Everest news theme documentation

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for using our Everest News WordPress Theme.

Everest News is magazine WordPress theme with a clean & modern design suitable for everyone who wishes to share their stories, publish a piece of breaking daily news or write on different topics and live events also.

Everest News is built taking SEO, Speed & Responsive in mind. Build-in features like lazy load for images has been implemented to make Everest News load faster & extra library files have been bundled to minimize HTTP requests.

Quick Installation Guide for Demo Import

This document written very carefully by keeping a mindset that it should be easily understood for Beginner to Advance user or developers.

If you have any query that is beyond the scope of the document, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or visit our support forum.

* NOTE: Click on the screen shot if the text written at the screen shot is not readable.

We have used lazy load in Everest News Theme which will help your website to save bandwidth & load faster. While implementing lazy-load we maintain aspect ratio for all images. We recommend you to upload likely the recommended image size or greater. Below is the images size that you must be uploading.

For featured image, full-width slider, all news widgets or banner image, we recommend using
820 * 470 px size in image or larger.
Minimum size to upload image size is 550 * 400.
For author widget area, we recommend using 150* 150 px size in image or larger.

INSTALLATION

#STEP I :

THEME INSTALLATION THROUGH WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

You can install Everest News theme from WordPress admin dashboard. This will be the first process of installing the theme on your WordPress website.

Select the theme from your computer & hit install. After you install Activate theme.

#STEP II :

THEME INSTALLATION THROUGH FTP

Login to you file manager with FTP client with your FTP user-name & password
Navigate to your WordPress installation
Navigate to wp-content folder and then to themes folder.
Upload our theme folder with the FTP client to Themes folder inside wp-content folder
Log-in to wordpress dashboard & now activate the theme.

After Installation and Activation of Theme

#STEP III :

*Note: If you are pro users, then please kindly install and activate “Everest Toolkit” which is required plugin. You can install from Dashboard > Plugins > Add New and search for Everest Toolkit and install plugin which is uploaded by author “everestthemes”. If you have some trouble regarding it, you can download by Clicking Here. Go to Dashboard > Plugins > Add New, click on Upload Plugin and upload the file you downloaded without extracting zip file. And then activate this plugin.

FOR FRESH WORDPRESS USERS :

Once you’ve Everest News, theme installed and activated, a message will pop up to install “Everest Toolkit”. Install this plugin and activate it. Now, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Everest News Info and install all the plugins recommended by us. You will also find short links for customization and support. For importing the demo contents, please go to STEP IV and follow further instructions.

We suppose demo import is best for a freshly installed WordPress site. Delete Hello world! post form Dashboard > Posts & Sample page from Dashboard > Pages which comes by default to get the best and exact demo. For Demo Import you need to go in Appearance >> Import Demo Content and choose the demo you want to install. For ref Look the above screenshot.

FOR EXISTING WORDPRESS USERS :

After activating the theme, install and activate the plugin “Everest Toolkit” which is recommended by us. A message is pop up from which you can install with a single click. After it,

Case I:

If you do not have home page , then create a new home page and don’t forget to assign page Templates as Home Page Template and then publish it or update the page. As shown in figure below.

Case II:

You have already home page in your pages list then simply assign its templates as Home Page Template and update the page.

Case I and Case II :

Now you have to check whether your homepage and blog page is set or not. You can find this setting in your Dashboard Settings >> Reading

Now Chose A Static Page (select below) and in Homepage choose your home ( remember your home page template should be Home Page Template. If confused look at the above screenshot. Now save settings thats all now you can go to widgets sections and set your widgets settings.

If you are not sure then, you can go to Dashboard > Appearance > Everest News Info and click on Set Front Page. If they are set properly then there is noting to worry about using our theme. If they are not, then please kindly follow instructions on STEP VI.

If you want to import our demo contents, then you can move to next step.

#STEP IV :

DEMO DATA IMPORT

Lean back when we take care of everything. We have made demo import more convenient for you.

Just follow A single step to Import Demo Data.

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Import Demo Content.

You will see different available demos. You can live preview from there and import also. Click on Import button to import demo data. Wait for approximately 3-5 minutes depending upon various factors.That’s all you need to do. When demo import is done, now its time to setup widgets, banner, menu and few other settings according to your requirements.

Note : If you have already some post and pages and do not want to import our demo data then read and follow this documentation till last words.

#STEP V :

SETUP MENU/NAVIGATION

Navigation can be added from WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Menu.

See the screen shot below:

#STEP VI :

ACTIVATE HOMEPAGE/BLOG PAGE

By default WordPress sets all theme to blog page ( NOT HOME PAGE ). You have to manually set your homepage. To set your Homepage and Blog Page, create pages with any name like Home for homepage and Blog for blog page and you navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Everest News Info and click on Set Front Page. Then check on A static page and set you created pages for homepage and posts page respectively.

