Greatnews Pro

After you purchase and 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 greatnews-pro.zip theme in your computer.
6. Select greatnews-pro.zip and click Install Now.

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

1. Unzip greatnews-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 Greatnews 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.

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

• 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.

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 Site Tile text color.
• Header Tagline Color : This changes the Site tagline text color.
• Background Color: This changes the background color of the site.
• Theme Version: This changes the theme version of the site.(i.e: Dark version or Lite version)
• Color Scheme: This changes the theme color of the site.

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

• Header Image This changes the header 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.

Note: This theme has two menu location provided as Primary, Secondary 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.

  

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 display at blog page, single blog pages, pages.
• Main post Wrapper left sidebar: >If You want to add widget in left of main post wrapper (i.e from post slider to Media News section ) from here
• Main post Wrapper right sidebar sidebar: >If You want to add widget in right of main post wrapper (i.e from post slider to Media News section ) from here
• Secondary post Wrapper left sidebar: >If You want to add widget in left of secondary post wrapper (i.e from reading post to single column news section ) from here
• Secondary post Wrapper right sidebar sidebar: >If You want to add widget in right of secondary post wrapper (i.e from reading post to single column news section ) from here
• Footer Widget: These widgets are used in footer section.

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

1. Home Page Layout
2. Top bar
3. Breakingnews
4. Hero Section
5. Thumbnail Section
6. Post Slider
7. Trending
8. Most Viewed
9. Media News
10. Reading Post Section
11. Single Column News
12. Related Post/Blog

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:

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.

You can see the divided sections in the image below :

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

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.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

• Breaking News Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.



After Breaking News section is enabled, you will see following options

• Section Title : This setting allow user to set title of this.
• Auto Play Enable : Check to enable autoplay on slider otherwise Uncheck to disable autoplay.
• Number of Breaking News : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Hero Section section is enabled, you will see following options

• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Thumbnail Section section is enabled, you will see following options

• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Post Slider Section section is enabled, you will see following options

• Slider Title : This setting allow user to set title of this.
• Auto Play Enable : Check to enable autoplay on slider otherwise Uncheck to disable autoplay.
• Number of Slides : This setting allow user to set total number of post to slides in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Trending Section section is enabled, you will see following options

• Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.





• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Select Sidebar Categories : This setting allow user to select multiple category and display post of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Most Viewed Section is enabled, you will see following options

• Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Media News Section is enabled, you will see following options

• Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Select Categories : This setting allow user to select multiple category and display post of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Reading Post Section is enabled, you will see following options

• Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Reading Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Custom) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Custom: Selecting Custom as Content Type allows user opption to add tittle, featured image from customizer

Custom Options : It contains following settings

• Post Title : This setting allows to add post title.
• Featured Image : This setting allows to add image





• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Reading Post Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

• Single Column News Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.



After Single Column News Section is enabled, you will see following options

• Section Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.

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

In this panel, you will find these options:

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



After Related Post/Blog Section is enabled, you will see following options

• Section Title : This setting allow user to set title of this section.
• Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set total number of post to display in this section.
• Column Layout : This setting allow user to choose number of column to display post (default is four).
• Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
• Posts: Selecting Posts as Content Type allows user to choose Posts from Select Post setting where title and 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 and detail of that post.



• Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title and featured image 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 detail of that page.



• Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose Category from Select category setting where featured image and title of post in 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 and detail of that category.



• Button Label : This setting allow user to set text of button

You will see following sections under Theme Options:

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

The above sections are described below.

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.

After enable Loader You will see following option

• • • Icon: This setting allow user to select loading icon.

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 website Layout. You can choose either Wide Layout or Boxed Layout .
• 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.

  

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.

1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.

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

3. In Blog Page you will see:

• Hide Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in single post.
• Hide Category:This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in blog post.

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 Tag assigned in single post.

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.

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

• • Choose Heading Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for header section.
  • Choose Body Typography : Here you can easily choose different types of typography for body section.

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 4 Footer Widget fields.

• Copyright Text : This changes the copyright text of Copyright 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.

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

• • You can add your own CSS here.

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

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