To install themes with the WordPress theme uploader:
Download the "theme.zip" file from the Member Area
Note: some browsers (eg. Safari) auto extract zip files automatically. Right-click on the download link and select "Save Linked File As". This will allow you to download the theme as a zip file.
Login to your site's WP Admin.
Go to Appearance > Themes.
Click on the "Add New" button, then click on the "Upload Theme" button
Upload the theme.zip file (note: it is the theme.zip, not the theme-psd.zip that you just downloaded from the Member Area).
Activate the theme
FYI: You can also install themes with FTP method. Read the Installing Themes tutorial for more info.
Demo Import
If you are starting a fresh site, importing the demo content will help you understand how the theme demo is built. The Demo Import feature will import the contents (posts, pages, comments, etc.), Themify panel settings, menus, and widgets setup from our demo to your site. You can erase the demo content afterward.
To import the demo setup:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Demo Import and click "Import Demo" button.
Note that the featured images will be replaced with an image placeholder for copyright reasons.
To erase the demo setup:
On the Demo Import tab, click on the "Erase Demo" button which will then remove the demo content.
FYI: If the Demo Import does not work on your site, you can use the WP Admin > Tools > Import tool to import the demo content manually.
Site Logo & Tagline
To display a logo image instead of the site name text:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Under "Site Logo", select "Logo Image" radio button.
Upload a logo image.
Specify the logo image width and height.
You can also change website Tagline from here:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Scroll down and under "Site Tagline" select "Text" radio button.
Enter your site Tagline.
Click "Save & Publish".
Main Navigation Menu
To create a custom navigation menu:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Menus.
Click on "create a new menu" to create a new menu (eg. Main Menu).
Add the menu items from the left panels.
To create a dropdown menu: drag the menu item towards the right (the item(s) will be indented).
When you are done adding the menu items, click "Save Menu".
To assign menu locations:
Scroll down to the bottom where it says "Theme locations" and tick the menu location checkbox.
Main Navigation = main menu on the header
Footer Navigation = footer menu on the footer (Note: some themes might not have Footer Navigation).
TIPS: You can display menus on sidebar widgets, remove the main menu, create empty links, and lightbox links. Read Custom Menus for more detailed tutorial.
Setting Up the Social Links
Step 1) To set up the social media links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Social Links tab.
The theme comes with some pre-filled social links. Simply enter your social profile URL in the Link input field. For example, enter 'https://twitter.com/themify' for the Twitter link.
You can choose to display either "Icon Font" or "Image".
If "Icon Font" is selected, click on "Insert Icon" to select an icon (over 320+ icons available).
If "Image" is selected, you can upload your own graphic icon by clicking on the Upload button.
To add more links, click on the Add Link button at the bottom.
To remove a link, click on the delete icon.
To arrange the display order, drag and drop the link container.
Step 2) Displaying the Social Links:
Once you have the Social Links setup, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets. Drag and drop the Themify - Social Links from the Available Widgets panel to the Social Widget panel.
Optional: Customize Widget Title - such as "Follow Us". You can also "Show link name" and adjust icon size.
Hiding the RSS Icon
To hide the default RSS icon in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude RSS Link", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude RSS icon/button in the header".
Hiding the Search Form
To hide the default search form in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude Search Form", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude search form in the header".
Slider
To enable the slider:
Go to Themify > Settings > Theme Settings
Check "Enable" under the Slider option
You may display either WordPress Posts or custom upload images in the slider:
To display Posts, select a category in the dropdown menu
To display custom upload images, select the "Images" radio button and then upload the images
Welcome Message
To display a welcome message on the homepage, go to Themify panel > Settings > Theme Settings, enter the text in the Welcome Text box. The content can be plain text or HTML code.
Inserting Gallery to Posts or Pages
The gallery can be inserted in any post or page. To insert a gallery, click on "Add Media" button
It will open a lightbox for you to create and insert gallery. Read this tutorial for more details on how to use WordPress Gallery.
Lightbox Media
To link the featured image with a lightbox popup such as image zoom, video or an iframe window, enter the URL in the Lightbox Link field under the Themify Custom Panel. The Themify Custom Panel can be found in the post edit page.
To display a video embed instead of a featured image, enter the video embed URL in the Video URL field under the Themify Custom Panel.
