TrendBlog
Documentation & Usage
- Version: 1.0
- Created by: ThemeRuby
- Demo URL: http://demo.themeruby.com/trendblog
- Online Documentation: https://docs.themeruby.com/trendblog
01. Getting Started
Thank You!
First of all a huge THANK YOU for purchasing our WordPress Theme at ThemeForest. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please contact me via support tab of the item at Themeforest. You can also follow me on Themeforest to keep track of all theme updates and future themes.
Theme Requirements
In order to proceed with the theme installation, you need to make sure you have the latest version of WordPress (3.5+) on your self-hosted site.
If you are new to WordPress, I would recommend learning a little bit about it before you get started. Below is helpful Resources to get you started with WordPress:
02. Install Theme
Theme Installation via WordPress
In order to install this Theme into WordPress, you should directly upload the trendblog.zip file via the WordPress Theme Uploader.
- Unzip the package you downloaded then find trendblog.zip file. Please skip this step if you download only theme package.
- Login to your admin dashboard and then navigate to Appearance → Themes.
- Click on Add New button
- Click on Upload Theme button
- Follow the instructions by choosing "trendblog.zip" file, located in the archive which you have downloaded from ThemeForest and then click on Install Now button.
- Click on the Activate link, once the upload already finished.
- Then the theme will navigate your site to installation plugin page, you will see the required plugins. Follow the steps to install and activate those plugins.
Theme Installation via FTP
A further option to install the theme, would be to upload it via FTP manager. It really doesn't matter which of the two ways you choose, use this way when you get problem install via WordPress..
- Login to your FTP account and the navigate to your WordPress Installation directory.
- Navigate to the folder
/wp-content/themes
- Unzip the trendblog.zip file on your computer
- Upload the "trendblog" folder (not the .zip-file) into the themes folder on your hosting
- Now login to your WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to Appearance > Themes
- Find the Theme and click on Activate button
Plugins I would recommend:
- Redux Framework - This is an important plugin for this theme, this is the theme options for this theme and you must install it before using this theme
- CMB2 - This is an important plugin for this theme, this is post and page options for this theme and you must install it before using this theme
- Ruby Import - If you want to use one click to import demo feature, you must install and active this plugin, You can disable it after you finish to import.
- Trendblog Shortcodes - Shortcodes plugin for this theme. it includes: button, column, accordion tabs and dropcap.
- Envato Market - This plugin helps you can update the theme automatically
Tiled Galleries Carousel Without Jetpack - Display gird gallery in single post
Contact Form 7 - Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup
MailChimp for WordPress - MailChimp for WordPress, the absolute best. Add subscribers to your MailChimp lists from your WordPress site, with ease.
Regenerate Thumbnails - Usefull if your site already have a lot of content and images. Allows you to delete all old images size and regenerate the thumbnails for your image attachments.
03. Import Demo
I strongly recommended to run Demo Import only on a fresh WordPress site. Try import theme options and widgets if you site already data.
Some copyrighted images won't be imported.
One Click To Import Demo
With the Trendblog theme, you have the option to either start building your site from scratch, or choosing to import one of our demo sites to use as a starting point, and modifying it to suit your needs.
TrendBlog comes with a One-click import feature. To import one of demo sites, please follow these steps:
- login to your admin dashboard
- Navigate to TrendBlog (Theme Options) -> Demo Importer
- Select the demo, Then click on the Import button
If the process is still not running after 5 min, You can refresh the page and click on the import button again.
Import Demo Via XML file (optional)
1. Import data
The theme comes with a .xml file containing demo content you can import into your WordPress site. This will help you get started, in case you are running on a fresh WP installation with no content at all. To upload the demo content follow these steps:
- Navigate to Tools → Import.
- Click on Wordpress link (if the Importer plugin is not installed, Please install it now).
- Select the demo.xml file located in the archive which you have downloaded from ThemeForest and click on Upload file and Import button. This process may take a few min
- After finish, Navigate to Appearance -> Menus -> Menu locations then assign Menu for menu and then click Save.
- Your are done! Now your site is populated with demo content.
2. Import Theme Options
- Select the theme-option.txt file located in the archive which you have downloaded from ThemeForest. Open this file with TXT editor, select all text and then copy it.
- Navigate to TrendBlog(Theme options) → Imported/Exported. Click Imported from file. Then the paste texts you have just copied. And then, click Import (click on 2 times)
3. Import Widget
4. Setup Home Page
To setup Homepage, Please following below steps:
- Navigate to Settings -> Reading
- At the Front page displays option, please select Your latest posts option
Migrating From Another Theme
If you are migration from a theme which used the native featured images functionality of WordPress, please use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to resize all the thumbnails. Click the link above and download the free plugin, and read through the steps it contains, it has all the information you need.
04. Theme Options
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If you want to change the general Options of the Theme, navigate to your Admin Dashboard -> TrendBlog. Here you have a tabbed Navigation where you can change a lot of options for your website (General, Styling, Typography etc.)
With Theme Options you easily take control over your site, by allowing you to upload your logo, style the appearance of the theme with your custom colors, change fonts, turn features on and off, paste custom CSS and JS code without having to write any code.
05. Setting Up Header
Header Options
- One of the first things you might want to do after you have installed and activated the theme is to setup your header area. The header contains the logo, menu, search bar, side area bar, and social icon.
- To setup your header, Please navigate TrendBlog → Header Options from the admin dashboard. The settings you define here will be the default settings for your header site.
Header Light Style
To choose header style for the site, Please navigate to TrendBlog -> Header Options -> Header Style
Logo
To add your logo to the header, Please follow below steps:
- navigate to TrendBlog -> Header Options from the admin dashboard
- Then select tab Header Style Options -> Site Logo (Matching with header style you have chosen), Then lick on Upload to upload your logo
06. Setting Up Home Page
Select Front Page
To setup Homepage, Please following below steps:
- Navigate to Settings -> Reading
- At Front page displays option, select Your latest posts
Home Page Options (latest blog listing page)
Trendblog includes many of the features and layouts I have implemented into it to help you create a standout blog. To setup up home page layout, Please navigate to TrendBlog -> Blog Options