Personify

After you download your theme from Theme Palace, you can choose either of the approaches given below to install your theme:

1. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
2. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
3. Select Add New.
4. Then, select Upload Theme.
5. Click Browse. Locate personify.zip theme in your computer.
6. Select personify.zip and click Install Now.

You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.

1. Unzip personify.zip to your Desktop.
2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Personify Free theme.
3. Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
4. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
5. You will see the theme in the list.
6. Then, click Activate button.
7. Now, the theme will be activated and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.

Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Static FrontPage once you set a page for the Front Page option.

1. From Customize section, go to Static Front Page.
2. From Static Front Page, you will be able to set a page as Front Page and you will find Post Page option as well.

From Front Page :You can set any page as Static Frontpage.

From Post Page : You can set any page as Latest Post.

1. From Customize section, go to Site Identity.
2. From Site Identity, you will be able to add various options related to site identity like:

• • Logo( Only available in WordPress version greater than or equal to 4.5 ): It changes the main logo of the site.
  • Site Title : It changes the main site title of the site.
  • Tagline : It changes the tagline (i.e:Description) of the site.Just below site title.
  • Display Site Title and Tagline: This enables/disables the site title and tagline from the site
  • Site Identity Extra Options
    • Hide All: If you don’t want to display anything in header then click this option.
    • Show All: If you want to display logo title tagline in header then click this option.
    • Title Only: If you want to display only title in header then click this option.
    • Tagline Only: If you want to display only tagline in header then click this option.
    • Logo + Title: If you want to display logo and title in header then click this option.
    • Logo + Tagline: If you want to display logo and tagline in header then click this option.
  • Site Icon : The Site Icon is used as a browser and app icon for your site.Icon must be square and at least 512px wide and tall.

1. From Customize section, go to Colors.
2. From Colors, you will have these options:

• • Header Title Color: This changes the header text color.
  • Header Tagline Color : This changes the header tagline text color.
  • Background Color: This changes the background color of the site.

1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
2. From Background Image, you will see:

Background Image:

•  This will change the background image for the entire site.

Note: Load free theme has two menu location provided as Primary, Social and Footer Menu.

• • Menu Options :

To create menu, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Menu .

OR

You need to create menu from / Customize / Menus / Create Menu .

You can create more menus in similar way. After creating menu, you need to add pages to that menu.

To add pages to the menu, you need to create some pages (For e.g: “About Us” , “Contact”). After creating pages you need to add that pages to the menu.
After you added the pages to the menu set the menu location from / Customize / Menus / Menu Locations /

The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.

1. 1.Site Title & Tagline, Navigation Menu Section
2. Introduction Section
3. About Section
4. Feature Post Section
5. Quotation Section
6. Journey Section
7. Personal Message Section
8. Event Section
9. Testimonial Section
10. Footer Widgets Section
11. Copyright Section

You can see the divided sections in the image below :

The image below shows customizer options for the sections shown above :

To configure Introduction section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Introduction.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Introduction Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Introduction section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Select Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where featured image of that selected Pages is displayed as about section image and section content.

Pages Options: It contains following settings

• • • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.
    • If you want break the title the check the title break option.

To configure About section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / About.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • About Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After About section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Posts : Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose posts from Input Post ID setting where content of that selected post is displayed as post content.

Posts Options : It contains following settings

• • • Input Post ID : This setting allows user to input post ID and get its content.

To configure Featured Posts section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Featured posts Section.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Featured Posts Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Featured Posts Section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Select Category : Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose category from Select Category setting where featured image of latest posts related to that selected category is displayed.

Category Options : It contains following settings

• • • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the contents in their respective position.

• • Featured Image: This setting allows user to set the custom image as the featured image

To configure Quotation section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Quotation.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Quotation Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Quotation section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get the content of that page.

To configure Journey section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Journey.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Journey Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Journey section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get the featured image of that page.

