Requirements & Compatibility

The7 is compatible with the WordPress version 4.9 and later (PHP v.5.6.20 or greater; MySQL v.5.0.15 or greater). Most JavaScript enabled browsers will make The7 work with no issues. It is designed and optimized for desktops, tablets and smartphones. Currently we are testing The7 in: Google Chrome (Mac and PC) Firefox (Mac and PC) Internet Explorer 11 and…

Fig. 1. Assign Individual Widget Areas.

Individual Widget Areas

As it was mentioned in section Theme Options > Widget Areas, you can create and assign different widget areas to different posts and pages. To do so, navigate to page/post back-end. You’ll notice boxes called “Footer options” and “Sidebar options” (fig. 1): Fig. 1. Assign individual widget areas. In “Sidebar options” box you can: specify…

Fig. 1. Widget Back End Interface.

Widget Settings

All widgets build into your theme are prefixed with “DT-“. E.g. “DT-Pregress Bars”, “DT-Portfolio Projects”, “DT-Contact Info”, etc. Fig. 1. Widget back-end interface. Most of them have such common options as: Title (optionally): this label is displayed above the widget. Category: select which category of a custom post type to display in this particular widget.…

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Installation & Basic Setup

1. Install WordPress Download and Install the newest version of WordPress. 2. Upload Theme Before proceeding, please make sure that following plugins are not installed or deactivated:– WP-pagenavi;– WP-less;– Options Framework;– any plugin that uses tgmpa (TGM Plugin Activation) and lessc (lessPHP) classes. If you’ve downloaded the whole theme package (see fig. 1.1), unzip it.…

“Details” / “Read More” Button. Excerpts

On a Blog page, each post is represented by its “Excerpt” – short post introduction. The full post content is displayed after a click on the “Details” button below. Please refer to this article for details: http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/ By default the Excerpt length is set to 55 words. But you can “cut of” post manually. All you need is to use the “Read more” tag. Put the cursor in required place and click the…

Fig. 1. Menu Locations.

Menus

The7 theme allows you to display multiple menus through Dashboard > Appearance > Menus (fig. 1): Fig. 1. Menu locations. Primary menu:  Fig. 2.1. Primary menu. Split menu (left and right):  Fig. 2.2. Split menu. Header microwidgets 1 and (location of these microwidgets can be chosen in Theme Options -> Top Bar & Header -> Microwidgets): Fig.…

Comments

Disable Comments

Comments are enabled on WordPress posts and pages by default. You can change the default for new posts or pages, as well as enable/disable comments on posts or pages you’ve already published. You can change the defaults for new posts or pages on the Settings -> Discussion screen. To hide comments on the specific page…