Weblog

A suitable theme for Blog, Magazine and News Sites.

Use Weblog theme with masonry layout and feel the best experience in the web worlds.

Theme Installation

• Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
• Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
• Click Add New.
• In Search themes… type ‘Weblog’.
• When ‘Weblog’ appears click Install button
• After Installing the theme Click Activate button

FTP Installation (alternate method)

1. Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
2. Extract weblog.zip and upload the weblog folder.
3. Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
4. Click the Activate link.

DummyData

Before importing the demo content. It is required that you install necessary plugins. They are:
1. Acme Demo Setup
2. Advanced Import

Then you can follow the path below:

• Dashboard > Appearance > Demo Import 
• Click on Get Started and a page will appear with a thumbnail image of the demo design.(There can be more than 1 demo design in some themes)
• Hover over the image and click on Import
• Then in few minutes the demo will be imported in your site and you can visit your site now.

Caution: Importing demo content will lost the previous contents, make sure the previous contents are important or not.

Adding Posts

Adding a new post is the same way as default WordPress installations, however, there are extra options that might need explaining.

This theme is specially build for blog purpose. Usually each blog post have content and featured image.  Featured image will display on front page, in single page.

Adding Featured Image

1. Go to Admin Panel
2. Go to Posts > Add New Post
3. Give the title of the post
4. Write the content of the post
5. Scroll to down and see the right corner, you will find the Set Featured Image section
6. Select the image from the media library
7. Click on Publish button to save the changes.

This theme can fully customize from the Customize section. To customize theme, Go to Appearance > Customize. You will find the various options related to theme.

How to Increase the number of Post on Home Page ?

If you want to increase the number of post on Home Page,

1. Go to Admin Menu > Setting > Reading
2. Increase the number of post on “Blog pages show at most”
3. Please see the screenshot below to know details.

Theme Customization Options

How to add “Logo” of the theme ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Option > Logo Options
2. Choose the logo image from the media library
3. If preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to Enable Slider ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Featured Section Options > Enable Featured Section
2. Checked on Enable Feature Section to enable slider.
3. Change the category for slider from Featured Section Options > Category Slider Section
4. If preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Category Selection

How to add Widgets on Sidebars and Footer ?

It’s simple to add widgets on sidebars and Footer. Please follow the below process:

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Widgets
2. Add the widgets on respected sidebars
3. Available sidebars are Right, Left, Footer Column 1, Footer Column 2 and Footer Column 3
4. If preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Footer Widgets

Header Options

In this section you will find all the options related to theme header.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Options
2. Use the available options to manage the header section.

How to Enable/Disable date in header ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Options > Enable Date
2. Checked on “Show Date” to enable date and unchecked to hide it.
3. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to manage social icons on header ?

Social icons and link can be manage from this section. Please follow the below steps to manage this section.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Options > Social Options
2. Enter the link for respected fields. Example: www.facebook.com/acmethemes
3. Checked on “Enable social” to enable the social icons on header
4. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to Show/Hide Search on header?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Options > Search Options
2. Checked on “Show Search” to enable search and unchecked to hide it.
3. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Footer Options

How to change the footer copyright text ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Footer Options
2. Enter your own copyright text there.
3. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Note: You can not hide or remove the footer credit text, “Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Weblog by Acme Themes.” You can hide and write your own custom text only on Premium version.

Layout Design Options

Weblog comes with different layout and options to change the layout of theme.

How to change the site layout Boxed and Full Width ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Default Layout
2. You will find the Boxed and Full Width Layout on dropdown.
3. Choose any one of the layout.
4. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to change Single Post/Page Sidebar Layout ?

You can set the default sidebar layout of the theme from this section. Default sidebar will appear on Single page and Single post. Front page and archive page doesn’t have sidebar options.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Default Sidebar Layout
2. You will find the Right Sidebar, Left Sidebar and No Sidebar on dropdown.
3. Choose any one of the layout.
4. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to hide image on Home Page and Archive Page ?

You can show/hide image on home page and archive page with a single click. Please follow the below steps to manage it:

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Default Blog Layout
2. You will find the Full image and No Image Options in the dropdown.
3. Choose any one of the option.
4. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to change the site Color ?

This theme comes with Primary Color and Background Color. Primary color helps to change the overall color of the site and background color helps to change the background color of the site.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Colors
2. Set the color for Primary and Background Color
3. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to Add/Remove the background image ?

With background image, you can make your site awesome. Please follow the below steps to add the background image.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Background Image 
2. Choose the image from the media library or from external drive too.
3. Set the available options for
4. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Where to add my own custom CSS ?

Custom CSS help to change the layout or design of your site including color, font family, etc. Make your site with a new design with the help of custom CSS.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout/Design Option > Custom CSS
2. Enter your CSS
3. Click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Single Post Options

How to show/hide related post on Single post?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Single Post Options
2. Checked on Show Related Posts In Single Post to enable related post.
3. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Theme Options

From theme options you can manage breadcrumb and search options.

How to enable breadcrumb ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Breadcrumb Options 
2. Checked on Enable Breadcrumb to enable related post.
3. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to change the search placeholder ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Search 
2. Enter the text for search placeholder.
3. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

How to make ajax Pagination ?

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Pagination Options
2. Select the Ajax Loading from dropdown.
3. If preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button to save the change.

Default Pagination 

How to reset theme setting?

Follow the below steps:

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Reset Options
• Read the instruction mentioned there carefully
• If you want to reset the options, select the options from the dropdown
• Click on Save & Publish and refresh the site to feel the changes.

Thank You for using Weblog. More options and features are available on premium version. Please check here.