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Your guide to the Estelle WordPress theme widgets

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So you’ve installed the Genesis framework and Estelle theme… now what?

ESTELLE WIDGETS

In your WordPress dashboard, please go to Appearance > Widgets, drag and drop each widget to their respective widget area and set up like the images below to have them look like the demo website.

PRIMARY SIDEBAR

*Make sure to upload a square image to the About widget so your image can have a perfect circle shape.
*For a step by step guide on how to set up your newsletter box, please visit this link.

BEFORE CONTENT – SLIDER

SLIDER SET UP

1. Go to Soliloquy > Add New
2. Enter a title for your slider
3. Go to the Config tab and make sure your slider is configured as below:

4. Save your slider
5. Copy the shortcode of your slider and paste it into a Custom HTML widget, and place it into the Before Content – Slider section

BEFORE CONTENT – FEATURED PAGES

FOOTER 1

1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Instagram Feed > Settings. Click Connect an Instagram account
2. After connecting your Instagram account, go to the Configure tab and configure the plugin as below:


3. Save Changes
4. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag and drop the Instagram Feed widget into the Footer 1 widget area

AFTER ENTRY

This is an optional widget area and can also be used as an ad space.

Your guide to the Marilyn WordPress theme widgets

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So you just installed the Genesis framework and Marilyn WordPress theme… now what?

In your WordPress dashboard, please go to Appearance > Widgets, drag and drop each widget to their respective widget area and set up like the images below to have them look like the demo website.

PRIMARY SIDEBAR

*Make sure to upload a square image to the About widget so your image can have a perfect circle shape.
*For a step by step guide on how to set up your newsletter box, please visit this link.

HOME – SLIDER

1. Go to Soliloquy > Add New
2. Enter a title for your slider
3. Go to the Config tab and make sure your slider is configured as below:

4. Save your slider
5. Copy the shortcode of your slider and paste it into a Custom HTML widget, and place it into the Before Content – Slider section

HOME – ENEWS

HOME – FEATURED PAGES

Code for the page buttons:

<div class=”home-button”>

<a href=”LINK HERE”>

About

</a>

</div>

<div class=”home-button”>

<a href=”LINK HERE”>

Contact

</a>

</div>

<div class=”home-button”>

<a href=”LINK HERE”>

Shop

</a>

</div>

HOME – FEATURED POSTS

FOOTER 1

1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Instagram Feed > Settings. Click Connect an Instagram account
2. After connecting your Instagram account, go to the Configure tab and configure the plugin as below:

3. Save Changes
4. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Widgets and drag and drop the Instagram Feed widget into the Footer 1 widget area

AFTER ENTRY

This is an optional widget area and can also be used as an ad space.

Installing your beautiful WordPress theme: a tutorial

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So you just bought a WordPress theme; either my Estelle theme, Marilyn theme, or another theme you happened to stumble upon. Now what?

  1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes. At the top, click Add New and then click Upload Theme on the next page.
  2. Click Choose File. Select the genesis.zip file that came with your theme in the purchase. Click Install Now and wait for the framework to install. You don’t need to activate it.
    *You can update Genesis any time in the future as updates become available. It’s recommended that you update Genesis to the latest version before updating WordPress to avoid compatibility issues
  3. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes again. At the top, click Add New and then click Upload Theme on the next page.
  4. Click Choose File. Select the YourTheme.zip. Click Install Now and wait for the theme to install. Activate the theme.
    *If you received a “missing style.css stylesheet” error, you’ve uploaded the incorrect file. Click here for further details.
  5. (You’ll need to install and activate the following plugins to run with your theme)
    In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Search bar to search the names of the plugins mentioned below:
    • Genesis Enews Extended – This is used for the subscribe/newsletter areas.
    • Simple Social Icons – This is used for the social media icons in the sidebar.
    • Soliloquy Lite – This is used for the slider feature.
    • Instagram Feed – This is used to show your latest Instagram feed.
    • Regenerate Thumbnails – This is used to re-crop images if all the images are oddly sized.
    • Contact Form 7 – This is used for the contact form on the demo site.
    • Jetpack – This is used for the related posts feature.
    • Image Widget – This is used for the ‘About’ widget.OPTIONAL PLUGINSIf you are not going to have a portfolio page on your site, you will not need to install this plugin.
    • Portfolio Post Type – This is used for the portfolio page. If you are not going to have a shop on your site, you will not need to install these plugins.
  6. (If your blog is brand new and doesn’t have any images yet, you can skip this step) You’ll need to resize your images using the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin so they can have the same size as the images shown in the demo. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Tools > Regenerate Thumbnails and click Regenerate Thumbnails for All Attachments

PLUGIN SET UP

How do I set up my related posts?
How do I set up my social media icons widget?
How do I set up my newsletter box?
How do I set up my contact page?
How do I set my portfolio page?
How do I set up my shop?

TEMPLATES

How do I set up my category page?
How do I set up my landing page?
How do I set up my blog page?

EXTRAS

How do I upload my logo/header image? Bear in mind that the recommended logo/header image size for Estelle and Marilyn is 1105x290px.
How do I set up my menus?
How do I change the layout of a post/page?
How do I add a slider to a post/page?
How do I add text to my author box?
How do I change the pagination?
How do I change the permalink structure?
How do I remove Genesis footer credit from the footer?
How do I customize my theme colors?

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