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Table of Contents
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.
- 3.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client
- 4.How to set Homepage setting?
- 5.Your latest posts
- 6.A static page
- 7.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 8.How to manage Colors?
- 9.How to manage Header Image ?
- 10.How to manage Background Image?
- 11.How to create a menu?
- 12.How to create a Widget?
- 13.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 14.How to manage Theme Options?
- 14.1.How to manage Homepage Sortable?
- 14.2.How to manage Loader?
- 14.3.How to manage Breadcrumb?
- 14.4.How to manage Layout?
- 14.5.How to manage Excerpt?
- 14.6.How to manage Blog/Achrive Options?
- 14.7.How to manage Single post Options?
- 14.8.How to manage Pagination?
- 14.9.How to manage Typography?
- 14.10.Footer Options
- 15.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 16.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 17.Updating Theme Using FTP
- 1.Theme Installation
- 2.Approach I : From your admin dashboard.
- 3.Approach II : Upload and install theme through FTP client
- 4.How to set Homepage setting?
- 5.Your latest posts
- 6.A static page
- 7.How to manage Site Title, Logo, Tagline and Site Icon?
- 8.How to manage Colors?
- 9.How to manage Header Image ?
- 10.How to manage Background Image?
- 11.How to create a menu?
- 12.How to create a Widget?
- 13.How to setup front page as shown in the demo?
- 14.How to manage Theme Options?
- 14.1.How to manage Homepage Sortable?
- 14.2.How to manage Loader?
- 14.3.How to manage Breadcrumb?
- 14.4.How to manage Layout?
- 14.5.How to manage Excerpt?
- 14.6.How to manage Blog/Achrive Options?
- 14.7.How to manage Single post Options?
- 14.8.How to manage Pagination?
- 14.9.How to manage Typography?
- 14.10.Footer Options
- 15.How to manage Reset all settings?
- 16.How to manage Additional CSS?
- 17.Updating Theme Using FTP
Regular News Pro
After you purchase and download your theme from Theme Palace, you can choose either of the approaches given below to install your theme:
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- Select Add New.
- Then, select Upload Theme.
- Click Browse. Locate regular-news-pro.zip theme in your computer.
- Select regular-news-pro.zip and click Install Now.
You can use FTP client like FileZilla to connect your web server.
- Unzip regular-news-pro.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 Regular-News Pro 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.
From Customize section, go to Homepage Setting you will see two option.
- 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.
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- 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 Customize section, go to Site Identity.
2. From Site Identity, you will be able to add various options related to site identity like:
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- 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
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- 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.
- Site Identity Extra Options
1. From Customize section, go to Colors.
2. From Colors, you will have these options:
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- 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.
1. From Customize section, go to Header Image
2. From Header Image, you will have these options:
1. From Customize section, go to Background Image.
2. From Background Image, you will see:
Note: Load free theme has two menu location provided as Primary, Social and Footer Menu.
To create menu, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Menu .
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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.
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- Make Menu Sticky : This option is for menu sticky. If menu sticky is enable then the menu is fixed when user scroll.
- Enable Search : This option is for primary menu. If menu search is enable then the menu show the search bar.
1. From Customize section, go to.
2. From Widgets, you will be able to Add and Remove widgets.
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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.
Recent Sidebar: This sidebar area is dispaly at recent post section of front page.
Blog Sidebar: This sidebar area is dispaly at blog post section of front page.
The demo of the front page can be divided into different sections as shown below.
- Home Page Layout
- Topbar
- Trending News
- Popular Section
- Featured
- Call to Action
- Recent Post
- Featured Video
- Blog
- Must Read
These section’s content are display when you choose a static page option on Homepage Setting.
One Click Demo Plugins are high recommended Plugins in this theme. One Click Demo Import is recommended for demo import of this theme. To import the dummy demo data:
- First Install One Click 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.
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:
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- Select Homepage layout: This changes the home page layout.
To configure Top Bar Nav section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Top Bar Nav.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Topbar Section Enable : Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
- Header Background Image : This setting allow user to set header background image.
- Ads Image : This setting allow user to set ads image.
- Ads Url : This setting allow user to set ads url.
