Please take the time to read through the instructions and take notice of the instructions listed here, as many support related questions can be answered simply by re-reading these instructions.
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If you are new with WordPress, please read the WordPress documentation first:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts (WordPress Posts)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages (WordPress Pages)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels (Administration Panels)
Theme Installation
From WordPress Dashboard
Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
Click Add New.
Search theme name Magnitude
After Installing the theme Click Activate button
FTP Installation
Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
Extract magnitude.zip and upload the folder.
Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
All the above-listed plugins are recommended on the WordPress dashboard after activating the theme. You can simply install them from there. See the below video to know more about installing plugins.
How to add Pages?
It is easy to add a post and page in WordPress.
Go to Admin Panel
Go to Pages > Add New
Give the Title of the Page
Write the Content of the Page
Scroll to down and see the right corner, you will find the Set Featured Image section
Importing the demo data is easy in Magnitude News and Magazine Responsive WordPress theme.
Download AF Companion Plugin recommend by the theme
After Installing the plugin, Click Activate button
Open AF Companion which appears in you Dashboard.
Then, Click on ImportOption of the Demo
1. Install Theme Magnitude
Go to Admin Panel > Appearance > Themes > Add New and search theme Magnitude
Click on Install and then Activate
We already mentioned the possible methods to install theme above.
2. Create Page for Home and Blog( Static front Page )
At first, you need to create two pages, one for Home Page and another for the Blog page.
Go to admin panel > Pages > Add New
Give the title of the page (Example: Home Page)
Click on Publish to publish the page.
Create another page (for Blog).
3. Set Homepage and Blog page
Go to admin panel > Settings > Reading
Click on “A static page (select below)”
Set Front page: (Home Page recently created above)
Posts page:(Blog you recently created)
4. Set static frontpage template
Go to admin panel > Pages
Find the page that you have set to “Static Page”, here (Home Page recently set above)
Get Page Attibutes metabox > Template
Select Frontpage Template from the dropdown
Save Changes
Note: You can get all the available widgets on the Static Front Page Section Widget Area.
See the below video to know more about setting home page and blog page.
A Trip to Customizer
Well, Magnitude is fully developed based on customizer. So, you need to check all the options available inside customizer meticulously.
Main Banner and Featured Section
Go to Appearance > Customize > Front Page Main Banner Options
Check the available settings there.
The main banner section includes,
Banner Advertisement
Frontpage Layout Settings
Main Banner Section
Featured Categories Section
Featured Posts Section
Check all the available settings one by one. See the below videos to know more about this section.
Theme Options Overview
Available options are inside Appearance > Customize,
Preloader Options
Global Layout Options
Top Header Options
Header Options
Comment Count
Minutes Read Count
Date and Author
Single Post
Related Posts
Archive Settings
You May Have Missed
Footer
Each section have multiple settings, check them all. You can see the below video to know more about this section.
Widgets Overview
8+ custom widgets are available in this theme. You can place all the available widgets on the respected widgets area.
Custom Widgets are,
Author Biography
Posts Double Column Double Categories Widget
Posts Single Column Widget
Posts Slider Widget
Posts Grid Widget
Posts List Widget
Posts Tabbed Widget
Social Contacts Widget
Note: You can add all the above-listed widgets on the Static Front Page Section Widget Area. See the below video to know more about the widgets.