Stack 5.3.4

Stack

Inspired by Windows 8 Metro design and the Metro theme, Stack is built to work seamlessly with the Tiles Addon (included in the theme), allowing you to create amazing metro designed layouts using the drag & drop Builder.

Stack Installing the Theme

To install themes with the WordPress theme uploader:

• Download the “theme.zip” file from the Member Area
  • Note: some browsers (eg. Safari) auto extract zip files automatically. Right-click on the download link and select “Save Linked File As”. This will allow you to download the theme as a zip file.
• Login to your site’s WP Admin.
• Go to Appearance > Themes.
• Click on the “Add New” button, then click on the “Upload Theme” button
• Upload the theme.zip file (note: it is the theme.zip, not the theme-psd.zip that you just downloaded from the Member Area).
• Activate the theme

Demo Import

If you are starting a fresh site, importing the demo content will help you understand how the theme demo is built. The Demo Import feature will import the contents (posts, pages, comments, etc.), Themify panel settings, menus, and widgets setup from our demo to your site. You can erase the demo content afterward.

Stack To import the demo setup:

• Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Demo Import and click “Import Demo” button.
• Note that the featured images will be replaced with an image placeholder for copyright reasons.

To erase the demo setup:

• On the Demo Import tab, click on the “Erase Demo” button which will then remove the demo content.

FYI: If the Demo Import does not work on your site, you can use the WP Admin > Tools > Import tool to import the demo content manually.

Site Logo & Tagline

To display a logo image instead of the site name text:

• Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
• Under “Site Logo”, select “Logo Image” radio button.
• Upload a logo image.
• Specify the logo image width and height.

You can also change website Tagline from here:

• Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Customize > Site Logo and Tagline.
• Scroll down and under “Site Tagline” select “Text” radio button.
• Enter your site Tagline.
• Click “Save & Publish”.

Main Navigation Menu

Stack To create a custom navigation menu:

• Go to WP Admin > Appearance > Menus.
• Click on “create a new menu” to create a new menu (eg. Main Menu).
• Add the menu items from the left panels.
• To create a dropdown menu: drag the menu item towards the right (the item(s) will be indented).
• When you are done adding the menu items, click “Save Menu”.
• To assign menu locations:
  • Scroll down to the bottom where it says “Theme locations” and tick the menu location checkbox.
  • Main Navigation = main menu on the header
  • Footer Navigation = footer menu on the footer (Note: some themes might not have Footer Navigation).

TIPS: You can display menus on sidebar widgets, remove the main menu, create empty links, and lightbox links. Read Custom Menus for more detailed tutorial.

Setting Up the Social Links

Step 1) To set up the social media links:

• Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Social Links tab.
• The theme comes with some pre-filled social links. Simply enter your social profile URL in the Link input field. For example, enter ‘https://twitter.com/themify’ for the Twitter link.
• You can choose to display either “Icon Font” or “Image”.
  • If “Icon Font” is selected, click on “Insert Icon” to select an icon (over 320+ icons available).
  • If “Image” is selected, you can upload your own graphic icon by clicking on the Upload button.
• To add more links, click on the Add Link button at the bottom.
• To remove a link, click on the delete icon.
• To arrange the display order, drag and drop the link container.

Step 2) Displaying the Social Links:

• Once you have the Social Links setup, go to WP Admin > Appearance > Widgets. Drag and drop the Themify – Social Links from the Available Widgets panel to the Social Widget panel.
• Optional: Customize Widget Title – such as “Follow Us”. You can also “Show link name” and adjust icon size.

Stack Hiding the RSS Icon

Stack To hide the default RSS icon in the header:

• Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
• Under the “Exclude RSS Link”, tick the checkbox that says “Check here to exclude RSS icon/button in the header”.

Stack Hiding the Search Form

Stack To hide the default search form in the header:

• Go to WP Admin > Themify > Settings > Theme Settings.
• Under the “Exclude Search Form”, tick the checkbox that says “Check here to exclude search form in the header”.

Once addon is installed, you will find the Tiles addon module in the Themify module panel. The module is available in both backend and frontend edit mode (just like all standard modules).

• In the backend: you can find the Tiles module in the Themify Custom Panel.
• On the frontend: you can see the modules after turning on the Builder from top admin bar > Themify Builder > Turn On Builder.

• Drag and drop a Tiles module in a row.
• Tiles Options:
  • Size = There are 4 tile sizes.
    • Large = large square block
    • Square = small square block
    • Landscape = horizontal half block
    • Portrait = vertical half block
  • Front Tile tab = Click the front tab to edit the front of the tile.
  • Type = Choose from 5 different types of tiles.
    • Test, Button, Gallery, Map, and Blank
  • Back Tile tab = Click the back tab to edit the back of the tile.
    • The back tile can be edited just like the Front tile but with some additional features highlighted below:
      • Auto Flip = Disable or choose the amount of second you would your tile to flip automatically.
      • Flip Effect = Choose from 10 different flip effects.
• For more in-depth tutorial on how to use the Tiles Addon, with detailed step-by-step guide click here.

Stack Post Formats

There are 8 different post types/formats built in the theme: Standard, Image, Video, Gallery, Quote, Audio, Link, and Aside. Each post format has a slight different layout, default post background, and post icon to represent it. When viewed as an archive all posts will appear in masonry layout.

