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Genesis: Richmond: User Manual

Note: If you just want to setup your site like our demo site to start, read this section.

Great Resources

After Installation Tips

  1. Make sure your: "Settings -> Reading -> Front page displays" is set to "A static page (select below)" and both drop downs have a page selected. (just create two blank pages if you haven't yet - called Home and Blog for example, to choose here)
  2. Setup your navigation menu at: "Appearance -> Menus"
  3. Add your Header / Logo image at: "Appearance -> Header"
  4. You can change this themes site background options at "Appearance -> Background"
  5. Visit the Appearance -> Widgets area to add content where needed.
  6. You can add content to the body of page you set as your homepage in step 1 above to be shown on your front page under the featured grid area. The text between the menu and photo grid is also editable in the page editor, look for the "Themedy Page Tag" box to add / remove text in this area (this feature can be used on any page)

Image Sizes
Note that for the most part these are just suggested sizes, but they give you a starting point.

themedy-post-image: 800x400px (blog post listing featured image)
portfolio-thumbnail: 352x250px (images on the portfolio listing page)
themedy-portfolio-featured: 800x498px (on front page, image is responsive)
themedy-testimonial-standard: 48x48px (icons shown beside non-featured testimonials)
themedy-testimonial-featured: 64x64px (icons shown beside featured testimonial)
themedy-feature-standard: 48x48px (icons shown beside featured entries)

Themedy Settings Explained
You can reach the Themedy settings panel by visiting "Appearance -> Themedy Settings"

Subscribe Area: This is the email subscribe area shown on the front page and under the single blog posts views on our demo site. You can use these instructions to use MailChimp / Aweber or you can enter a shortcode for a contact form from a plugin like Gravity Forms.

Footer Contact Area: This is the email subscribe area shown on every page at the very bottom of your site. You can use these instructions to use MailChimp / Aweber or you can enter a shortcode for a contact form from a plugin like Gravity Forms.

General Options:
- "Enable the jQuery mobile menu?": Adds a drop down toggle for the menu when viewed on a mobile device.
- "Show Title and Tag area across site?": This is the full width title / text area under the logo before the rest of the content. Customize this per page by looking for the "Themedy Options" box in your page editor when editing a page.
- "Custom Blog Title / Tag": For your blog page you need to add it here as it won't be read from the "Themedy Options" box on this page.
- "Primary Menu Action Button Title / Link": This is the blue "Buy Theme!" button shown on your demo site, it'll stand out from the rest of your regular menu.

Appearance: Using this color panel you can change the overall color scheme of the site. This color is applied to various detail elements, like buttons, hover colors, contact form background etc.

Featured Grid Area: Settings for the top image area shown on the homepage.

Social List: Add your social media accounts here to have them show up at the top of your site.

Footer: Customize the text shown in the footer area.

Special Options Area
When editing a page look for the "Themedy Options" box to add a custom page title / tag line that will show under the logo before the content.

Features (rocket, coffee cup seen on demo site) / Testimonials
Adding items to these areas will automatically populate them on your front page. They will publish in the order they are shown in your WordPress admin. You can easily reorder them after you publish them using these instructions.