Documentation for Technico – Legacy
Theme installation
The easiest way to install the theme, is by accessing your WordPress admin panel, then go to Appearance > Themes. Select the Install Themes tab and click the Upload link located just below the tab’s name. Click on Browse… and select the WordPress theme zip file you just downloaded. Then click the Install Now button, and after a few seconds, your new theme should be installed. Click activate and the theme is ready to use.
TIP: A more visual guide can be found here.
In order to install the theme manually, or in case you have trouble installing it through the admin panel, you have to unzip the WordPress theme’s zip file on your computer, and upload via FTP the resulting theme folder into your WordPress installation themes folder (wp-content/themes). Then, from the WordPress admin go to Appearance > Themes. The theme should be available in your themes list. Click activate.
Image Sizes
The minimum recommended image sizes for Technico are:
- Post thumbnail: 555x350px
- Featured image: 848x450px
- Fullwidth thumbnails: 1140x450px
- Testimonial thumbnails: 60x60px
- Slider thumbnails: 1920x700px
- Client logos: 80px in height, not restricted in width.
Useful Plugins
These plugins provide functionality and features used directly (or not) by the Theme. So, it is recommended to install and activate them before importing your sample content.
- Contact Form 7 use this plugin to create a contact form, then copy the shortcode it gives you and paste it in a page which will serve as your contact page.
- WP Instagram Widget: Use this plugin to help you display your Instagram feed in any of the theme’s sidebars.
- WordPress Jetpack: You can use this to create a contact form instead of Contact Form 7, insert sharing buttons, create tiled galleries etc.
- One Click Import : Use this plugin to help you import your content with just one click.
Importing Sample Content using One Click Import
To automate the process of importing and for a better experience we have natively included support for OneClick Import Plugin. Let install it fist:
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’,
- Search for ‘One Click Demo Import’ and install the plugin,
- Activate ‘One Click Demo Import’ from your Plugins page.
From WordPress.org
- Download ‘One Click Demo Import’.
- Upload the ‘one-click-demo-import’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
- Activate ‘One Click Demo Import’ from your Plugins page.
Once the plugin is activated you will find the actual import page in: Appearance > Import Demo Data.
Click on the Import demo data button and you are done!
This plugin requires PHP version of at least 5.3.x, but we recommend version 5.6.x or better yet 7.x. Please contact your hosting company and ask them to update the PHP version for your site.
Importing sample content manually
To get the sample content file you can click the link in the notice that will appear on your dashboard immediately after activating the theme.
Extract the zip file you downloaded and upload the xml file in Tools > Import > WordPress (if not already present, you will be prompted to install the WordPress importer plugin), assing the authors to an existing user and make sure you check the “import attachments” box. You can now import the sample content.
You can also download the Sample Content for Technico by clicking here
Importing widgets
You can also import the widgets you see on the theme’s demo. To do that, you need the Widget Importer & Exporter plugin. To install it go to Plugins > Add new search for widget importer exporter and install the plugin. Activate it and go to Tools > Widget Importer & Exporter click choose file and upload the technico_widgets.wie file which is located in the sample content zip file, click Import widgets and you are good to go.
WARNING: As this will create posts, pages, custom post types, categories, widgets, etc. and change various system settings, it is strongly advised that you do this on a clean WordPress installation, without any previous and/or precious data. Under no circumstances we can be held responsible for total or partial data loss, so please be careful.
Setting up your theme
1) Populating your blog
To add new posts to your blog, go to Posts > add new, title your post, enter the content in the editor, upload a featured image by clicking “Set featured image” on the Featured Image panel, add a category and/or tag to the post, if you so desire, from the respective panels and publish the post by clicking “Publish”.
2) Adding Services
To add new Service item go to Service > Add new and fill in the title, content and featured image. Next, in the Service Options metabox set an image for the service by following the on screen instructions. Finally publish the item.
3) Adding Project items
To add a new portfolio item go to Projects > Add New. Set a featured image from the panel on the right, fill in any text you have for the portfolio item and move to the Project Options panel below. Here you can add project Information and toggle the appearance of the featured image in single project view.