If you think your FrontPage/ Homepage didn’t got activated let us know.

CUSTOMIZER OPTIONS

Everest News is crafted with handy important customization options powered by WordPress live customizer. You can find all options under Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer.

#Site Layout :

From , Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Site Layout , you can set your site layout either in full width or boxed layout.

If you select Boxed Layout, you can set the background image in Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Background Image.

#Font Option :

You can switch between 800 ++ Google fonts according to your requirements which can be found on the Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Typography Customization.

#Colors :

You can switch any primary color & secondary color that best match your brand or need. You can find all options under Dashboard > Customize > Color Customization. You can also set colors to menu and sub menus also.

#Custom Logo :

You can upload your custom logo or your site text in Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Site Identity. You can also use tagline and upload site icon from here.

#Sidebars :

We understand that some peoples may not like sidebars. To make your need hassle free we have added sidebar options you can have sidebar either in left, right or completely disable it on either single page or single post or any archive pages. This will be discussed on below different topics.

#Blog Page :

Everest News has only 1 default archive page layout. You can set option for sidebar to show either on right side or left side or no sidebar on Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Blog Page. See the screenshots below for layout and sidebar :

#Archive Page :

Everest News has 2 different archive page layouts. Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Archive Page and choose the layout you want.You have an option to show the archive type. You can also have option for sidebar to show either on right side or left side or no sidebar. You can see the references from the below screenshots :

Layout 1 :

Layout 2 :

#Search Page :

You can assign the sidebar or disable to search page. For this, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Search Page. See the screenshots below :

#Excerpt length :

You can change the length of excerpt from Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Post Excerpt. If you have sidebar, then post excerpt length should be decreases up to which it makes design good and match the design. If no sidebar is chosen, then it should be increases up to which it match the design. This same concept is applied to homepage news widgets also. By default, it is set to 15.

#Social Links :

Social Links are available to header section only. You can set it only on Header Layout 1 , Header Layout 2 , Header Layout 3 & Header Layout 5. You can customize it on Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Social Links.

#Breadcrumb :

Everest News has 1 layout for breadcrumb. You can find this on Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Advance Customization > Breadcrumb to enable or disable. See the screenshot below :

#Fall back Default image :

You can enable support of fall back image if there is no image in post from Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Fallback Image.

#Miscellaneous :

You can enable or disable sticky sidebar and scroll to top from Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Miscellaneous.

#More :

More basic options are available!

HOMEPAGE SETTING

#HEADER SECTION :

Options for Header section are placed inside WordPress customizer which are Top Header , Home Button , Search Button , Toggle Sidebar Button and Header Layouts. You can find these options in the Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Customization > Header.

Top Header :

This appears on the top menu bar and can be able to either enable or disable. This can be set only on Header Layout 2 & Header Layout 3 which are discussed on below sections.

Home Button :

You can enable or disable to show home button. This is only available on Header Layout 2.

Search Button :

This appears on the menu bar and can be able to either enable or disable. It can be in all header layouts.

Toggle Sidebar Button :

This appears on the menu bar and can be able to either enable or disable. This is only available on Header Layout 1 & Header Layout 5.

#HEADER LAYOUTS :

Header Layout 1 :

This header layout has Primary Menu which can be set from the menu which is described in SETUP MENU section. Social links are managed from the Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Customization > Social Links. You can use 3 social links in this header. You can also enable Toggle Sidebar Button for this header layout but not Home Button. For logo, we recommend to use 217 px of width & 50 px of height.

Header Layout 2 :

This header layout has the two menus : Top and Primary which can be set from the menu which is described in SETUP MENU section. Social links are managed from the Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Customization > Social Links. You can use Home Button on this header but not Toggle Sidebar Button. Make sure, the height of the advertisement and logo equal. We recommend to use 90 px of height.

Header Layout 3 :

It is similar to Header Layout 2 which has Top & Primary menu. Make sure logo height is 90 px. Social links are managed from the Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Customization > Social Links. You cannot use Home Button & Toggle Sidebar Button on this header.

Header Layout 4 :

This header layout is similar to Header Layout 2 which has Primary Menu which can be set from the menu which is described in SETUP MENU section. Make sure, the height of the advertisement and logo equal. We recommend to use 90 px of height. You cannot use Home Button, Toggle Sidebar Button & Social Links on this header.

Header Layout 5 :

This is clean header layout having the logo, Primary Menu without any background image, Social Links, Toggle Sidebar Button & Search Button. Logo can be of any size you want. You cannot use Home Button & can be use only 7 Social links in this header layout.

#TICKER NEWS / SIDEBAR SECTION :

You can enable or disable ticker news section and set sidebar position on Homepage either on right or left side which can be found in Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Theme Customization > Home.

