# “Inspiration Magazine Responsive Wordpress theme”
(shared on wplocker.com)

Created: 9/November/2012
By: KOPATHEME
Email: kopatheme@gmail.com
Website: http://kopatheme.com
Support: http://kopatheme.com/forum

After you activate the theme please configure all needful settings required for this theme and then preview the theme after you set everything. Theme visualization will not be perfect until you setup everything as mentioned in below documentation.

## Table of Contents

1. Upload and install the theme
2. Demo Content
3. Updating The Theme
4. General setting
5. Create Categories and Posts
   1. Prepare images associated with your posts
   2. Create Category and Posts
6. Create Custom Menu
7. Custom Shortcode Generator
8. Setup and customize your site with Kopatheme Layout Manager
   1. Setup Home Page
   2. Setup News Pages
   3. Setup Single Pages
   4. Setup Static Page
   5. Restore default data
9. Custom Widgets
   - Kopatheme Artircle Widget
   - Kopatheme Advertisement Widget
10. Translation
11. Sources and Credits

### Special Note for Fonts usage - top

Please read this important note before working with this template.

This template uses BebasNeue Font-face kit. It is free! However, we don't have rights to distribute the Font so you need to download the font by yourself.

Follows these steps to add BebasNeue Font-face kit to the template:

1. Click here to visit Font download site

2. Click "@font-face" to download BebasNeue Font-face kit (see below image)

3. Unzip the dowloaded file and copy following files to "/fonts" folder of "Inspiration" template:
   1. BebasNeue-webfont.eot
   2. BebasNeue-webfont.svg
   3. BebasNeue-webfont.ttf
   4. BebasNeue-webfont.woff

### A) Upload and install the theme - top

Note:

1. You need a running Wordpress 3.4 Version or higher on your server.
2. Do NOT install this theme directly via WordPress Theme install option.

Please follow these steps to upload and install Inspiration Magazine theme:

1. Download the Inspiration Magazine theme from your downloads page and then unzip the download. Once the download has been unzipped you should see a folder called inspiration. This is theme folder.
2. Upload theme files to your host (upload to wp-content/themes/ directory) via any FTP program such as Filezilla or CuteFTP. You can also upload .zip file then use your host tool to unzip the file to /wp-content/themes/ directory to save your time.
3. Log into your wordpress backend. Browse to Appearance > Themes
4. Activate Inspiration Magazine theme

After activation, preview this theme you will see the theme looks quite similar to the image, as shown below:

The theme will look empty , because we have not configured for the theme, yet.

### B) Demo Content - top

A demo package comes with the theme that includes example posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags etc. which can help you in learning how the theme works. To add this content follow the steps below:

- Go to Tools -> Import and select the WordPress option. If you are prompted to install the WordPress Importer plugin you should do this.
- Click the Browse button and locate the demo.xml file that is inside the inspiration folder and double click the file to select it and then click the Upload file and import button.
- A new screen will appear, check the Download and import file attachments option and click Submit.

### C) Updating The Theme - top

When a theme update becomes available you will see an update notification in your admin panel. To get these theme updates you need to re-download the theme from your downloads page then upload and install.

### D) General setting - top

Go to inspiration > General Setting. There are following options:

1. Custom logo: You can upload your logo
2. Custom footer logo: You can upload your logo at footer
3. Custom favicon: You can upload your favicon
4. Home Latest News (Shortcode): Paste the shortcode to display content at Home page
5. Facebook URL, Twiter URL, Google Plus URL, and other social links: Enter your social links
6. Custom feed URL: Enter RSS custom feed URL
7. Google Analytic code: Enter Google Analytic code
8. Copyright Infomation :Enter Copyright Infomation that is displayed at the bottom.

After enter above option, click on Save button.

### E) Create Categories and Posts - top

Most of the site content will be posts, and images associated with posts. Now we will start creating a category and publish some posts. But before that, we need to prepare images associated with posts.

Notes:
With our theme, you can upload image with proper size associated with post or you need only to upload a featured image that will be automatically cropped and displayed in proper sizes.

#### E.1) Prepare images associated with your posts - top

##### Use featured image

If you don't want to crop an image, just use the featured image field provided by Wordpress by default. These images will be cropped proportionally for various elements of this site. To be display properly at every screen size (PC, mobile, iPad), the feature image size should be at least 750px width.

##### Use manual crop images

The following image sizes should be prepared

Image size | Description | Where it will be displayed
--- | --- | ---
Witdh: 87px; Height: 87px | Thumbnails | Small thumbnails 87px x 87px
Witdh: 150px; Height: 105px | Thumbnails | Small thumbnails 150px x 105px
Witdh: 150px; Height: 150px | Thumbnails | Small thumbnails 150px x 150px
Witdh: 320px; Height: 220px | Thumbnails | Thumbnails 320px x 220px
Witdh: 410px; Height: 346px | Slider image | Slider image size 410px x 346px
Witdh: 750px and Height: 260px | Images in single post | Image that is shown at single post page

#### E.2) Create Category and Posts - top

##### Use featured images

1. Go to Posts > Categories
2. Enter new Category name.
3. Scroll down and click on "Add Category". A newly created category will appear . You can follow same steps to create some more categories like Fashion, News, Sports, Lifestyle etc.

