1) Unzip the files
2) Copy "Lezara" folder 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:
- Banner Rotator FX
- Contact Form 7
- Dock Gallery FX
- FancyBox for WordPress
- 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
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 Benner Rotator FX Component (Create a new page with the
name "Home", select the "Home with Banner Rotator" template for it and
click "Publish".)
- Home with Dock Gallery FX component (Create a
new page with the name "Home", select the "Home with Dock Gallery"
template for it and click "Publish".)
The front page of your
theme is the one with Banner Rotator FX Component. If you want to choose
another page 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.
- To have a "read more" link on your portfolio posts, you have to open
a post in the admin area, click on the "HTML" tab of your editor,
choose the place you want to insert the "read more" link, and click on
the "more" button on the top of the text editor. Then update the post.
c) Blog page:
- Create a new page, select the "Blog" Template (on the sidebar is a
drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
- To
have a "read more" link on your blog posts, you have to open a post in
the admin area, click on the "HTML" tab of your editor, choose the place
you want to insert the "read more" link, and click on the "more" button
on the top of the text editor. Then update the post.
d) Fullwidth page (no sidebars):
- Create a new page, select the "Fullwidth Page" Template (on the
sidebar is a drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
e) Gallery page:
- Create a new page, select the "Gallery" Template (on the sidebar is a
drop-down labeled "Page Attributes" ) and click "Publish".
-
Create a Category named "Gallery". Create posts for this category,
insert an image for every post. All the posts from this category will
appear on your "Gallery" page.
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">
<label>Name :</label>
[text* your-name]
</div>
<div class="form_row">
<label>Email :</label>
[email* your-email]
</div>
<div class="form_row">
<label>Subject :</label>
[text* your-subject]
</div>
<div class="form_row">
<label>Message :</label>
[textarea* your-message]
</div>
<div class="form_row">
[submit "SUBMIT"]
</div>
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Then click on the "Save" button on the right.
g) For any other page, create a new page and select the "Default Template" or "Fullwidth Page" Template.
9) Sidebars and widgets:
Sidebars:
There are 5 widget areas for this theme: 1 main sidebar, 1 for footer icons, and 3 for the contact page.
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 (The right sidebar displayed if widgets are added to it) - all kind of widgets can be added to it
- Footer - Social Icons ("Social icons" area in the footer of the page) - The text widget is used
- Contact - Left (The section displayed on the contact page on the left, above the form) - The text widget is used
- Contact - Right Top (The section displayed on the contact page on the right, at the top) - The text widget is used
- Contact - Right Bottom (The section displayed on the contact page on the right, at the bottom) - The text widget is 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 skins, logo, copyright information. You can also configure your 404
error message or even get some SEO Optimization.
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