#INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing our theme!
We at EverestThemes are confident that you’ll be delighted with GuCherry Blog’s vast customizer feature options and modern clean design.
Please read carefully this file for any questions or issues you may be experiencing– it’s likely you’ll find the answer to your query here.
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Click on the screenshot if the text written at the screenshot is not readable.
This documentation is for all Free & Pro users. We have indicated Pro tag which is applicable only for Pro Users.
We have different image sizes for different sections. We recommend you to upload following image size or greater than we mentioned.
- For block layout of post listing, use greater than 850 * 500 px image size
- For list layout of post listing, use greater than 650 * 500 px image size
- For category featured image, use greater than 1200 * 700 px image size
- For author widget, you can use 350 * 350 px or greater image size
- For single post/page layout one, layout two & fallback image, use greater than 1950 * 1300 px image size
Thanks so much!
#INSTALLATION
If you have downloaded “GuCherry Blog Theme”, please extract the zipped package downloaded from Theme Store to your desktop. In the extracted package you will find gucherry-blog.zip which is the WordPress theme file. For Pro users, Theme File may appear as gucherry-blog-pro.zip.
For MAC users when you download a theme file make sure you do not unzip the gucherry-blog.zip file. You are supposedd to upload the .zip file itself.
You can install the theme one of two ways:
METHOD: 1
THEME INSTALLATION THROUGH WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
- Step 1: Login to your admin page.
- Step 2: Navigate to Appearance → Themes.
- Step 3: Click Install Themes and click the upload button
- Step 4: Navigate to find the gucherry-blog.zip file on your computer and click Install Now.
- Step 5: Wait while the theme is uploaded and installed.
- Step 6: Activate the newly installed theme. Go to Appearance → Themes and activate it.
Check this video tutorial to know how to install via the WordPress admin panel: ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgMh7pEKsDa5hWwJIa2J_gl1Knep5h5d1 )
METHOD: 2
THEME INSTALLATION THROUGH FTP
- Step 1: Log into your FTP client to access your host web server.
- Step 2: Browse to find the gucherry-blog.zip file on your computer and extract the gucherry-blog.zip file
- Step 3: Upload the extracted folder to the /WP-content/themes/ folder on your server.
- Step 4: Login to your admin page.
- Step 5: Activate the newly installed theme. Go to Appearance → Themes and activate it.
#REQUIRED ACTIONS
After your active GuCherry Theme, you will see a notification message to activate the required plugins. Everest Toolkit is required. Click on Install Button on each plugin to start installing them. After you’ve installed them, activate them.
#WELCOME SCREEN
We have included a welcome screen on your WordPress to make it easy to navigate everything about Gucherry Theme. After activating theme & plugin, navigate to Appearance → GuCherry Blog Info or GuCherry Blog Info Pro. You can see the image below for reference:
Getting Started Tab: This tab shows you the steps to start the theme and links for documentation, video tutorials and to buy Pro theme.
Recommended Actions Tab: This tab shows the required plugin to install for the theme.
Support Tab: This tab shows you links for any kind of support required relating to this theme.
#IMPORTING DEMO
FRESH WORDPRESS USERS:
We assume demo import is best for a new and freshly installed WordPress site. If you have fresh and Newly WordPress installed then the first step is
Delete Hello world! Post form Dashboard → Posts
Also Delete Sample page from Dashboard → Pages
These Post and Pages comes by default to get the best and exact demo.
For Demo Import you need to go in Appearance → Import Demo Content. You will see the available demo. Choose the demo you would like to install and wait without doing anythings until demo import process completes. After completion system will pop up the message of successfully imported.
FOR EXISTING WORDPRESS USERS :
We do not recommend Demo Import options for an existing user. Rather you can go to Appearance → customize and give some time to customize your website using available options.
However If your site has old data and you importing a demo, then you should not freak out about old data. Your old data will not be removed or replaced. You have to go to Dashboard → Appearance → Import Demo Content.