4) Adding Team Members
To add a team member go to Team > Add New, set a title for it (the person’s name) and upload a featured image, then in the “Member Options” panel you can fill in the team member’s social profiles by following the on screen instructions.
5) Adding DIY Projects
To add a new DIY Project item go to DIY Projects > Add New. Fill in a title for the project, set it’s featured image, add the content and finally publish the item.
6) Adding FAQs
To add a new FAQ item go to FAQs > Add New. Fill in a title for the item, set it’s featured image, add the content and finally publish it.
7) Customizing the appearance
All theme customization is done via WordPress’s built in customizer. If you haven’t used it or want to learn more about it, please read this article.
Go to Appearance > Customize and you will see this
TIP: any changes you make in the tabs below will be previewed live on the site which appears in right side of the screen, however to save these changes you need to click the Save & Publish button on the top of the bar, if you have made a change but see the button grayed out (for example changed the font size of a heading), move the cursor outside the input box, for example, to the next input box, then the button should be clickable again.
Let’s take a look at the options each tab gives you.
Header Options
Here you can set the business’ address & phone number that will appear on the header and also toggle the appearance of social icons
Menus
Here you can create and assign menus to the theme. The theme features one menu location, the main menu one. To learn more about menu creation check out the Codex’s menu user guide here.
Site Identity
In this tab you can modify the site’s title, tagline, logo and site icon.
Layout Options
Here you can modify the length of the automatic excerpt and select between numbered and older/newer pagination.
Typography Options
Through this tab you can control the font size of key theme elements, such as headings, body and widgets.
Content Colors
Are you looking to create your own unique color scheme? This tab will help you do it by allowing you to modify the colors of many elements of the content. To do that click the Select Color button and either use a hex color value in the box or use the palette to select a color.
Widgets
Through this tab you can add widgets to the theme’s sidebars. The theme features ten sidebars, the blog, pages, two homepage sidebars, an e-shop sidebar, the pre-footer Instagram one and four footer sidebars.
Sidebar Colors
This tab will allow you to modify the colors of various sidebar elements to complete your custom color scheme.
Social Networks
Here you can fill in the URLs to your various social network profiles supported by the theme. You can display them in a sidebar by using the Theme – Social Icons widget.
Posts Options
Here you can toggle various aspects of the single post and posts listing, like the appearance of categories, date, comments and featured images.
DIY Options
Here you can toggle various aspects of the DIY post and DIY posts listing, like the appearance of categories, date, comments and featured images.
Footer Options
Here you can modify the credits text and toggle the back to top button.
Static Front Page
Use this tab to make the Home page your static front page so you can take advantage of the homepage template we have created for you.
Titles
In this tab you can change the titles for various theme pages, like the blog, DIY, search and 404.
Other
In this tab we host the custom CSS panel which you can use to insert styles for elements not covered in the rest of the tabs. Also here you can set the Google Analytics ID to get statistics on your site.
Theme pages
The Home page
To set up the homepage create a page named Home and set to it the Homepage Template from the Page Attributes drop down on the right. To add content to your front page go to Customize > Widgets or Appearance > Widgets and use the theme’s widgets to help you display your content.
Custom post type listing pages
In order to display your custom post types you will need to create a listing page fore each one.
DIY Projects
Create a page to list your DIY projects and apply to it the DIY Listing template from the page attributes drop down.
If you want to create a listing page for one particular FAQ category you can select it from the DIY Listing Options metabox below.
FAQs
Create a page to list your FAQs and apply to it the FAQ Listing template from the page attributes drop down.
If you want to create a listing page for one particular FAQ category you can select it from the FAQ Listing Options metabox below.
Projects
Create a new page and apply to it the Projects Listing template from the page attributes drop down.
In the Project Listing Options metabox you can select a base category if you want to only display a particular one on the listing page, select the Listing & Article layout you like and finally set the number of items that will appear per page.
Services
Create a new page and apply to it the Services Listing template from the page attributes drop down.
