Impose Documentation

Overview of the theme, its contents, and how to get started with the theme.

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We assume you have basic knowledge of WordPress. In this doc you will learn how to setup, use and customize the theme.

Install Theme

  • The theme is under Theme folder in the package.
  • Install the theme via WordPress admin panel.
  • Go to: Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload.
  • Install and activate the theme.
  • Go to: Appearance > Install Plugins, install and activate the Impose Shortcodes plugin.
OTHER WAYS TO INSTALL A THEME

Note: This theme uses custom image sizes. If you have images in your Media Library, run Regenerate Thumbnails plugin once. Install and activate the plugin then go to Tools > Regenerate Thumbnails.

Import Demo Data

  • Go to: Tools > Import > WordPress.
  • WordPress might offer you to install the WordPress Importer plugin, if you haven't installed it before do it now.
  • Install and activate the plugin.
  • Once you've installed WordPress Importer plugin, browse to the package folder, select XML data file under Sample Data folder and upload it.
  • Go to: Appearance > Menus. Select theme location for the imported custom menu.

Custom Theme Widgets

This theme has custom widgets.

  • Go to: Appearance > Widgets.
  • Drag and drop widgets to widget areas.
  • Check out Plugins section for Subscribe widget and Trending Posts widget.

Use the Help tab in the upper right of your screen for more information.

Page Template

This theme has custom page templates you can use for certain pages that have additional features or custom layouts. You can see them in the Template dropdown menu in Page Attributes box.

Templates

  • Default (with or without sidebar, select sidebar from Sidebar box in editing screen)
  • Narrow Page
  • Full-width Page
  • Homepage

Frontpage

  • Create a page and select "Homepage" template for it.
  • Go to: Settings > Reading. Select this page as a front page.

Homepage Content

  • Set featured image.
  • Write your tagline in two rows.
  • Make the first row Heading-2.
  • Make the second row Heading-3.
  • Make the frist word of the first row italic to make it bigger.
  • Make the words in the second row bold per word to make them rotating words.
  • Add custom linked images with captions.

Post Formats

Select from Format box in the editing screen.

  • Standard
  • Aside
  • Audio
  • Chat
  • Gallery
  • Image
  • Link
  • Quote
  • Status
  • Video

Specific Formats

CHAT
JOHN: Hey there

MARY: Aye, matey!

JOHN: Huh?

GALLERY

Create a gallery from the "Add Media" button. Make your gallery grid or slider from Gallery Type box in the editing screen.


QUOTE

Use [quote] shortcode.

Example:

[quote align="" name=""]Text here.[/quote]


align="" ... alignleft, alignright

Activate

Activate the slider from Theme Options > Main Slider > Activate.

Main Slider shows sticky posts.

Go to: Posts > Add New.

Set featured image.

Edit visibility options to make sticky post.

Publish your post.

Important

This theme uses custom image sizes. If you have images in your Media Library, run Regenerate Thumbnails plugin once.

Shortcode Generator

Use shortcode generator to add shortcodes. Click the "Insert Shortcode" button from the content editor.

All Shortcodes

Grid

[row]
Column shortcode here.
[/row]


[column width=""]
Content here.
[/column]


width="" ... 1 to 12. (required). 12 = 100%, 6 = 50%, 3 = 25%.

width_xs="" ... 1 to 12. (optional). Extra small devices - Phones (<768px).

width_md="" ... 1 to 12. (optional). Medium devices - Desktops (≥992px).

width_lg="" ... 1 to 12. (optional). Large devices - Desktops (≥1200px).


Example 1: (Two Columns)

[row]
[column width="6"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="6"]
Content here.
[/column]
[/row]


Example 2: (Three Columns)

[row]
[column width="4"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="4"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="4"]
Content here.
[/column]
[/row]


Example 3: (Four Columns)

[row]
[column width="3"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="3"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="3"]
Content here.
[/column]
[column width="3"]
Content here.
[/column]
[/row]

button

[button text="" url="" new_tab="" size="" icon=""]


new_tab="" ... yes

size="" ... big

icon="" ... See Icons section.


