GlowMag is Free WordPress theme with one click demo import option.
Theme Installation
Via WordPress
Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
Click Add New.
Search themes… type ‘GlowMag’.
When ‘Newie’ appears click Install button
After Installing the theme Click Activate button.
Via FTP
Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
Extract glowmag.zip and upload the folder.
Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
Click the Activate link.
Import Dummy Data
Install and activate the recommended plugin named, One click demo import
After activating it, go to appearance > One Click Demo Import
Click on Demo Import Button
Note: Demo import will remove all the previous content of your website. Be careful!
How to make my website like demo manually?
Follow the below steps,
Do you want to make your site as same as our demo? Here I am going to present you how to make the home page as a demo.
1. Install Theme GlowMag
Install theme GlowMag from Appearance > Themes > Add New > GlowMag
Activate it
2. Create Page for Home and Blog
You need at most two pages, one for Home and another for Blog, to make like the demo. Please follow this below steps to
set home page.
Go to admin panel > Pages > Add New
Give the title of the page(Example: Home Page)
Click on Publish to publish the page.
Create another page(for Blog), follow the above method.
3. Set Homepage and Blog page
Please set home page and blog page with the following procedure.
Go to Admin panel > Settings > Reading
Click on “A static page (select below)”
Set Front page: (Home Page recently created above)
Posts page:(Blog you recently created)
4. Add widgets on Home Page Widget Section
Are you wondering how to add the section below the featured section? It’s simple, please follow the below process:
Go to Appearance > Customize > Widgets
Add the available widget (Example:- GlowMag Slider Widget ) on Home Page Widget Section
Use the available options of the Widgets
View the home page, you will find the slider section below the menu.
5. Add More Widgets on Home Page
If you need more section on home page, just add the available widget there on Home Page Widget Section.
Check more information about widget on the below widget section.
Adding Contents
Addition content is the same on all WordPress website. You can create posts, pages, categories etc easily.
Posts
To create the post on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below-listed methods.
Go to Administration Panels
Go to Posts and Click on Add New
Give the title of the post and add the content
Set the featured image for the post from the right corner.
Set that post in the Category.
Click on Publish Button.
Add more post like the above methods.
Pages
To create the page on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below-listed methods.
Go to Administration Panels
Go to Page and Click on Add New
Give the title of the page and add the content
Set the featured image for the post from the right corner.
Click on Publish Button.
Add more page of the above methods.
Categories
To create categories, follow the below steps.
Go to Administration Panels
Go to Posts > Categories
Give the title of the category
Click on Save
The added category will appear on the Add Post Page.
Widgets
GlowMag comes with 6 added custom widgets. Some widgets are for home page content area and some are for sidebars. Check the below video to know how to use widgets on GlowMag properly.
GlowMag Sidebar Widgets – For Home Page Widget area section
GlowMag Featured Column News Widget – For Home Page section
GlowMag Multicolumn News Widget – For Home Page section
GlowMag Don’t Miss It Widget – This is for Don’t Miss it Widget section
GlowMag Popular Post Widget – This is for Sidebar Widget Area. It will not work perfectly for homepage section
GlowMag Recent Post Widget – This is for Sidebar Widget Area. It will not work perfectly for homepage section
Menus
This theme comes with 3 different menu location.
Top Header – It will display on the top header section.
Primary – This is the main menu of the site.
Social Menu – It helps to display the social icons on the site. You need to make a social menu using a custom menu with social links.
Primary
This menu will appear on the Main menu for the site below the logo section.
Create a menu and add the items to the menu.
Set the menu on the Primary Menu.
Save the Menu
Top Menu
This menu will appear on the top header section.
Create a menu and add the items to the menu.
Set the menu on the Top Header Menu.
Save the Menu
Social Menu – How to make Social Icons on the Header?
You can make the menu with the help of the social menu.
Social Menu will appear on Right Side of the header(As in Demo).
Add the link to social Menu(Use Custom Link to create this menu)
Inthe custom link, add a link for Facebook Menu(www.facebook.com/username)
Add the menu and follow the same steps for Twitter, Instagram.
Select the Social Menu for this.
If the preview is fine, Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.
More settings are available inside Appearance > Customize.
Theme Settings and Customizer Options
All the theme settings are inside Appearance > Customize. Check all the available settings there.
Manage Logo, Site Title, and Tagline
Manage Color of Site ( Primary and Other Colors )
Background Image
Theme Options ( Include lots of theme settings )
Menus
Widgets etc
Now, let’s check all the settings below.
Site Title, Tagline & Logo
Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
Click on Select Logo
Select the logo.
After logo selected, your site title and tagline will hide on the front end.
If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish to save the changes.
Colors – Primary Color
Go to Appearance > Customize > Colors
Select the required color for the sections.
Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.
Background Image
Go to Appearance > Customize > Background Image
Select the best image for the site background.
Select the required setting for the background.
If the preview is fine, click on Save && Publish to save the changes.
