Busyness

Busyness, with its aesthetically pleasant and modern looking design, is a Multipurpose Corporate WordPress theme fully capable of handling the needs and requirements of an enormously vast range of corporate and portfolio websites.

There are two approaches to installing the theme. You can either install it easily via the WordPress admin dashboard or Upload and install the theme through FTP client.

• Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
• Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
• Select Add New.
• Type “Busyness” in Search themes… box
• It will show Busyness and click on it and Install. Once installation is complete you can activate it.

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

1. Download busyness.zip to your Desktop.
2. Unzip busyness.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 Busyness Theme.
4. Now, log into the WordPress Dashboard with your login details.
5. Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
6. You will see the theme “Busyness” in the list.
7. Then click Activate button.
8. Now the theme will be activate and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.

Free themes are hosted in WordPress.org and while hosting there, we are not allowed to add demo content in the theme. So, you need to download the demo content file manually and import them.

Please follow the instructions below to import demo file:

1. First, download the demo content zip file by clicking the button below
   Download Demo File
2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
3. Go to “Appearance => Plugins => Add New” and in the plugin search box, type “Catch Themes Demo Import“.
4. It will show the plugin, click on the “Install Now” button and wait for it to show the “Activate” button and click on it.
5. After activation, it will redirect you to the demo import dashboard at “Appearance => Catch Themes Demo Import”.
6. Now, you need to unzip/extract the busyness-demo-data.zip file that you have downloaded, which contains 3 files.
7. Browse busyness-content.xml file under Choose an XML file for content import:
8. Browse busyness-widgets.wie file under Choose a WIE or JSON file for widget import:
9. Browse busyness-customizer.dat file under Choose a DAT file for customizer import:
10. Finally, click on the Import Demo Data button only once and wait for it to complete the import.
11. It can take a couple of minutes and will display “That’s it, all done!” message after the import is completed.

For Site Identity: Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity” and you will see option for Logo, Site Title, Tagline and Site Icon.

1. Logo:
   • To upload logo, click on “Select Logo” and if you already have logo then you can replace the existing logo by clicking on “Change logo”
   • Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
   • Finally, click on “Publish”
2. Site Title: You can just type in the title such as brand name of your site and click on “Publish”
3. Tagline: You can just type in the Tagline, such as your brand slogan of your site and click on “Publish”
4. If you want to disable Site Title and Tagling then just uncheck “Display Site Title and Tagline”. Finally click on “Publish”
5. Site Icon: It is also commonly know as Favicon. Site Icons are what you see in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and within the WordPress mobile apps. Click on “Select site icon” and if you already have site logo then you can replace the existing site icon by clicking on “Change image”

This theme supports the default background image functionality of WordPress core. So, you can add a background image to your site as per your needs.

How to Add/Replace Background Image?
Go to “Appearance => Customize => Background Image”, click on “Select image” and if you already have background image then you can replace the existing image by clicking on “Change image”. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library. There are order options like preset, image positions, image size, repeat background, and scroll. You can adjust as per your need and finally click on the “Publish” button.

Note: This only changes the background of the main content area and not the overall site background.

Custom Menus are a list of common links that are usually displayed as the main navigation for your site. The menu location can vary depending on your theme. This theme offers 2 menu locations.

1. Primary Menu: This is the main menu of the theme and it will show on the header section
2. Social Menu: This theme also support social links menu. When you assign menu to this location, it will automatically convert menu items to corresponding icons for popular social media sites

To create custom menus

1. Go to “Apperance => Customize => Menus”
2. If your theme already has a primary menu, you can click on it to begin editing
3. If your theme does not already have a primary menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
4. Give your menu a name
5. Select Menu Locatons where you want the menu to appear, as mention above this theme have 4 menu locations
6. Click “Next” to begin adding items to your new menu. There are default menu items like
   • Custom Link: Adds a custom URL linking to another site or social site
   • Pages: Add a link to page on your site
   • Posts: Add a link to post on your site
   • Categories: Add a link to cateogry on your site, which will show blog posts from a given category
   • Tags: Add a link to tag on your site, which will show blog posts from a given tag

This theme also supports the social links menu. You need to create a social menu the same as a custom menu and just add like to your social site using custom links.

1. Go to “Apperance => Customize => Menus”
2. If your theme already has a social menu, you can click on it to begin editing
3. If your theme does not already have a social menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
4. Give your menu a name, best will be like “Social Menu”
5. Select “Social Menu” on Menu Locations
6. Click “Next” to begin adding items to your social menu
7. Click on “Add Items” and click on “Custom Link”
8. Add the address for one of your social media profiles in the URL field. For example, if the link to your Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/wenthemes/, you would copy that into the URL field
9. You can also enter a name for the social media profile in the Link Text field. Once you’re ready, click Add to Menu
10. Repeat the above steps until all the social media profiles you wish to use have been added to the menu
11. Finally, click Publish

To make your primary menu as a sticky menu, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Header Menu”, then check in the option “Make Menu Sticky” and click on “Publish” button.

Posts and pages can have a single featured image, which theme uses to enhance the presentation of your site. So, it’s generally good practice to add featured image in our post and page the time of creation. But if you missed adding the featured image, then you can further edit the post and page and add the featured image.

Follow the instruction below to add a featured image:

1. Either you are adding new page/post or editing existing page/post. Just be in the page/post editor of the page/post in which you want to add featured image
2. Then locate the “Featured Image” module on the right side
3. Click Set Featured Image
4. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and click on “Set Featured Image” button
5. If you are creating new page/post, then you can click on “Publish” button but if you are editing existing page/post, then you can click on “Update”

This theme supports the default header image functionality of WordPress core. So, you can add a header image to your site as per your needs.

