Jomsom

Ridiculously beautiful WordPress theme for your blog. Inspired by Nepal’s windswept mountain town, our Jomsom theme features a minimalistic design, paired with a bold headline to make your blog stand out.

If you require a large variety of color or font customization options, or eventually want to make money from your blog or magazine, check out Jomsom Pro. Jomsom Pro comes with in-built ad management, support for eCommerce, and premium support.

This theme is translation ready. Check out Support Forum at https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/jomsom-free/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/jomsom/

Features in “Jomsom” Free Theme:

  1. Responsive Design
  2. Site Identity: Option to add/edit Logo, enable/disable Site Title and Tagline, show/hide Site Title only and Site Icon
  3. Color Options: Option to change Header Text Color, Background Color and Tagline Color
  4. Background Image: Option to add Background Image
  5. Header Image: Option to enable/disable featured header image,Option to add/edit Custom header image, add alt, title and link/URL, open link in new windows/tab and select Post/Page Featured image size
  6. Menus: Option to use Primary and Footer Menu
  7. Menu Options: Option to enable/disable fixed primary menu
  8. Breadcrumb Options: Option to enable/disable Breadcrumb on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site and Option to change separator
  9. Custom CSS Options: Option to add your own CSS style to change the design as per you need
  10. Excerpt Options: Option to change Excerpt Length and Read More Text
  11. Form Elements: Option to enable/disable JavaScript Custom Forms
  12. Homepage / Frontpage Options: Select option to show post from selective category
  13. Layout Options:
    1. Default Layout: Option to choose from i. Content, Primary and ii. Primary Sidebar, Content
    2. Archive Content Layout: Option to choose from Excerpt Image Left and Show Full Content (No Featured Image)
    3. Single Page/Post Image Layout: Option to enable/disable Single Page/Post Image Layout or Select Featured or Full Size Image Size as Single Page/Post Image
  14. Pagination Options: Option to choose Pagination type from Default(Older Posts/Newer Posts), Numeric, Infinite Scroll (Click), Infinite Scroll (Scroll)
  15. Promotion Headline Options: Option to enable/disable Promotion Headline on Homepage/Frontpage or Entire site, edit Promotion Headline text, edit Promotion SubHeadline text, edit Promotion Headline Button Text, add/edit Promotion Headline Link and open link in new tab
  16. Scroll Up Options: Option to enable/disable Scroll Up option
  17. Search Options: Option to change the search box text
  18. Featured Content Options: Option to enable/disable featured content on Homepage/Frontpage or entire site, option to select Featured Content layout from 3 columns and 4 columns, option to highlight your Featured pages as Featured Content and option to move featured content position above footer
  19. Featured Slider Options: Option to enable/disable featured content on Homepage/FrontPage or entire site , option to select Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length of slides and option to highlight your featured pages in slider
  20. Social Links: 31 different social icons to choose from and Additional Options to enable/disable social icons on footer
  21. Widget Areas: 4 Widget Areas registered. That is, i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two and iv. Footer Area Three

Additional Features in “Jomsom Pro” Premium Theme:

  1. Header Image: Additional option to select featured header image position
  2. Menus: Additional 2 Menus which totals to 4 custom menus: Primary Menu, Secondary Menu, Header Right Menu and Footer Menu
  3. Menu Options: Additional option to enable/disable Primary Menu, option to enable/disable fixed Primary Menu enable/disable and search box in Secondary Menu
  4. Comment Options: Option to enable/disable comments, notes and Website Field
  5. Feed Redirect: Option to redirect your feed to feedburner
  6. Font Family Options: Option to choose Site Title Font Family, Default Font Family, Site Title and Tagline (Description) Font Family, Content Title Font Family, Content Body Font Family and Headings Tags from h1 to h6 Font Family
  7. Footer Editor Option: Option to edit/delete Footer Left Content and Footer Right Content
  8. Layout Options:
    1. Default Layout: Additional 2 options i. No Sidebar(One Column) and ii. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    2. Woocommerce Layout: Select layout for your woocommerce pages. Option to choose from 5 Layout Options: i. Primary Sidebar,Content, ii. Content,Primary Sidebar, iii. No Sidebar(Content Width), iv. No Sidebar(One Column) and v. No Sidebar(Full Width)
    3. Archive Content Layout: Additional 2 content layouts, which makes a total of 4 Content layouts: i. Excerpt Image Left, ii. Excerpt Image Right, iii. Excerpt Image Top and iv. Show Full Content(No Featured Image)
  9. Update Notifier: Option to enable/disable Theme Update notifications
  10. Color Options: Additional option to use color picker to change various Basic Color Options, Header Color Options, Content Color Options, Sidebar Color Options, Pagination Color Options, Footer Color Options, Promotion Headline Color Options, Scrollup Color Options, Featured Content Color Options, Featured Slider Color Options, Primary Menu Color Options, Secondary Menu Color Options, Header Right Menu Color Options and Footer Menu Color Options.
  11. Featured Content Options: Additional 3 featured content types, which makes a total of 4 featured content types: i. Featured Post Content, ii. Featured Page Content, iii. Featured Category Content and iv.Featured Image Content
  12. Featured Slider Options: Additional 3 featured slider types, which makes a total of 4 featured slider types: i. Featured Post Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider
  13. Social Links: Additional option to add upto 10 custom social icons and links. Option to enable/disable social icon on footer
  14. Widget Areas: Additional 14 wiget areas registered which makes a total of 19 Sidebars registered. That is, i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two, iv. Footer Area Three, v. Footer Area Four, vi. Header Top, vii. Header Right, viii. Featured Widget Content, ix. Promotion Headline Left, x. Promotion Headline Right, xi. 404 Page Not Found Content, xii. WooCommerce Primary Sidebar, xiii. Optional Homepage Sidebar, xiv. Optional Archive Sidebar, xv. Optional Page Sidebar, xvi. Optional Post Sidebar, xvii. Optional Sidebar One, xviii. Optional Sidebar Two and xix. Optional Sidebar Three.
  15. E-commerce Ready: It supports WooCommerce plugin
  16. Multi-language Ready: It supports WPML plugin

Installation Using the WordPress Administration Panel #

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

  1. Download Jomsom from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/jomsom/ to your Desktop
  2. Log in to the WordPress Administration Panel
  3. Go to “Appearance => Themes => Add New”
  4. Click on “Uploads” and Browse the downloaded file jomsom-pro.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 Jomsom from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/jomsom/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip jomsom.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 jomsom-pro folder installed. If you do, then back it up and remove it from /wp-content/themes/ before uploading your copy of Jomsom
  4. Upload Jomsom to /wp-content/themes/
  5. Activate Jomsom through “Appearance => Themes”, in your WordPress Dashboard

Updating Theme Using the Administration Panel #

You can update Themes directly from the Administration Panel using Catch Updater plugin. Click here to read details about Catch Updater plugin.

Updating Theme Using FTP

To update Theme though FTP, follow these basic steps:

  1. Download Jomsom from your Catch Themes site at https://catchthemes.com/themes/jomsom/ to your Desktop
  2. Unzip jomsom.zip to your Desktop
  3. Using an FTP client to access your host web server, go to /wp-content/themes/ and upload your new copy of Jomsom Theme which shall replace the old files

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.

Image Sizes:

Featured Post Thumbnail and Archive Image (Excerpt Image Top)
Width: 849px
Height: 447px

Featured Content
Width: 350px
Height: 350px

Slider Image
Width: 1680px
Height: 720px

Archive Image (Excerpt Image Left and Excerpt Image Right)
Width: 360px
Height: 375px

Widget Thumbnail Image
Width: 67px
Height: 67px

How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?

  1. Open the editor of the post/page where you want to display image, and locate the Featured Image module in the bottom right corner under Page Attributes. Click on Set Featured Image.
  2. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library and click on Set Featured Image.Click to view screenshot
  3. For more detail, click here to watch video Screencast

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 “Tools => Regen. Thumbnails” in your WordPress Dashboard.

Widgets #

Jomsom currently has 4 widgetized (Sidebar) areas that are i. Primary Sidebar, ii. Footer Area One, iii. Footer Area Two and iv. Footer Area Three.
Go to “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.