For ticker news section, you can set the title, choose the category which to show on this section and post number also.

#BANNER SECTION :

Everest News comes with 5 types of banner options. You can find these options in the form of widgets which can be found on Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets. They are named with ENP: Banner 1/2/3/4/5. You have to simply drag and drop these widgets on the Banner Widget Area.

See the screenshots below for references & different Banner Layouts :

Banner Layout 1 :

In this banner layout, you can choose multiple categories to show with the posts number. This banner is in slider form. See the screenshots below for references :

Banner Layout 2 :

You can select multiple categories in this banner. The layout of this banner is in slider form which is shown in the screenshots below :

Banner Layout 3 :

Here also, you can select multiple categories and layout has different grid to display the posts which is shown in screenshots.

Banner Layout 4 :

This banner shows post in single manner which is in slider form. You can select multiple categories and the post number also. See the screenshots below :

Banner Layout 5 :

This banner also shows post in different grid as per the categories you selected. See the screenshots below :

#NEWS WIDGETS SECTION :

There are different layouts for news area section which displays the posts on the basis of the categories chosen or recent posts. They are divided into Top Left News , Top Middle News , Top Right News , Fullwidth Top News , Middle News and Fullwidth Bottom News Areas which can be found on Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets.

*Note:

Top Left News & Top Right News Areas are sidebar areas and uses the other default Sidebar Widgets , Popular & Trending Widget , Posts Widget , Author Widget , Category Widget and Social Widgets only.
Top Middle News & Middle News Areas uses only ENP : Halfwidth Widgets. It has sidebar either on left or right side or on both sides.
Fullwidth Top News & Fullwidth Bottom News Area uses only ENP : Fullwidth Widgets. They don’t have any sidebars.

See the screenshots below for references and different layouts :

ENP : Fullwidth Widget 1 :

You can set the title for this widget and select multiple categories to show the posts. You can also set the post number for number of posts to display. This is applicable to Fullwidth Top News and Fullwidth Bottom News Area.

This widget is in the form of slider and shows different post meta with post title and featured image. See the references from the below screenshots :

ENP : Fullwidth Widget 2 :

You can also set the title for this widget and select multiple categories to show the posts. You can set the post number for number of posts to display. This is applicable to Fullwidth Top News and Fullwidth Bottom News Area.

This widget shows different post meta with post title, featured image, comments number and views count also. See the references from the below screenshots :

ENP : Fullwidth Widget 3 :

In this widget, you can set 3 titles and select 3 different categories respectively along with the number of posts to display. This is applicable to Fullwidth Top News and Fullwidth Bottom News Area.

This widget shows different post meta with post title, comments number, likes count and views count also. First post is displayed with featured image and other posts are displayed on listing format with numbers. See the references from the below screenshots :

ENP : Fullwidth Widget 4 :

In this widget, you can set title and select different categories along with the number of posts and excerpt length to display. By default, it is set to 15 but you have set excerpt length that matches the layout of the post. This is applicable to Fullwidth Top News and Fullwidth Bottom News Area.

This widget shows different post meta with featured image, post title, comments number and likes count also. This widget shows the post in grid format which can be seen in below screenshots :

ENP : Halfwidth Widget 1 :

It shows posts with featured image, title, posts meta, category, views count, likes count and comments count. You can see the layout and references in below screenshots :

ENP : Halfwidth Widget 2 :

You can set title and select different categories along with the number of posts and excerpt length to display. By default, it is set to 15 but you have set excerpt length that matches the layout of the post. This is applicable to Top Middle News and Middle News Area.

This widget has different layout than other widgets where it shows posts with featured image, title, posts meta, views count, likes count and comments count in tabs of respective categories you selected. The posts are displayed in listing format. You can see the layout and references in below screenshots :

ENP : Halfwidth Widget 3 :

In this widget, you can set title and select one category or recent posts along with the number of posts and excerpt length to display. By default, it is set to 15 but you have set excerpt length that matches the layout of the post. This is applicable to Top Middle News and Middle News Area.

It shows posts with featured image, title & posts meta. Along with it, category, views count, likes count and comments count is shown for first post. You can see the layout and references in below screenshots :

ENP : Halfwidth Widget 4 :

This widget is similar to Halfwidget : 2 where it shows posts with featured image, title, posts meta, views count, likes count and comments count in tabs of respective categories you selected. Only the differences is, posts are displayed in grid format. You can see the layout and references in below screenshots :

ENP : Halfwidth Widget 5 :

In this widget, you can set title and you can select two categories or recent posts along with the number of posts and excerpt length to display. By default, it is set to 15 but you have set excerpt length that matches the layout of the post. This is applicable to Top Middle News and Middle News Area.

