Biancaa Documentation

BiancaA is a premium, mobile ready, beautiful and easy-to-use Photoblogging WordPress theme. It comes with stunning featured image to get your reader attention!

Latest Version: 1.0.1
Released: June 20, 2014
Last Updated: Jan 01, 2015
Requires: WordPress 3.7+
License: GPL v2
Changelog: changelog.txt
Developer: Theme Junkie
Twitter: @theme_junkie

Table Of Content

  1. Features
  2. Installation
  3. Recommended Plugins
  4. Custom Background
  5. Custom Menu
  6. Social Menu
  7. Logo Upload
  8. Favicon Upload
  9. Featured Posts Slider
  10. Featured Text on Home Page
  11. Color Customizer
  12. Child Theme
  13. Credits

Features

Biancaa comes with some great features!

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Installation

Installation

Through Dashboard

  1. Log into your WordPress admin panel and go to Appearance → Themes
  2. Click the Add New button at the top.
  3. Click the Upload Theme button at the top.
  4. Click the Choose File button and navigate to the location of your biancaa.zip file.
  5. Click Install Now to begin the installation.
  6. Wait for the success message, then click Activate.

Installing Via FTP

  1. Unzip the biancaa.zip to find the theme folder.
  2. Using an FTP client to access your host web server. Go to /wp-content/themes/ and place the theme folder inside it.
  3. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and go to Appearance → Themes
  4. Locate the theme thumbnail and click the Activate link.
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Recommended Plugins

Plugins

When the first time you activated the theme, you will see the notice about recommended plugins for this theme like the picture above. If you feel the plugins is not needed, then you can click the Dismiss this notice to hide the notice.

If someday you need to install those plugins, you can go to Appearance → Install Plugins. Choose which plugin you want to install. Please note, the plugins is Recommended not required.

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Custom Background

Custom Background

Biancaa has feature to change the default background using the native WordPress custom background function. To use it, please follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Appearance → Background.
  2. You can either set the image or color as background.
  3. Click the Save Changes button when you finish.
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Custom Menu

Custom Menu

Biancaa supports the custom menu function to allow you to setup your menus. You can set it through following steps.

  1. Go to Appearance → Menus.
  2. To create a new custom menu, click the create a new menu link, give the menu a name, and click Save Menu button.
  3. You can add pages, categories or custom link's to the menu.
  4. And, be sure to select Primary for the Theme Location before saving your menu.
  5. When you are done, click Save Menu

Please go to Codex Help for more detailed instruction.

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Social Menu

Social Menu

Biancaa gives you the option to show your social profile icon in the footer of your site. You can set it through following steps.

  1. Go to Appearance → Menus.
  2. To create a new custom menu, click the create a new menu link, give the menu a name for example Social, and click Save Menu button.
  3. To add custom social links to this menu, use the Links box.
  4. Then, just make a link to the social media profiles you want to display.
  5. And, be sure to select Social for the Theme Location before saving your menu.
  6. When you are done, click Save Menu
Supported Social Media Profile
  1. CodePen.io
  2. Facebook
  3. Flickr
  4. GitHub
  5. Google+
  6. Instagram
  7. LinkedIn
  8. Pinterest
  9. Tumblr
  10. Twitter
  11. WordPress
  12. YouTube
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Upload Your Custom Favicon

Custom Favicon

You can easily to upload your custom favicon to your site, favicon will appear in the address bar of your browser.

  1. Go to Appearance → Customize.
  2. Open the Favicon section.
  3. Click the drop-down button below the Upload Favicon word.
  4. Click the select a file link.
  5. Pick the favicon and upload it.
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5 Premade Colors

Premade Colors

Biancaa comes with 5 premade colors, but you can choose the color you want as well. You can set it through following steps.

  1. Go to Appearance → Customize.
  2. Open the Color Schemes section.
  3. If you want to use the premade colors, please choose Premade Colors otherwise choose the Custom Colors.
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Child theme

Since Biancaa is a parent theme, you'll want to create a child theme if you plan on making any customizations. Don't know how to make a child theme? It's relatively simple. Just follow the below steps.

/**
 * Theme Name: Biancaa Child
 * Theme URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
 * Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
 * Template: biancaa
 */

/* Importing the parent theme stylesheet. */
@import url( '../biancaa/style.css' );

From that point, you simply need to start adding your own styles. The parent theme styles will automatically be loaded for you.

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Credits

Framework/Starter Theme Fonts jQuery Plugins Images

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