PhotoSquares documentation


Theme Installation:

    1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
    2. Select Appearance > Themes > Install Themes > Upload;
    3. Select “Choose File” to upload theme .ZIP file and click “Install Now”;
    4. When theme is uploaded and installed successfully select “Activate” from “Actions” submenu;
    5. Theme should be up and running.

Note: You can change your current theme at Appearance > Themes.

Adding Your First Gallery Post:

  1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
  2. Select Posts > Add new ;
  3. Add title, content and images (using “Add an image” button in Upload/Insert section below title field);
  4. Selet featured image (for first page thumbnail) using “Featured Image” box in the right sidebar;
  5. Click “Publish” .

Create And Manage Categories:

    1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
    2. Select Posts > Categories ;
    3. In “Add new category” enter category name and enter slug, set parent category and add description if necessary ;
    4. Click “Add New Category” .

Note: To Edit already created category roll over it’s name.

Manage Your Menu:

  1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
  2. Select Appearance > Menus ;
  3. Enter menu name and click “Create menu” ;
  4. Give this menu you just created a location in your page (Header of Footer) in “Theme Locations” box. You can create two different menus for each header or footer menu or attach only one to both places.
  5. Now add categories, pages or custom links to the menu by adding checkbox next to their name and clicking “Add to menu” button.
  6. Arrange your menu with drag-and-drop. You can make parent menu items and arrange other menu items below this category to create drop-down menu (header only).

Upload Your Logo:

  1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
  2. Select PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General >Logo ;
  3. Click on the “Upload Image” button to select your logo;
  4. Click “Select files” button and click upload.
  5. Once image is uploaded, click “Insert into post” button on the bottom;

Change Index page Thumbnail Size:

    1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
    2. Select PhotoSquares > Theme Options > Thumbnails > Thumbnails Size ;
    3. Enter Image width, height, how many columns page should have and images per page;
    4. Click “Save All Changes”;

Note: We recommend that you keep total page width smaller than 1000 pixels;

Change Background and text colors:

  1. Log into WordPress Admin panel;
  2. Select PhotoSquares > Theme Options > Custom Colors ;
  3. Choose wich color you want to change and click on the color field;
  4. In the color palette popul choose your color or enter hex color code your self;
  5. To change background image click on the upload file button in “Background” field and choose your background texture.
  6. Click “Save All Changes”;

Other options:

  • Change site title: Go to PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General and enter name in “Site title” field;
  • CSS Grid Templates: We have 4 premede templates for the index page thumbnail grid. You can change templates in PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General > CSS Grid Templates;
  • Turn off header, footer menus and widget area: Uncheck checkbox next to Enable Header menu/Footer menu/Widget area in PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General > Navigation;
  • Turn off next/previous navigation bars: Uncheck checkbox next to Enable post navigation/Enable navigation trough pages in PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General > Navigation;
  • Single Post SlideShow: To change from default slideshow to displaying only one (featured) image in the single post view go to PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General > Single Post Featured Image/Gallery. Here you can also disable gallery/featured image from your posts.
  • Change footer text: Go to PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General >Footer text and replace default copyright text with yours.
  • Add tracking code: To add Google Analytics or other traffic tracking scripts go to PhotoSquares > Theme Options > General >Tracking Code and paste your code.