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Table of Contents
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theme Installation
- 3.How to manage Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 4.How to change Colors?
- 5.How to change Font Setting?
- 6.How to change Background Image?
- 7.How to create a Menu?
- 8.How to Add Widgets?
- 9.How to set Static Front Page?
- 10.How to manage Home/Front Featured Post?
- 11.How to manage Home/Front Featured Advertisement?
- 12.How to manage Theme Options?
- 13.How to Reset All Options?
- 14.Updating Theme Using FTP
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theme Installation
- 3.How to manage Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 4.How to change Colors?
- 5.How to change Font Setting?
- 6.How to change Background Image?
- 7.How to create a Menu?
- 8.How to Add Widgets?
- 9.How to set Static Front Page?
- 10.How to manage Home/Front Featured Post?
- 11.How to manage Home/Front Featured Advertisement?
- 12.How to manage Theme Options?
- 13.How to Reset All Options?
- 14.Updating Theme Using FTP
Amazing Blog
Amazing Blog is a clean, modern fully responsive WordPress blog theme, beautifully crafted to create a stunning blog web pages for personal and business use. With awesome and elegant design, there are tons of features are available in WordPress admin panel. No coding is required to create a professional blog site.
Thank you for using Amazing Pro. After you download your theme from Theme Palace you can choose either of the approaches given below to install your theme.
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- Select Add New.
- Then select Upload Theme.
- Click Browse Locate amazing-blog.zip Theme in your computer.
- Select amazing-blog.zip and click Install Now.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Unzip amazing-blog.zip to your Desktop.
- Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Amazing Blog Theme.
- Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- You will see the theme in the list.
- Then click Activate button.
- Now the theme will be activate and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.
( Hint: We assume we are in “Customize” section for whole theme customization part i.e. Appearance > Customize.)
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Logo: You can change your site’s logo by clicking on “Select Image” and choosing/upload image from Media.The recommended logo size is 165*50.
- If you do not have a logo: If the Logo isn’t used, you can enable title and/or tagline.
1. From Customize section, go to Colors section.
2. Here you can set:
- Basic Colors Options: It includes color options that are applicable for whole site.
- Background Color: Changes overall site background color.
- Site Identity Color: Site title and tagline color
- Heading (H1-H6) Color: Changes overall heading text colors which are wrapped in heading tags.
- Link Color: Changes overall color of links.
- Link Hover Color: Changes overall color of link hover.
- Feature Post Title Color: Changes the feature post title color.
- Amazing Colors Reset: Resetting color options to default.Refresh the page after save to view the effects.
3. If the preview is fine, click on Save and Publish to save the above changes.
1. From Customize section, go to Font Setting.
2. From Font Setting, go to Font Family you wil be able to change:
- Site Identity Font Family: Site title and tagline font family
- H1 – H6 Font Family: Headings font family
3. If preview is fine, click on “Save and Publish” button to save the changes.
1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
2. From Background Image, you will be able to change the background image and select its properties Background Repeat, Background Position and Background Attachment.
3. If preview is fine, click on “Save and Publish” button to save the changes.
1. From Customize section, go to Menus.
2. From Menus, click “Add a menu” button and you will be able to create a menu.
3. After you have created menu you can add items as shown below.
1. From Customize section, go to Menus.
2. From Menus, you will be able to add different menu types namely and you will be able to see the created menu, options to reorder menu, add menu items and choose Menu Locations.
3. If the preview looks fine, save the changes by clicking on Save and publish button.
1. From Customize section, go to Menus and inside it you will find Menu Locations.
2. Here you can:
- Select the menu for Primary menu. Primary menu appears as a main menu in header section.
- Choose the Header Social menu, which shows the social links title as a menu.
3.If the preview looks fine, save the changes by clicking on Save and publish button.
1. From Customize section, go to Menus.
2. From Menus, select Social Menu . Now, add custom links and put your valid social media URLs in each of the links to get social icons in the social menu.
1. From Customize section, go to Widgets.
2. From Widgets, you will be able to manage widgets to Home/Front Page, Sidebar Widget Area AND Footer Area Full Widgets
3. Here, you will be able to Add or Remove Widgets according to your requirement.
4. The theme provides three built in widgets.They are: Amazing Blog Author, Amazing Blog Latest News and Amazing Social Widget
5. You can simply click on Add a Widget button and select various available options according to your requirement.
6. If the preview is fine, you can click on Save & Publish.
1. From Customize section, go to Widgets section and then go to Home/Front Page section.
2. Here you can set widgets for:
Home/Front Page.
3. Add Widgets that are applicable for Home/Front Page.
4.If the preview is fine, you can click on Save & Publish.
1. From Customize section, go to Widgets section and then go to Sidebar section.
2. Here you can set widgets for:
Sidebar.
3. Add Widgets that are applicable for Sidebar.
4.If the preview is fine, you can click on Save & Publish.
1. From Customize section, go to Widgets section and then go to Footer Area Full Widgets section.
2. Here you can set widgets for:
Footer Area .
3. Add Widgets that are applicable for footer area.
4.If the preview is fine, you can click on Save & Publish.
1. From Customize section, go to Static Front Page.
2. From Static Front Page, you will be able to set a page as Static Front Page and you will find your latest posts page option as well.
1. From Customize section, go to Home/Front Featured Post.
2. From Home/Front Featured Post, you will be able to Select a Post for Featured Post of the Home/Front Page.
3. If preview is fine, click on “Save and Publish” button to save the changes.
1. From Customize section, go to Home/Front Featured Advertisement.
2. From Home/Front Featured Section, you wil be able to add Advertisement Image and Advertisement Link.
3. You will also see Open in New Window check box to to open advertisement link in new window.
4. If preview is fine, click on “Save and Publish” button to save the changes.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. Now, here you have different sections and settings for:
- Layout Options
- Breadcrumb Options
- Header Options
- Footer Options
- Custom CSS
The above mentioned section are described below.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options and inside it there is Layout Options.
2. Now, here you can set layouts for:
- Default Layout: The available options are:
( Content – Primary Sidebar, Primary Sidebar – Content OR No Sidebar). Select one options that suits your site.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options and inside it there is Breadcrumb Options.
2. Here you can Enable Breadcrumb by checking the checkbox.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options and inside it there is Header Options.
2. From here, you can Enable Social Menu by checking the checkbox.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options and inside it there is Footer Options.
2. Here you can set Copyright Text.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options and inside it there is Custom CSS.
2. Here you will see a box to write Custom CSS for your site.
1. From Customize section, go to Reset All Options.
2. From Reset All Options, you will be able to reset all the changes and configurations done to all of your options to default.
To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:
- Download the latest version of Amazing Blog from your Theme Palace member My-Account to your Desktop
- Unzip amazing-blog.zip to your Desktop
- Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Amazing Blog Theme which shall replace the old files