by DesignerThemes.com Hi there. Thanks for purchasing this theme, your support is greatly appreciated! This theme documentation file covers installation and all of the main features and, just like the theme, is regularly updated. To access the current version of this file at any time, from your WordPress admin, go to Appearance Theme Options and click the Docs tab. Installation To get started, you must first install and activate the theme from your WordPress dashboard. 1. Go to Appearance Themes 2. Click Add New, then click Upload 3. Locate the themename.zip file and click Install Now then click Activate Alternatively, if you prefer using FTP, you can upload the unzipped theme folder to your /wp-content/themes/ directory. This theme requires WordPress 3.6 or above. Theme Updates Once you've successfully installed the theme, you should check to see if there is a newer version available. If you go to Appearance Themes and you see the Update Available notice bar over the theme screenshot you can click that link to auto-update the theme. Theme Options This theme comes with a easy to use theme options panel that you can access by going to Appearance Theme Options. All of the settings for this theme are organized into a number of tabs on this page. Please read each option description before making any changes. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 1 of 8
Theme Customizer All presentational theme options (design, layout, etc.) are also accessible via the live Theme Customizer at Appearance Customize. The Theme Customizer allows you to tweak theme options and see a preview of those changes in real time. Homepage Setup By default, WordPress will show your most recent posts on the homepage of your site. To use the custom homepage template designed for this theme follow these steps. 1. Go to Pages Add New to create a new page to use as your home front page. Set a title (e.g. Home) and click Publish. 2. Go to Pages Add New to create a new page to use as your blog front page. Set a title (e.g. Blog) and click Publish. 3. Go to Settings Reading and from the Front page displays section select the A static page option. 4. Select your 'Home' page you just created from the Front page dropdown and then select your 'Blog' page from the Posts page dropdown. 5. Now, click Save Changes and you're done. Your homepage is now using the custom homepage template which consists of multiple content sections. If you haven't already, go to Appearance Theme Options and click on the Homepage tab to customize your homepage. Homepage Slider From the Homepage tab, on Appearance Theme Options, you can choose to populate your slider with Blog Posts, Portfolio Posts, Pages or Slides. Slides Posts Type We have included a Slides post type for you to create custom slides. Go to Slides Add New to create a custom Slide. This new Slides post type enables you to create video slides and image slides with additional styling and link options. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 2 of 8
Post/Page Editor Extras Easily create beautifully styled content with our custom styles toolbar, jquery tabs generator and visual column/layout builder. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 3 of 8
Using Post Formats This theme supports six post formats, selectable from the Edit Post screen: Standard, Gallery, Link, Image, Quote, Video, Audio. Whenever you create a new post, choose an appropriate post format and follow the instructions below. Standard The Standard post format is the default format. Read below for non-standard post formats. Gallery To publish a Gallery post, first select Gallery from the post Format box. Now, under your post editor, you'll see a Featured Gallery section. Click the Manage Gallery button and upload your gallery images from the Edit Featured Gallery dialog that opens. Now click the Save Featured Gallery button. You can also select images you've already uploaded by clicking the Add to Gallery link on the left and then the Media Library tab. Once you've selected your images, click the Add to Gallery button. Now you will see thumbnails of all of your gallery images in the Featured Gallery section. You can reorder or edit your gallery images at any time by clicking the Manage Gallery button again. The Featured Gallery will be displayed at the top of the post. You should also set a Featured Image. This image will be used as the post's thumbnail in some areas of the theme. Link To publish an Link post, first select Link from the post Format box. Then, type or paste your link text into the post content editor. Next, select the link text you just entered, and create your link by clicking the link icon button in the post editor toolbar. The post title will not be displayed on your site; only the link text you entered will be shown. This post format does not use a Featured Image. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 4 of 8
