How to

Important installation note

After installing and activating the theme, you need to navigate to Settings > Permalinks and click on the “Save Changes” button, even if you haven’t made any changes. This is to register the custom post types used in the theme.

You also need to navigate to Settings > Reading and set front page to display “Your latest posts” if you have previously had a static page as your front page.

Setting up the home page

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Setup Featured Slider

The Coffee Break home page featured slider pulls the custom “slides” post type. The number of slides depends on how many slides you have published. You can set the animation speed, auto start and slide interval under the theme options, the rest of the slide functionality is added via the slides panel documented below.

Adding a slide

To add a slide simply follow these steps:

  1. Go to Slides > Add New.
  2. Type a title for the slide and complete all of the post’s body content.
  3. Add a “Slider Image” in the Custom Settings panel if you want to display an image in the slide.
  4. Publish the slide.

Adding a slide

Add buttons to slider page

To add a button to a page in the featured area, you need to add some html code by using the HTML tab. Simply add a link with the class button and wrap the text in a span:

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Setup Mini-Features Area

The main area consists of a left column that can hold mini-features, and a right column that holds the home widgetized sidebar. The left main column can also hold page content above or below the mini-features area.

Add Mini-features Block

The Coffee Break home page mini-features area also uses custom post types and pulls in the the custom “Mini Features”. The number of mini features depends on how many “Mini Features” you have published. You can enable the mini features area on the home page under the “Homepage” theme options. You can also add two pieces of content from WordPress pages to the home page if you specify the pages of the pages you wish to display in your options.

To add an mini-feature simply follow these steps:

  1. Go to Mini Features > Add New.
  2. Type a title for the Mini Features and complete all of the post’s body content.
  3. Add a “Mini Features Icon” in the Custom Settings panel if you want to display an icon next to the slide.
  4. Add an excerpt
  5. Publish the mini feature.
Adding a mini feature

Remember to enable the mini features area in the theme options tab.

Enable Mini-Features area

Setup Blog

To add a Blog to the main navigation, simply follow these steps:

  1. Add a new Page in WordPress (Page -> Add New)
  2. Add a title to the page e.g. “Blog”
  3. Select the Blog page template in the Attributes panel on the right
  4. Publish your page!
Add blog page template
Add blog page template

If you are unsure on how to setup a page template, have a look at our instructional video in our Page Template section.

Setup Footer

To set up the footer section of the Coffee Break theme for the home page and the rest of the site you simply need to add your company/personal information in the appropriate section of the theme option’s panel displayed below.

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Page Templates

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Widgets

Custom Widgets

The theme includes 7 custom widgets that you can add to your widgetized sidebar:

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