{"id":17586,"date":"2016-03-23T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T00:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/?post_type=theme-setup&#038;p=17586"},"modified":"2016-03-23T21:03:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T01:03:06","slug":"general-theme-setup","status":"publish","type":"theme-setup","link":"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/theme-setup\/general-theme-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"General Theme Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some basic documentation to help setup your Theme. If you run into any issues, create a post in the <a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/forums\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Forums<\/a> and we&#8217;ll be more than happy to help \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"theme-tut-section\">\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/theme-setup\/installing-the-genesis-framework-and-child-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\">Installing the Genesis Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/tutorials\/how-to-import-the-demo-content\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Import the Demo Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#plu\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tcu\">Theme Customizer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"theme-tut-section\">\n<h3>Home Page Setup<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#cbih\">How to Change Home Page Background Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ahpw\">How to Add Homepage Widgets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"theme-setup-content\">\n<div id=\"plu\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>Plugins<\/h3>\n<p>Below are the list of Plugins that we use in most of our Theme Demos.  These plugins are free, and <strong>not<\/strong> required for the theme to work\/function, but are useful if you want to add these features in your site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-enews-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis \u2013 eNews Extended Widget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-social-icons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simple Social Icons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ninja-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ninja Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/widget-importer-exporter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Widget Importer &#038; Exporter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-importer\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Importer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-simple-share\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Simple Share<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tcu\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>Theme Customizer<\/h3>\n<div class=\"doc-bord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/img\/docs\/elevate\/elevate-customizer.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The Theme Customizer allows you to change the design of your theme without using any code!  <\/p>\n<p>To get started, first head over to your WordPress Admin, then go to <strong>Appearance > Customize<\/strong> to access the Theme Customizer.<\/p>\n<h4>Here are the list of options you can change with the Customizer &#8211; <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Logo\/Header Image<\/li>\n<li>Theme Colors &#8211;  Automatically change Links, Buttons, and Homepage Backgrounds Colors.<\/li>\n<li>Site Title &#038; Tagline<\/li>\n<li>Front Page Background Images<\/li>\n<li>Menus<\/li>\n<li>Widgets<\/li>\n<li>Plenty More!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cbih\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>How to Change Home Page Background Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"doc-bord\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/appfinite.com\/img\/docs\/elevate\/elevate-bg-img.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re Theme features background images in the demo, then you can change those images by using the Theme Customizer.  To access the Customizer, head over to your WordPress Admin, then go to <strong>Appearance > Customize<\/strong> and you&#8217;ll see the options to change the background images under the Tab\/Link labeled <strong>Front Page Background Images<\/strong>.  From there you can change the background images of the homepage.<\/p>\n<p>The default size of the demo images are 1800px width, and 1200px height.  You can of course change this to whatever size you prefer for your site.  Keep in mind, the images are designed to be large, full width and cover the entire area of each widget location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ahpw\" class=\"theme-setup-section\">\n<h3>How to Add Homepage Widgets<\/h3>\n<p>To activate a Widget Area, simply add any widget you want into it\u2019s place. 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