Magazine Pro wordpress theme Documentation

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Introduction

We appreciate you purchasing our WordPress theme. This article demonstrates several steps of the full configuration and management process for a WordPress website.

What is WordPress CMS?

WordPress is an open source website creation tool that uses PHP and MySQL as its foundation. It is a robust blogging platform and a totally free content management system (CMS). Using this CMS, you may create reliable online applications and websites. To manage it, you scarcely need any technological expertise or understanding. Because of its many benefits, including ease of use and flexibility, WordPress has emerged as the most popular website construction tool on the market.Learn More

What is a WordPress template

A WordPress template serves as the skin for websites built using the WordPress content management system. A WordPress template is incredibly simple to setup. You may quickly modify the appearance of your WordPress website by installing a new template. A WordPress template comes with all the necessary source files, and you are free to change and expand it however you see fit.

Help and Support

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Files structure

The template bundle that you downloaded is divided into various directories. Let's examine the contents of each folder:

  • Screenshots : contains template screenshots. Not for production.

  • Theme : contains WordPress theme files.

  • magazine-pro.zip: this folder content all the necessary files for the theme.

  • license.txt : contains license details.

  • readme.txt : contain information about theme images path and font use and usage scritps.

BWT Key Activation

TThe steps for activating a BWT key are as follows.

Given that you will receive the License Key via Email, use that key to Activate License.

Follow the following Process to Activate License.

Go to the Dashboard Appearance BWT Key Activation Enter Key Save Changes.

After Entering The Key Activate Licence.

After you Activate Licence,the key will be active and then you can Getstarted with the Theme.

In this way you can activate your Licence Key.

My site was working fine before? Who changed the File Permissions?

WordPress may be unable to create directories, upload photos, or execute some scripts if file permissions are set incorrectly.

To manage files and create directories on the server, WordPress needs permissions.

  • Then, choose "File Permissions" from the context menu when you right-click on all of the folders in the root directory.
  • wp-config >> permissions dialog box >> click on checkbox read and write >> Click on the OK button to continue
  • same process repeated for wp-content folder

Template Installation

Template installation is very easy process.

Step 1. Theme Installation

Logging into your WordPress admin panel is the first step you need to take. then click on

Go to the menu Appearance Themes

Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New button at the top.

Click on upload theme button.

Click on Browse Button then select your magazine-pro.zip theme and click on Install Now Button..

Your theme will now be installed by WordPress, and you will see a success message with a link to activate it or view a live preview.

Step 2. Install a Theme using FTP

The theme can be uploaded using FTP, which is your second installation option. To use this method, first log into your website using FTP and navigate to the wp-content/themes folder. Just extract the Total folder from the theme file you got and upload it to your server.

Then sign in to your WordPress website and go to Appearance Themes to activate total folder.

Plugin Installation.

With plugins, you can increase and expand the functionality of WordPress.

How to turn on plug-ins If you want these features in your theme, you must activate the plugin. In order to activate the plugin in your theme, follow these instructions.

To manually install a WordPress plugin using a.zip archive, follow the instructions below for uploading the plugin.

Install Required Plugins:

magazine-pro Posttype plugin, Contact Form 7

Without installing and activating the Magazine Pro plugin, you cannot use the Magazine theme to display content on your website.

1.Add Plugin : Go to Dashboard Add New Upload plugin..

click on the install now button and activate.

One-Click Demo Content Importer

To set up your theme, simply click to import sample content. You can follow the instructions in this article to develop your website for website creation.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Get started

Click on"Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

Section Ordering

How to Arrange and Reordering Section

Rearranging the sections according to our needs is the essence of section reordering. Drag the segment to the top or bottom as necessary to continue with this section. Your front view will change in accordance with customizer options when you drag any portion to the top or bottom.

You can reorder sections by simply dragging and dropping the options into the desired order.

In order to proceed with Section Ordering.

Step 1 Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Plugin Setting >> Section Ordering

Click on "Demo Content Importer" and then "Run Importer".

Typography / General settings

The method of changing the colour or font is quite simple. These choices are available in all customizer areas. It is a comprehensive graphic that demonstrates the typeface and colour palette. You can change the colour and font of the headings, paragraphs, and buttons with a single glance or click.

Depending on the number of options accessible in each part, there is an option to change the colour scheme for the headings, title/text, paragraph, button text, and button background.

In order to proceed with Typography / General settings.

Go toDashboard >> Appearance >> Customizing >> Typography / General settings

How to set up homepage

The index page with the most recent post will be visible when you access your site after activating the theme. You must now configure the home page design such that it displays the entire demo area on your front page.


Setup Home Page

The steps below should be followed to setup Home page.

1. Create Page to set template : Go to Dashboard Pages Add New Page.

Select the template.

2. Set the front page: Go to Setting Reading Set the front page display static page to home page.

When you're finished, you can view the entire demo on the top page.

