Phenomenal

We advise you have the following minimum system configuration in your web server .

• Wordpress version 5.4.2
• Requires PHP: 5.2

This theme has been developed only for WordPress 5.4.2 or higher versions. So, you need to install WP before you can use this theme. Please see the CMS installation process. Here you can find the documentation WordPress Codex – Installing WordPress

WordPress theme installation

WordPress theme is a group of files, called template, bundled together that, when activated in CMS, determines the look and basic functions of your site.

Installing the WordPress theme is a very easy process. Once you have selected your theme, you can install it on your WordPress website. There are two options to install themes, similar to plugin installation in WordPress:

• You can add the theme directly from within the WP Admin, using the “Upload Theme” option. From Admin Panel go the following path Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme and select the appropriate zipped theme file, then click Install Now.
• If your server is not set up properly or you have any problem, you’ll have to extract and then upload the theme manually. Using your favorite FTP client tool upload the theme folder into the folder path /wp-content/themes/ on your server and activate it from the admin panel.

Note: On your WordPress site, the wp-content/themes folder has all your themes. Each theme you install gets its own subfolder. All of the theme’s stylesheets and template files reside inside the theme’s folder.

Helpful Resources

To learn about some important things you should do after installing WordPress,head over to this blog post

some more features by wordpress codex

• First Steps With WordPress
• FAQ New To WordPress

To get started with adding the Phenomenal theme with your WordPress site, you need to follow the below step by step instructions.

How to Install

• Unzip the downloaded file.
• You will find the theme inside the Theme Pack Folder. You have to upload the phenomenal.zip file to your WordPress installation.

After the successful installation of the theme click on the Activate button and enjoy the theme features. After activating, this theme will be used for the whole site instead of the default WordPress theme.

Follow following steps to import demo data from Ripplethemes

Install and activate two plugin showing in admin theme page

• Advanced Import
• Ripple Themes Toolset

Check all the available options inside Appearance > Demo Import

To see demo click on the Preview button

To import click on the import button and it will import all demo data by ripple themes.

Only import if you have not enough blog to setup the theme nicely.

Admin Panel > Appearance > Customize

There you find various available Options. After experimenting with all thoes options, you will know how the theme works and can customize the website as you like.

Site Identity

Customize > Site Identity

You will get the options to manage Site title, Tagline, and Logo.
Use the available options to customize the Logo, Site title, and Tagline.

Phenomenal Theme options

Slider Settings

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Slider Posts

You can decide wether to show or hide slider section.

Choose the category of which the posts will shown in slider posts section.
Also can set the no. of post to show.

Choose one slider type

• Half View
• Full View

Following elements can be toogled to show or hide in slider post content

• Author
• Posted Date
• Comments
• Category

Color Options inside slider posts

• Text Color
• Slider Nav/Button color
• Hover color inside slider

Layout Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Layout Options

Three options are available for homepage layout

• Masonry Layout
• Grid view
• List view

Also can hide sidebar in homepage

Four option for achive page layout

• Masonry Layout
• Grid view
• List view
• Full view

Also can hide sidebar in archive page

For page sidebar, you can place it either in left or in right side

Right Sidebar

Left Sidebar

Header Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Header Options

Hide or show following elements in Header

• Subscribe Button
• Search Button
• Canvas Slider Button

Can make header sticky(header remains always at the top)

Feature Post

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Feature Post

Choose the category to show in feature posts section.
Also can set the no. of post and no. of columns(two or three)

Category label in featured section can shown or hidden

Color option for text color is also available

Social

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Social

Give social links here

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Youtube

If any field is empty then icons of that social site will not be shown in header and footer section.

Post Settings

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Post Settings

Following elements can be either shown or hidden in any post listing page

• Author
• Posted Date
• Comments
• Category

Can also set the custom text for "Read More"

Breadcrumbs

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Breadcrumbs

Just decide to show or hide Breadcrumbs in non home page

Canvas Sidebar

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Canvas Sidebar

In this "About Me" like section just give following information of Author

• Author Name
• Author Description
• Choose Author Profile Image
• Social site link of Author(Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

Footer Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Footer Options

Choose Footer logo image in footer section

Custom text options for Copyright text and Powered By text in footer section

Single Page Setting

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Single Page Setting

Here also following elements can be either shown or hidden in single page(post)

• Related Posts
• Next/Previous Post Link
• Author Info

Can also set the custom text for "Related Posts"

Color Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Color Options

Available Color Options

• Primary Color(default black)
• Secondary Color- Hover Color
• Navigation text color-Menu Text Color in Header
• Search and Hamburger Icon color in Header
• Active menu / hover color in Header(menu)
• Navigation Background Color in Header
• Header Social icons/subscribe button Color in Header
• Menu Color in Footer
• Copyright text Color in Footer
• Copyright anchor text Color in Footer
• Post meta description and social share icons text Color

Menu typography Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Pargraph typography Options

Give the font url, family name and font size of any google fonts for paragraph text.

Paragraph typography Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Menu typography Options

Give the font url, family name and font size of any google fonts for menu text

Headers(h1-h6) typography Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Headers(h1-h6) typography Options

Give the font url, family name and font size of any google fonts for all header text

Preloaders

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Preloaders

Preloader animation to show or hide before the site loads completly.

Subscribe Options

Customize > Phenomenal Theme Option > Subscribe Options

Subscribe form shortcode for header section( recomended: Mailchimp)

Admin Panel > Appearance > Customize

Widgets lets you add and update some extra feature on your site like pages, text, images etc.
You can drag and drop any features in any of the following widgets in any widgets area.

• Recent Post Widget
• Sidebar Author Widget

Available widgets area:

Sidebar

Insta feed: In home page right above the footer.

For instagram post:

install "Smash Balloon Instagram Feed" plugin and customize settings in Instagram feed section in admin dashboard

Drag and drop Instagram feed widgets in Insta feed widget area