1) Unzip the files
2) Copy "colorblast" folder, from the unzipped
archive, to wordpress/wp-content/themes/ and activate the theme from the
Admin area.
3) Copy everything from the "Plugins" directory to wordpress/wp-content/plugins
4) Copy "flashxml" folder to wordpress/wp-content
5) In the admin area of wordpress, go to "Plugins" menu, and activate the following plugins:
- 3D Banner FX
- 3D Box FX
- Contact Form 7
- Contextual Related Posts
6) Insert an image into a post:
- To add an image to your post:
a) Click on the "Add an image" icon on the top of the text editor > select an image > Insert into Post > Save all changes
or
b)
Add it with the help of the shortcodes included in the theme. The
shortcodes options appear under the text editor of the post in the Admin
Area of the theme.
- To add a featured image
(thumbnail) to your posts, click on the "Add an image" icon on the top
of the text editor > select an image > Use as featured image >
Save all changes
7) Creating a category:
- To create a category, click on "Posts" > "Categories" and use the form to create a new category.
8) Pages:
- Create a new page, select "Pages" > click "Add New" to create a new page.
a) Homepage :
- Your homepage will be the front page of the theme.
If you want to choose another template to be your frontpage, go to the
Admin Panel > Settings > Reading > Front page displays : A
static page (choose this option, and select a page you want your front
page to display)
b) Portfolio page:
-
Create a new page, select the "Portfolio" Template (in the right sidebar
there is a drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
- Create a Category named "Portfolio". All the posts from this category will appear on your "Portfolio" page.
c) Blog page:
- Create a new page, select the "Blog" Template (on the sidebar is a
drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
d) Fullwidth page (no sidebars):
- Create a new page, select the "Fullwidth" Template (on the sidebar
is a drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
e) Gallery page (no sidebars):
- Create a new page, select the "Gallery" Template (on the sidebar is a
drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
f) Contact page:
- Create a new page, select the "Contact" Template and insert the
following line into the page content: [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"]
and click "Publish".
- Then, in the Admin Area, click on
"Contact" menu on the left at the bottom, and replace the code from the
Form content with the following lines:
------------------------------------
<span class="req">*</span>[text* your-name class:contact_text "Name"]
<span class="req">*</span>[email* your-email class:contact_text "Email"]
[text your-subject class:contact_text "Subject"]
[textarea your-message]
[submit class:contact_submit "Submit"]
-------------------------------------
Then click on the "Save" button on the right.
f) For any other page, create a new page and select the "Default Template" or any other existing template.
9) Shortcodes:
- All available shortcodes can be inserted from the Admin Area, under the text editor of a page or a post.
10) Sidebars and widgets:
Sidebars:
There is 1 widget area for this theme - the sidebar.
The advantage of using the custom page widget is that you can upload and add content more easily.
Widget areas:
To add widgets, go to the Admin Area, click on "Appearance" menu > the click on the "Widgets" submenu
- Main Sidebar - for inner pages (The right sidebar displayed if
widgets are added to it) - all kind of widgets can be added to it. The
other sidebar will dissapear once you will populate this sidebar.
11) ColorBlast can be translated in other languages through .mo and .po files. For this follow the next steps:
- Create a "languages" folder in your wp-content.
- Copy the .mo and .po files for your language from http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ or from another location.
- Copy them to your "languages" folder in wp-content.
- In the "wp-config.php" file of your wordpress, change the following line:
define ('WPLANG', '');
to
define ('WPLANG', 'language_LANGUAGE');
For example: define ('WPLANG', 'fr_FR'); - for French
- In your theme folder, you have a .mo and a .po file. They are for
English. For other languages, duplicate the .po file, rename it, change
it's header to correspond with your chosen language, and translate the
lines it contains. For this, install Poedit, edit the .po file,
translate it to your language, and generate a .mo file for it. Both
files should be located in your theme folder.
This
template includes everything you need to get started whether you're
using it as a Content Management System, blog or combination of the two.
Click
on the last button on the left of the Admin Area, and you can change
your logo and copyright information. You can also configure your 404
error message or even get some SEO options.
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