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Created: 03/03/2012 By: bring the pixel team Email: bringthepixel@gmail.com Thank you for purchasing our Flare WordPress Theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email via our user page contact form here. We'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but we'll do our best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to our themes you might consider visiting our support forum. Thanks so much!
Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Introduction Installation Important Notes General Setup Homepage & Subpages Setup Posts Setup Works Setup Shortcodes Widgets Theme Folder Structure CSS files Javascripts PSD files Sources and Credits Routines
Introduction
Theme Areas
The Flare Theme is divided into the 6 independent areas. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. the Preheader (optional) the Header the Precontent (optional, different for every single page) the Content the Prefooter (optional) the Footer
Installation
After unzipping the file downloaded from ThemeForest you should see the following folder structure: Demo Content - demo content and theme options in XML files Documentation - theme documentation in the HTML format flare - theme files - in case you want to upload the theme through the FTP flare-child - child theme files - in case you want to upload the child theme through the FTP Licensing - theme license Resources - PSD files and other resources
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flare.zip - zipped theme files - in case you want to upload the theme through the WordPress admin flare-child.zip - zipped child theme files - in case you want to upload the child theme through the WordPress admin
Install the Flare Theme as any other theme. Just make sure you upload to the 'wp-content/themes/ ' on your server only the Flare folder, not the whole pack. If you want to know more about the installation process, check out the WordPress Codex Installing WordPress. After activating the Flare Theme you will see some changes in the WordPress Admin. The most important are the Theme Options located in the WordPress Admin Appearance Theme Options.
Important Notes
Demo Content
The Theme comes with the Demo Content which you can import from an XML file. This way you can easily check how everything works. Keep in mind that you should perform import procedure only on a fresh | new WordPress installation. Import content 1. 2. 3. 4. Go to the WordPress Admin Tools Import Click "WordPress" import system Upload the "content.xml" file from the "Demo Content" folder Click "Upload file and import"
If you want to know more about the content import feature, check out the WordPress Codex Importing Content Import Theme Options After importing content you should also import Theme Options:
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1. Go to the WordPress Admin Appearance Import Theme Options 2. Upload the "theme-options.xml" file from the "Demo Content" folder 3. Click "Import XMl"
General setup
You must before anything: Upload your logo Set up the Navigation Menus Set up the Preheader Theme Area Set up the Prefooter Theme Area You should
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Set up the Feeds You can Customize the look of your site
Blog Setup
Basic Setup
These are the steps you should follow to basically set up the Blog site section: 1. Click on the "Posts" menu item from the WordPress Admin Menu 2. Add some categories | tags 3. Add some really simple posts - you will improve them later. (just fill in the title, provide some content, set the featured image and assign some categories | tags) 4. Create the Post Index Page 5. Configure the default look & feel of all post archive pages 6. Configure the default look & feel of all single post pages 7. Add the Post Index Page and categories to the navigation menus
Works Setup
The Theme comes with a custom post type for works. It means, that regular blog entries are separated from works. You can notice it by looking at the main menu in the WordPress Admin. Besides the 'Posts' section, there is also the 'Works' section. You can organize your works with work categories | tags. Work categories | tags are built using custom taxonomy functionality, so they are separated from standard, built-in WordPress categories | tags.
Basic Setup
These are the steps you should follow to basically set up the Works site section: 1. Click on the "Works" menu item from the WordPress Admin Menu 2. Add some work categories | tags 3. Add some really simple works - you will improve them later. (just fill in the title, provide some content, set the featured image and assign some work categories | tags) 4. Create the Work Index Page 5. Configure the default look & feel of all work archive pages 6. Configure the default look & feel of all single work pages 7. Add the Work Index page and work categories to the navigation menus
Custom Shortcodes
The Flare Theme comes with many custom shortcodes you can use to spice up your content. When you're editing content in the Visual Mode, click the "[/]" icon (see image below) to open up the Shortcode Generator. This little tool provides a user friendly interface for all shortcodes and code snippets.
Custom Wigdets
The Flare Theme comes with some custom widgets ready to use. All custom widgets names start with prefix BTP prefix BTP Feeds - display feeds defined in WordPress Admin Feeds Main Tab BTP Contact Form - a widget alternative for the [contact_form] shortcode BTP Twitter - a widget alternative for the [twitter] shortcode BTP Custom Pages - a widget alternative for the [custom_pages] shortcode BTP Related Pages - a widget alternative for the [related_pages] shortcode BTP Custom Posts - a widget alternative for the [custom_posts] shortcode BTP Popular Posts - a widget alternative for the [popular_posts] shortcode BTP Recent Posts - a widget alternative for the [recent_posts] shortcode BTP Related Posts - a widget alternative for the [related_posts] shortcode BTP Custom Works - a widget alternative for the [custom_works] shortcode BTP Popular Works - a widget alternative for the [popular_works] shortcode BTP Recent Works - a widget alternative for the [recent_works] shortcode BTP Related Works - a widget alternative for the [related_works] shortcode
CSS files
Reset Styles The first rules in main.css file are generic reset rules. Many browser interpret the default behavior of html elements differently. By using a general reset styles, we can work round this. General Styles The main css file main.css is separated into sections:
BASE Reset Tools
DEFAULT STYLES Typography Images Tables Forms GLOBAL LAYOUT Structure Body section Preheader section Header section Precontent Content section Prefooter section Footer section PAGE SPECIFIC LAYOUT Home Posts Works Extra
If you would like to edit a specific section of the site, simply find the appropriate label in the CSS file, and then scroll down until you find the appropriate style that needs to be edited. Sections are marked as follows:
/* ================================================================================================ /* =====>>> SAMPLE SECTION NAME <<<================================================================ /* ================================================================================================
Color Scheme Styles All color scheme stylesheets are located in the same folder as the "main.css" file. Their names start with the "scheme-" prefix, like "scheme-light.css" or "scheme-dark.css". Browser Specific Styles It is worth mentioning that there are special CSS files called ie7.css and ie8.css only for Interner Explorer 7,8 browsers.
