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Music Zone Blog

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 music-zone-blog-blog.zip theme in your computer.
  6. Select music-zone-blog-blog.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 music-zone-blog-blog.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 Music Zone Blog 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.Demo file

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

3.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.

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

1. From the Customize section, go to Site Identity.

2. From Site Identity, the 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 the users to set and modify the site’s main logo.
  • Site Title: This allows the users to modify the title of the site.
  • Tagline: This section allows the users to modify and set the tagline of the website.
  • Display Site Title and Tagline: This option allows the users to enable and disable the display of the title and the tagline from the site.

  • Site Identity Extra OptionsThis section allows the users to choose different options to display the title, logo, and tagline.

    • Hide All: Users can enable this to display anything in the header.
    • Show All: Users can enable this to display the logo title tagline in the 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 the logo and title in the header.
    • Logo + Tagline: Users can enable this to display the 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.

3.2.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.

3.3.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.

3.4.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.

3.5.How to create a menu?

  • 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 /.
    Two locations are available:

    • Primary: This setting allows user to change Primary/Main menu.


  • Header Menu:

    • Automatically add new top level pages to this menu : This option is for adding new top level pages to this menu if this option is enabled enable then the top level pages will be automatically added to the menu items

3.6.How To Create and Manage Sidebars and Widgets?

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.

Widgets: This section will add widgets to the footer section on the whole site.

4.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. slider
  2. Featured Posts
  3. About us
  4. CTA
  5. Recent Posts
  6. Subscription
  7. Latest Posts

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.

    You can see the divided sections in the image below :

    The customizer for the front-page setting options has the following sections shown below:

    4.1.Slider

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

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

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

      • Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
      • Button Text : This setting allow user to set Read More Button Text.
      • Button Text : This setting allow user to set Button Text.
      • Button Alt Url : This setting allow user to set Button Text Link.

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

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Featured Posts section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Select Post This setting allows user to select post form list of posts to get content to show.

    4.3.About us

    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.

      • After About us section is enabled, you will see following options

      • Section Sub Title : This setting allow user to set section tile.
      • Select Page This setting allows user to select page form list of pages to get content to show.
      • Button Text : This setting allow user to set Button Text.

    4.4.CTA

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

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

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

      • Select Page This setting allows user to select page form list of pages to get content to show.
      • Video Url : This setting allow user to set video url.

    4.5.Recent Posts

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

    In this panel, you will find these options:

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

      • After Recent Posts 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.
      • Select Page This setting allows user to select page form list of pages to get content to show.

    4.6.Subscription

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

    In this panel, you will find these options:

    Note:
    For this section you need to install and active Jetpack Plugin.

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

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

      • Subscription Image: This setting allow user to set background of subscription section.
      • Title : This setting allow user to set Title of subscription section.
      • Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the section.

    4.7.Latest Post

    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:

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

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

      • Title : This setting allow user to set Title of subscription section.
      • Sub Title : This setting allow user to set Sub Title of the 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.

          • 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

          • Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.

    5.How to manage Theme Options?

    You will see following sections under Theme Options:

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

    The above sections are described below.

    5.1.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.

    5.2.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:

    • 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 or No Sidebar Content Width.
    • Pages Sidebar Position : This option is for Pages Sidebar Position. You can choose either Right sidebar or No Sidebar or No Sidebar Content Width.

    5.3.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.

    5.4.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 option allows user to select number of column to use while displaying blog post.
    • Hide Banner: This option allows user to enable/disable banner in blog post.
    • Hide Post Image: This option allows user to enable/disable image assigned in blog post.
    • Hide Post Content: This option allows user to enable/disable posts content in blog post.

    5.5.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 Banner: This option allows user to enable/disable banner in single post.
    • Hide Image: This option allows user to enable/disable image assigned in blog post.
    • 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.

    5.6.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.

    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.
    • Display Scroll Top Button: You can easily hide or display scroll buttons.

    6.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.

    7.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.

    8.Updating Theme Using FTP

    To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

    1. Download the latest version of Music Zone Blog theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
    2. Unzip music-zone-blog-blog.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 Music Zone Blog theme which shall replace the old files.
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