Sample YouTube: http://youtu.be/Abjx1JJO1i8
Sample Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/6284199
Post Sorting
To enable the post sorting:
Create a Page
Under the Themify Custom Panel, select Query Categories dropdown to All Categories (or any category that has sub categories)
Select Allow Sorting dropdown to Yes.
Custom Front Page
Our demo homepage is a Page created with Query Categories. To achieve the same result:
Create a Page (eg. Custom Home)
Under the Themify Custom Panel, select Query Categories dropdown to All Categories
Select Allow Sorting dropdown to Yes
Publish the page
Then go to wp-admin > Settings > Reading and select the custom home page as the front page display (read Custom Front Page detailed tutorial)
Setting Default Post and Page Layouts
Generally, the theme works out of the box. All the sidebar options and image dimensions are pre-defined in the theme. If you need to change the default sidebar options, featured image dimensions, content/except display, post meta, etc., it can be done in the WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Default Layouts.
There are three default layout options under Themify > Settings > Default Layouts:
Archive Sidebar Option: refers to the default home page, category, search, archive, tag pages, etc.
Default Post Layout: is the post page direct URL (also known as "Single Post").
First, create a new Page (go to WP Admin > Pages > Add New), name it "Blog" or any page title as you want.
View the page on the frontend, click "Turn On Builder".
Drop in a Post module and configure the options as you like.
Setting a Custom Front Page
You can set any page as the front (home) page. This means you can use the Builder to design the page and assign it as the front page. To set the Front Page:
Go to WP Admin > Settings > Reading.
On the Front page displays, select the "A static page (select below)" option and then select a "Front page".
Leave the "Posts page" default. If you want to create a custom Blog page, read this tutorial instead of setting the "Posts page".
Adding Widgets
To add widgets to widgetized areas (eg. sidebar and footer widgets):
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
The big panel on the left side shows all available widgets. The small panels on the right are the widgetized areas.
To add a widget: drag and drop the widget from the left panel to the right panel.
To remove the widget: drag the widget back to the left panel (Available Widgets panel). If you want to keep the widget setting for future use, drag it to the Inactive Widgets instead of the Available Widgets panel. It will save your widget settings. To retrieve the widget, drag the widget from Inactive Widgets panel instead of the Available Widgets panel.
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Skins, select a skin by clicking on the thumbnail and click Save.
Styling The Theme
To style the theme frontend appearance:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize.
It will take you to the Customize panel with live preview where you can style the appearance of the theme design (ie. color, background, font, spacing, border, etc.).
FYI: Refer to Customize documentation for more info.
Footer Widgets
To set the Footer Widget column layout, go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
To drop the widgets in the Footer Widgets, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
Footer Text
To replace the footer credit links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings and enter the footer text.
HTML tags are allowed in the Footer Text.
To have empty footer text, tick the hide footer text checkbox.
To install themes with the WordPress theme uploader:
Download the "theme.zip" file from the Member Area
Note: some browsers (eg. Safari) auto extract zip files automatically. Right-click on the download link and select "Save Linked File As". This will allow you to download the theme as a zip file.
Login to your site's WP Admin.
Go to Appearance > Themes.
Click on the "Add New" button, then click on the "Upload Theme" button
Upload the theme.zip file (note: it is the theme.zip, not the theme-psd.zip that you just downloaded from the Member Area).
Activate the theme
FYI: You can also install themes with FTP method. Read the Installing Themes tutorial for more info.
Demo Import
If you are starting a fresh site, importing the demo content will help you understand how the theme demo is built. The Demo Import feature will import the contents (posts, pages, comments, etc.), Themify panel settings, menus, and widgets setup from our demo to your site. You can erase the demo content afterward.
To import the demo setup:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Demo Import and click "Import Demo" button.
Note that the featured images will be replaced with an image placeholder for copyright reasons.
To erase the demo setup:
On the Demo Import tab, click on the "Erase Demo" button which will then remove the demo content.
FYI: If the Demo Import does not work on your site, you can use the WP Admin > Tools > Import tool to import the demo content manually.
Site Logo & Tagline
To display a logo image instead of the site name text:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Under "Site Logo", select "Logo Image" radio button.
Upload a logo image.
Specify the logo image width and height.
You can also change website Tagline from here:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Scroll down and under "Site Tagline" select "Text" radio button.
