
Documentation
Table of Contents
- Setting Up The Homepage
- Creating The Main Menu
- Slideshows
- Portfolios
- Custom Sidebars
- Walls
- Galleries
- Shortcodes
- Backgrounds
- Contact Form
- Blog
Setting Up The Homepage – top
- First you need to create your page that want to assigned as your homepage. For example create a normal page with the Default Template.
- Then go to Settings > Reading from the main WordPress menu.
- Select the static page option and select the page you want from the Front Page dropdown box, even if you are using the blog template.
- Click Save Changes.
Congrats, you have set your homepage! If you are still unsure you may want to watch our video tutorial below as well.
Creating The Main Menu – top
- To create the main menu you simply go to Appearance > Menus.
- You then create the menu you want.
- In the Theme Locations box in the top left of the Menus page set the Primary Navigation to the menu you have created.
Creating A Slideshow – top
Creating A Slide
- First you need to go to Slides > Add New.
- First give the slide a title and define the slide order in the Slide Order box under the title.
- The Featured Image controls the image of the slide. Choose the image you want, expand to view the images’ settings by clicking Show. Then select Use as Featured Image.
- Click Publish and you have created a slide.
Adding A Slide to a Slider
- First you need to create a slider. You can create a slider by going to the Sliders box to the right of the screen where you create and edit slides. Theres a blue link saying + Add New Slideshow. You can also create sliders by going to Slides > Slideshows.
- Once you’ve created one go back to the slide page editor where you create and edit slides.
- Tick the slideshow(s) you want the slide to be in. That’s it!
Adding A Slider to A Page
- Select one of the slideshow page templates, click Publish or Update.
- Scroll down youll see a drop down box to select the slider you want to show.
- That’s It!
Congrats, you have created a slideshow! If you are still unsure you may want to watch our video tutorial below as well.
Portfolios – top
Portfolio Items are exactly the same as Posts apart from you can can add them into a grid and they have additional settings.
Adding a Portfolio Grid to a Page
- Select one of the portfolio templates then click Publish or Update.
- Scroll down and youll see options for adding your portfolio to a page.
- To be more specific there’s a dropdown box to choose your portfolio.
- Thats It!
Custom Sidebars – top
Creating A Custom Sidebar
- First, go to Appearance > Sidebars
- On the first panel enter the name of the sidebar and click Add Sidebar.
- That’s It! You can now go to the Appearance > Widgets section and start adding widgets to your new sidebar.
- The theme will give you an option to select the custom sidebar under the page editor of the page you are working on.
- it is a dropdown box and you need to update the page in order for the sidebar to be selected.
Walls – top
Creating A Wall Item
- First go to Wall Items > Add New.
- Give the Wall Item a title and click Publish.
- Select the type of wall item and fill in the necessary fields. Each field is explained underneath itself.
- Thats It!
Adding A Wall Item to a Wall
- First you need to create a wall. You can create a wall by going to the Walls box to the right of the screen where you create and edit wall items. Theres a blue link saying + Add New Wall. You can also create walls by going to Wall Items > Walls.
- Tick the box of the Walls you want the wall item to be displayed in. Click Publish or Update.
- Thats It!
Adding A Wall to a Page
- On the page you want the wall to be displayed on, select the jQuery Wall Portfolio Template then click Update or Publish
- Then scroll down and fill in the fields that appear. You select the wall from the dropdown box.
- Thats It!
Congrats, you have created a wall! If you are still unsure you may want to watch our video tutorial below as well.
Galleries – top
Creating A Gallery
Creating a gallery with Village is easy and quick. To create a gallery simply go to Galleries > Add New.
- Firstly you need to give the gallery a title then update the page.
- Click Upload and then you will be prompted to upload your images.
- Once you have uploaded your images make sure you click Save Changes located at the bottom of the popup window.
- Then you can click the adjacent button to a live preview of your gallery.
- There are additional settings for each gallery image that you may wish to use which are; “External Link”, “Lightbox Link”.
- If you want to change the label of the gallery image then edit the Title attribute of the image by clicking the Show tab.
- You can rearrange gallery images by dragging and dropping in the Upload > Gallery tab popup section.
- To delete an image from a gallery expand the settings of the image by clicking the Show tab and click Delete.
Adding A Gallery To A Page
- Firstly create a new page or open an existing one.
- Select the Gallery Template.
- New options will appear in the box under the editor entitled Village Page Settings.
- Choose the gallery you just created from the first dropdown box. Then select the type of gallery you want to display.
- Then choose the orientation of the thumbnails for the gallery page.
- Click Update or Publish and that’s it the gallery will now be attached to the page.
Using Shortcodes – top
- Shortcodes are found using the built in shortcode generator found in the visual editor.
- Select a shortcode.
- If extra options pop down fill them in.
- Switch to the HTML Editor. (You can always switch back to the visual editor afterwards).
- Click Generate Shortcode and your shortcode syntax will appear.
Need a demonstration? Here’s a video demonstration.
Creating A Background – top
Creating A Background
- Go to Backgrounds > Add New
- Give the background a title and click Publish.
- The image for the background is controlled by the Featured Image. You can also select a slideshow, vimeo video or youtube video for the background. Extra settings will appear when you select an option. If you want a background with just one image, use the featured image and not a slideshow containing one image.
- Click Publish & That’s It!
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Adding A Background to a page
- Go to the page you want the background to be applied too.
- Under the editor you should see the Background option with a drop down. Select one. If you leave this blank the first Background post will be displayed.
Congrats, you have created a background and applied it to a page! If you are still unsure you may want to watch our video tutorial below as well.
Creating A Contact Form – top
- Adding a contact form is as easy as this:
- When your creating or editing a page, select the Contact page template.
- You will need to add your email address to the Appearance > Theme Options > Admin Email option.
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Creating A Blog – top
- Create a new page via Pages > Add New.
- Select the blog template.
- Unselect the Posts Page option completely in Settings > Reading.