Example:

[button text="My Button" url="http://www.example.com"]

social_icon

[social_icon type="" same_tab="" url=""]
[social_icon type="" same_tab="" url=""]
[social_icon type="" same_tab="" url=""]


same_tab="" ... yes

type="" ...

facebook, twitter, linkedin, google-plus, snapchat,

pinterest, github, behance, dribbble, instagram,

lastfm, vimeo, forrst, skype, picasa, youtube, flickr,

tumblr, blogger, delicious, digg, friendfeed, wordpress,

foursquare, xing, soundcloud, slideshare, fivehundredpx,

weibo, stack-overflow, vine, vkontakte, email, rss


Note: You can use your site's feed url for the rss icon: http://www.yoursite.com/feed/


Example 1:

[social_icon type="facebook" url="https://www.facebook.com/username"]
[social_icon type="twitter" url="https://twitter.com/username"]


Example 2:

[social_icon type="facebook" same_tab="yes" url="https://www.facebook.com/username"]
[social_icon type="twitter" same_tab="yes" url="https://twitter.com/username"]

contact_form

[contact_form captcha="" to="" subject=""]


to="" ... Your email address.

captcha="yes"


Example:

[contact_form to="yourname@example.com" subject="New Message from My Site"]

alert

[alert type=""]Text here.[/alert]


type="" ... success, error.


Example 1:

[alert]My alert text.[/alert]


Example 2:

[alert type="success"]My alert text.[/alert]


Example 3:

[alert type="error"]My alert text.[/alert]

tab

[tab_wrap titles="" active=""]
[tab]Text here.[/tab]
[tab]Text here.[/tab]
[tab]Text here.[/tab]
[/tab_wrap]


titles="" ... Separate with commas.


Example:

[tab_wrap titles="Tab One,Tab Two,Tab Three"]
[tab]
Tab one text here.
[/tab]
[tab]
Tab two text here.
[/tab]
[tab]
Tab three text here.
[/tab]
[/tab_wrap]

accordion

[accordion_wrap]
[accordion title=""]Text here.[/accordion]
[accordion title=""]Text here.[/accordion]
[accordion title=""]Text here.[/accordion]
[/accordion_wrap]

toggle

[toggle_wrap]
[toggle title=""]Text here.[/toggle]
[toggle title=""]Text here.[/toggle]
[toggle title=""]Text here.[/toggle]
[/toggle_wrap]

quote

[quote align="" name=""]Text here.[/quote]


align="" ... alignleft, alignright

drop_cap

[drop_cap]Text here.[/drop_cap]

timeline

[timeline]
[event_group_title icon="" text=""]
[event current="" date="" title="" sub_title=""]Text here.[/event]
[event current="" date="" title="" sub_title=""]Text here.[/event]
[event current="" date="" title="" sub_title=""]Text here.[/event]
[/timeline]


icon="" ... See Icons section.

current="" ... current

skill

[skill title="Fireworks" percent="90"]
[skill title="Photoshop" percent="70"]
[skill title="Illustrator" percent="50"]

testimonial

[testimonial image="" title="" sub_title=""]Description text here.[/testimonial]
[testimonial image="" title="" sub_title=""]Description text here.[/testimonial]
[testimonial image="" title="" sub_title=""]Description text here.[/testimonial]


title="" ... Person's name.

sub_title="" ... Person's job.

image="" ... An image url. Upload your image to your Media Library, then copy its url and use in this parameter.

Available icons here. Select your icon from the list. Don't use the prefix pw-icon-. Only use icon name for the icon="" parameter of the shortcodes.

Theme Options

This theme has a settings panel for customization. You can upload an image logo from the theme options.

  • Go to: Appearance > Theme Options.

Customizer

This theme supports the live theme customizer. You can change fonts and colors of your site from the customizer.

  • Go to: Appearance > Customize.

Styled Plugins

This theme is ready for localization. We have made every string translatable, use a plugin or Poedit editor.

Some Plugins

  • Loco Translate
  • Codestyling Localization

Note: The translation files are located under languages folder in the theme folder.

Update Theme

Before you update, it is best practice to always make a backup of your theme folder.

Download the new theme package from your ThemeForest account.

The theme is under "Theme" folder in the package.

Choose to upload the theme via WordPress or via FTP.

Update Your Theme via WordPress

  • You need to deactivate your theme in the "Appearance > Themes" section by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete your theme. Don't worry, your content will not be lost. (The translation files are located under languages folder in the theme folder.)
  • Then simply upload the new theme file in the "Appearance > Themes" section.
  • Once it uploads, choose to activate the theme.

Update Your Theme via FTP

There are two ways of getting files onto your site, and once there, changing them.

  1. By using an FTP client.
  2. By using the file manager provided in your host's control panel.
  • Go to "/wp-content/themes/" location and backup your current theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it. Your content will not be lost. (The translation files are located under languages folder in the theme folder.)
  • Retrieve the new zipped theme file from your new ThemeForest download, and extract the file to get the theme folder.
  • Then simply drag-and-drop (Upload) the new theme folder into "/wp-content/themes/" location, and activate the theme in the "Appearance > Themes" section. (Choose to "Replace" the current one if you did not delete it.)