To configure Trending News section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Trending News.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Trending News Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Trending News section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Trending News Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Number of Treding News : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- 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.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
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To configure Popular Section section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Popular Section.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Popular Section Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Popular Section section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
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To configure Featured section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Featured.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Featured Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Featured section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Number of page/post : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
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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:
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- 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
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- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Custom) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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- Page: Selecting Page as Content Type allows user to choose Page from Select Page setting where title of that selected Page is displayed.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get content of that page.
- Button Label : This setting allow user to set button text.
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- Post: Selecting Post as Content Type allows user to choose Post from Select Post setting where content of that selected post is displayed.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get content of that post.
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- Custom: Selecting Custom as Content Type allows user to choose Custom from Select custom setting where content of that selected Custom is displayed as section content.
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Custom Options : It contains following settings
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Background Image : This setting allow user to set background image.
- Button Label : This setting allow user to set button text.
- Button Link : This setting allow user to set button url.
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To configure Recent Post section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Recent Post.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Recent Post Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Recent Post section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Select Multiple Tab Categories : This setting allow user to select multiple tab categories to get featured image and content selected categories.
- Select Multiple Grid Categories : This setting allow user to select multiple grid categories to get featured image and content selected categories.
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To configure Featured Video section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Featured Video.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Featured Video Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Featured Video section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Number of page/post : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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- Pages: Selecting Pages as Content Type allows user to choose Pages from Select Page setting where title of that selected Pages is displayed.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
- Video Link: This setting allow user to set video link.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Post : This setting allows user to select post to get featured image and content of that post.
- Video Link: This setting allow user to set video link.
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Category : This setting allows user to select category to get the featured image and content of that category.
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- Custom: Selecting Custom as Content Type allows user to choose Custom from Select post setting where title of that selected Custom is displayed.
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Custom Options : It contains following settings
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- Title: This setting allow user to set title.
- Title Link: This setting allow user to set title url.
- Image: This setting allow user to set image.
- Video Link: This setting allow user to set video link.
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To configure Blog section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Blog.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Blog Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Blog section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- 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 featured image and content of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Recent) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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- Recent: Selecting Recent as Content Type allows user to choose multiple category from Select Excluding Categories setting where featured image and content of recent posts of that categories is displayed as section content.
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Recent Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Excluding Categories : This setting allows user to select multiple categories to get the featured image and content of that categories.
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To configure Must Read section, you need to go to Admin Panel / Appearance / Customize / Front Page / Must Read.
In this panel, you will find these options:
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- Must Read Section Enable: Check to enable on home-page otherwise Uncheck to hide.
After Must Read section is enabled, you will see following options
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- Title : This setting allow user to set title.
- Number of Posts : This setting allow user to set number to show posts.
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- 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 featured image and content of that selected Pages is displayed.
- Content Type : It contains select options ( Pages, Post, Category, Recent) which allow user to select title from one of those.
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Pages Options : It contains following settings
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- Select Page: This setting allows user to select page to get featured image and content of that page.
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- 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.
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Posts Options : It contains following settings
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- 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.
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Category Options : It contains following settings
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You will see following sections under Theme Options:
- Homepage Sortable
- Loader
- Breadcrumb
- Layout
- Excerpt
- Blog/Archive
- Single Post
- Pagination
- Typography
- Footer Option
The above sections are described below.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Homepage Sortable.
3. In Homepage Sortable you will see section lists In this Option you can change position of section. If you want Latest Posts section is above of Featured Slider Section you can drag Latest Posts section and drop on above Featured Slider Section.
This option is used to enable/disable loader.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Loader.
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- Enable Loader : This enables the loader image when the page is fully not loaded.
After enable Loader You will see following option
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- Icon: This setting allow user to select loading icon.
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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 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.
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.
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- Blog Page Excerpt Length: This option allows user to set the excerpt length.
- Read More Text Label: This option allows user to set read more text.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.
3. In Blog Page you will see:
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- Hide Date: This option allows user to enable/disable date assigned in blog post.
- Hide Category:This option allows user to enable/disable category assigned in blog post.
- Hide Author:This option allows user to enable/disable author assigned in blog post.
1. From Customize section, go to Theme Options.
2. From Theme Options, you will see Blog/Archive.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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..
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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 Regular-News Pro theme from your Theme Palace member My Account to your Desktop
- Unzip regular-news-pro.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 Regular-News Pro theme which shall replace the old files.