After navigating to Import Demo Content, you will see different available demos. You can live preview from there and import also. Click on the Import button to import demo data. Lean back and 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 blog page, widgets, banner, menu and a few other settings according to your requirements.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If your site content is empty (no posts/pages), you have nothing to do more. But if your site has posts/pages, you have to use a plugin Regenerate Thumbnails to generate necessary thumbnails for GuCherry Blog Theme. You can install Regenerate Thumbnails from Dashboard → Appearance → Plugins → Add New. Search for Regenerate Thumbnails, install plugin and activate it. (Install & use this plugin only after installing and importing demo.) Check the image below for reference:
#HOMEPAGE SETUP
First Step :
From Dashboard go to Settings → Readings Set your Homepage displays options to Your Latest Posts and Save this setting as shown in this screenshot image.
#CUSTOMIZE THEME
GuCherry Blog Theme is crafted with handy important customization options powered by WordPress live customizer. You can find all options under Dashboard → Appearance → Customize.
Now let’s dive one by one to this customizer options.
SITE TYPOGRAPHY PRO VERSION :: ( LIMITED TYPOGRAPHY IN FREE VERSION ) :
Check out the video how to customize your Site Typography :
SITE COLOR OPTIONS :: PRO VERSION :
You can customize Color Options for different sections as per shown in the image below :
For guide about customizing the Site Color, check out the video below :
SITE HEADER OPTIONS :
Different 3 Header Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Header Section.
SITE BANNER OPTIONS :
Different 3 Banner Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Banner Section.
SITE PAGES :: BLOG PAGE OPTIONS :
Different 3 Blog Page Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Blog Page.
SITE PAGES :: ARCHIVE PAGE OPTIONS :
Different 3 Archive Page Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Archive Page.
SITE PAGES :: SEARCH PAGE OPTIONS :
Different 3 Search Page Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Search Page.
SITE PAGES :: POST SINGLE OPTIONS :
Different 4 Single Post Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Single Post.
SITE PAGES :: PAGE SINGLE OPTIONS :
Different 4 Single Page Layouts are available on the PRO VERSION where as only 1 is available on FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Please check out the video to customize everything related to Single Page.
SITE SIDEBAR :
You can enable or disable sticky sidebar throughout whole website from here. For individual sidebar options for showing them in right or left or not showing them, it has shown in the videos above. This option is available on both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
SOCIAL LINKS :
There are 3 Social Links available in the FREE VERSION whereas 7 Social Links are available on PRO VERSION. Check out the video for details about customizing social links.
SOCIAL SHARE :: PRO VERSION :
You can display Social Share options on pages and posts. There are 6 different popular sites to share your posts or pages. Check out this video to customize social share.
FALLBACK IMAGE :: PRO VERSION :
You can upload and show your Fallback Image where posts or pages or category images are not set. Check out this video to setup your Fallback Image.
SITE PAGINATION :: PRO VERSION :
You can align pagination to either left or right or center. You can set your pagination alignment from Dashboard → Appearance → Site Pagination. Check out the image below for reference :
SITE FOOTER :
Check out the video to customize your Site Footer.
#WIDGETS
SOCIAL WIDGET :
This widget is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
NOTE : This can be used on all widget areas but cannot be used on Top Widget Area and Bottom Widget Area.
POST WIDGET :
This widget is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Check out the video to edit Post Widget.
NOTE : This can be used on all widget areas but cannot be used on Top Widget Area and Bottom Widget Area.
AUTHOR WIDGET :
This widget is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Some other options are limited or not available on FREE VERSION. Check out the video to edit Author Widget.
NOTE : This can be used on all widget areas but cannot be used on Top Widget Area and Bottom Widget Area.
INSTAGRAM WIDGET :: PRO VERSION :
Check out this video in order to manage Instagram Widget.
NOTE : This can be used on all widget areas.
CATEGORY WIDGET :: PRO VERSION :
Check out this video in order to manage Category Widget.
NOTE : This can be used on all widget areas.
#POST FORMATS
LINK POST FORMAT :
Link Format is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
GALLERY POST FORMAT :
Gallery Format is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
QUOTE POST FORMAT :
Quote Format is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
VIDEO POST FORMAT :
Video Format is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :
AUDIO POST FORMAT :
Audio Format is available for both PRO VERSION & FREE VERSION. Check out the video below for reference :