Wembley Theme Documentation

The Wembley theme leverages WordPress to it's maximum. It uses many of Automatic's (the makers of WordPress) Jetpack features. Jetpack installs with the theme.

1. After activating Jetpack, connect to WordPress.com to enable the Jetpack features.
2. Click the Connect button and log in to a WordPress.com account to authorize the Jetpack connection.
3. If you don't yet have a WordPress.com account, you can quickly create one after clicking the Connect button.
4. That's it. You're ready to go!

Note: - Click Jetpack settings and activate the below modules to use all of the themes features.

Required

• Carousel
• Contact Form
• Custom Content Types
• Infinite Scroll
• Related Posts
• Sharing
• Shortcode Embeds

Optional but Recommended:

• Custom CSS
• Site Icon
• Subscriptions
• Tiled Galleries

Demo content has been included in your download to make it easier to set up the theme. It is of course completely optional.

Go to Appearance/Import Demo Content

Note: - Make sure you have the JetPack settings configured as above before importing the demo content.

This theme features advanced customization features with live preview. Click on 'appearance/customize' to open the customizer.

Colors

The highlight color of the theme can be set.

Logos

You can upload a header logo.

Header Image

Set a sitewide custom header image. The header image is shown on pages using the 'default' template

Note: - You can overide the header image on individual pages.

Blog Layout

Select one of 4 sitewide blog layouts.

Social Links

Add your social links. Any fields with values entered will automatically display the social icon in the footer on the frontend.

This theme has two menu styles. A standard, simple menu or a 'visual' menu which features images. You can add the menu image in any page/post or category.

To Create a Menu

1. Go to Appearance > Menus
2. Add Menu Name
3. Click Create Menu
4. Then select it from Manage Locations
5. Save
6. Select the pages that you want in the menus
7. Add to Menu
8. Re-arrange them
9. Save menu

To Select Menu Layout and Assign Menu

1. Go to Appearance > Customize
2. Under the 'Navigation' tab, Select your Menu
3. Select the preferred layout

Note: - In Appearance > Menus you can click on the options tab(top right) to add 'categories' to menu options.

This theme includes simple page sections which allow you to quickly layout pages.

When you create a new page or post you will notice the 'layout' section. Simply click on the 'add row' button from the bottom right to pull up the sections menu. Simply select the section you would like to add.

Note: - The 'editor'section pulls up the main WordPress content editor.

Note: - Drag & Drop sections to reorder them. Or hover over the right edge to delete them.

Homepage

1. Create a new page using the homepage template (If you imported the demo content, you can skip this step)
2. Go to 'appearance/customize' and select the 'Static Front Page' tab. Set the 'Front page'.

Blog Page

1. Create a new page using the default template and enter your title/subtitle. Leave the rest of the page blank.
2. Go to 'appearance/customize' and select the 'Static Front Page' tab. Set the 'Posts page'.

Note: - To set the same page as your homepage and main posts page, simply set the "Posts Page" to your desired page and leave the "Front Page" selection as the default -select-.

Wembley features dynamic sidebars. Select the 'Sidebars' menu to create new sidebars. The sidebars will magically appear in Appearance > Widgets. Now in pages/posts you can select any of your sidebars from the dropdown. Or leave it to display the 'default' sidebar.

Note: - You can also delete sidebars.

The Wembley theme support several post formats. You can select 'gallery', 'quote', 'audio', 'video' or standard post format from the raio list on the right.

When you click the desired post format the post entry fields will change.

Gallery Format

This format adds an image slider to your post.

Audio Format

You can enter a path to an audio clip.

Quote Format

This format shows a large quote before your post.

Video Format

Adds video above your post. Simply enter the video link. oEmbed does the rest.

Standard Format

This is a regular post. You can anter a 'featured image' to display above the post.

Full Width Template

The 'fullwidth' template creates a page without a sidebar. It can be filled in with any page-builder elements.

Default Template

The 'default' template creates a page with a sidebar.

Click on the 'Portfolio' section from the WordPress admin menu. Click 'add new' to create a new portfolio item.

Now we're ready to add your first portfolio item. Give a title/subtitle to your newly added item and upload a 'featured image' image. You can now add any 'page-builder' sections

Note: - Arrange your portfolio items in categories. The theme automatically uses Isotope sorting.

In any page add an editor page-builder section to the layout. Now you can select the 'contact form' button to add a contact shortcode to your page. You'll notice the form has a simple interface to add/edit fields.

Note: - You may need to add some text to the page first in order to add the contact form.

Add your social links in appearance/customize under the 'social' tab. Any links you have entered will be automatically added to the site footer.

You can also turn sharing on for posts in 'Jetpack' settings under the sharing 'configure' option.