In the Service Listing Options metabox you can select a base category if you want to only display a particular one on the listing page, select the Listing & Article layout you like and finally set the number of items that will appear per page.
Team Listing
Create a new page and apply to it the Team Listing template from the page attributes drop down.
In the Team Listing Options metabox you can select a base category if you want to only display a particular one on the listing page, select the Listing layout you like and finally set the number of items that will appear per page.
The contact page
To create a contact page similar to the one found on the theme’s demo, you can create a new page, name it Contact and use the Contact Form 7 plugin to help you create a contact form, then paste the shortcode it provides in the page’s text editor, publish and you are done.
Widgets
We have handcrafted twelve custom widgets to help you better display your content. You will find them under Customize > Widgets or Appearance > Widgets
Below each widget you will find a small description regarding its functionality, additionally each widget provides you with some info on each usage, please read the small text found on the widget once it’s added on the sidebar. Widgets that are custom built to be used on the homepage have the Homepage widget marking on the description.
Theme – Slider
This widget will help you create slider items. Add the widget to the Homepage sidebar, select the slideshow speed and toggle the automatic slide functionality and press the Add Item button to add your first slide.
Fill in all the required information, like title, subtitle, button text and button URL and click the Select Image button to upload the slider image.
Next click the Add Item again to add another slide, continue as needed and once done click the save button.
Theme – Custom Content
This widget is built to help you add content to your front page, whether it is an introductory text, a bio or any other text you might want to include. Its functionality is pretty straight forward, you add the widget to the homepage sidebar, fill in all the info you need, click the Select Image button to upload an image (optional) and save the widget.
Theme – Pricing Table
To create a pricing table, add the widget to the homepage sidebar, fill in the title, subtitle and click the Add Item button
Set up the pricing item by filling all related information. Marking the item as featured will make it appear emphasized with a border surrounding it. You can add up to 8 features for each pricing item, placing a dash or minus sign before the text will display it as not available/included in the package.
Theme – Technical documentation
Using this widget you can create a list with downloadable files, such as manuals, guides etc. Just fill in the title and use the Add item button to add items. Fill in the required info and save the widget.
Theme – Contact
Using this widget you can create a contact box with a map and any info you desire. Paste in the iframe embed code for the map and then using the Add item button fill in all the required information.
Theme – Opening hours
Display your business’ timetable using this widget. Click the add item button to add a new schedule section, as displayed above.
Theme – Post type items
Using this widget you are able to display your content on any widgetized area, whether it is a standard post, a project, a team member etc. Just select the post type you want to pull info from on the Post type drop down, select the layout you want for these items from the Item appearance drop down (different layouts are available for different post types to help optimally deliver information), set the desired text alignment and add your items using the Add item button. Save your widget and you are done.
Recreating the demo’s homepage layout
The entire front page template is widgetized to provide you with maximum flexibility. Below we list the widgets used on the demo’s home page.
- Theme – Slider: This widget creates the slider. Add as many items as you want by pressing the “Add Item” button. Remove any item by selecting “Remove me”. The slider also supports videos from WordPress compatible video hosts.
- Theme – Post type items: Here we display four services with the Icon centered – Button layout.
- Theme – Custom content: Using this widget you can display custom content on your front page.
- Theme – Post type items: Here we display four team members with the Social layout.
- Theme – Custom content: another bit of custom content.
- Theme – Pricing table: we used this widget to create a four column pricing table.
- Theme – Clients: Here we display four logos of our clients.
- Theme – Testimonials: This widget will help you display testimonials from your customers. On the demo we have three testimonials visible.
- Theme – Post type items: Here we display three DIY items with the Image – Title – Date – Text – Button layout.
- Theme – Custom content: Finally we have yet another bit of custom content.
How to use the page builder template
The theme comes bundled with a page builder template which allows you to use your favorite page builder plugin on it and create unique layouts very easily.
To use that template start by going to Pages > Add New. This will create a new page. Add a title to your page and select the Page builder template from the template drop down in the Page Attributes metabox.
That’s it. You can now start building your page using the page builder of your choice, once done publish it and check it out.
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