Focused

This document covers the installation, set up, and use of this theme and provides answers and solutions to common problems and issues. We encourage you to read this document thoroughly if you are experiencing any difficulties.

Theme Demo: http://demo.s5themes.com/?theme=focused

Theme Page: http://www.s5themes.com/theme/focused

Getting StartedTheme FeaturesCustom Post FormatsCustom MenusTheme OptionsPrettyPhoto Lightbox

To install this theme, you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. For information in regard to installing the WordPress platform, please see the WordPress Codex – http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

When you are ready to install a theme, you must first upload the theme files and then activate the theme itself. The theme files can be uploaded in two ways:

FTP Upload: Using your FTP program, upload the unzipped theme folder into the /wp-content/themes/ directory on your server.WordPress Upload: Navigate to Appearance > Add New Themes > Upload. Go to browse, and select the zipped theme file. Click “Install Now” and the theme will be uploaded and installed..

Once the theme is uploaded, you need to activate it. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate your chosen theme.

Once activated, a new menu item will appear on the left admin menu named “Theme Options“. It’s important to click that menu item and “Save” the default options.

This theme was designed with simplicity in mind, so setting it up should be a pretty straightforward process for everybody.

The theme comes with features that you can control easily via our user-friendly theme admin panel.. You can find these features below:

Widget ready (sidebar)Custom Post FormatsEasy to setup, Theme Options PageCustom Logo and Favicon supportedTypography, Google Web Fonts supportedBuilt-in PaginationSocial iconsSimple SEOStats code supportedjQuery PrettyPhoto LightboxCustom Menu3.Custom Post Formats

This theme supports different post formats used to customize the content presentation of posts. You can choose the post format on the Add New post page from the right hand side panel.

Available post formats:

Standard postAside postGalllery postImage postLink postQuote postVideo postAudio post

Choosing a post format will differentiate posts with the help of the custom icons displayed on the left side of the post title as you can see on the theme demo.

The Audio Post format allows you to post self-hosted or external url audio files. Once selected, specific fields will be available on editing area for audio file url and a cover photo. You can still add text in the editor as a description..

While the theme includes one custom menu location, you can also create custom menus for use within the custom menu widget.

To set up your custom menus, navigate to Appearance > Menus.

Give your menu a name and build it up using the available widgets. You can add a variety of items including pages, categories, and custom links. To extend the available widgets, click the screen options tab at the very top of the screen and configure your options. Once you have built your menu, save it, and use it on the Main Menu location or within a custom menu widget Appearance > Widgets

The theme comes with an easy-to-use administration panel. You can access it by navigating to Admin > Theme Options. The theme options are conveniently spread over a number of tabs and each tab contains the options that pertain to a particular area of the theme.

You can upload your own logo to use along with a text title, like on the theme demo, or enable only image logo to be displayed. If you choose to have only a text logo simply don’t upload any image at all.

5.2 Layout

You can choose to have sidebar displayed either on left or the right side of the site. There is also a reference to where you can change the main body background of your site.

5.3 Colors

There are different options available for you for color settings. You can set up the body text color, headings colors on the main content or just sidebar, body links and menu links colors.

If you check Enable Google Font and provide the right Google Font Link and Font-Family, the heading’s font will be replaced with the custom one.

Set up your email address to be used on the contact link, on the sidebar.

5.6 Social

By filling those fields, you’ll enable the social buttons (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) that are displayed on the right side of the website’s header.

This section is made to help you with a few SEO settings. If you have a dedicated plugin for SEO, just uncheck the option on the page.

The content filled in this textarea will be displayed as the copyright text on the website’s footer.

This textarea is reserved for code offered by third parties (Google Analytics) that will help you track traffic on your website.

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For image and gallery post fomats the lightbox on images link is enabled by default.

If you want to use lightbox on an image in a standard post, for example, you need to add class=”prettyPhoto” to the image Link Class.

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