NewsTrick Theme Documentation

Flexible and Responsive theme which could be suitable for almost all kinds of business.

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× Important! For first time activation, you need to hit Options Reset to store your default options in the database and then hit Save All Changes (Under menu AppearanceNewsTrick Options).

Install

Login to admin panel.

Go to Appearance → Themes and click on the tab Install Themes. Choose upload.

Click on Browse..., select the downloaded theme file wp-newstrick.zip and click in Install Now


Activate

After successfull installation click on Activate or go to Appearance → Themes and click on Activate to activate the newly installed theme.

Next you will see a new submenu item Appearance → Theme Options.

Use the submenu items Theme Options to manage the theme settings.


Current Theme


Options Reset

× Important!
For first time activation, you need to hit Options Reset to store your default options in the database and then hit Save All Changes (Under menu AppearanceTheme Options).
Heads up! The Theme is built on Slightly Modded Options Framework and comes with a plethora of options so you can modify layout, styling, colors and fonts directly from within the backend.

General Settings

The general section allows you to edit the "global" settings of your website: set the logo image, favicon, compapny slogan, code for Google Analytics, Google fonts, etc.


Styling Options

Under the Styling tab, you can customize the appearance of the theme elements such as: pick a color for the theme ( links and other elements), upload Default Background Image, specify Body Background Color


Blog Settings

Under the Blog Settings tab, you can specify Blog Post comments type, Code for bookmarking and sharing services, etc.


Ads Banner Settings

Under the Ads Banner Settings tab, you can specify image for banner or code for Google Adsense .

How to setup a Home page like in the demo


How to create the Blog post



How to setup Instagram widget

Go to http://instagram.com/developer/authentication/ and register your application. Once you register, you will get a client ID to use.

And also read this article http://jelled.com/instagram/access-token

Use shortcodes listbox in the WordPress editor.


You can use all 18 widgets to customize your theme


Theme Widgets Area


Home page widgets (like in the demo)


I just tried installing NewsTrick theme and I am getting this error:

“The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.”

You don’t need to install the package zip, only the theme zip contained within (wp-newstrick.zip).


I got this error when i try to activate the Theme:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_get_theme() ...

Solution: Update your WordPress installation to the latest version.


Every time I try to save the options of the theme, it shows an Error! And nothing changes on the site.

Be sure your theme files are writable (especially \css\options.css)


How to Update a NewsTrick theme

To update the Theme just replace changed files listed in the file Changelog.txt
Recommend make a backup of the Theme files before you overwrite them with the new ones.


Where you can find your API key

If you’re using theme that requires your API key, you can find it by visiting your Account page then clicking the My Settings tab. At the bottom of the page you’ll find your account’s API key and a button to regenerate it as needed.

1. If you have problem with thumbnails (size mismatch or something else), you will need to rebuild thumbnails.

There are two ways:

  • Reupload Featured images or
  • Rebuild thumbnails with in-built feature AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild (menu Appearance) (recommended)


Support for all our themes is conducted through the ColorTheme support forums, if you’d like to start a new thread over there either myself or another member of the support team can take a look at your issue

Support Forums | Create an Account | Find your "Item Purchase Code"

Support includes installation guidance, bugs fixing, and general problem solving with features explained on the theme’s official sales page.

Support does not include:


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Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.