1. Start
  2. Installing Qamar Theme
  3. Installing Sample Content
  4. Language Translations
  5. Building Menus
  6. Setting Up Logo
  7. Sidebar Manger
  8. Overlay Patterns
  9. Setting Up a Background
  10. Setting up the Portfolio
  11. Setting up a Gallery page
  12. Full Width Page/Post
  13. Shortcodes Gui
  14. Featured Images
  15. How to use Lightbox
  16. Using Page Templates
  17. How to Paginate a Post
  18. Google Analytics Code
  19. Changing Author Avatars
  20. Credits

Qamar WordPress Theme

By TieLabs

Last Updated : April 23, 2013

Thank you for purchasing my theme . Please read this document and explore the item comments and FAQ items for further information and help.

For questions on basic WordPress installation/usage, HTML, JavaScript or CSS editing - please try the ThemeForest forums, W3Schools, the Wordpress Codex or Google as theme errors/issues get top priority.

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Installing Qamar Theme

Uploading Qamar via FTP to Wordpress

Installing Qamar from the WordPress Dashboard

Installing Sample Content

To install the Sample Content

Check this video

Language Translations

All of our Themes are able to be translated into any language. The process of translating the theme is a user responsibility.
The following instructions are given as guidance.

  1. Open wp-config.php and replace this: 
    define ('WPLANG', '');
    with this (subsitute the language string (bg_BG) with your own!): 
    define ('WPLANG', 'bg_BG');
  2. Download and install POEDIT
  3. Connect to your site -> open your theme/languages directory
  4. Download the default.po file and open it with POEDIT.
  5. Translate file and save it as bg_BG (the file name must match with the string you inserted into wp-config.php)
  6. Two files will be generated after save. bg_BG.po and bg_BG.mo
  7. Upload the .mo and .po files into wp-content/themes/your-theme/languages folder

Your WordPress installation should be in the language you intend on using the site.

Building Menus

To create a custom navigation menu:

NOTE: Refer to Official Wordpress Menu Guide 

Overlay Patterns

To set pattern for the background.

Setting Up a Background

Setting up the Portfolio

  1. Go to Pages --> Add New
  2. Type a title for the page .
  3. On the right-hand side, you will see the following panel titled Page Attributes with a drop-down under Template:

    NOTE: If you do NOT see this panel, look to the top right of your screen for the words - Screen Options. Click that and enable the checkbox next to Page Attributes.

  4. Select "Portfolio" Page Template .
  5. From Qamar - Portfolio Options box you can setup the portfolio settings like Layout , Categories , Number of items per page and the categories filter option .
  6. Publish the Page.

To disaply categories filter below the header as the demo site just set Enable Ctaegories Filter option to YES.

Your portfolio page is now ready to showcase the portfolio items.

Adding Portfolio Items

To add a new portfolio item, navigate to Portfolios > Add New. Here you can add the title of the project, a description in the main text editor, enter project details (client, Year , Skills , url), and assign various categories.

Set preview image

You have to set a "featured image" to each portfolio item that will be diplayed on the portfolio page. To do so, upload an image and set it as featured image.

Set the single page Header

Choose what is the sigle page header will display Featured Image , Featured Image with lightbox , Images Slideshow or a Video

Adding images in the Images Slideshow

Choose Images slideshow from page Header Displays list then press on "Add New Image" and upload your image or choose an image from media library and press on "use this image" button

Adding Video

Choose Video from page Header Displays list then add your video Embed Code , Youtube Video Url or Vimeo Video Url

Enter the project details

You can specify the client, Year , Skills and url of the project.

Adding Portfolio Categories

To categorise your portfolio items, you can assign categories to them within the Portfolio Categories Box. Assigning categories to the portfolio items will allow the users to filter your portfolio by categories. Also the categories will be displayed when hovering each portfolio item's thumbnail You can create new categories by navigating to Portfolio > Portfolio Categories or you can directly create them from the portfolio item page.

Full Width Page/Post

In post edit page , Select 'full Width' image from Sidebar Options As shown in below screenshot.

Shortcodes Gui

Shortcodes make it simple to insert elements like buttons, boxes, columns etc. without any knowledge how to code HTML. Shortcodes work in posts and pages .

Using Page Templates

In most of our themes, we offer sever PAGE TEMPLATES. A Page Template is a template which comes with your theme. WordPress can be configured to use different Page Templates for different Pages. You can select which Template will be used when displaying a particular Page.

For Example : Authors , Timeline , Sitemap and Tags page templates

How To Use a Page Template
  1. Go to Pages --> Add New
  2. On the right-hand side, you will see the following panel titled Page Attributes with a drop-down under Template:

    NOTE: If you do NOT see this panel, look to the top right of your screen for the words - Screen Options. Click that and enable the checkbox next to Page Attributes.

  3. Select the Page Template you desire.
  4. Publish the Page. That's it! Now that page will display the pre-defined content within that page template.

How to Paginate a Post ?

In order to paginate your blog post, in the Write panel in your WordPress admin, switch to the TEXT view (if you are using the Visual view) and then enter the following code to wherever you want to break the post up into a new page. 

<!--nextpage-->

Save the post , And you’re all done!

How and Where to Include Google Analytics Tracking Code?

  1. COPY the code given to you by Google Analytics
  2. Go to WordPress --> Theme Panel page --> General Settings --> look towards the bottom for Footer Code box:
  3. Paste your Google Analytics (or other) tracking code here. This code will automatically be inserted into the footer of your theme on every page.
  4. Click Save Changes. That's it!

How to chnage Author Avatar

The theme uses Gravatar to display users avatars . to craete or change your Gravatar :

If you have never setup a Gravatar account:
  1. Register / login to Gravatar. Upon registering, use the SAME email address that is associated with your WordPress User Profile.
  2. Upload your photo and associate it with that specific email address.
If you already registered at gravatar.com, follow these steps:
  1. Click on "My Gravatars" .
  2. click on "Add a New Email" .
  3. Then, you'll need to click on "Add a New Image" .
  4. Upload an image .
  5. Then select the email address, and then select your image from bottom. Now it's associated with that email address. Click Save .
  6. It will take about 5-10 minutes to propagate on the internet, and then will appear on site.

Credits

Thanks so much to