Introduction
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What is a Wordpress Template?
A WordPress template acts as a skin for the websites which are created on WordPress CMS. The installation of a WordPress Template is very easy. With the help of an installed new template, you can change the look of your WordPress website very easily. All the requisite source files are provided with a WordPress template and you can freely go for editing and increasing it the way you want.
Template Installation
File Structure
The template package you have downloaded consists of several folders. Let's see what each folder contains:
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Screenshots
-contains template screenshot. Not for production.
- theme -contains wordpress theme files.
- "movie-critic-review.zip" -this folder contains all the necessary files for the theme.
- "license.txt" -contains license details.
- "readme.txt" -contain information about theme images path, font use and usage script.
Template installation
Template installation is very easy process.
All installation steps can be done within WordPress interface. It makes process comfortable and fast.
There are two ways to go about the installation process.
1-Install a theme using wordpress admin.
First thing you need to do is to login to your WordPress admin area. Next, click on.
1.1 Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Themes.
1.2. Once you have reached the page of themes, click on the Add New button.
1.3. To upload a theme press the button
1.4. Press "Upload Theme" button then select your movie-critic-review.zip theme then click on "install now".
Then, Your theme will be successfully install.
2-Install a Theme using FTP
The following installment choice is to FTP the theme. For this method first log into your site via FTP and browse to your themes folder placed in the wp-content. The theme you downloaded and unzip it and upload only the extracted Total folder to your server.
Next log into on your WordPress blog and browse to access Appearance >> Themes to activate Theme.
Setup Home page Template With Customizer
In order to setup home page with customizer, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
3.1. Create a new page and name it as "Home" then select the template "Custom Home page".
3.2. you can select static home page by two methods
Method 1. Go To Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading
Select the option of Static Page, now select the page you created to be the Home page, while another page to be your default page.
Method 2. Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Home Page Settings
Select the option of Static Page, now select the page you created to be the Home page, while another page to be your default page.
Once you have done that, save the settings and now you have a custom Home page. You will now have a custom page being displayed as your Home page.
Setup Social Link
In order to setup the Social Icon Setting, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets >> Social Icon
It will appear as such on the front end.
Setup Topbar
In order to setup the topbar settings, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Home page Settings >> Topbar Section
It will appear as such on the front end.
Setup Logo
For Logo
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Site Identity
Setup Navigation Menus
- Create pages by going to pages first >> A new page was added.
- Go To Appearance >> Menus.
- Then select create a new menu.
- Give your menu a name in the Menu Name field, then click the Save Menu button.
- After creating a menu. pages must be added by checking the appropriate boxes. You can drag and drop the menu list into place after adding it.
- Choosing a menu theme location from the below checkboxes.
See this screenshot for better understanding.
Setup Slider
In order to setup the Slider Section, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
Add title, content and feature image.
Repeat the above step for two more slider.
Go To Customizer >> Home page Settings >> Slider Settings
Select the Pages created for Slider Section.
It will appear as such on the front end.
Setup Featured Section
In order to setup Featured Section, follow the below steps.
First, you have to create post category.
Go To Dashboard >> Posts >> Categories >> Create Category
Second, you have to create post
Go To Dashboard >> Posts >> Add new post
Go To Dashboard >> Customizing >> Homepage Settings >> Featured Section
It will appear as such on the front end.
Setup Footer Section
In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.
Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install and activate it.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets
It will appear as such on the front end.
In this way you can setup Footer section.
Setup Copyright Section
In order to setup the copyright section, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings >> Footer Settings
Here you can change the copyright alignment.
It will appear as such on the front end.
For Scroll To Top:
Here you can enable/disable scroll to top, and you can change its position.
Blog Post Settings
1. Post Settings
In order to setup the Post Settings, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Post Settings
Here you have options for enable/disable author, date, comments, time and featured image respectively.
It will appear as such on the front end.
2. Button Settings
In order to setup the Button Settings, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Button Settings
Here you have options for blog post button padding, border radius and button text options.
3. Related Post Settings
In order to setup the Related Post Settings, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Blog Post Settings >> Related Post Settings
Here you have options for related post title, Show/hide related post and related post count options.
It will appear as such on the front end.
General Settings
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Other Settings >> General Settings
1. Width Layout
In Theme Width Layout there are three options
1) Full width2) Fluid Container width
3) Box container width
In Full width, the theme width will be default.
In Fluid Container width, the theme width will be in container fluid.
In Box Container width, the theme width will be in box container width.
Below Given Screenshot is for Box container width.
Below Given Screenshot is for Box container width.
2. Post Sidebar Layout
Add Post sidebar as follows:
In this, you can change the Blog post sidebar layout.
3. Page Sidebar Layout
Add Page sidebar as follows:
In this, you can change the page sidebar layout.
4. Pre-Loader: In this, you have option to show/hide the Pre-Loader in the theme and also have option for Pre-Loader type.
Responsive Media Settings
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Other Settings >> Responsive Media
Here you have options to show/hide slider, sidebar and scroll to top.