Javascripts
Except plugin files, the Flare Theme uses only one the main.js file which calls some theme specific functions and initializes plugins. The main power behind this theme is the famous javascript framework jQuery. All plugins and theme specific functionalities are based on it.
PSD files
We've included following PSDs with the Flare Theme: homepage global elements (like audio player)
Photos from photodune Photos from dreamstime The Ultimate Free Web Designers Icon Set 81 Pixel perfect Social Media Icons IconSweets 2
Javascripts
jQuery - Javascript framework jQuery Easing Plugin - advance easing options jQuery Metadata Plugin - extracting metadata data attribute hoverIntent jQuery Plug-in - determining the user's hover intent html5shiv - HTML5 IE enabling script jQuery prettyPhoto Plugin - lightbox for images, videos, YouTube jPlayer - The jQuery HTML5 Audio / Video Library Cufon - font replacement script jQuery Rangeinput @ jQuery TOOLS - HTML5 range input for humans FlexSlider - jQuery Responsive Slider Respond.js - A fast & lightweight polyfill for min/max-width CSS3 Media Queries (for IE 6-8, and more)
Miscellaneous
Titillium font - open source font Lato - open source font Colaborate font
Routines
Setting Up the Logo
By default the Flare Theme displays the site title in the Header Theme Area. You can easily change this and display the logo image instead: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Upload your logo image into the Media Library Copy the "File URL" of the uploaded file Go to the WordPress Admin Appearance Theme Options General Tab Main Subtab Paste the "File URL" into the "Logo" input field Save
1. Go to the WordPress Admin Appearance Menus 2. Create a new menu. 3. Before adding menu items: make sure to configure screen options in the top-right section of the WordPress Admin. Some boxes can be hidden by default. 4. Start adding menu items from the boxes located on the left side. 5. Save menu. 6. Assign menu to one of the menu locations in the "Theme Locations" box on the left side. 7. Save.
If you want to know more about custom navigation menus, check out WordPress Codex chapter Appearance Menus SubPanel
Customize the content colors from the Content Subtab Change the prefooter layout, customize the prefooter colors from the Prefooter Subtab Change the footer layout, customize the footer colors from the Footer Subtab 2. Save Use the Flare Child Theme style.css file Sometimes Theme Options are not enough, then you should use the Flare Child Theme style.css file. That way, when the parent theme is updated, your modifications are preserved. 1. 2. 3. 4. Go to the WordPress Admin Appearance Editor From the right side choose the "style.css" Put your CSS rules into the editor Update file
How to create a home page similar to the ones from the preview installation of the Flare Theme? 1. 2. 3. 4. When editing the home page content open up the Shortcode Generator by clicking on the "[/]" icon. From the "Select Item" dropdown menu select one of the predefined snippets under the " HOME PAGE SNIPPETS" group. Insert it into the editor. Save
Probably you will want to add this page to the Navigation Menus
From now on, this page will display all works. Also it will be added to the breadcrumbs navigation when appriopriate. Probably you will want to add this page to the Navigation Menus
From now on, all archive pages will inherit those default values. Keep in mind, that you can still override some values for an individual category | tag page. You can do it, while editting a category | tag.
From now on, all single entry pages will inherit those default values. Keep in mind, that you can still override some values for an individual entry. You can do it, while editting an entry.
To disable linking 1. Go to the edit screen of a single entry 2. Scroll down to the "General" metabox 1. From the "title linking" dropdown choose "don't link" 2. From the "button_1 linking" dropdown choose "don't link" 3. Now move to the "Featured Image " metabox 1. Click the "Set featured image" link or the featured image itself if it exists 2. A popup window should open 3. Upload some image 4. From the "Alternative linking" dropdown choose "don't link" 5. Click "Use as featured image" or "Save all changes" if you are editing the featured image 6. A popup window should close 4. Save
5. Save changes Keep in mindthat the default slider size is 960x360px. You can easily change it by going to the WordPress Admin Appearance Theme Options Style Tab Images Subtab
Keep in mind that you should do it only for unusual entries | categories | tags. For all the other ones most of the available options should be leaved to their default (inherited) value.
The relation tags are not displayed anywhere - use them to relate different content (posts, pages, etc.), so that you can benefit from special shortcodes ([related_posts], [related_pages], etc.) or widgets. It is strongly advised to prepend every relation tag with the r- prefix, to clearly differentiate these tags, thus keep their slugs unique. The relation tags are built using custom taxonomy functionality, so they are separated from the standard WordPress tags.
Here is a sample usage: 1. 2. 3. 4. Assign the r-home tag to your home page. Assign the r-home tag to some blog posts. Insert the [related_posts] shortcode into the content editor, when editing the home page. Save changes and all related posts will be on your home page.
Summary
Once again, thank you so much for purchasing Flare Theme. As we said at the beginning, we'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but we'll do our best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to our themes you might consider visiting our support forum. bring the pixel team Go To the Table of Contents