How to Add/Replace Header Image?
Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”, you will see the Default Header image that came with the theme. If you want to replace that then click on “Add new image”. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and finally click on the “Publish” button.

Note: Header image will be disabled in Homepage if you have enabled “Slider”.

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

1. Your latest posts: When you choose this option your homepage will display your latest posts. This option is used when you are creating a simple blog site. But if you want a static front page with custom sections then you need to go with “a static page” option.
2. A static page: When you choose this option, you will be able to select the page for your Homepage as well as the page to show your latest posts in Posts page. That is why you will get the following two options
   • Homepage: Here you can select any page which you want to show in your homepage. Note: All the custom sections of homepage will only be visible on Homepage once you set a page for the Homepage Setting option.
   • Posts page: Here you can select any page where you want to show all your latest posts

To set up content like in the demo homepage:

1. First, you need to create a page for homepage
2. Then you need to this page as Homepage from “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Settings”, click on “A static page”. Here you can also assign another page for your blog but this is optional
3. Then, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections”. In this theme, you have following options in Homepage Sections
   • Main Slider
   • Services
   • About
   • Call To Action
   • Blog

Main Slider: This option enables you to showcase your main image and content for your site in a slide.

Busyness theme supports Page sliders.

So, to add slider, please follow the instructions as below:

1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections => Main Slider” and Enable “Slider Section Enable”.
2. Slider Autoplay Enable: This option will allow you to do continious slide your images whithout a need to click pager or arrows
3. Slider Button Label: Here you can change the main button text in the slider.
4. Select Page: Here you can select the page that you want to show in your slider.
5. After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button

Note:

1. Page slider will show the page Featured Image, title, and the excerpt of the content. So, don’t forget to add Featured Image in your Page

Services section can be used to display the selected page to showcase your about or any important content.

To enable/disable About section, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections => Services” and select desired options. After you make all the necessary adjustments. Finally, click the “Publish” button.

About section can be used to display the selected page to showcase your about or any important content.

To enable/disable About section, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections => About” and select desired options. After you make all the necessary adjustments. Finally, click the “Publish” button.

Call to Action section can be used to display any important notice/offers/message to your site visitors. Please follow the instructions below to add your own call to actions:

Please follow the instructions below:

1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections => Call to Action” and Enable “Call to Action Section Enable”.
2. Then fill in the necessary items as per your need
3. After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button

The blog section can be used to display your blog post in a static front page. Please follow the instructions below to add blog post:

Please follow the instructions below:

1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Homepage Sections => Blog” and Enable “Blog Section Enable “.
2. Title: Title for the Blog section
3. Content Type: This option will allow you switch between the various blog type that theme has. So, select the one that fits your need
4. Then fill in the necessary items as per your need
5. After you make all the necessary adjustment. Finally, click “Publish” button

Theme options are specific options or customization elements related to theme elements. These elements enhance the site features.

We have 10 main elements:

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

To enable/disable breadcrumb, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Breadcrumb” and select desired option in “Breadcrumb Type”.

You can change the Site layout from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout”. Here you can change Site Layout, Global Sidebar Position, Posts Sidebar Position, and Pages Sidebar Position.

You can change the Blog Page Excerpt Length and Read more label from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt”.

You can show or hide meta in Blog/Archive from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Blog/Archive”.

You can show or hide meta in single post from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Single Post”.

1. First, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Pagination”
2. Then, select the desire type in “Pagination Type”
3. Finally, click on “Publish” button

For, this you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Footer Options”.

In Footer Options you will see:

• Copyright Text: From here you can edit/delete the copyright text for your site
• Footer Social Menu: This option enables the social menu in the footer section. (Note:You need to manage location of social menu from Admin Panel => Menus)
• Display Scroll Top Button: This option enables the go to top icon in the site

You can use the CSS editor to customize the appearance of your site. It works by allowing you to add your own CSS styles, which allows you to override the default styles of your Theme. To access the CSS editor, go to “Appearance = Customize => Additional CSS”.

Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars (Widget Areas) of your site. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your sidebars (Widget Areas).

This theme has 9 Sidebars (widget areas):

1. Sidebar: This is your site main sidebar, which is displayed on the right or left side of your site content. This sidebar is visible only when you select “Global Sidebar Position” as “Right Sidebar” and “Left Sidebar”
2. Footer Widget 1: This in your first sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
3. Footer Widget 2: This in your second sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
4. Footer Widget 3: This in your third sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
5. Footer Widget 4: This in your fourth sidebar section in Footer, which is displayed on the bottom of your site
6. Optional Sidebar 1: This is an extra sidebar 1 which you can select in any of your page or post. This sidebar can replace sidebar
7. Optional Sidebar 2: This is an extra sidebar 2 which you can select in any of your page or post. This sidebar can replace sidebar
8. Optional Sidebar 3: This is an extra sidebar 3 which you can select in any of your page or post. This sidebar can replace sidebar
9. Optional Sidebar 4: This is an extra sidebar 4 which you can select in any of your page or post. This sidebar can replace sidebar

Note: To change the Global layout of your site, you need to go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout”

You can reset the theme settings to default. For this, go to “Appearance => Customize => Reset All Settings”

Reset all theme settings: This option reset all the theme settings along with custom header and background will be reset to default.Note: Refresh the page after save to view full effects.