Skinned Setup
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Installing and activating the theme
Upload the theme folder to wp_content>>themes and activate the theme. GO TO TOP
Nivo Slider
The Nivo Slider on the homepage will display the last 5 posts with the custom field featured. To display a post in the slider you will have to add a custom field named featured and in the value box input the excerpt (text) you want displayed with each slide.
To determine the image associated with the post in the slider, use the featured image feature and upload an 870px x 380px image. GO TO TOP
Setting up the menu
This theme is using the Custom Menus feature WordPress 3.0 introduced. To set up the menu, go to Dashboard>>Appearance>>Menus.
There you can create your own menu and assign it to the menu position available in the theme.
This theme currently has available 1 menu position: Header menu (the menu in the header).
Once you have created and assigned your menu, you can start customizing it. You can either select pages and categories and click Add to menu, or you can create custom links with your desired anchor and links. These can be added to the menu as well. To rearrange the menu items you can simply drag and drop them.
Below are a few images illustrating adding pages and subpages to your menus.
The image on the left shows how the menu items should be positioned to create a subpage (last item). Just drag and drop the item to the desired position. Don't forget to hit Save Menu after performing any changes to it. GO TO TOP
Using featured images for the posts thumbnails
To give a thumbnail to your post (visible on the homepage and archive pages), use the featured image feature. Your image will be automatically resized.
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