Enter your site Tagline.
Click "Save & Publish".
Main Navigation Menu
To create a custom navigation menu:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Menus.
Click on "create a new menu" to create a new menu (eg. Main Menu).
Add the menu items from the left panels.
To create a dropdown menu: drag the menu item towards the right (the item(s) will be indented).
When you are done adding the menu items, click "Save Menu".
To assign menu locations:
Scroll down to the bottom where it says "Theme locations" and tick the menu location checkbox.
Main Navigation = main menu on the header
Footer Navigation = footer menu on the footer (Note: some themes might not have Footer Navigation).
TIPS: You can display menus on sidebar widgets, remove the main menu, create empty links, and lightbox links. Read Custom Menus for more detailed tutorial.
Setting Up the Social Links
Step 1) To set up the social media links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Social Links tab.
The theme comes with some pre-filled social links. Simply enter your social profile URL in the Link input field. For example, enter 'https://twitter.com/themify' for the Twitter link.
You can choose to display either "Icon Font" or "Image".
If "Icon Font" is selected, click on "Insert Icon" to select an icon (over 320+ icons available).
If "Image" is selected, you can upload your own graphic icon by clicking on the Upload button.
To add more links, click on the Add Link button at the bottom.
To remove a link, click on the delete icon.
To arrange the display order, drag and drop the link container.
Step 2) Displaying the Social Links:
Once you have the Social Links setup, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets. Drag and drop the Themify - Social Links from the Available Widgets panel to the Social Widget panel.
Optional: Customize Widget Title - such as "Follow Us". You can also "Show link name" and adjust icon size.
Hiding the RSS Icon
To hide the default RSS icon in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude RSS Link", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude RSS icon/button in the header".
Hiding the Search Form
To hide the default search form in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude Search Form", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude search form in the header".
WordPress Post Formats (Tumblr-like)
This themes comes with the following post format supports: standard (default), aside, gallery, link, image, quote, status, video, audio and chat. To assign the post format to a post, select the radio button in the "Format" panel.
When writing or editing a post, you should see the Themify Custom Panel (see image above). The following fields are required for the different post formats:
Video: Video URL (youtube, vimeo embed url). Examples: "http://vimeo.com/22391248" or "//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abjx1JJO1i8"
Image: Post Image, Content (optional)
Gallery: gallery shortcode in Content (eg.[gallery link="file"]
)
Quote: Content, Quote Author (optional), Quote Author Link (optional)
Audio: Audio URL (eg. https://themify.me/wp-content/audio/song.mp3), Post Image (optional)
Link: Link URL, Content (optional)
Lightbox Media
To link the featured image with a lightbox popup such as image zoom, video or an iframe window, enter the URL in the Lightbox Link field under the Themify Custom Panel. The Themify Custom Panel can be found in the post edit page.
Sample iframe: https://themify.me?iframe=true&width=100%&height=100% (you need to add ?iframe=true at the end of the URL)
Inserting Gallery to Posts or Pages
The gallery can be inserted in any post or page. To insert a gallery, click on "Add Media" button
It will open a lightbox for you to create and insert gallery. Read this tutorial for more details on how to use WordPress Gallery.
Setting Default Post and Page Layouts
Generally, the theme works out of the box. All the sidebar options and image dimensions are pre-defined in the theme. If you need to change the default sidebar options, featured image dimensions, content/except display, post meta, etc., it can be done in the WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Default Layouts.
There are three default layout options under Themify > Settings > Default Layouts:
Archive Sidebar Option: refers to the default home page, category, search, archive, tag pages, etc.
Default Post Layout: is the post page direct URL (also known as "Single Post").
First, create a new Page (go to WP Admin > Pages > Add New), name it "Blog" or any page title as you want.
View the page on the frontend, click "Turn On Builder".
Drop in a Post module and configure the options as you like.
Setting a Custom Front Page
You can set any page as the front (home) page. This means you can use the Builder to design the page and assign it as the front page. To set the Front Page:
Go to WP Admin > Settings > Reading.
On the Front page displays, select the "A static page (select below)" option and then select a "Front page".
Leave the "Posts page" default. If you want to create a custom Blog page, read this tutorial instead of setting the "Posts page".
