1- User guide and theme setup
Thank you for purchasing our theme. If you have any questions or suggestion that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free ask any questions on the online Support Forum.
For questions about WordPress installation/usage, HTML, JavaScript or CSS editing – please try the W3Schools or the WordPress Codex as theme errors/issues get top priority.
Thanks so much!
2- Getting started
To install our theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For more information regarding the installation of the WordPress platform, please try the WordPress Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
3- Installation
Once wordpress is installed, you can upload the theme files and activate the theme.
Download the zipped theme pack to your local computer and extract the ZIP file contents to a folder on your local computer.
In the extracted folder you will find ‘carmela.zip’ Extract this file .
The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:
-FTP Upload: Using your FTP program, upload the non-zipped theme folder into the /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
-WordPress Upload: Navigate to Appearance > Add New Themes > Upload. Go to browse, and select the zipped theme folder, called jennifer.zip. Hit “Install Now” and the theme will be uploaded and installed.
Once the theme is uploaded, you need to activate it. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate your chosen theme.
More info in this post
4- Menus
Setting Up Your Navigation Menu
If you using version 3.0 of WordPress or higher, you can setup custom menus to configure your site’s navigation. The theme comes with one custom menu location called “The Main Menu” and is located at the very top of the each page, on the ribbon. If you are running earlier versions of WordPress, the menu degrades gracefully and automatically creates your navigation for you – custom menus are replaced with a list of pages. In this case, you will need to change the order of the pages via the page order option in pages.
To setup your custom menus, navigate to Appearance > Menus. Give your menu a name and create your menu items using the available widgets. You can add a variety of items including pages, categories, custom links. To extend the available widgets, click the screen options tab at the very top of the screen and configure your options.
Once you’ve added all your items to your menu, be sure to click “Save Menu”. Then, set your menu by clicking it for the Top Navigation Menu in the “Theme Locations” box in the upper left hand side of the screen:
More info in this post
5- Social menu
Setting Up Your Social Menu
To set your own social menu, create a new menu as it have been explained in the above section.
To add new items, fill the field area with your own url social in the “link tab” as is done in the following image. You can fill the “link text” field if you want.
You can add many social icons as you need. Make sure to check the “Social Links Menu” option in Theme locations setting. Make sure to save the menu before leave the menu admin page.
6- Customize
You can customize the entire look of your theme, from colors to fonts and backgrounds. To get to the customization panel, navigate to Appearance > Customize.
-Site Title & Tag Line
Choose a title and tag line for your site.
-Color
The color of the title and background as displayed by the theme.
-Static Front Page
You site’s home page can either contain your latest posts or display a static page or post.
Click the Save & Publish button to ensure any changes you have made to your Options are saved to your database. Once you click the button, the button text changes to “Saved” telling you your settings have been saved.
7- Sources and credits
I’ve used the following plugins, thanks so much to:
Google Fonts API
Icons by Font Awesome
html5shiv.js
respond.js
Selectivizr.js
Images in theme demo by:
Kopaz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kopaz/)
Jon Ashcroft (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theilluminated/)
Rudolf Getel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudolfgetel/)
Austin Kirk (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aukirk/)
Leah Tautkute (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leah-tautkute/)
mark sebastian (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markjsebastian/)