Jomsom offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard. For more detail, Click here to watch video Screencast

Select Menu Locations
You can assign your custom menu in 2 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Manage Location” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”
Select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the Main Menu, which will replace the default Page Menu
Select your custom menu as Footer Menu to display Menu in Footer Area

Customizer (Theme Options) #

You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity”
  2. You can replace the default logo by clicking on it, or click on “Add new Image”
  3. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media library
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to hide Site Title only? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Site Identity
  2. Uncheck “Check to hide Side Title Only” and it will not dispaly Site Title
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Header Image”
  2. Now, select enable options in “Enable Featured Header Image on”
  3. Click on “Add New Image” to add new header image
  4. Then you can either upload the image from your computer or select the existing image from your media
  5. Click on “Select and Crop” and you can either crop image or skip cropping
  6. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to enable Breadcrumb and change separator? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Breadcrumb Options”
  2. Check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb” to enable Breadcrumb
  3. To enable Breadcrumb on Homepage, check option “Check to enable Breadcrumb on Homepage”
  4. To change the separator between Breadcrumbs, use desired separator below “separator between Breadcrumbs”
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Custom CSS #

You can add your custom CSS that will overwrite the theme CSS for further design customization through “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Custom CSS Options”, in your WordPress Dashboard. For more detail, Click here to watch video Screencast

Note: If you are doing heavy customization and adding lot of custom css then we recommended to build Child Theme and add it in your child theme style.css file. Read More about child theme…

How to Change the Excerpt Length and Read More Text? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Excerpt Options”
  2. Type in the Excerpt Length as in, the number of words, and Read More Text
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to enable JavaSript Custom Form? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Form Elements”
  2. Check Option, “Check to enable JavaSript Custom Form”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Homepage/Frontpage Options”
  2. Then select the category you want, and you may select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key(windows)/Command Key(Mac)
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Layout Options #

Jomsom has 3 Default Layout options, 2 Archive Content Layout options and 3 Single page/post image layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”

Default Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Jomsom Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

Archive Content Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Archive Content Layout” which will set our site archive layout.

Single Page/Post Image Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the box below “Single Page/Post Image Layout” which will set our posts/page image layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual pages and posts through “Jomsom Options => Single Page/Post Image Layout”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.

How to edit individual posts/pages layout?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Jomsom Options
  3. Then click on Layout Options
  4. You select required option under “Default”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to enable/disable Header Featured Image for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Jomsom Options
  3. Then click on Header Featured Image Options
  4. You can select option “Enable or Disbale”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to select Single Page/Post Image Layout for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
  2. There you can find Jomsom Options
  3. Then click on Single Page/Post Image Layout
  4. You can select option “Featured, Slider Image, Full Image or Disable Image”
  5. Finally Click on “Publish/Update”

How to change Pagination Options? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Pagination Options”
  2. Under Pagination Type, select desired option
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to add Promotion Headline? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Promotion Headeline Options”
  2. To enable it, you need to select option from “Enable Headline on”
  3. Then, you can change the default text under “Promotion Headline Text”, “Promotion SubHeadline Text” and “Promotion Headline Button Link” as needed or delete it to remove any fields
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to enable/disable Scrollup feature? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Scrollup Options”
  2. Check option “Check to disable Scroll Up”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to change default text in search box? #

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Search Options”
  2. Change the text below “Display Default Text in Search”
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Color Options #

Jomsom has 3 different color schemes that you can choose from.

To change the color scheme, go to “Appearance => Customize => Colors”, then select Color Scheme and then click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Content #

Jomsom supports Featured Page Content. For Featured Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content”.

