Maximus - Responsive & Multipurpose WordPress Theme
Made with KODDE Framework & Page Builder
- Created: 09/13/2013
- latest Update: 09/13/2013
- By: Themeple
- themeforest.net/user/Themeple
- Email: Mail
Thank you for purchasing our theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to open a ticket via support forum . Thanks so much!
Installation
Installation With Dummy Data:
1. Unzip the downloaded file.
2. In the package you can see some folders, slider, documentation, Platform
3. Open Your FTP Client - Your host - Find wp-content folder.
3. Find Themes Folder - Copy folder Platform and paste in it.
4. Wtach the video for the installation
Logo
1. Go to Platform-> Theme Options -> Logo
2. Upload a logo image, see the screenshot
Menu
1. You can manage menus at Appearance -> Menu
2. Type menu name and click "Create Menu" button
3. Assign "menu" at theme location.
4. You can create menus at left side of the panel and use drag and drop to sort theme at the right side.
5. After you finished create the menu items, click "Save Button"
6. You can also change the position of the menu at Theme Options -> Styling -> Header
7. Also you can change options like Navigation Color
Sidebars
You can use predefined sidebars:
- Sidebar Blog -> Sidebar that should appear in the blog page
- Sidebar Pages -> Sidebar that should appear in all pages.
- Sidebar Portfolio -> Sidebar that should appear in all portfolio pages.
Create an unique sidebar/page/category:
1. Go to theme Options -> Sidebars
2. You can create an unique sidebar for a specific category or page.
3. If you want to add more click the + button.
4. If you want to remove one click the "cross" button
Sidebar Widgets:
1. Categories
2. Platform Latest Posts From Blog
3. Platform Twitter Widget
4. Platform Shortcode
5. Platform Video
6. Text
7. Platform Slider
8. Platform Flickr
9. Platform Social Widget
10. Platform Contact Info
11. Platform List Content
// Platform Widget Shortcode is a very functional, you can add any shortcode as a widget!!!
Footer
1. The first thing to do is to select the numbers of columns to use. Go to Theme Options -> Layout -> Select the number of columns.
2. After that you can see at Appearance -> Widgets that are created as much sidebars as columns you have selected.
Widgets that you can use for the footer:
1. Platform Widget Contact Info
2. Platform Twitter Widget
3. Platform Widget Flickr
4. Custom Menu
5. Text
Footer Style:
1. Go to Theme Options -> Styling -> Footer
Footer Bg Color
Footer Copyright Bg Color
Footer Text Color
Basic Theme Options
Import Dummy Data:
With the dummy data installation you can configure the theme as our demo page.
Select the type of dummy data installation with or without images
Go to Theme Options -> Click Dummy Data Import button, wait some seconds, and take a look to your website :)
Select the type of dummy data installation with or without images
Go to Theme Options -> Click Dummy Data Import button, wait some seconds, and take a look to your website :)
Please keep in mind that the frontpage and the blog page need to be configured into the Theme Options and in the Permalinks > Reading need to be selected only the latest posts.
Select a page as Homepage:
1. After you have created a home page go to Theme Options -> Select FrontPage and select your page.
Select a page as Blog:
2. After you have created a blog page go to Theme Options -> Select Blog page and select your page.
Change Font Type:
1. Theme Options -> Styling -> Font Type
2. Select one of the google fonts listed below:
Change the menu aligment:
1.Theme Options -> Styling -> Header
2.Menu Position -> Select (Center ,Left, Top)
Change the menu item color:
1.Theme Options -> Styling -> Header
2.Navigation Item Font Color (Click and select the color you want)
Change Colors or backgrounds at Styling
You can select a predefined skin or, you can edit the colors manually.
Style Dynamic Elements:
1.Theme Options -> Styling -> Dynamic Elements
2. Change Dynamic Elements Title Color & Recent Portfolio GreyScale
Layout Options:
Boxed Style
1. Go to Theme Options -> Layout
2. Select the boxed or fullwidth image like you want.
Switch Responsive Feature
Select the layout for the blog and single blog pages.
-- Select Blog Style Type
----Normal (Content at the bottom of the media)
----Large (Content at the right of the media)
----Large 2 (Content in the right of the media and icon inside it)
Dynamic Pages, How to create pages with PAGE BUILDER
Dynamic Pages (Page Builder)
1. Create a page at Pages -> New page
2. Add a name of the page, you can use this for the menu name ( Like: About Us )
3. After that go to Platform -> Page Builder
4. Add a name for your new template ( Like: About Us )
5. Click "Create Button"
6. To change the page layout, select the image (Left Sidebar, Right Sidebar, Fullwidth)
7. Now select elements, click Add Element, Use drag and drop and +,- to edit elements width and positions.Also use the edit button and cross button to edit fields of the element or to remove it.
8. There are 2 page items that have inner size, recent portfolio, testimonials. The inner size is the actual size of item. The item size will be the wrapper.
9. After you have create the template, you can use it in all pages that you have if you want. To assign to a page:
1. Go to Pages -> Page
2. Right Side you can see Layout Block. Select the dynamic template you have created
Dynamic Elements
Services Medium Elemnts:
1.Click and the new page you created on page builder.
2.Add element -> Select element -> Services Medium -> Click on "Add Element"
3.Type Title, Active icon or not, Select size of the icon, Select one icon.
4.Go below in the content type select which type of content you want
5.Close the window and Click on Save Data
Featured Portfolio
1. Page Builder -> Select Template -> Add Element "Featured Portfolio"
2. Click Edit Button.
3.Type the title that you want for Featured Portfolio Element.
