Magazine Pro wordpress theme Documentation

Introduction

We appreciate you purchasing our WordPress theme. This article demonstrates several steps of the full configuration and management process for a WordPress website.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is an open source website creation tool that uses PHP and MySQL as its foundation. It is a robust blogging platform and a totally free content management system (CMS). Using this CMS, you may create reliable online applications and websites. To manage it, you scarcely need any technological expertise or understanding. Due to its many benefits, including its flexibility and ease of use, WordPress has emerged as the most popular website construction tool.Learn More

What is a WordPress template

A WordPress template serves as the skin for websites built using the WordPress content management system. A WordPress template is incredibly simple to setup. You may quickly modify the appearance of your WordPress website by installing a new template. A WordPress template comes with all the necessary source files, and you are free to change and expand it however you see fit.

Help and Support

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Files structure

The template bundle that you downloaded is divided into various directories. Let's examine the contents of each folder:

  • Screenshots : contains template screenshots. Not for production.

  • Theme : contains WordPress theme files.

  • magazine-pro.zip: this folder content all the necessary files for the theme.

  • license.txt : contains license details.

  • readme.txt : contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

TS Key Activation

The steps for activating a TS Key are as follows.

Use the licence key you get through Email, to Activate License.

Follow the following Process to Activate License.

Go to the Dashboard Appearance TS Key Activation Enter Key Save Changes.

After Entering The Key Activate Licence.

After you Activate Licence,the key will be active and then you can Getstarted with the Theme.

This is how you can activate your Licence Key.

My site was working fine before? Who changed the File Permissions?

Incorrect file permissions can block WordPress from creating folders, upload images, or run some scripts

WordPress needs permissions to manage files and create folders on the server.

  • After that select all folders in root directory and then right click to select ‘File Permissions’.
  • wp-config >> permissions dialog box >> click on checkbox read and write >> Click on the OK button to continue
  • same process repeated for wp-content folder

Template Installation

Template installation is very easy process.

Step 1. Theme Installation

First thing you need to do is login to your WordPress admin area. Next, click on

Go to the menu Appearance Themes

Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New button at the top.

Click on upload theme button.

Click on Browse Button then select your magazine-pro.zip theme and click on Install Now Button..

WordPress will now install your theme and show you a success message along with the link to activate or live preview.

Step 2. Install a Theme using FTP

Your second installation option is to upload the theme via FTP. For this method first log into your site via FTP and browse to your folder located at wp-content/themes. Unzip the theme file you downloaded and upload only the extracted Total folder to your server.

Next log into your WordPress site and navigate to Appearance Themes to activate total folder.

Plugin Installation.

Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress.

How to activate plugins If you want these functionalities in your theme for which you need to activate plugin. Follow these instructions to activate plugin in your theme.

To install a WordPress Plugin manually by .zip archive and follow the below steps for Upload plugin .

Install Required Plugins:

magazine-pro Posttype plugin, Contact Form 7

In order to use Magazine theme you need to install and activate Magazine Pro plugin without this theme you can not display your content on your site.

1.Add Plugin : Go to Dashboard Add New Upload plugin..

click on the install now button and activate.

One-Click Demo Content Importer

Import demonstration content with one click to get your theme setup. This content will guide you through building your website for website creation.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Get started

Click on"Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

Section Ordering

How to Arrange and Reordering Section

Section reordering basically means to arranage the section as per our requirement. In order to continue with this section you need to drag section on top or bottom where you need it. when you will drap any section top or bottom your front view will change according customizer values.

For Section Re-ordering,you just need to simply drag-and-drop options into any order as per your wish .

In order to continue with Section Ordering.

Step 1 Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Plugin Setting >> Section Ordering

Click on "Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

Typography / General settings

Color/Font is very easy process. We have given these options in all sections of customizer. It is a complete image to show you about color and font pallete. At a single glance of click you can set the color and fonts of the Headings, Paragraph and Buttons

Every individual section have an option to set the color pallete for Headings, Title/Text, Paragraph, Button Text and Button Background depending upon the number of option that are available in that respective section.

In order to continue with Typography / General settings.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Typography / General settings

How to set up homepage

Once you view your site after activating the theme, You will see the index page with the latest post. Now you will need to setup the home page template to show all the demo section on your front page.


Setup Home Page

Follow these instructions to setup Home page.

1. Create Page to set template : Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

Select the template.

2. Set the front page: Go to Setting Reading Set the front page display static page to home page.

Once you have done with this, you can see all the demo content on front page.

