How to install theme?
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How to update theme to the latest version?
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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 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 Image
Width: 780px
Height: 439px
Featured Grid
Width: 800px
Height: 450px
Featured Content
Width: 400px
Height: 225px
Featured Header
Width: 1200px
Height: 514px
Custom Header Image
Width: Flexible (recommended width 1200px)
Height : Flexible (recommended height 514px)
How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Customizer (Theme Options)
You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.
How to add Logo?
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How to disable Site Title and Tagline?
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How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)?
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Color
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How to add Header Image?
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Menus
Gridalicious Pro offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.
Select Menu Locations
You can assign your custom menu in 4 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Manage Location” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”
Select your menu as Primary Menu
Select your menu as Secondary Menu
Select you menu as Header Right Menu to display social menu on header top
Select your menu as Footer Menu to display social links on Primary Menu
Comment Options
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How to Change the Excerpt Length and Read More Text?
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Featured Content
Gridalicious Pro supports 4 featured content types to choose from: 1. Post, 2. Page, 3. Category and 4. Custom.
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How to select different font for different sections?
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How to edit Footer content?
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Layout Options
Gridalicious Pro has 5 Default Layout options, 4 Archive Content Layout options and 3 page/post image layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”
Default Layout Options
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 “Gridalicious 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 “Gridalicious Options => Single Page/Post Image Layout”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing.
Further option to show/hide meta information on archive
For this option please follow following steps:
- Go to Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Option
- Check option, “Check to hide meta information on archive pages” to hide meta information and uncheck to show
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
How to edit individual posts/pages layout?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Gridalicious Options
- Then click on Layout Options
- You select required option under “Default”
- Finally Click on “Publish/Update”
How to select optional sidebar for individual Page/Post?
This can be achieved through custom meta box by following the steps below:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Gridalicious Options
- Then click on Select Sidebar
- You can make the required changes by clicking on options under “Select Sidebar”
- 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:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Gridalicious Options
- Then click on Header Featured Image Options
- You can select option “Enable or Disbale”
- 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:
- Go to Add/Edit option of Page/Post
- There you can find Gridalicious Options
- Then click on Single Page/Post Image Layout
- You can select option “Featured, Slider, Full Size or Disable Image”
- Finally Click on “Publish/Update”
How to enable Breadcrumb and change separator?
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How to Change the Excerpt Length and More Tag Text?
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How to select different font for different sections?
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How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage?
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How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)?
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Featured Grid Content
Gridalicious Pro supports 4 featured grid content options types to choose from: Featured Post Grid Content, Featured Page Grid Content, Featured Category Grid Content and Featured Image Grid Content. For Featured Grid Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Grid Content Options”.
Featured Image Grid Content:
Featured Image Grid Content is created to highlight independent images in the grid content. This grid content gives you full control to upload your own independent image, with title (optional), content (optional), optional link and target. Just use the following simple steps to add in the Featured Image Grid Content.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Grid Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Featured Grid Content Type”, Select Grid Content Type as “Featured Image Grid Content”
- Here you can change the number of featured content, upload images, connecting to an image link, adding in the title, content, and setting target to open link in a new window as needed
- Under “Featured Grid Content Settings”, you can change setting “Enable Grid Content”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Featured Page Grid Content
Features page grid content is created to highlight your Page in the grid content. So, first you need to create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Grid Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Featured Grid Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Grid Content”
- Here you can change the of featured content and select your pages in “Featured Page #”
- Under “Featured Grid Content Settings”, you can change setting “Enable Grid Content”
- 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.
Featured Post Grid Content
Features post grid content is created to highlight your Post in the grid content. So, first you need to create a Post and then add Featured Image to the Post.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Grid Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Featured Grid Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Post Grid Content”
- Here you can change the number of featured content and add in your Post IDs in “Featured Post #”
- Under “Featured Grid Content Settings”, you can change setting “Enable Grid Content”
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note:
When you select post, make sure your post have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.
Featured Category Grid Content
Features category grid content is created to highlight your posts from specific categories in the grid content. So, first you need to create a Post, add Featured Image to the post and assign posts to specific category.
- Go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Grid Content Options” from your WordPress Dashboard
- Under “Featured Grid Content Type”, you need to select “Featured Category Grid Content”
- Here you can change the number of featured and from “Select Grid Content Type” you can either select the category you want or select multiple categories by holding down the CTRL key
- Finally, click on “Save & Publish”
Note:
When you select categories, make sure your posts in those categories have Featured Image. Click here to watch our Video Screencast to add Featured Image.
How to change Pagination Options?
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WooCommerce Options
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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
Gridalicious Pro currently has 14 widgetized (Sidebar) areas that are 1.Primary Sidebar, 2. Optional Homepage Sidebar, 3. Optional Archive Sidebar, 4. Optional Page Sidebar, 5. Optional Post Sidebar, 6. Optional Sidebar One, 7. Optional Sidebar Two, 8. Optional Sidebar Three, 9. Page Not Found Content, 10. Footer Area One, 11. Footer Area Two and 12. Footer Area Three, 13. Footer Area Four, 14. Header Right. You can add a variety of Widgets to this theme from “Appearance => Widgets” or “Appearance => Customize => Widgets” in WordPress.
How to add Widgets in widget area?
You can add widgets to your widget area from two location
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Additional CSS
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WPML Ready
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