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Blogpost Pro

1.Theme Installation

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

1.1.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.

  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 blogpost-pro.zip theme in your computer.
  6. Select blogpost-pro.zip and click Install Now.

1.2.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client

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

  1. Unzip blogpost-pro.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 Blogpost Pro 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.

2.How to set Homepage setting?

From Customize section, go to Homepage Setting you will see two option.

  • Your latest posts: When you choose this option then you will see these options.
    • Your Latest Posts Title : This option only works if Static Front Page is set to “Your latest posts.” This option allows to set the title.
    • A static page: you will be able to set a page as Front Page and you will find Post Page option as well.
      Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Homepage setting once you set a page for the Homepage Setting option.

      From Homepage : you can set any page as Homepage .

      From Posts Page : you can set any page as Blog.

    • Enable content : Check to display Homepage’s content. If this option is enable then the content of homepage is displayed. For Example “Home” is set as the front page then content of home is displayed at home page design after enable this option.

    2.1.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?

    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.

    2.2.How to manage Colors?

    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.

    • Theme Version: This changes the theme version of the site.
    • Color Scheme: This changes the theme color of the site.

    2.3.How to manage Header Image ?

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

    • Header Image This changes the header image.

    2.4.How to manage Background Image?

    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.

    2.5.How to create a menu?

    Note: This theme has two menu location provided as Primary and Social.

    • 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 /.
      Three locations are available.

    • Header Menu:

      • Make Menu Sticky : This option is for menu sticky. If menu sticky is enable then the menu is fixed when user scroll.
      • Menu Search Enable : If enable search is enable then the search icon will be shown in last of the primarymenu bar.

    2.6.How to create a Widget?

    1. From Customize section, go to.

    2. From Widgets, you will be able to Add and Remove widgets.


    Note:
    If you want to add widget area in footer then you must add widgets in Footer Widget 1, Footer Widget 2, Footer Widget 3, Footer Widget 4
    Sidebar: This sidebar is default sidebar area. This sidebar area is dispaly at blog page, single blog pages, pages.

    Popular Post Section Sidebar: This sidebar area is displayed at popular post section.

    3.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?

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

    1. Home Page Layout
    2. Main Section
    3. Call To Action
    4. Blogger
    5. Testimonail
    6. Latest Posts
    7. Weekly Top

    These section’s content are display when you choose a static page option on Homepage Setting.

    Catch Themes Demo Import Plugins are high recommended Plugins in this theme. Catch Themes Demo Import Import is recommended for demo import of this theme. To import the dummy demo data:

  • First Install Catch Themes Demo Import Plugin and active this plugin.
  • Then go to Dashboard-> Appearance -> Import Demo Data
  • Then click Import demo data button.

    • Note: You need to import demo data in fresh wordpress otherwise existing posts, pages, categories, images, custom post types or any other data will be deleted or modified.

    Contact Form 7 Contact Form 7 is recommended in this theme to create custom form.

    JetPack Jet pack is recommended in this theme for better security performance and to keep the site protected.

    WooCommerce WooCommerce is recommended in this theme.

    You can see the divided sections in the image below :

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

    3.1.Home Page Layout

    To configure Home Page Layout section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Home Page Layout.

    In this panel, you will find:

    • Select Homepage layout: This setting allows user to changes the home page layout.

      • How to manage Homepage Sortable?

    • In Home Page Layout you will see sortable lists of selected layout.

      • In this Option you can change position of section. If you want Featured Article section is above of Header Post Section you can drag Featured Article section and drop on above the Header Post Section.

    3.2.Main Section

    To configure Main Section section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Main Section.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Main Section section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Slider Auto Play Enable : This setting allow user to enable auto play in main section slider.
      • Section Title : This setting allow user to set Title of the section.
      • Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the section.
      • Number of Post : This setting allow user to set number of slider posts to show.

      • Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category ) which allow user to select title from one of those.
        • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.

          • Pages Options : It contains following settings

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

        • Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.

          • Posts Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.

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

          • Category Options : It contains following settings

    3.3.Call To Action

    To configure Call To Action section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Call To Action.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Call To Action Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.

      • After Call To Action section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set sub title of Call To Action section.

      • Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Custom ) which allow user to select title from one of those.
        • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.

          • Pages Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text.
          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of Call To Action posts to show.

        • Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.

          • Posts Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text.
          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of Call To Action posts to show.

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

          • Custom Options : It contains following settings

          • Custom Title : This setting allows user to set custom title for call to action section
          • Custom Content : This setting allows user to set custom content for call to action section
          • Custom Image : This setting allows user to set custom image for call to action section
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text.
          • Custom Button Link : This setting allow user to set custom button link

    3.4.Blogger

    To configure Blogger section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Blogger.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Blogger section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Title : This setting allow user to set Title of the section.
      • Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the section.
      • Number of Post : This setting allow user to set number of posts to show.
      • Select Multiple Category : This setting allow user to select the category to show on blogger section

    3.5.Testimonial

    To configure Testimonial section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Testimonial.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    • Testimonial Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
    • Auto Play Testimonial Enable: Check to auto play testimonial sider on home-page otherwise Uncheck to disable auto play on testimonial slider.

