Delta Theme Documentation

Thank you very much for the purchase!

This file has the writen documentation for the Delta WordPress Theme. For video instructions please checkout the Delta section on the Knowledgebase. Please read the documentation before seeking support. Thanks!

Theme Support

First of all I would like to thank you for purchasing this theme and you continuted support as a WPExplorer customer. Before going through the documentation of the theme I wanted to let you know that this theme does include support via the ticket site located at WPThemeHelp.com which we own and operate for WPExplorer customers only.

Important: Theme support is provided to help with any issues, such as bugs or incompatabilities of the theme purchased as well as any futher explanation of a function if you have not quite understood something here in the documentation file. Theme support does not include any sort of customizations for you or your client, so please try and refrain from opening tickets with these requests. Thanks!

Theme Requirements

In order to run this theme you should have the latest version of Wordpress (3.4+) installed on your self-hosted WordPress installation. The theme requires PHP5+ and uses new features available only to WP 3.3+ users. The GD library must also be running on your server because WordPress uses it for image handling.

Installing The Theme

You'll want to install this theme just like any other WordPress theme, either by uploading the main theme folder via FTP (unzipped) or the zipped file via the Wordpress theme upload section

Using FTP

  • Log into your site via FTP
  • Browse to your folder located at wp-content/themes
  • Upload the MAIN theme folder. This is the folder located inside the "upload" folder in the zip file that you downloaded from Themeforest.
  • Log Into Wordpress and go to Apperance --> Themes
  • Find the theme and click to activate

Using Wordpress

  • Log into your WP dashboard
  • Browse to Apperance --> Themes
  • Click to "add new" and then follow the instructions on the screen
  • When it askes to select a file find the zipped theme folder located in the "upload" folder in the zip downloaded from Themeforest.

Video
http://www.wpthemehelp.com/knowledgebase/installing-your-premium-themeforest-wordpress-theme/

Activate & Save Permalinks

After installing and activating your theme go to your Settings->Permalink settings and hit the save button. To prevent any 404 errors on custom post type pages.

Homepage Setup

Step 1: Create Home Page Fist you need to create a new page and select the home template



Step 2: Edit Reading Settings Next go to your reading settings and set that page as the static homepage



Step 3: Go to your theme settings panel to edit your settings.

Theme Options Panel

This theme includes it's own administration panel that will allow you to change many aspects of the theme such as the logo, color scheme, portfolio options...etc.

To access the theme settings panel simply...

  • Log into your WordPress dashboard
  • Go to Apperance --> Theme Options

This theme makes use of the latest WP menu system.

  • Go To Apperance --> Menu
  • Create A New Menu by clicking the little + tab
  • Add your menu items by selecting them on the left side
  • Choose your menu location. This theme includes 3 menu locations: one for the top bar, one for the main navigation and one in the footer.

Adding A Home Button

Adding a home button to your site is really easy. Simply go to the "pages" section on the left and click the "ALL" tab. The first option should be to add a home link

Portfolio

Adding Portfolio Items

Fist thing You'll want to create portfolio Items.

Gallery MetaBox Plugin Recomended

We recommend you install and use the MetaBox Plugin for better management. This plugin will show all your attachments below the post editor so its easier for you and/or your client. It will also allow you to easily exclude items from the slider. See below:


Adding Image Captions with HTML

If you add descriptions to your images it will show up on the front-size in a light colored box under the image. These description fields now support HTML in the latest version of WordPress!

Adding The Portfolio Page

Simply create a new page and select the Portfolio template.

404 Errors?

If you are getting any 404 errors on portfolio pages/posts simply go to your Settings->Permalink settings and hit the save button

Changing Themes?

All the core functions for registering the portfolio post type, taxonomies and meta options are located in the following files:

- functions/post_types.php
- functions/portfolio_meta.php
- functions/taxonomies.php

Blog Page

The blog page just grabs all your regular WordPress posts. By default, before you setup your homepage these will show on the homepage, however, if you are using the portfolio style homepage and want to have your blog on another page it's very easy. Simply create a new page and select your Blog template. Done!

Contact Page

This theme comes with only 2 shortcodes (why!!! - well there are already tons of great shortcode plugins out there, however these 2 built-in ones I felt were crucial for this theme).

Button

Buttons

[button url="#" target=""]Button Text[/button]
Options:
  • target (optional): blank, self

GoogleMap

[googlemap title="Add Your Custom Title" location="Ad Your Address" zoom="10" height="300"]
Options:
  • title: A title used in the tooltip
  • location: The address location for the map
  • zoom: Map zoom value
  • height: Enter a height - this is a pixel value but the "px" is not necessary

Contact Page

This theme doesn't have a built-in contact form, but it does have included styles for the Contact Form 7 Plugin. So I would highly recommend using that plugin. Of course any should work.

Footer Social Icons

In the demo we are using the "zilla shortcodes" plugin to add a social bookmarks widget. You can get it here: http://www.themezilla.com/plugins/zillasocial/

Translating The Theme

This section can help you translate the entire theme. If you just want to change the front-end text see the Translations tab in the theme panel.



This theme has been localized and it includes a .po and .mo file so you can translate the theme to your own language.

Step 1: Copy Default.po File

Located in the "lang" folder of the theme is a file called default.po. Copy this file to your desktop for editing.

Step 2: Edit Default.po File

Open the .po file using a program like PoEdit.

Click on the text to edit and enter your translation in the bottom box

Step 3: Save Default.po File

Next you have to save your .po file using the naming convention is based on the language code (e.g. pt for Portuguese) followed by the country code (e.g. _BR for Brazil). So, the Brazilian Portuguese file would be called pt_BR.po.

When saing your .po it will automatically create a new .mo file for you, with the same naming convention ( so using the example above, the file would be called pt_BR.mo

Step 4: Upload New Files

Upload the .po and .mo files you just created to your /lang folder so they are in the same directory as the default.po and default.mo

Step 5: Edit Your WP-Config File

The last step is to tell WordPress what languange to show

Open your wp-config.php file in a text editor and search for:

define ('WPLANG', '');

Edit this line according to the .mo file you've just downloaded, e.g. for the Portuguese spoken in Brazil you must add: 

define ('WPLANG', 'pt_BR');