Ally Theme Setup

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Here is some basic documentation to help setup your Theme. If you run into any issues, create a post in the Community Forums and we’ll be more than happy to help 🙂

Home Page Setup

Plugins

Below are the list of Plugins that we use in most of our Theme Demos. These plugins are free, and not required for the theme to work/function, but are useful if you want to add these features in your site.

Theme Customizer

The Theme Customizer allows you to change the design of your theme without using any code!

To get started, first head over to your WordPress Admin, then go to Appearance > Customize to access the Theme Customizer.

Here are the list of options you can change with the Customizer –

  • Logo/Header Image
  • Theme Colors – Automatically change Links, Buttons, and Homepage Backgrounds Colors.
  • Site Title & Tagline
  • Front Page Background Images
  • Menus
  • Widgets
  • Plenty More!

How to Add Homepage Widgets

To activate a Widget Area, simply add any widget you want into it’s place. Once you do this, the Widget Area will activate and show up on your homepage.

If you don’t need to use all of the available widget locations on your homepage, leaving them blank will deactivate/prevent them from showing.

The same process works for your Sidebar Widget Areas as well.

Import/Duplicate the widgets from your Theme’s Demo Page

You can automatically import the widget content from the Theme’s Demo by following the tutorial here – https://appfinite.com/tutorials/how-to-import-the-demo-content/ You can download this Import file to use when uploading the demo content – https://www.dropbox.com/s/1nx8aixkhwylwe7/demo.appfinite.net-ally-widgets.wie?dl=0