4. Now, we will create some posts for our category. Go to Posts > Add New. Then, enter a Post Title, Post Content and Post Excerpt.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see the "Post Option" box. If the post is Vimeo video or Youtube video, enter the video code to Vinmeo code or Youtube code input box

6. Scroll down and click on the "Set featured image" link on right-bottom side of your page. A modal box will appear. Click on the "Select Files" from Computer.
7. Next, browse your image file and click on the link "Use as featured image". Make sure you choose the "Full Size" option.

8. Close the modal box. The newly uploaded image will appear on the "Featured Image" panel.
9. Finally , assign the post to an appropriate category and click on "Publish" button.

##### Use manual crop images

1. Do the same step 1 to step 5 above
2. In "Post Option" box, upload the image you have prepared above. Click Insert into Post then close modal box

3. Finally , assign the post to an appropriate category and click on "Publish" button.

### F) Create Custom Menu - top

To create a custom menu, go to Appearance --> Menus in your dashboard.

Creating a Custom Menu

To create a custom navigation menu, type in a name for it (only you will see this) and click Create Menu.

Adding Pages and Categories to Your Menu

Adding pages or Categories to your menu is as simple as checking the proper boxes for the pages you want and then clicking Add to Menu.

Adding custom links to your menu

Enter in the URL, the label name, and then Add to Menu.

Adding Tag Pages and Posts to Your Menu

You can also add your tag pages and posts to your custom menu. To display these options in the custom menu editor, click the "Screen Options" drop down at the top right of your screen:

Check the boxes for posts and/or tags, and those modules will appear in the custom menu editor

Be sure to click Save Menu each time you make changes to your custom menu.

Changing Menu Item Titles

You can also change the label and the hover-over text of menu items independently from the page name itself. To edit a page or category title, click the down arrow to the right of the item. Once expanded, enter the new label name and any desired hover-over text. The underlying page will always show its name in the Original section of the menu item.

Don't forget to save your changes.

Changing the Order of Menu Items and Creating Sub-Menus

You can change the order and placement of menu items. Drag and drop the items up and down to change the order of menu items. Drag and drop the items left and right to create sub-menu items.

Activating Your Menu
In the Theme Locations module, under Main Menu, select the title of the custom menu you want to activate for main menu.
In the Theme Locations module, under Footer Menu, select the title of the custom menu you want to activate for main menu and click Save.

### G) Custom Shortcode Generator - top

It would be imposible to remember the syntax of every shortcodes available options associated with it. Our shorcodes generator is an easy way for you to place a shortcode in the theme to display the content.

Go to Inspiration > Shortcode Generator you will see following screen.

There are two pane, "Single shortcode" is on the left and "Integrated Shortcode" is on the right.

##### Create single shortcodes

On "Single shortcode" panel, click on "Create New"

then select a "Short code" type

You will see following screen

The preview image shows you how the shortcode will display the content, in this example, this is for latest news in home page. Enter shortcode name, choose categories and/or tag. Select other options then save data. You will see following screen

The shortcode has been generated on yellow bar on top of the panel. Copy this shortcode to paste to where you would like to display the slider.

#### Shortcodes avaiable with this theme

This theme comes with following shortcode to display the content

##### Single shortcode

1. Article List - Main Content to display the articles in main content

2. Article List - Sidebar to display the articles list in sidebar

3. Slider to display the articles in slider at home page

4. Gallery to display the gallery post

5. Advertisement to display the advertisement banner

### H) Setup and customize your site with Kopatheme Layout Manager - top

You're one step closer to having total control over your theme. This Layout Manager help you to total control how every pages of your site will be displayed.

### Summary:

1. Start by selecting a layout from the menu on the right for your page that you want to customize
2. Select your page that need to be customize and drag it to the template that you want it to be displayed.

   By default, all neccessary pages of your site has been setup, but you can use "Layout Manager" to change the theme data that fit your need.

3. Create sidebar for widget area. The new sidebar will be available on the Widgets page.
4. Save your works and come to Widgets page to setup for your Widget.

Note: You can re-use sidebar of other page that is in the same position.

#### H.1) Setup Home Page - top

Now, let's go through an example of setting Home page, then you will recognize the powerful of Kopatheme Layout Manager features.

Step 1: Go to Inspiration > Layout Manager you will see following screen.

Click on the down arrow at the right hand side of the template that you want it to display your home page to expand the tab. In this example, we click on down-arrow at the right hand side of Home Template to expand the Home Page tab

Step 2: You will see the expanded tab of Home template with preview home image at the bottom of the page with widget area locations that help you to know which sidebar need to be created for which location

Step 3:Drag Home Page from Template Hierarchy on left hand side then drop it to the Home temlate at the right hand as following image.

