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Catch Mustang Below Version 2.0

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This Theme Instruction is only for Catch Mustang Theme below Version 2.0. If you are using new version then please refer to theme instructions at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-mustang/

Catch Mustang is an elegant, responsive and customizable WordPress theme built on HTML5 and CSS3. It is an ideal theme for showcasing your portfolio, photo galleries, services and testimonials. This theme has a great line of features such as custom post types, custom header title, description for page, post and category, custom background, custom logo and favicons, custom meta box, advanced image / post featured slider, custom widgets, advanced theme options and is translation ready.

Installation using the Administration Panel

You can download Themes directly to your site by using the Add New Themes option in the Appearance sub-menu.

  1. Download Catch Mustang from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
  3. Click on “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
  4. Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file catch-mustang.zip from the desktop where you have it downloaded
  5. Click on “Install Now” and then “Activate” to install the Theme

Manual Installation using FTP

To add a new Theme to your WordPress installation, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download Catch Mustang from your Catch Themes member My-Account to your Desktop
  2. Unzip catch-mustang.zip to your Desktop.
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and make sure that you do not already have a catch-mustang folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Catch Mustang Theme.
  4. Upload Catch Mustang to /wp-content/themes/.
  5. Activate Catch Mustang through the Appearance => Themes menu in your WordPress Dashboard

Always Set Featured Images

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on the homepage or on archive pages and other pages as well. Read more about Featured Images

Image Sizes

Feature Post Slider
Width: 978px
Height: 375px

For Archive Pages
Width: 340px
Height: 193px

For Gallery Custom Post Type(Featured Image)
Width: 340px
Height: 211px

For Tabbed widget appearing in sidebar
Width: 200px
Height: 200px

For Portfolio and Gallery Images
Width: 210px
Height: 159px

Regenerate Thumbnails

If you have just changed your theme then you need to regenerate image thumbnail for post published before activating this theme. You can simply install Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin. Then Regenerate Thumbnails through the Tools -> Regen. Thumbnails in your WordPress Dashboard.

Widgets

Catch Mustang currently have eleven widgetized area (Sidebar) and nine custom widgets.

  1. Homepage Top Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets at homepage body top part.
    • Suitable for Catchthemes: Featured Page and Catchthemes: Featured Post widgets.
  2. Homepage Left Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets at homepage body left part.
    • Suitable for Catchthemes: Featured Page and Catchthemes: Featured Post widgets.
  3. Homepage Right Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets at homepage body right part.
    • Suitable for Catchthemes: Featured Gallery and Catchthemes: Featured Portfolio widgets.
  4. Homepage Blog Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets at homepage.
    • This replaces the default sidebar is any widget is active in this sidebar.
  5. General Sidebar:
    • This is the default sidebar which is show in left or right side of page.
  6. Contact Page Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets in sidebar in contact page template. In contact page select the Sidebar layout as Contact page template
    • Suitable for Catchthemes: Featured Map Location widget.
  7. Testimonials Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets in sidebar in custom post type “Testimonials” archive and page.
  8. Services Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets in sidebar in custom post “Services” page.
  9. Portfolio Sidebar:
    • Shows widgets in sidebar in custom post “Portfolio” page.
  10. Footer Sidebars:
    • There are three sidebar in Footer. Left Footer Sidebar, Middle Footer Sidebar and Right Footer Sidebar.
    • If you add widgets in only one footer sidebar then that footer sidebar will take 100% of the width
    • If you add widgets in two footer sidebars then each footer sidebar will take 50% of the width
    • If you add widgets in all three footer sidebars then it will take 33.33% each.

Menus

This theme supports “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through the Appearance -> Menus page in your WordPress Dashboard. Don’t forget to select your custom menu as Primary Menu to show it as the main menu. Read More

Theme Options

You can customize the theme using the cool addition featured through the Theme Options -> Theme Options page in your WordPress Dashboard.

Responsive Design

Catch Mustang is responsive WordPress theme that automatically adapts to the screen’s size, ensuring that your content is always displayed beautifully no matter what device visitors are using. But if you don’t want the design to change as per the devices then you can disable the Responsive Design though Appearance -> Theme Options -> Responsive Design in your WordPress Dashboard.

How to change logo on Header?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Header Logo Options. You can see the default logo previews.
  3. Now click on Change Header Logo to change the Header Logo.
  4. Browse the Logo image from desired location and upload it.
  5. Once the upload in completed. Then click on insert into the Post.
  6. Click on Save button. Now you can see the previews.

How to disable header logo, site title and site description?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Header Logo Options. You can see the option to disable any of these.
  3. Check to disable it
  4. Click on Save button.

How to disable header search form?

    Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  1. Click on Header Search Form Option. You can see the option to disable it.
  2. Check to disable it
  3. Click on Save button.

How to change Favicon?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Fav Icon Options. You can see the default fav icon preview.
  3. Now click on Change Fav Icon button.
  4. Browse the fav icon image from desired location and upload it.
  5. Once the upload in completed. Then click on insert into the Post.
  6. Click on Save button. Now you can see the preview.

Custom Background

Custom background is another great feature of WordPress that is supported in Base. You can change the background through Appearance -> Background in your WordPress Dashboard.

Default Layout

Catch Mustang has three layout options No Sidebar, Left Sidebar and Right Sidebar to choose from. You can customize the default site layout through the Appearance -> Theme Options -> Default Layout in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can select custom layout for individual pages and posts though Select Sidebar Layout meta box below the post and page editor.