Site Identity

In order to proceed Site Identity, follow the below steps.

Site Identity

Go to Appearance Customize Site Identity .


Setup Header Section

Follow the instructions below to set up the header section.

Go to Dashboard Pages Add New

If you wish to add more pages, follow the same procedures again.


You must construct a menu and add menus from scratch for menus. Insert menu items.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Header Section.



In this way you can add the Header section.


Setup Social Icons

In order to proceed with Social Icons,

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Social Icons.

In this way you can Social Icons.


Setup Post General Settings Section

The steps below should be followed to Setup Post General Settings Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Repeat the same step if you want to create more category

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Post General Settings .

This will enable you to set up Post General Settings Section.


Setup Post Carousel

In order to proceed with Post Carousel Section.

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Repeat the same step if you want to create more category

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Post Carousel.


This will enable you to set up Post Carousel Section.


Setup Trending Post Section

The steps below should be followed to Setup Trending Post Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Repeat the same step if you want to create more category

Go to Dashboard Post Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Trending Post.

This will enable you to set up Trending Post Section.


Setup What's Hot

The steps below should be followed to Setup What's Hot Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings What's Hot.

This will enable you to set up What's Hot Section.


Setup Video News Section

The steps below should be followed to Setup Video News Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Video News .

This will enable you to set up Video News Section.


Setup Browse By Category

In order to proceed with Browse By Category.

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Browse By Category.



This will enable you to set up Browse By Category Section


Setup More News Section

The steps below should be followed to Setup More News Section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings More News .

This will enable you to set up More News Section.


Setup Editors Pic Section

In order to proceed with Editors Pic section,

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Dashboard Post Categories.

Go to Dashboard Post Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Editors Pic .

In this way you can Offer section.


Setup Newsletter

In order to proceed with Newsletter Section.

Follow the instructions below to set up the newsletter section. Before you do anything else, upload and activate the contact form 7 plugin.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Newsletter.

In this way you can Newsletter Section


Setup Single Post Page Section

In order to proceed with Single Post Page section,

Go to Dashboard Posts Categories .

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New .

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Single Post Page .

In this way you can Single Post Page section.


Setup Blog Page section

Refer screenshots below to further set up this section.

Go to Dashboard Posts Categories .

Go to Dashboard Posts Add New.

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Blog Page.

This will enable you to set up Blog Page section.



Setup Contact Page

You must upload and activate the contact form 7 plugin in order to set up the contact page.

Go to Dashboard Contact Add New .


Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Contact.


Contact Page will be appear on page like this


Footer Text

In order to proceed with Footer Text section

Go to Appearance Customize Theme Settings Footer Text..

In footer text section,select copyright text.

Footer text section will be Appear on page like this.

Themes Plugin

  • With plugins, you can increase and expand the functionality of WordPress.

    If you want these features in your theme, you must activate the plugin. The following actions should be taken in order to enable the plugin in your theme.

    How to activate plugins

    Go to Plugins Installed Plugins magazine-pro-Posttype. Activate

Page Templates and Sidebars

Page Templates

  • Default Template (The default page template with a right sidebar position)

  • Home Page Template (Front page with the demo content)

  • Blog Full Width Extend (Page template with no sidebar position)

  • Blog with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Blog With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Page with Left Sidebar (A page templates with left sidebar position)

  • Page With Right Sidebar (A page template with right sidebar position)

  • Contact Template (The default Contact template with no sidebar position)

Posts, Categories and Post Formats

Adding category

Review the following article for more information on adding categories: click here

  • Access your WordPress Administration Panel by logging in (Dashboard).

  • Click the Posts tab.

  • With that done, click Categories for blog posts.

  • Type in the name of your new category.

  • After that, click the Add New Category button.

Click the Publish button.

Creating a Blog post

  • Access your WordPress Administration Panel by logging in (Dashboard).

  • Click the Posts tab.

  • Click the Add New tab.

  • Enter the text for your post. Please click the following link for further details on adding postsclick here

Shortcodes

A shortcode is a powerful content building tool click here Shortcodes are easy to use. First of all, make sure that the editing mode is set to Visual.

Contact Form : [contact-form-7 id="5" title="Contact form 1"]

Custom Widgets

In order to proceed with Widget section,

Go to Dashboard Appearance Widgets.

It will be appear on page like this

How to Setup Additional Theme Add Ons

1.The plugin must first be downloaded from the source (which will be a zip file) ( Post Type plugin.zip). Then, click the Plugins » Add New page in the WordPress admin area.

2.Then, select the Upload Plugin button located at the top of the page.

3.You'll arrive at the plugin upload page after doing this. Next, you must select the plugin file you already downloaded to your computer by clicking the choose file option.

4.After choosing the file, you must select the install now option.

5.The plugin file from your computer will now be uploaded to WordPress, where it will be installed. After installation is complete, a notice like this will appear.

6.To use the plugin after installation, click the link that says "Activate Plugin."