Adding Widgets
To add widgets to widgetized areas (eg. sidebar and footer widgets):
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
The big panel on the left side shows all available widgets. The small panels on the right are the widgetized areas.
To add a widget: drag and drop the widget from the left panel to the right panel.
To remove the widget: drag the widget back to the left panel (Available Widgets panel). If you want to keep the widget setting for future use, drag it to the Inactive Widgets instead of the Available Widgets panel. It will save your widget settings. To retrieve the widget, drag the widget from Inactive Widgets panel instead of the Available Widgets panel.
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Skins, select a skin by clicking on the thumbnail and click Save.
Styling The Theme
To style the theme frontend appearance:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize.
It will take you to the Customize panel with live preview where you can style the appearance of the theme design (ie. color, background, font, spacing, border, etc.).
FYI: Refer to Customize documentation for more info.
Footer Widgets
To set the Footer Widget column layout, go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
To drop the widgets in the Footer Widgets, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
Footer Text
To replace the footer credit links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings and enter the footer text.
HTML tags are allowed in the Footer Text.
To have empty footer text, tick the hide footer text checkbox.
To install themes with the WordPress theme uploader:
Download the "theme.zip" file from the Member Area
Note: some browsers (eg. Safari) auto extract zip files automatically. Right-click on the download link and select "Save Linked File As". This will allow you to download the theme as a zip file.
Login to your site's WP Admin.
Go to Appearance > Themes.
Click on the "Add New" button, then click on the "Upload Theme" button
Upload the theme.zip file (note: it is the theme.zip, not the theme-psd.zip that you just downloaded from the Member Area).
Activate the theme
FYI: You can also install themes with FTP method. Read the Installing Themes tutorial for more info.
Demo Import
If you are starting a fresh site, importing the demo content will help you understand how the theme demo is built. The Demo Import feature will import the contents (posts, pages, comments, etc.), Themify panel settings, menus, and widgets setup from our demo to your site. You can erase the demo content afterward.
To import the demo setup:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Demo Import and click "Import Demo" button.
Note that the featured images will be replaced with an image placeholder for copyright reasons.
To erase the demo setup:
On the Demo Import tab, click on the "Erase Demo" button which will then remove the demo content.
FYI: If the Demo Import does not work on your site, you can use the WP Admin > Tools > Import tool to import the demo content manually.
Site Logo & Tagline
To display a logo image instead of the site name text:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Under "Site Logo", select "Logo Image" radio button.
Upload a logo image.
Specify the logo image width and height.
You can also change website Tagline from here:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
Scroll down and under "Site Tagline" select "Text" radio button.
Enter your site Tagline.
Click "Save & Publish".
Main Navigation Menu
To create a custom navigation menu:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Menus.
Click on "create a new menu" to create a new menu (eg. Main Menu).
Add the menu items from the left panels.
To create a dropdown menu: drag the menu item towards the right (the item(s) will be indented).
When you are done adding the menu items, click "Save Menu".
To assign menu locations:
Scroll down to the bottom where it says "Theme locations" and tick the menu location checkbox.
Main Navigation = main menu on the header
Footer Navigation = footer menu on the footer (Note: some themes might not have Footer Navigation).
TIPS: You can display menus on sidebar widgets, remove the main menu, create empty links, and lightbox links. Read Custom Menus for more detailed tutorial.
Setting Up the Social Links
Step 1) To set up the social media links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Social Links tab.
The theme comes with some pre-filled social links. Simply enter your social profile URL in the Link input field. For example, enter 'https://twitter.com/themify' for the Twitter link.
You can choose to display either "Icon Font" or "Image".
If "Icon Font" is selected, click on "Insert Icon" to select an icon (over 320+ icons available).
If "Image" is selected, you can upload your own graphic icon by clicking on the Upload button.
To add more links, click on the Add Link button at the bottom.
To remove a link, click on the delete icon.
To arrange the display order, drag and drop the link container.
Step 2) Displaying the Social Links:
Once you have the Social Links setup, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets. Drag and drop the Themify - Social Links from the Available Widgets panel to the Social Widget panel.
Optional: Customize Widget Title - such as "Follow Us". You can also "Show link name" and adjust icon size.
Hiding the RSS Icon
To hide the default RSS icon in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude RSS Link", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude RSS icon/button in the header".
