RBG WordPress Theme Read Me

This document describes how to install and use your WordPress theme.

Summary

  1. Installation

    1. Activate the theme

      Go to Appearance » Themes and activate the theme

    2. Cleanup old information

      Delete the stock/default page and post that Wordpress creates upon installation

    3. Import sample data provided by us

      Open the provided export.xml file and replace all occurrence of this string {% UPLOADS_DIR %} with one of the following:

      If your blog resides in the root of your public html directory:

      http://<YOUR WEBSITE HOST>/wp-content/uploads

      If it is in a "virtual directory" deeper than your public html directory:

      http://<YOUR WEBSITE HOST>/<VIRTUAL DIRECTORY PATH>/wp-content/uploads

      Go to Tools » Import and import the export.xml with the updated uploads directory

    4. Setup Home Page

      Go to Settings » Reading and set the following:

      • "Front page displays": "A static page (select below)"
      • "Front page": "Home"
      • "Posts page": "Blog"

    5. Setup Menus

      Go to Appearance » Menus and setup the menus.

  2. Plugins

    1. Activate the "Hello World" plugin

      Go to Settings » Hello World and setup plugin options

  3. Content Management

    1. The content of the slider is handled through the Slides custom post type. Enter a title for the slide, upload an image via the Image custom field and enter a link for the image to point to, using the Link field.

    2. Page Templates

      • Default Template

      • Home

      • Contact/Full Width/Other

    3. Theme Options

      Go to Theme Options » General and setup theme options

    4. Each page can have a unique sidebar associated with it, or a couple of pages could share a common sidebar. In order to determine which sidebar should be visible on each page, edit the page and choose an existing sidebar, or create a new one, by selecting the corresponding item from the Sidebar dropdown that appears on the right.

      After that go to Appearance » Widgets to set up the widgets that would appear in the sidebar.

    5. Shortcodes

      • [list]

        Use this shortcode to create lists. Example:

        [list] And also say something else. [/list]

      • [button]

        Use this shortcode to create buttons. Example:

        [button link="#" text="Example button"]