{"id":17585,"date":"2016-03-23T20:54:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T00:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/?post_type=theme-setup&#038;p=17585"},"modified":"2016-12-14T23:27:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T04:27:36","slug":"optimal-theme-setup","status":"publish","type":"theme-setup","link":"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/theme-setup\/optimal-theme-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimal Theme Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some basic documentation to help setup your Theme. If you run into any issues, create a post in the <a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/forums\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Forums<\/a> and we&#8217;ll be more than happy to help \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"theme-tut-section\">\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/theme-setup\/installing-the-genesis-framework-and-child-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\">Installing the Genesis Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/tutorials\/how-to-import-the-demo-content\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Import the Demo Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#plu\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tcu\">Theme Customizer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"theme-tut-section\">\n<h3>Home Page Setup<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#cbih\">How to Change Home Page Background Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ahpw\">How to Add Homepage Widgets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ihp\">How to Import Home Page Demo Widgets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"theme-setup-content\">\n<div id=\"plu\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>Plugins<\/h3>\n<p>Below are the list of Plugins that we use in most of our Theme Demos.  These plugins are free, and <strong>not<\/strong> required for the theme to work\/function, but are useful if you want to add these features in your site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-responsive-slider\/\">Genesis Responsive Slider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-enews-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis \u2013 eNews Extended Widget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-social-icons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simple Social Icons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ninja-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ninja Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/widget-importer-exporter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Widget Importer &#038; Exporter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-importer\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Importer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-simple-share\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Simple Share<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tcu\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>Theme Customizer<\/h3>\n<div class=\"doc-bord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/img\/docs\/elevate\/elevate-customizer.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The Theme Customizer allows you to change the design of your theme without using any code!  <\/p>\n<p>To get started, first head over to your WordPress Admin, then go to <strong>Appearance > Customize<\/strong> to access the Theme Customizer.<\/p>\n<h4>Here are the list of options you can change with the Customizer &#8211; <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Logo\/Header Image<\/li>\n<li>Theme Colors &#8211;  Automatically change Links, Buttons, and Homepage Backgrounds Colors.<\/li>\n<li>Site Title &#038; Tagline<\/li>\n<li>Front Page Background Images<\/li>\n<li>Menus<\/li>\n<li>Widgets<\/li>\n<li>Plenty More!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cbih\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>How to Change Home Page Background Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"doc-bord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/img\/docs\/elevate\/elevate-bg-img.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re Theme features background images in the demo, then you can change those images by using the Theme Customizer.  To access the Customizer, head over to your WordPress Admin, then go to <strong>Appearance > Customize<\/strong> and you&#8217;ll see the options to change the background images under the Tab\/Link labeled <strong>Front Page Background Images<\/strong>.  From there you can change the background images of the homepage.<\/p>\n<p>The default size of the demo images are 1800px width, and 1200px height.  You can of course change this to whatever size you prefer for your site.  Keep in mind, the images are designed to be large, full width and cover the entire area of each widget location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ahpw\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>How to Add Homepage Widgets<\/h3>\n<p>To activate a Widget Area, simply add any widget you want into it\u2019s place. Once you do this, the Widget Area will activate and show up on your homepage.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t need to use all of the available widget locations on your homepage, leaving them blank will deactivate\/prevent them from showing.<\/p>\n<p>The same process works for your Sidebar Widget Areas as well.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ihp\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>How to Import Home Page Demo Widgets<\/h3>\n<p>A quick and easy way to setup the Homepage demo is to download and install a Plugin called \u201cWidget Importer &amp; Exporter\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/widget-importer-exporter\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/widget-importer-exporter\/<\/a> Once installed, this plugin can import the Widget Content from the Demo\u2019s Home Page automatically. <\/p>\n<p>So by using this plugin, you won\u2019t need to copy and paste the text and html code used from the demo since the plugin will automatically add it in your widgets for you.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend this plugin since WordPress XML files won\u2019t Import the Home Page Widgets from the Demo. The XML file will only import Posts, Pages, Categories, etc, but not Home Page Widgets. So in order to install the widgets all in <strong>\u201cOne Click\u201c<\/strong>, you can use the plugin above and it will take care of the entire process for you.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the Optimal Demo Widgets file here \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/q5mrrp4r1mxmyrh\/demo.appfinite.net-optimal-widgets.wie?dl=0\">https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/q5mrrp4r1mxmyrh\/demo.appfinite.net-optimal-widgets.wie?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To import this file, install the Plugin, then go to the <strong>Tools &gt; Widget Importer &amp; Exporter<\/strong> link from your WordPress admin page.  From there you\u2019ll see the Import\/Export option.  Choose the Import Widgets option, and upload the file above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .theme-setup-content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some basic documentation to help setup your Theme. 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