activate the theme

      Go to Appearance » Themes and activate the theme

    2. Cleanup old information

      Delete the stock/default page and post that Wordpress creates upon installation

    3. Import sample data provided by us

      Open the provided export.xml file and replace all occurrence of this string {% UPLOADS_DIR %} with one of the following:

      If your blog resides in the root of your public html directory:

      http://<YOUR WEBSITE HOST>/wp-content/uploads

      If it is in a "virtual directory" deeper than your public html directory:

      http://<YOUR WEBSITE HOST>/<VIRTUAL DIRECTORY PATH>/wp-content/uploads

      Go to Tools » Import and import the export.xml with the updated uploads directory

    4. Setup Home Page

      Go to Settings » Reading and set the following:

      • "Front page displays": "A static page (select below)"
      • "Front page": "Home"
      • "Posts page": "Blog"

    5. Setup Menus

      Go to Appearance » Menus and setup the menus.

  2. Plugins

    1. Activate the "Hello World" plugin

      Go to Settings » Hello World and setup plugin options

  3. Content Management

    1. The content of the slider is handled through the {{ CPT }} custom post type. Enter a title for the slide, upload an image via the Image custom field and enter a link for the image to point to, using the Link field.

    2. Page Templates

      • Default Template

        This is the template that will be used by all pages by default.

        The template uses information from the {{ custom-field }} custom field, situated in the {{ panel }} panel under the WYSIWYG editor.

      • Home

        The home page is divided into three sections.

        The top section shows the content you enter for the homepage.

        The middle section pulls content from the latest posts in the blog, showing a featured image for each of them (the featured images are set when editing the post).

        The bottom section shows a random testimonial.

      • Contact/Full Width/Other

    3. Theme Options

      Go to Theme Options » General and setup theme options

    4. Each page can have a unique sidebar associated with it, or a couple of pages could share a common sidebar. In order to determine which sidebar should be visible on each page, edit the page and choose an existing sidebar, or create a new one, by selecting the corresponding item from the Sidebar dropdown that appears on the right.

      After that go to Appearance » Widgets to set up the widgets that would appear in the sidebar.

    5. Shortcodes

      • [hello_world]

        Use this shortcode to ... . The shortcode supports the "message" attribute. Example:

        [hello_world message="Say Hi!"] And also say something else. [/hello_world]