Image To publish an Image post, first select Image from the post Format box. Then, upload the image you want to highlight from the Featured Image box. The Featured Image will be displayed at the top of the post. Quote To publish a Quote post, first select Quote from the post Format box. Then, type or paste your quote into the post content editor. The post title will not be displayed on your site; only the quoted text you entered will be shown. If you're including a quote citation, highlight the citation text with your cursor and select Citation from the Styles dropdown in the post editor toolbar. This post format does not use a Featured Image. Video To publish a Video post, first select Video from the post Format box. Now, under your post editor, you'll see a Featured Video section. Here you can paste either a Video Link or Video Embed Code. The Featured Video will be displayed at the top of the post. You should also set a Featured Image. This image will be used as the post's thumbnail in some areas of the theme. Audio To publish an Audio post, first select Audio from the post Format box. Now, under your post editor, you'll see a Featured Audio section. Here you can paste either an Audio Link or Audio Embed Code. The Featured Audio will be displayed at the top of the post. You can also set a Featured Image for audio posts. This image will be displayed above the Featured Audio. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 5 of 8
Porfolio Setup Creating Portfolio Posts Creating Portfolio posts is just like creating standard Blog posts; simply go to Portfolio Add New. Also, just like standard posts, you can create Categories to organize your Portfolio posts. Portfolio Front Page By default, your Portfolio front page is located at http://yoursite.com/portfolio. However, to change that go to Appearance Theme Options Portfolio Portfolio Slugs and follow the instructions provided. Portfolio Menu Link To add a Portfolio front page link to your menu navigation go to Appearance Menus and find the the Links menu module on the left and add the Portfolio front page URL mentioned above. Multiple Portfolios To create multiple Portfolio pages you'll need to use Portfolio categories and sub-categories. Each Portfolio Category can be a new Portfolio page. Go to Appearance Menus and find the Portfolio Categories menu module on the left and add a Portfolio Category to a menu location. The Portfolio Category pages will look just like the Portfolio front page, however they will only show posts within that Category. Any sub Categories will appear as Portfolio filters. If you can't see the Portfolio Groups box, ensure that it is enabled in the screen options. The Screen Options pull down tab is located in the upper right corner of your Dashboard. http://cl.ly/tmeg Portfolio Options Once you've created your Portfolio posts, go to Appearance Theme Options and click on the Portfolio tab to see the available portfolio options. Please read each option description before making any changes. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 6 of 8
Menu Setup Navigate to Appearance Menus and follow this tutorial on how to create menus. This theme comes with four menu locations for you to display your menus. Primary Menu menu bar below the logo Secondary Menu top-right, across from the logo Footer Menu menu bar at the bottom Mobile/Tablet Menu replaces both header menus for mobile/tablet visitors Portfolio Menu Link To add a Portfolio front page (all categories) menu link you'll need to use the Links menu module. By default, your Portfolio front page is located at http://yoursite.com/portfolio. However, to change that go to Appearance Theme Options Portfolio Portfolio Slugs and follow the instructions provided. Buttons To create a button menu link, simply add the word button to the CSS Styles field for that menu link. Help! I don't see my Portfolio Categories section or the CSS Classes field! This means they need to be enabled in the Screen Options. Click the Screen Options tab in the top-right of the Menus page and check the items you want displayed. http://cl.ly/tmeg Sidebar and Footer Widgets This theme comes with five widget areas. Global Sidebar displayed in the sidebar throughout your site except for Pages Page Sidebar displayed in the sidebar only on Pages Footer 1st Column first column of footer Footer 2nd Column second column of footer Footer 3rd Column third column of footer To add widgets to these widget areas, go to Appearance Widgets. Drag any of the available widgets on the left into the widget areas displayed on the right. Configure each widget and Save. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 7 of 8
Recommended Plugins To install any of the following plugins go to Plugins Add New and use the Search field. Regenerate Thumbnails If you are NOT using this theme on a brand new site you'll want to install this plugin to regenerate your thumbnails to the correct sizes for this theme. Contact Form 7 A plugin to create contact forms for your site which this theme supports and includes custom styling for. Say what? This plugin allows you to easily translate/change any text used in the theme. Additional Help If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, feel free to visit our dedicated support forum at support.designerthemes.com. Aspect WordPress Theme Page 8 of 8