Typography Settings
In Theme Typography there are two options
1) Content Typography2) Headings Typography
1. Content Typography
In Content Typography you can change color, font style, font-size, line height, font-weight, letter-spacing of Paragraph and Anchor tags.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Typography >> Content Typography
Below Given Screenshot is for Content Typography.
2. Headings Typography
In Headings Typography you can change color, font style, font-size, line height, font-weight, letter-spacing of Headings.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Theme Typography >> Headings Typography
Below Given Screenshot is for Headings Typography.
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| Theme Features | Totally free themes | Superior Themes |
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| Customised Themes |  |
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| Upload a logo | |
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| Links to social media | |
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| Slider Options | |
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| Slides there are | 3 | 11 |
| Website Templates | 3 | 6 |
| Home page Template | 1 | 1 |
| Theme sections | 2 | 9 |
| Contact us Page Template | 0 | 1 |
| Blog Layout & Templates | 0 | 3 right/left sidebar, full width |
| Website Templates & Layout | 0 | 2. Right/Left Sidebar |
| Color Pallete For Particular Sections |  |
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| Global Color Option | |
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| Section Reordering | |
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| Demo Importer | |
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| Allow To Set Site Title, Tagline, Logo | |
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| Enable Disable Options On All Sections, Logo | |
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| Complete Documentation | |
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| The most recent WordPress compatibility | |
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| Compatibility with WooCommerce | |
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| Support Third-Party Plug-Ins | |
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| Optimised and Secure Code | |
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| Section Allow / Disable | |
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| Google Fonts in Section | |
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| Mega and Simple Menu Options | |
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| Support for custom CSS and JS | |
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| Custom Background, Colors, Header, Logo & Menu | |
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| Premium Membership | |
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| Budget Friendly Value | |
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| Priority Error Fixing | |
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| Custom Feature Addition | |
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| All Access Theme Pass | |
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| Seamless Customer Support | |
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| Affiliate Price Comparison on Product page | |
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Setup Theme With Ibtana Template
In order to setup the theme with the IBTANA template, follow the below steps.
First, activate the Movie Critic Review theme.
Create Pages And Setup Menus
- Create pages by going to pages first >> A new page was added.
- Goto Appearance >> Menus.
- Then select create a new menu.
- Give your menu a name in the Menu Name field, then click the Save Menu button.
- After creating a menu. Pages must be added by checking the appropriate boxes. You can drag and drop the menu list into place after adding it.
- Choosing a menu theme location from the below checkboxes.
Repeat the above steps for more pages. As you can see, pages were created.
See this screenshot for better understanding.
In this way, you can setup Menus.
Setup Footer Section
In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.
Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install them, and activate them.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets
In this way, you can set up the footer section.
Ibtana Activation
1. Go To Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New
Activate the above plugins.
There are two steps to setting up the theme using Ibtana plugins.
step1. Visit Dashboard >> ibtana settings >> templates
click on preview >> free import
step2. Visit Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
Name it as Home and select the template as Custom Home Page.
Below screenshot is for ibtana editor.
Slider Section
In order to setup slider section follow the below steps.
take Multiblock Slider to add slides.
Now you can add more slides and slider background images.
You can change heading tags, alignment options, font size, and line height through the editor.
You can also change heading colours, hover colors, and spacing settings..
Featured Section
In this section, you have to select post type slider
You can also other options.
Setup Topbar
In order to setup Topbar follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Setting >> Topbar Section
Below screenshot is for ibtana front.
In this way, you can set your theme using the Ibtana template.
Please see Customiser to set up additional pages.
Setup Theme With Block Pattern
In order to setup a theme with a block pattern, follow the below steps.
First, activate the Movie Critic Review theme.
Create Pages And Setup Menus
- Create pages by going to pages first >> A new page was added.
- Goto Appearance >> Menus.
- Then select create a new menu.
- Give your menu a name in the Menu Name field, then click the Save Menu button.
- After creating a menu. Pages must be added by checking the appropriate boxes. You can drag and drop the menu list into place after adding it.
- Choosing a menu theme location from the below checkboxes.
Repeat the above steps for more pages. As you can see, pages were created.
See this screenshot for better understanding.
In this way you can setup Menus.
Setup Footer Section
In order to setup the footer section, follow the below steps.
Upload the Classic Widgets plugins, install them, and activate them.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets
In this way, you can set up the footer section.
Setup Block Pattern
In order to setup the block pattern, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
Go To Dashboard >> Pages >> Add New
Name it as Home and select the template as Custom Home Page.
Below screenshot is for block pattern editor.
Banner Section
In order to setup the banner section, follow the below steps.
Take cover and add an image for the banner.
You can change text color, font size, etc. through the editor.
Featured Section
In this section, you can replace images and also change the image's dimension.
Setup Topbar
In order to setup the Topbar, follow the below steps.
Go To Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Setting >> Topbar Section
Below screenshot is for block pattern front.
In this way, you can set your theme using a block pattern.
Please see Customiser to set up additional pages.