      • After Testimonial section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set sub title of testimonial section.
      • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of testimonial posts to show.

      • Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category ) which allow user to select title from one of those.
        • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.

          • Pages Options : It contains following settings

          • Number of Post : This setting allow user to set number of posts to show.
          • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
          • Select Desination: This setting allows user to set destination of particular member/person.

        • Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.

          • Posts Options : It contains following settings

          • Number of Post : This setting allow user to set number of posts to show.
          • Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
          • Select Desination: This setting allows user to set destination of particular member/person.

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

          • Category Options : It contains following settings

          • Number of Post : This setting allow user to set number of posts to show.
          • Select Desination: This setting allows user to set destination of particular member/person.
          • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of post within that category.

    3.6.Latest Posts

    To configure Latest Post section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Latest Post.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Latest Post section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Title : This setting allow user to set title of Latest Post section.
      • Number of post : This setting allow user to set number of Latest Post to shown.

      • Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Recent ) which allow user to select title from one of those.
        • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.

          • Pages Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image that page.
          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of testimonial posts to show.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Load More Post Button Text.

        • Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image of that selected posts is displayed.

          • Posts Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image of that post.
          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of testimonial posts to show.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Load More Post Button Text.

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

          • Category Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image of the posts within that category.
          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of testimonial posts to show.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Load More Post Button Text.

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

          • Recent Options : It contains following settings

          • Excerpt Length : This setting allow user to set number of testimonial posts to show.
          • Excluding : This setting allows user to select categories that they want to exclude.
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text
          • Read More Text : This setting allow user to set Load More Post Button Text.

    3.7.Weekly Top

    To configure Weekly Top section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Weekly Top.

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Weekly Top section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Title : This setting allow user to set title of Latest Post section.
      • Number of post : This setting allow user to set number of Latest Post to shown.

      • Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Recent ) which allow user to select title from one of those.
        • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.

          • Pages Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image that page.
          • Column Layout: This setting allows the user to select the column layout for displaying the weekly top

        • Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where featured image of that selected posts is displayed.

          • Posts Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image of that post.
          • Column Layout: This setting allows the user to select the column layout for displaying the weekly top

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

          • Category Options : It contains following settings

          • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image of the posts within that category.
          • Column Layout: This setting allows the user to select the column layout for displaying the weekly top

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

          • Recent Options : It contains following settings

          • Exculding : This setting allows user to select categories that they want to exclude.
          • Column Layout: This setting allows the user to select the column layout for displaying the weekly top

    4.How to manage Theme Options?

    You will see following sections under Theme Options:

    1. Loader
    2. Breadcrumb
    3. Excerpt
    4. Layout
    5. Blog/Archive
    6. Single Post
    7. Pagination
    8. Typography
    9. Footer Option

    The above sections are described below.

    4.1.How to manage Loader?

    This option is used to enable/disable loader.

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

      • Enable Loader : This enables the loader image when the page is fully not loaded.

    4.2.How to manage Breadcrumb?

    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.

    4.3.How to manage Excerpt?

    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.

    4.4.How to manage Layout?

    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 change the layout of site
    • Global Sidebar Position : This option is for Global Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or Left sidebar or No Sidebar .
    • Posts Sidebar Position : This option is for Posts Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or Left sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.
    • Pages Sidebar Position : This option is for Pages Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or Left sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.

    4.5.How to manage Blog/Archive Options?

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.

    3. In Blog Page you will see:

    • Column Layout : This setting allow user to set column layout of blog/archive.
    • Hide Category: This option allows user to enable/disable Post Category assigned in blog post.

    4.6.How to manage Single post Options?

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.

    3. In Single post you will see:

    • Hide Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in single post.
    • Hide Author : You can hide the author image on single post.
    • Hide Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in single post.
    • Hide Tag: This option allows user to enable/disable views of tag in single post.

    4.7.How to manage Pagination?

    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.
      • Infinite Scroll : This options allow to show infinite number of posts on scroll.

    4.8.How to manage Typography?

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

    • Choose Site Title Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for Site Title.
    • Choose Site Description Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for Site Description.
    • Choose Menu Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for menu section.
    • Choose Heading Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for every section’s Header/Title.
    • Choose Sub Heading Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for every section’s Sub Header/Title.
    • Choose Button Label Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for every section’s button.
    • Choose Body Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for every section’s body text.
    • Choose Button Label Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for every section’s button label text.

    1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

    2. From Theme Options, you will see Footer Options.

    3. In Footer Options you will see:

      To configure footer widget, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / widgets / Footer widget.

      You can add 5 Footer Widget fields.

    • Copyright text : This changes the copyright text of Copyright content.
    • Footer Logo : This setting allows user to set footer logo on footer section
    • Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.

    5.How to manage Reset all settings?

    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.

    6.How to manage Additional CSS?

    1. From Customize section, go to Additional CSS..
    2. Additional CSS you will see:

      • You can add your own CSS here.

    7.Updating Theme Using FTP

    To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

    1. Download the latest version of Blogpost Pro theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
    2. Unzip blogpost-pro.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 Blogpost Pro theme which shall replace the old files.
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