SUBSOLAR DESIGNS
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Pages & Templates

Create the homepage, menu, and standard page templates.

Setting Up The Homepage

To set up a home page by your choice you'll first have to create a Page Template (see the next sections) and after that do the following steps:

  • Go to Settings > Reading
  • Change the Front Page to the Page Template that you've already created

  • Hit Save Changes and you are done.

Setting Up the Menu

To customize the navigation menu go to Appearance > Menus and customize it as you'll normally do on a Wordpress site. To create a dropdown menu item that doesn't navigate anywhere create a link with URL equals to #.

And don't forget to check the Theme Location at the bottom to be Sidebar Menu.

When you are done, click Save Menu.

Creating Fullscreen Slider Template

To create the fullscreen slider home page go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Fullscreen Slider.

A menu with options for the page slider will appear. Use the New Slider button to add image and captions for it.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating Agency Template

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Agency.

A menu with options for the page will appear:

  • Slider - Add new slides via the Add Slide button.
  • What We Do Section - You can select either to display it or hide it.
    • If it's displayed you can write its Tagline and icon blocks with information about you.
    • The block section includes names of the icons, to see a preview of them check the icon reference.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating Services Page

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Services.

You can write the content of the page here, and beneath that you can add Service boxes via the Add Service button. The theme has integrated all the Font Awesome icons which you can select for each of your services.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating Clients Page

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Clients.

Here you can add description for each of your clients via the Add Client button.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating About Page

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select About.

This is the page where all team members will be displayed. Enter the text content for the page and hit Publish.

Adding a Team Member

Go to Team Members menu in the sidebar and select Add New and write the member name in the Page Title.

A menu with options for the page will appear. Here you can write the information for the member, his Position, upload his Photo and add any Social links for him/her using the Add Social Link button.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating Contact Page

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Contact.

A menu with options for the page will appear. Write the email of the receiver and then click or enter the address of your location for contacts.

You can also select the Map Marker logo that will appear on the map showing your location, and the zoom level of the map.

You can also add any custom addition information block from the Contact Us Information section. Just select a corresponding icon and information.

When you are ready, hit the Publish button.

Creating Blog Page

Go to Pages > Add New, write the page title and from the sidebar Template option select Blog.

Then click the Publish button.

To make Wordpress use this page as blog, navigate to Settings > Reading in the Wordpress admin sidebar. In the Front Page Displays select A static page and for Post Page select the created page above. Click Save Changes.

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