#SIDEBAR / FOOTER / RIGHT-LEFT NEWS WIDGETS SECTION :

There are different layouts to show news or posts on sidebar or top left and right or toggle sidebar or footer also. Below widgets that can be used to show posts/news on different layouts.

ENP : Sidebar Posts Widget :

In this widget, you can set the title and the type of posts :

Recent Posts : It displays the latest posted post.
Trending Posts : It displays the posts which has more number of views count.
Popular Posts : It displays the posts which has more number of likes count.

You can also set the number of posts to display and choose the display layout. It has two different post listing layouts. They are displayed with the featured image, title, post meta, category, likes counts and views count. Follow the below screenshots for the references and layouts :

Sidebar Posts Widget : Layout : 1

Sidebar Posts Widget : Layout : 2

ENP : Popular & Trending Widget :

This widget shows the popular & trending posts in the tab form. You can set the title and the number of posts to display. First tab contains the posts on the basis of likes and second tab contains the posts on the basis of views.

This widget shows the title, likes count, views count and comments count in listing format. Along with it, first post has featured image and category. See the screenshots below :

INNER PAGES SETTING

You can set the sidebar positions on the page. For this, go to Dashboard > Pages and edit the page or add new page. Follow the below screenshots for the references :

Fullwidth Page Layout :

Left Sidebar Page Layout :

Right Sidebar Page Layout :

CATEGORY PAGE SETTING

You can set the category page to display categories available. Its displays the category name with the featured image.

*Note :

You must have featured image assigned to category in order to display otherwise, it will not display.

Follow the below screenshots and instructions to assign featured image and setting up category page.

Go to Dashboard > Posts > Categories. You will see all the categories available. Choose any category you want to display and edit.

After updating or adding category with featured image, navigate to Dashboard > Pages > Add New or edit any page. Give any title or name to the page and select the page template “Category Page Template” and update or publish page. Follow the below screenshots for references :

POSTS SETTING

There are 6 different post formats. To set up different layouts, Go to Dashboard > Posts > Add New Post or edit existing post. Follow the screenshots below :

Gallery Post Format :

Audio Post Format :

Video Post Format :

Link Post Format :

Quote Post Format :

#Single Post Setting :

In single post, if you want to show author section, related posts then you can set these options from customizer. Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Single Post. You can enable or disable author section, related posts, related post title and post number. See the screenshot below :

#Post Meta Setting :

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Post Meta. You can enable or disable author meta, posted date, comments , categories and tags meta. See the screenshot below :

#Post Share Setting :

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Post Share. You can enable or disable social share section as well as social options to share. See the screenshot below :

#Post Like & Dislike Setting :

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Like & Dislike. You can enable or disable Like & Dislike section as well as Views Meta & Likes Meta. See the screenshot below :

Single Post Format :

EVENTS SETTING

We have unique and additional feature on Everest News i.e. Events. You can set the events on live and add the event title, description, time, featured image and commentary or live feeds also.

Follow these instructions and screenshots for launching events :

Go to Dashboard > Events > Add New. You can also edit the existing event.

#Archive : Events

To list all the events on your site menu or provide link, you just have to use custom links like :

https://www.yourdomainname.com/events/

Use “/events/” at last of your domain name and all the events will will be displayed here.

Layout of Archive : Events

Layout of Single Event :

WIDGETS DETAILS

#Author Widget :

You can show the author description along with title, name and link page.

You can create a page on Dashboard > Pages > Add New or edit any existing page. Follow the screenshots below:

Now, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets. You can set title, select the author page you created and author link page title. It can be used on Sidebar , Footer , Toggle Sidebar, Top Left/RIght News Area. See the screenshots for reference :

Author Widget Layout :

#Category Widget :

You can use category widget to show the list of categories with featured images. In order to set the category images, you can find this on the Category Page Setting. It can be used on Sidebar , Footer , Toggle Sidebar, Top Left/RIght News Area. You can set the title and select the category to display.

See the screenshots below for references :

Category Widget Layout :

#Social Widget :

You can use social widget to redirect to your social profile. In order to set the social widget, Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets. There are two layouts for this widget: ENP: Social Widget 1 & ENP: Social Widget 2. It can be used on Sidebar , Footer , Toggle Sidebar, Top Left/RIght News Area. You can set the title and insert social links on respective section to display.

See the screenshots below for references :

ENP: Social Widget 1 : Layout :

ENP: Social Widget 2 : Layout :

FOOTER SECTION

You can set the footer copyright text and footer menu. You can also use widgets in the footer section. Widgets which can be used on footer or not are described on above sections.

In order to set footer menu, you can go to Setup Menu Navigation on top.

For setting up footer copyright text, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Theme Customization > Footer. See the screenshot for reference :