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Table of Contents
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Demo file
- 3.How to set Homepage setting?
- 4.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 5.How To Set and Manage the Color Settings?
- 6.How to manage Header Image ?
- 7.How to manage Background Image?
- 8.How To Create and Manage Menus?
- 9.How To Create and Manage Sidebars and Widgets?
- 10.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 11.How to manage Theme Options?
- 12.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 13.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 14.Updating Theme Using FTP
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Demo file
- 3.How to set Homepage setting?
- 4.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 5.How To Set and Manage the Color Settings?
- 6.How to manage Header Image ?
- 7.How to manage Background Image?
- 8.How To Create and Manage Menus?
- 9.How To Create and Manage Sidebars and Widgets?
- 10.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 11.How to manage Theme Options?
- 12.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 13.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 14.Updating Theme Using FTP
MediStore
After purchasing or downloading the Blogable theme, the user can install your theme using the following approaches:
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- Select Add New.
- Then, select Upload Theme.
- Click Browse. Locate medistore.zip theme in your computer.
- Select medistore.zip and click Install Now.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Unzip medistore.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 Medistore 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 activated and go through the following options to set up the theme step wise.
If you want to import the demo content manually, then here is the demo file for you. Just click on the button to download the demo file
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.
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- 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 the Customize section, go to Site Identity.
2. From Site Identity, User will be able to incorporate different site identity options from Site Identity, such as:
- Logo( Only available in WordPress version greater than or equal to 4.5 ): This allows users to set and modify the site’s main logo.
- Site Title : This allows the user to modify the title of the site.
- Tagline : This section allows user to modify and set the tagline of the website.
- Display Site Title and Tagline: This option allows users to enable and disable the display of the title and the tagline from the site.
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Site Identity Extra OptionsThis section allows users to choose different options to display title, logo, and tagline.
- Hide All: Users can enable this to display anything in the header.
- Show All: Users can enable this to display logo title tagline in header.
- Title Only: Users can enable this to display only titles in the header.
- Tagline Only: Users can enable this to display only taglines in the header.
- Logo + Title:Users can enable this to display logo and title in header.
- Logo + Tagline: Users can enable this 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 Header Image
2. From Header Image, you will have these options:
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- Header Image This changes the header image.
1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
2. From Background Image, you will see:
Background Image:
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- This will change the background image for the entire site.
Note: Medistore theme has one menu locations provided as Primary.
- 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 /.
One locations are available. ie: Primary.
1. To configure the Widget, user need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / widgets /.
2. From Widgets, the users will be able to Add and Remove widgets and sidebar.
OR
1. From the Customize section, go to Widgets.
*Note:
If user wants to add widget area in footer then user must add widgets in Footer Widget 1, Footer Widget 2, Footer Widget 3 and Footer Widget 4
Sidebar: This sidebar is the default sidebar area. This sidebar area is displayed at blog pages, single blog pages, pages using block widgets.
Widgets: This section will add widgets to the footer section on the whole site using block widgets.
The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.
- Slider
- About Us
- Popular Product
- Team
- 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 Slider section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Slider.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Slider Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Slider Autoplay: This setting allows user to Enable/Disable slider post.
- Excerpt Length: This setting allows user to control slider post description(excerpt) length.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Primary Button Text : This setting allow user to set button label of slider section.
- Secondary Button Text : This setting allow user to set secondary button label of slider section.
- Secondary Button URL : This setting allow user to set secondary button url of slider section.
After Slider Section is enabled, you will see following options
To configure About Us section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / About Us.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- About Us Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Excerpt Length: This setting allows user to control about us post description(excerpt) length.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Button label : This setting allow user to set button text of about section.
- Secondary Button Text : This setting allow user to set secondary button label of about us section.
- Secondary Button URL : This setting allow user to set secondary button url of about us section.
- Video Link : This setting allow user to set video link.
After About Us Section is enabled, you will see following options
To configure Popular Product section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Popular Product.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Popular Product Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Title : This setting allow user to set title on popular product section.
- Button Label : This setting allow user to set button label on popular product section.
- Button Url : This setting allow user to set button url on popular product section.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Category, Product Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
- Category: Selecting Category as Content Type allows user to choose multiple category from Select Categories setting where featured image and content of that categories is displayed as section content.
- Select Multiple Categories : This setting allows user to select multiple categories to get the featured image and content of that categories.
- Product Category: Selecting Product Category as Content Type allows user to choose multiple product category from Select product Categories setting where featured image and content of that product categories is displayed as section content.
- Select Multiple Product Categories : This setting allows user to select multiple product categories to get the featured image and content of that categories.
After Popular Product section is enabled, you will see following options
Category Options : It contains following settings
Product Category Options : It contains following settings
To configure Team section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Team.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Team Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Section Title : This setting allow user to set section title of team section.
- Short Description : This setting allow user to set section short description of team section.
- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Social Link : This setting allow user to set social links of team members.
After Team Section is enabled, you will see following options
To configure Blog section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Blog.
In this panel, you will find these options:
- Blog Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Title : This setting allow user to set section title of blog section.
- Excerpt Length: This setting allows user to control blog post description(excerpt) length.
- Button : This setting allow user to set section button label of blog section.
- Button URL : This setting allow user to set section button url of blog section.
- Show Appointment Date : This setting allow user to enable/disable appoinment date on blog section.
- Appointment Title : This setting allow user to set appoinment title on blog section.
- Appointment Description : This setting allow user to set appoinment description on blog section.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( 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 featured image and content of that selected posts is displayed.
- 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.
- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
After Blog section is enabled, you will see following options
Posts Options : It contains following settings
Category Options : It contains following settings
You will see following sections under Theme Options:
- Breadcrumb
- Excerpt
- Layout
- Blog/Archive
- Single Post
- Pagination
- Footer Option
The theme settings are explained below:.
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.
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- Enable Breadcrumb : This option enable/disable breadcrumb.
- Separator: Set the Separator symbol.
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:
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- Blog Page Excerpt Length: This option allows user to set the excerpt length.
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 No Sidebar .
- Posts Sidebar Position : This option is for Posts Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.
- Pages Sidebar Position : This option is for Pages Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.
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 option allows user to set post Column Layout on blog / archive page.
- Hide Date:This option allows user to enable/disable date of blog / archive page.
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 Category: This option allows user to enable/disable category 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:
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- 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:
- 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:
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- 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:
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- You can add your own CSS here.
To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:
- Download the latest version of Medistore theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
- Unzip medistore.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 Medistore theme which shall replace the old files.