1) Unzip the files
2) Copy "egon" 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:
- Contact Form 7
- Contextual Related Posts
- Image Scrolling Gallery FX
- Photo Wall FX
- Polaroid Gallery FX
- WP-PageNavi
6) Insert an image into a post:
- To add an image to your post, click on the "Add an image" icon on
the top of the text editor > select an image > Insert into Post
> Save all changes
- 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
- On the blog page, on the portfolio page
and on the homepage the displayed images are added with "featured image"
method. This is used on post listings. All other images on the pages
and inside the posts, are added by simple adding of images.
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) For the Homepage you have 2 choices :
- Home with Photo Wall FX component (Create a new page with the name
"Home", select the "Home with PhotoWall" template for it and click
"Publish".)
- Home with Polaroid Gallery FX Component (Create a
new page with the name "Home", select the "Home with Polaroid Gallery"
template for it and click "Publish".)
If you want to
choose one of these to be your front page, 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:
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<div class="form_row contact_text">[text* your-name "name"]<span class="required">*</span></div>
<div class="form_row contact_text">[email* your-email "email"]<span class="required">*</span></div>
<div class="form_row contact_text">[text your-subject "subject"]<span class="required">*</span></div>
<div class="form_row"><div class="wrap_textarea">[textarea your-message]</div></div>
<div class="form_row contact_submit">[submit "submit"]</div>
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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) Sidebars and widgets:
Sidebars:
There are 2 widget areas for this theme (1 sidebar and 1 for the homepage).
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. All
other sidebars will dissapear once you will populate this sidebar.
- Homepage - Social (The gray box displayed on the homepage) - The text widget us used
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, copyright information. You can also configure your 404 error
message or even get some SEO options.
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