Hiding the Search Form
To hide the default search form in the header:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
Under the "Exclude Search Form", tick the checkbox that says "Check here to exclude search form in the header".
Welcome Message
To display a welcome message on the homepage, go to Themify panel > Settings > Theme Settings, enter the text in the Welcome Text box. The content can be plain text or HTML code.
Slider
To enable the slider:
Go to Themify > Settings > Theme Settings
Check "Enable" under the Slider option
You may display either WordPress Posts or custom upload images in the slider:
To display Posts, select a category in the dropdown menu
To display custom upload images, select the "Images" radio button and then upload the images
Homepage Highlight Items
To add or edit homepage highlight items:
Go to wp-admin, click on the "Add New" link under the Highlights menu.
Upload an "Icon Image" in the Custom Panel
Enter the "External Link" if you want to link the icon image to a URL
Enter the "Lightbox Link" if you want to open the icon image link in lightbox. The linkbox link can be URL to a image (eg. image.jpg), video link (eg. http://vimeo.com/25022929), or iframe window (eg. https://themify.me?iframe=true&width=100%&height=100%).
Custom Homepage
The homepage on our demo is a custom frontpage built with Query Categories. To achive the same layout on the homepage:
Create a Page (eg. Custom Home)
Under the Themify Custom Panel, select "All Categories" from Query Categories dropdown, select the 3 column layout icon, enter "6" posts per page, select none from Display dropdown, select yes Hide Post Meta
Then go to Settings > Reading and change the frontpage display to the custom home page (details: custom frontpage)
Lightbox Media
To link the featured image with a lightbox popup such as image zoom, video or an iframe window, enter the URL in the Lightbox Link field under the Themify Custom Panel. The Themify Custom Panel can be found in the post edit page.
Sample iframe: https://themify.me?iframe=true&width=100%&height=100% (you need to add ?iframe=true at the end of the URL)
Inserting Gallery to Posts or Pages
The gallery can be inserted in any post or page. To insert a gallery, click on "Add Media" button
It will open a lightbox for you to create and insert gallery. Read this tutorial for more details on how to use WordPress Gallery.
Setting Default Post and Page Layouts
Generally, the theme works out of the box. All the sidebar options and image dimensions are pre-defined in the theme. If you need to change the default sidebar options, featured image dimensions, content/except display, post meta, etc., it can be done in the WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Default Layouts.
There are three default layout options under Themify > Settings > Default Layouts:
Archive Sidebar Option: refers to the default home page, category, search, archive, tag pages, etc.
Default Post Layout: is the post page direct URL (also known as "Single Post").
First, create a new Page (go to WP Admin > Pages > Add New), name it "Blog" or any page title as you want.
View the page on the frontend, click "Turn On Builder".
Drop in a Post module and configure the options as you like.
Setting a Custom Front Page
You can set any page as the front (home) page. This means you can use the Builder to design the page and assign it as the front page. To set the Front Page:
Go to WP Admin > Settings > Reading.
On the Front page displays, select the "A static page (select below)" option and then select a "Front page".
Leave the "Posts page" default. If you want to create a custom Blog page, read this tutorial instead of setting the "Posts page".
Adding Widgets
To add widgets to widgetized areas (eg. sidebar and footer widgets):
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
The big panel on the left side shows all available widgets. The small panels on the right are the widgetized areas.
To add a widget: drag and drop the widget from the left panel to the right panel.
To remove the widget: drag the widget back to the left panel (Available Widgets panel). If you want to keep the widget setting for future use, drag it to the Inactive Widgets instead of the Available Widgets panel. It will save your widget settings. To retrieve the widget, drag the widget from Inactive Widgets panel instead of the Available Widgets panel.
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Skins, select a skin by clicking on the thumbnail and click Save.
Styling The Theme
To style the theme frontend appearance:
Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize.
It will take you to the Customize panel with live preview where you can style the appearance of the theme design (ie. color, background, font, spacing, border, etc.).
FYI: Refer to Customize documentation for more info.
Footer Widgets
To set the Footer Widget column layout, go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
To drop the widgets in the Footer Widgets, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets.
Footer Text
To replace the footer credit links:
Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings and enter the footer text.
HTML tags are allowed in the Footer Text.
To have empty footer text, tick the hide footer text checkbox.
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