To add a post with Post Format:

• Add a new post
• In the Themify Custom Panel >Post Options > Post Format, choose which post format you would like:
  • Stack Standard – This is default blog post format.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Upload or select a Featured Image
  • Stack Image – Similar as Standard format, but just different post icon.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Upload or select a Featured Image
  • Stack Video – For displaying video embeds such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Paste in the Video URL embed (eg. YouTube or Vimeo video URL)
  • Stack Gallery – To display an image gallery
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Choose images you want to appear on the gallery by pressing “insert gallery”.
    • Customize the image mode by setting it to Fullcover or best fit.
    • Auto play: Choose how many seconds you want each image transition. You can choose to disable this.
    • Transition Speed: adjust the speed of how your image will transition.
    • Choose to either hide or display the timer. The timer is set to appear as a animated bar that fills to the set time of the auto play. Default is to show the timer.
    • Upload or select a Featured Image (Optional)
  • Stack Quote – To display quotes
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Quote Author: (Optional) Feel free to insert the author of the quote your used.
    • Quote Author Link: (Optional) Insert a site URL you would like your author name when pressed to link too.
  • Stack Audio – To display your audio files. An audio toggle will appear, where users can play and pause, or skip to a certain part of your audio.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Upload or select a Featured Image (Optional)
    • Add audio URL
  • Stack Link – When tile title becomes the link that will redirect users to another page or lightbox.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor
    • Add link URL, either as an external link or lightbox link (Required action)
  • Aside – Similar as Standard format, but without featured image option.
    • Enter post title
    • Enter the content in the editor

Post Style in Archive Views – It allows you customize each post background and color in the archive view. These are optional as the theme has default post styling.

• • Background = Background color/image of the post container
  • Background Repeat = Background repeat mode of the background image
  • Text Color = This color will apply to all text color within the post container
  • Link Color = This color will apply to all the link within the post container

To add a Postfolio post:

• Select “Add New” under the “Portfolios” admin menu
• Enter the portfolio title and content
• In the Themify Custom Panel, enter the options as you like:
  • Masonry Layout = Choose where you would like your image and size of tile to appear in archive view.
    • Options: Large-tile image right or left and Small-tile image right or left
    • Will only work if masonry style is enabled (defualt setting)
  • Featured Image = Upload or select an image from the media library for the project.
  • Gallery = Click “insert gallery” and choose images that you would like to appear in masonry gallery in the portfolio single view.
  • Image Dimensions = This image dimensions will be used for the featured image in the single post view (leave blank will have the default dimensions)
  • Hide Post Title = This option is used to set whether the post title will be displayed in the single post view.
  • Unlink Post Title = This option is used to set whether the post title will be linked in the single post view.
  • Hide Post Date = This option is used to set whether the post date will be displayed in the single post view.
  • Stack Hide Post Meta = This option is used to set whether the post meta will be displayed in the single post view.
  • Stack Hide Featured Image = This option is used to set whether the featured image will be displayed in the single post view.
  • Stack Unlink Featured Image = This option is used to set whether the featured image will be linked in the single post view.
  • Stack External Link = This option is used to link the post featured image and title to a custom URL.
  • Lightbox Link = This option is used to link the post featured image and title to open a URL in a lightbox. This defaults to expecting an image URL.
    • iFrame URL = If checked this will open the URL as an iFrame within the lightbox, this can be used to open external URLs such as other pages or sites.
    • Add zoom icon on lightbox link = This option sets whether a zoom icon will be shown on the featured image when set to a lightbox link.

DISPLAYING PORTFOLIO POSTS ON PAGES:

• First create a new Page (in admin, select “Add New” under the “Pages” admin menu)
• In Themify Custom Panel, click “Query Portfolios” tab, select either “All Categories” or a Portfolio category and select the other options as you like:
  • Portfolio Category = This option is used to set which categories will be included or excluded in the post list.
  • Order = This option is used to set whether posts will be ordered in ascending or descending order.
  • Order By = This option is used to set the attribute that posts will be ordered based on.
  • Portfolio Layout = This option is used to set the layout of portfolio posts, such as grid columns, list posts, etc.
  • Stack Enable Masonry = Enable or disable masonry layout.
  • Stack Portfolios Per Page = This option is used to set the number of portfolio posts shown per page.
  • Display Content = This option is used to set what content is output for each portfolio post. (None, Excerpt, or Full Content.)
  • Image Dimensions = This option is used to set the dimensions the portfolio images will be displayed at.
  • Hide Portfolio Title = This option is used to set whether the post title will be displayed.
  • Unlink Portfolio Title = This option is used to set whether the post title will operate as a link.
  • Stack Hide Portfolio Date = This option is used to set whether the post date will be displayed.
  • Stack Hide Portfolio Meta = This option is used to set whether the post meta will be displayed.
  • Stack Hide Featured Image = This option is used to set whether the featured image will be displayed.
  • Stack Unlink Featured Image = This option is used to set whether the featured image will operate as a link.
  • Stack Hide Page Navigation = This option is used to set whether the page navigation for portfolio posts will be displayed.