How to enable Featured Content?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. To enable featured content, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Featured Content on”
  3. Under “Select Content Type”, you need to select “Demo Featured Content or Featured Page Content” as per your need
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Page Content:

Featured page content is created to highlight your Page in the featured content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

How to enable Featured Page Content?#

  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Under “Select Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Content”
  3. Then, select Page in Featured Page 1, Featured Page 2 and so on
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select page, make sure your Page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

How to change Featured Content Layout?#

  1. Jomsom currently supports two layouts: 3 columns and 4 columns
  2. Make sure featured content is enabled
  3. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  4. Under “Select Featured Content Layout”, you can select your desired layout from “3 columns” or “4 columns”
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Check option, “Check to Move above Footer”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

How to change Headline and Subheadline?#

  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under “Headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Headline
  4. Under “Sub-headline for Featured Content”, you can change the text as needed or Leave field empty if you want to remove Sub-headline
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:Make sure the number of sliders are greater than the Featured Content Layout(greater than 3 for 3 columns and greater than 4 for 4 columns) for Sliding Effect to be enabled even after checking “Check to Enable Sliding Effect” option.

How to change number of Featured Content and select Featured Page?#

  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under “No of Featured Content” set number of Featured Content as required(You need to save and refresh the page after changing number of Featured Content)
  4. Then, select your pages in “Featured Page #”
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:For best results, it is recommended to set number of featured content to be multiple of Featured Content Layout (E.g. for 3 columns layout, 3, 6, 9 etc. will yield best results).

How to Display/Hide Content?#

  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content => Featured Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under Display Content, you can select “Show Excerpt, Show Full Content or Hide Content” to display excerpt as content, whole content as content or not display content respectively, as per you need
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Jomsom supports Featured Page Slider. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider”

How to enable Featured Slider?#

Features page Slider Content is created to highlight your Page in the Slider Content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. To enable slider, select “Homepage/Frontpage or Entire Site” option under “Enable Slider on”
  3. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Category Slider or Featured Image Slider”
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Featured Page Slider

Features page slider is created to highlight your Page in the slider. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.

How to enable Featured Page Slider?#

  1. Make sure featured slider is enabled
  2. Under “Select Slider Type”, Select Slider Type as “Featured Page Slider”
  3. Then, select Page in Featured Page 1, Featured Page 2 and so on
  4. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.

How to change Transition Effect, Transition Delay and Transition Length on Slider?#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. To change Transition Effect, select option under “Transition Effect”
  3. To change Transition Delay, change number of second(s) under “Transition Delay” as per your need
  4. To change Transition Length, change number of second(s) under “Transition Length” as per your need
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Image Loader#

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Under “Image Loader”, select “True, False or Wait” as per your need
  3. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Note:
True: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start as soon as two slider are available. Slide may display in random, as image is fetch.
Wait: Fixes the height overlap issue. Slideshow will start only after all images are available.

How to change number of slides and select Featured Page?#

  1. Make sure featured content is enabled
  2. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Featured Slider Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
  3. Under “No of Slider”, select the number slides as per your need
  4. Then, under “Featured Page #1, Featured Page #2, Featured Page #3 and Featured Page #4”, select desired page to show in slider
  5. Finally, click on “Save & Publish”

Social Media Icons #

Jomsom has custom social icons for various social networking sites. You can activate the social icons you want by adding in your social profile links through “Appearance => Customize => Social Links => Social Links”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

Further, you can add your own custom social image, title, links through “Appearance => Customize => Social Links => Custom Social Links”, in your WordPress Dashboard.

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 necessarily have to paste the embed code in the content. WordPress will automatically embed the video from the link.

Webmaster Tools #

We have moved Webmaster Tools to our plugin Catch Web Tools for better management and data access. So, just install Catch Web Tools plugin and activate “Webmaster Tools” from Catch Web Tools plugin dashboard. You can verify your site on Google, Yahoo and Bing by adding in the IDs in the respective boxes through “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools” in your WordPress Dashboard. Further, you can add in the Google Analytic. Adding scripts in Header and Footer does not require you to edit codes through Webmaster Tools.

How to Insert Site Verification IDs?

  1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Site Verification” in your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Enter the Site Verification ID (Google, Yahoo, Bing) wherever you wish to verify your site
  3. Click on Save Changes button

How to Insert Analytics / Other Scripts in Header/Footer?

  1. Go to “Catch Web Tools => Webmaster Tools => Header and Footer Scripts” in your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Here you can add in various scripts like, google, facebook etc.
  3. Enter the script in upper text area, for text you want to load on Header
  4. Enter the script in lower text area, for text you want to load on Footer
  5. Click on Save Changes button

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