To configure Personal Message section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Personal Message.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Personal Message Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Personal Message section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get the content of that page.

To configure Event section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Event Section.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Event Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Event Section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Event Title:This setting allows user to input Title.
  • Select Category : Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose category from Select Category setting where featured image of latest posts related to that selected category is displayed.

Category Options : It contains following settings

• • • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the contents in their respective position.

• • Select Background Image: This setting allows user to set the custom image as the Select background image

To configure Testimonial section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Sections / Testimonial.
In this panel, you will find these options:

• • Testimonial Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

After Testimonial Section is enabled, you will see following options

• • Testimonial Section Title: Input the title of the section.
  • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the contents in their respective position.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.
3. In Footer Options you will see:

• • Enable Footer On: This allows user to show footer weather on static front page or on entire-site.
  • Show Footer Name:This allows user to show footer name.If footer name is enable then these options are display.
    • First Name: Set the first name on the footer.
    • Last Name: Set the last name on the footer.
  • Copyright: This changes the copyright text of Footer Content.
  • Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.

You will see following sections under Theme Options:

1. Layout
2. Primary Menu
3. Excerpt
4. Blog/Archive
5. Single Post/Page
6. Breadcrumb
7. Pagination
8. Footer Options

The above sections are described below.

This option is used to change the layout option of site also allows to change the Width of the body part.Available site layout is Wide & Boxed.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Layout.
3. In Layout Options you will see:

• • Site Layout : This option is for Site Layout. You can choose either Wide or Boxed.
  • Break Title: First word is highlighted in all inner pages.

This option is used to change the menu sitcky option of site

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Primary Menu.
3. In Primary Menu Options you will see:

• • Make Primary Menu Sticky : This option is for menu sticky. If menu sticky is Yes then the menu is fixed when user scroll.
  • Show Primary Menu Label in Responsive View : It is shown on the side of Bar icon for menu access in responsive view.

This option allows user to set the excerpt length on the archive, blog and search.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Excerpt.
3. In Excerpt Options you will see:

• • Blog Page Excerpt Length: This option allows user to set the excerpt length.
  • Read more text: This option is for text of the read more .

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.
3. In Blog Page you will see:

• • Show Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in blog post.
  • Show Author : You can hide the author image on blog, archive and search page.
  • Show Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in blog post.
  • Show Comment meta: This option allows user to enable/disable views of comment meta in blog.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Single Post.
3. In Single Post you will see:

• • Show Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned on single post.
  • Show Author: This option allows user to enable/disable author box on single post.
  • Show Pagination: This option allows user to enable/disable pagination on single post.
  • Show Category: This option allows user to enable/disable post navigation on single post.
  • Show Tag: This option allows user to enable/disable tag on single post.
  • Show Comments Meta: This option allows user to enable/disable comment meta on single post.

This option allows user to enable/disable breadcrumb on the home-page.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Breadcrumb.
3. Click on Breadcrumb you will see.

• • Enable Breadcrumb : This option enable/disable breadcrumb.
  • Separator: Set the Separator symbol.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Pagination.
3. In Pagination you will see:

• • Pagination Enable: This option enables the pagination on the site.
  • Pagination type : You will see following options:
    • Numeric : This is for numeric pagination option.
    • Older Posts/Newer Posts : Default pagination option.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.
3. In Footer Options you will see:

• Enable Footer On: This allows user to show footer weather on static front page or on entire-site.
• Show Footer Name:This allows user to show footer name.If footer name is enable then these options are display.
  • First Name: Set the first name on the footer.
  • Last Name: Set the last name on the footer.
• Copyright: This changes the copyright text of Footer Content.
• Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.

1. From Customize section, go to Reset all settings..
2. In Reset all settings you will see:

• • Check to reset all settings: Check the Check to reset all settings and refresh the page to reset all theme settings to default.

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

1. Download the latest version of Personify Free theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
2. Unzip personify.zip to your Desktop
3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Personify Free theme which shall replace the old files.