Site Identity

In order to continue Site Identity, follow the below steps.

Site Identity

Go to Appearance Customize Site Identity .


Setup Header Section

In order to setup the Header Section, follow the below steps.

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New

Repeat the same steps if you want to add more pages.


For menus you need to create menu and add menus from Add menu items.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Header Section.



This is how you can add the Header section.


Setup Social Icons

In order to continue with Social Icons,

To further configure this part, please see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Social Icons.

This is how you can Social Icons.


Setup Post General Settings Section

Install Post General Settings Section by following these instructions.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

If you want to create more category, repeat the same procedure.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Post General Settings .

This is how you can setup Post General Settings Section.


Setup Post Carousel

In order to continue with Post Carousel Section.

To further configure this part, please see the screenshots below.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Repeat the same step if you want to create more category

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Post Carousel.


This is how you can setup Post Carousel Section.


Setup Trending Post Section

Follow these instructions to Setup Trending Post Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Repeat the same step if you want to create more category

Go to Dashboard Post Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Trending Post.

This is how you can setup Trending Post Section.


Setup What's Hot

Follow these instructions to Setup What's Hot Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings What's Hot.

This is how you can setup What's Hot Section.


Setup Video News Section

Follow these instructions to Setup Video News Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Video News .

This is how you can setup Video News Section.


Setup Browse By Category

In order to continue with Browse By Category.

To further configure this part, please see the screenshots below.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Browse By Category.



This is how you can setup Browse By Category Section


Setup More News Section

Establish Additional News Section by following these procedures.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings More News .

This is how you can setup More News Section.


Setup Editors Pic Section

In order to continue with Editors Pic section,

To further configure this part, please see the screenshots below.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Editors Pic .

This is how you can Offer section.


Setup Newsletter

In order to continue with Newsletter Section.

You must first upload and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin before you can set up the Newsletter Section.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Newsletter.

This is how you can Newsletter Section


Setup Single Post Page Section

In order to continue with Single Post Page section,

Go to Dashboard Posts Categories .

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Single Post Page .

This is how you can Single Post Page section.


Setup Blog Page section

To further configure this part, please see the screenshots below.

Go to Dashboard Posts Categories .

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Blog Page.

This is how you can setup Blog Page section.



Setup Contact Page

In order to setup the Contact Page you need upload and activate contact form 7 plugin.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Contact.


Contact Page will be appear on page like this


Footer Text

In order to continue with Footer Text section

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Footer Text..

In footer text section,select copyright text.

The text in the footer will be similar to this on the page.

Themes Plugin

  • With plugins, you can increase and expand the functionality of WordPress.

    If you want these features in your theme, you must activate the plugin. In order to activate the plugin in your theme, follow these instructions.

    How to activate plugins

    Go to Plugins Installed Plugins magazine-pro-Posttype. Activate

Page Templates and Sidebars

Page Templates

  • Default Template (The default page template with a right sidebar position)

  • Home Page Template (Front page with the demo content)

  • Blog Full Width Extend (Page template with no sidebar position)

  • Blog with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Blog With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Page with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Page With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Contact Template (The default Contact template with no sidebar position)

Posts, Categories and Post Formats

Adding category

For further details on adding categories, look at the following article: click here

  • Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).

  • Click the Posts tab.

  • With that done, click Categories for blog posts.

  • Type in the name of your new category.

  • After that, click the Add New Category button.

Click the Publish button.

Creating a Blog post

  • Log into your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard).

  • Click the Posts tab.

  • Click the Add New tab.

  • Type in your post content. For more information on adding posts, please check the following link click here

Shortcodes

A shortcode is an effective tool for creating content. click here Using shortcodes is simple. Make sure the editing mode is set to Visual First.

Contact Form : [contact-form-7 id="5" title="Contact form 1"]

Custom Widgets

In order to continue with Widget section,

Go to Dashboard Appearance Widgets.

It will be appear on page like this

How to Setup Additional Theme Add Ons

1.The plugin must first be downloaded from the source (which will be a zip file) ( Post Type plugin.zip). Then, click the Plugins » Add New page in the WordPress admin area.

2.After that, click on the Upload Plugin button on top of the page.

3.You'll arrive at the plugin upload page after doing this. Next, you must select the plugin file you already downloaded to your computer by clicking the choose file option.

4.After choosing the file, you must select the install now option.

5.The plugin file from your computer will now be uploaded to WordPress, where it will be installed. After installation is complete, a notice like this will appear.

6.To use the plugin after installation, click the link that says "Activate Plugin."