By default, we have draged all items inside Template Hierarchy to suitable template as default setting before delivery the theme. You need to do this step only when you would like to customize the layout. Otherwise, you can skip and go to step 7.

Step 4: Expand the Home tab to start editing sidebars

You will see following sreen:

You need to select a default sidebar for each widget area. You can also add more sidebar, rename sidebar or delete sidebar. In this example, we will add one more sidebar for Widget Area 1 sidebar location.

Step 5: Click on Add New Sidebar button of Widget Area 1 Sidebar location.

Enter sidebar name then click Save Sidebar button

Now you can see the new sidebar on the sidebar list of Widget Area 1 Sidebar location. You can select one of them to contain widgets.

Step 6: Come to bottom of Home tab, click on Save button.

1. If you want to rename a sidebar, select it from the drop-down list and rename it then click Save Sidebar button

2. I you want to remove a sidebar, select it from the drop-down list then click Remove Sidebar button. After that, click Save Sidebar button to save data. However, please be noted that, each sidebar location must consist of at least one sidebar so you can not delete the last one.

Note:

1. Don't forget to save data at this step before leaving this page to go to next step otherwise your data will be lost.
2. If you want to change the template to display this type of page, click remove button. The page will be appeared in the Template Hierarchy on the left.

Step 7:Go to Appearance > Widgets

You will see the sidebars we have created at the right side of the screen

Choose a Widget and drag it to the sidebar where you wish it to appear. There might be more than one sidebar option, so begin with the first one. Once in place, WordPress automatically updates the Theme.

Now, we will do an example of display slider in home page.

Here is the image to show you how the slider will be displayed at the home page.

Come to Shortcode Generator page to copy slider shortcode that we have created above

Drag the Kopatheme Text Widget to Widget Area 1 sidebar location. Paste the slider shortcode to text widget.

Finaly, click Save button. Now, you can see the slider at the home page.

Do the same procedure to display other content in home page

Note:

To display latest news as in demo site, please use shortcode of "Article List - Main content" and paste to "Home Lastest News (Shortcode)" in General Setting

#### H.2) Setup News Pages - top

The procedure of setup News Page is almost the same as setup Home Page.

Step 1: Drag "Category" or "Tag" that you would like to setup display page to the template you want it to display.

Step 2: Select a sidebar in every sidebar location if you would like re-use the sidebar that you have created previously. Or, create new sidebar for the location if you would like to use new one.

Step 3: Click Save button to save the data.

Repeat the same procedure to setup for every categories and tags.

#### H.3) Setup Single Pages - top

The procedure of setup Single Page is almost the same above procedure.

Step 1: Drag "Post" from "Template Hierarchy" to the template you want it to display.

Step 2: Select a sidebar in every sidebar location if you would like re-use the sidebar that you have created previously. Or, create new sidebar for the location if you would like to use new one.

Step 3: Click Save button to save the data.

#### H.4) Setup Static Page - top

The procedure of setup Static Page is almost the same above procedure.

Step 1: Drag "Page" from "Template Hierarchy" to the template you want it to display.

Step 2: Select a sidebar in every sidebar location if you would like re-use the sidebar that you have created previously. Or, create new sidebar for the location if you would like to use new one.

Step 3: Click Save button to save the data.

After seting up for Static Page, all static page will display in the same template. However, if you would like a specific page to be displayed in other template, you can select it from "Pages" and drag it to the template.

#### H.4) Restore default data - top

This theme comes with default data. If you would like restore default setting, go to Layout Manager, scroll down, you can see Restore Default link on the left of the page

Click Restore Default, all default layout setting will be restored. However, please be careful because all of your created data of layout setting will be lost.

### I) Translation - top

1. Download and install the translation Poedit program.
2. Open the inspiration/kopa/languages/en_US.po file with Poedit. Translate the file to your languages with Poedit. For more information, click here.

3. Define your language inside wordpress/wp-config.php file. Open wp-config.php file in any text editor and look for the following code:

   `define ('WPLANG', '');`

   Enter a parameter for `WPLANG`. This is generally in a format as `language_country`. For example, `en_US`, or `de_DE`. So, this line will change to:

   `define ('WPLANG', 'de_DE');`

   For more information.Click here

### J) Sources and Credits - top

I've used the following images, icons or other files as listed.

- jquery-1.7.1.min.js
- jquery.prettyPhoto.js
- KendoIU validator:
- caroufredsel.frebsite.nl
- Sticky jQuery Plugin
- prettyPhoto jQuery Plugin
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Thank you so much for purchasing this theme. If you have any question relating to the themes please don't hesitate to ask your question at: http://kopatheme.com/forum

KOPATHEME
Email: kopatheme@gmail.com
Website: http://kopatheme.com
Support: http://kopatheme.com/forum

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