4. Block Size: This mean that if you select 1/4 and you choose a 1/1 row, should be display 4 items. Be sure that items are in exact proporcion with the column percentage. For example you cant use a 1/4 with 2/3 column or 1/3 with 3/4 row
5. Now select the portfolio page you want show as Fetured Portfolio.
6. Result:
Clients Element:
1. First of all we have to add clients. Go to Platform -> Theme Option -> Add or edit your clients logo
2. Now add clients logos one by one, we have to add to logos one in real color and one in greyscale. (If want to show something else on mouse over upload what you want as second image)
3. After finished with clients Save and Go to Platform -> Page Builder -> Page you want to add the clients
4. Go to Add Elements -> Select Clients and type Add Element button
5. If you want to add some Title edit the element and enter the title
6. Click Save Data and see the result
One Staff Member:
1. Go to Team(Left Side) -> Click Add New
2. Add as title the name and surname of the person
3. Add a short description for him.
4. Add a feature image.
5. The postion in the work
6. You can add social links too.
7. After you have added all your team, Page Builder -> Select Template -> Add Element "One Staff Member"
8. Click Edit
9. Select the one team member you want to show.
10. Result:
Add Testimonial Block Element:
1. Go to the left menu and find Testimonials
2. Click on Add New testimonial
3. Write title (Name of the author) and write as content what they said
4. Update the posts
5. Go to Platform -> Page Builder ->Page you want to add testimonial block
6. Click on Add Elements -> Select Testimonials
7. Edit and Type the title that you want to be showed and select the style.
8. Close the window and Click Save Data
Configure the Team:
Text Bar Element:
1. Go to P -> Page Builder ->Page you want to add Text Bar element
2. Click on Add Elements -> Select Text Bar
3. Click on Edit and Type Title, Type Description, select yes if you want button, type the button title and the link of the button
4. Close window and Click Save Data
Tabs element
1. Go to Platform -> Page Builder ->Page you want to add Tab element
2. Click on Add Elements -> Select Tabs
3. Click on Edit and Type Block Title, Type Block Description, select title or icon , type the tab title or select icon and content of your tabs
4. You can add tabs with plus button when finished close window
5. Click Save Data and see results
ShortCodes
1. Create a page at Pages -> New page
2. Add a name of the page, you can use this for the menu
3. To add Shortcodes:
Some of our shortcodes can be found in our preview page:
Sliders
You can use 3 Sliders:
1. Layer Slider - Very good for animations: We used in Home Page 1 in the demo
2. Flex Slider - Very simple slider works great in a responsive mode: We used it in Home Page 2 in the demo
3. Revolution Slider - Supper animations for your slider
Add Slider to page:
1. Go to the created page:
2. Select the type of slider.
3. Select the layout of slider
4. If you select LayerSlider, a new select field should appear with the sliders you have created.
Configure LayerSlider Video Tutorial
Portfolio
1. To create a portfolio page, first go to Pages -> Add New Page
2. Insert the name of the page.
3. Go to Theme Options -> Portfolio
4. Add Meta Fields that you want to use to any portfolio page.
5. Select the categories for this portfolio page.
6. Select a Dynamic Template that you want to use at the bottom of this portfolio
7. Select the page that should be show this portfolio
8. Select the portolio number of columns
9. Portfolio single page type
10. Page Layout
11. You can add as much portfolio pages as you want.
Blog Posts
How to Configure blog:
Blog Post Types:
Video Post Type:
1. Insert the video link as excerpt
2. At the right side select "Video" Type
Gallery Post Type:
1. Add Images or video as media.
2. At the right side select "Gallery" Type
Contact Page
1. Create a page builder template
2. Add this elements into the page builder template:
-- Contact Form Element
-- Google Map
-- Widget
Price Table
The Price Table can be added with the page builder element.
There you can add the title fields and the respective price
Great Gallery
How to creat Wmpl and qTranslate custom switcher
1. Install Wmpl or Qtranslate plugin
2. Select the languages in respective plugin that you will use
3. Remove the title after the flag in WMPL panel if you will use WMPL
4. Go to Appearances > Widgets
5. Drag n Drop the "Maximus Widget Top Navigation" widget in the Top Header Areas and select the Multilanguage option
6. Click Save.
F.A.Q
The F.A.Q is made with the page builder.
Left Navigation Page
How to create features overview page template
1. Create a page with name you want (Page Overview exapmle)
2. Edit page and on the right of page edit you will find an block page template
3.Select in the template section Left Navigation
4. Now go and create another page, edit it in the right block select Parent: Page Overview and Select Left Navigation too as Page Template.
5. Save the page, and create how parent pages you want.
6. Take a look to the Page Overview Page you have created you must see something like the video below:
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Watch the video on how to make a left navigation page template
Help Videos
We have made 10 Videos To help you make your website and understand how we did our demo website.The Videos will show you step by step how we made our demo site.
PLAYLIST:
1. THEME INSTALLATION WITH DUMMY DATA
3. PORTFOLIO & SINGLE PAGE PORTFOLIO
Sources and Credits
- Images from Creattica http://creattica.com/
- Images from Photodune http://photodune.net
- Images from Petros Afshar http://www.behance.net/reanimagic
- flex slider from http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/
- Layer Slider Wp from kreatura
- jquery.twitter.js from http://coda.co.za/content/projects/jquery.twitter/
- sequence.jquery slider from http://sequencejs.com/
- tooltips from http://ajaxian.com/archives/tooltipjs-creating-simple-tooltips
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.
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