Custom CSS

You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further more design customization through the Theme Options -> Theme Options -> Custom CSS in your WordPress Dashboard.

How to Redirect feed to Feedburner / or any other URL

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Feed Redirect and add in the URL in which you want your feed to redirect.
  3. Click on Save button.

How to change the Excerpt Length?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Excerpt / More Tag Settings.
  3. Type in the Number of Words.
  4. Click on Save button.

Twitter Feed Slider Options

Catch mustang comes with cool features to show twitter feeds just above the footer in the site. You can just setup through the Appearance -> Theme Options -> Twitter Feed Slider Options in your WordPress Dashboard.

Footer Editor

Footer editor option helps you to easily change the footer text. You can change the footer text through the Appearance -> Theme Options -> Edit Footer Option in your WordPress Dashboard.

Homepage Sidebar Options

Catch Mustang has the ability to disable the sidebars in the homepage. You can disable all three homepage sidebar or any one from home top sidebar, home left sidebar and home right sidebar.

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Homepage Options.
  3. Click on Home Page Sidebar Options. You can see the option to disable it.
  4. Check to disable it
  5. Click on Save button.

How to enable latest post in Homepage / Frontpage?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Homepage Options
  3. Click on Homepage / Frontpage blog Settings
  4. Check on on “Click to Enable Latest Posts”
  5. Click on Save Changes Button

How to set certain categories to display in Homepage / Frontpage>

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Homepage Options
  3. Click on Homepage / Frontpage blog Settings
  4. Then select the categories you want. You may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key
  5. Click on Save Changes Button

Featured Slider

Catch Mustang supports two different Featured Slider to choose from. One is Featured Post Slider and another is Featured Image Slider

To Set Up Featured Posts Slider, follow these basic steps:

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Featured Slider.
  3. Click on Slider Options, then select Featured Post Slider
  4. Click on Featured Post Slider Options and add in the Post ID’s in Featured Slider Post#1, #2 respectively.
  5. Click on Save button.

Note:
* When you add the Post Id’s, make sure you have added in the Featured Image in your Post.
* If you are unable to find the post ID then you can install the Catch IDs Plugin to find the Post IDs

To Set Up Featured Image Slider, follow these basic steps:

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Featured Slider.
  3. Click on Slider Options, then select Featured Image Slider
  4. Click on Featured Image Slider Options and add in the Image, Link, Title and Content in Featured Slide #1, #2 respectively.
  5. Click on Save button.

Social Media Icons

Catch Mustang has custom social icons for various social networking sites. You can activate the social icons you want by adding in the Social Profile Link through the Appearance -> Theme Options -> Social Links in your WordPress Dashboard.

Webmaster Tools

Catch Mustang supports Webmaster Tools and Scripts. You can verify your site in Google, Yahoo and Bing by adding in the IDs in the respective box through the Appearance -> Theme Options -> Webmaster Tools in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can add in the Google Analytic, Add this and other scripts in header and footer without editing any code through Webmaster Tools.

How to insert Site Verification IDs?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Webmaster Tools.
  3. Click on Site Verification.
  4. Enter the Google, Yahoo, Bling Site Verification ID respectively for which you want to verify your site.
  5. Click on Save button.

How to insert Analytics / Other scripts in Header / Footer?

  1. Click on Appearance -> Theme Options in your WordPress Dashboard.
  2. Click on Webmaster Tools.
  3. Click on Header and Footer Code (Such as Google Analytics, Facebook, Addthis).
  4. Here you can put different scripts like, google, facebook etc.
  5. Enter the script on upper textarea which you want to load on header.
  6. Enter the script on lower textarea which you want to load on footer.
  7. Click on Save button.

Custom Post Types

Catch Mustang has four Custom Post Types.

  1. Testimonials:
    • You can add testimonials in the testimonial custom post type.
    • The title will be the name of the person, content will be the testimonial and you can also add the position and company of the person in the Tile and Company metabox.
    • You can also show the testimonials in sidebar by simply dragging the Catchthemes: Show Testimonials widget to the Sidebar.
  2. Services:
    • You can also add services as custom post type.
    • The archive page for the services post type has a unique design.
  3. Galleries:
    • You can add many galleries as custom post type.
    • The archive page for the galleries post type has a unique design.
    • It shows the featured image of the post and the title only.
    • You can upload as many images in every post.
    • Then add shortcode in the post content.
    • Now after you click on the featured image of the post in the archive page.
    • You will see all those images.
    • You can also see these image in large size by click above them which appears in a beautiful fancy box. You can view other images in this fancy box by click on the next and previous navigation button.
  4. Portfolio:
    • You can add portfolio as custom post type.
    • The archive page for the portfolio post type has a unique design.
    • It show the featured image of all posts and their title as well.
    • Now, after you click on the featured image of the post, it will be displayed in a beautiful fancy box. You can view other images in this fancy box by click on the next and previous navigation button.

Embed multimedia into Posts or Pages

For externally hosted videos (for example a YouTube or Vimeo video), you can directly paste the link of your video page into the content editor. You do not have to paste the embed code. WordPress will automatically embed the video from the link.

Recommended Plugins

* Breadcrumb NavXT for Breadcrumb
* Contact Form 7 for Contact Form
* WP-PageNavi or WP Page Numbers for Pagination
* Regenerate Thumbnails to for Regenerating Thumbnails.

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