Pages & posts – Sway Theme Documentation https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:31:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Create pages & posts https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/create-pages-posts/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:48:15 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=374 To create a new Page, Post or Portfolio you just need to follow these steps:

  1. Find the Pages menu in the WordPress Dashboard Navigation menu. Click Add new.
  2. Add the title for your page, post or portfolio project. Note: If you have pretty permalinks set up, the title of your page will also be the URL slug.
  3. Next, add some content.
  4. When you’re ready to publish, you can either publish immediately, save this as a draft, or schedule the page to be published later.
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Page options https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/page-options/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:48:34 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=376 At the bottom of your admin single page you’ll find the page options. These options are available only for Pages and Portfolio project pages.

  • Hide header – hide the Header area (logo and navigation bar). This is useful for building landing pages.
  • Transparent navbar – set a transparent background color to the main navigation area 
  • Transparent menu link color – overwrite menu links color. This option will also overwrite icons and topbar texts colors.

Title Section

  • Hide page title section – hide the title bar section 
  • Hide breadcrumbs – hide the page breadcrumbs
  • Page subtitle – enter the page subtitle text
  • Title text align – control the alignment of the title, subtitle and breadcrumbs
  • Title and subtitle color – select the title, subtitle and breadcrumbs title color
  • Title bar background color – select the title bar background color
  • Title bar top padding – specify the title bar top padding value (Default: 200px). Used to adjust the title bar height.
  • Title bar bottom padding – specify the title bar bottom padding value (Default: 100px). Used to adjust the title bar height.
  • Header background image size – select the background image size.
  • Header background image position- select the background image position.

Layout

  • Background color – select the page content color
  • Top padding – control the top spacing of the page
  • Bottom padding – control the bottom spacing of the page
  • Hide footer – hide the Footer area. This is useful for building landing pages.
  • Fixed footer – option to enable/disable the footer fixed scroll effect. This option can be globally controlled in Theme Options > Footer.
  • Top padding – control the top spacing of the footer area.
  • Bottom padding – control the bottom spacing of the footer area.

Video tutorial:

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Blog post types https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/blog-post-types/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:48:49 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=378 The theme support 5 blog post formats:

  1. Standard – the default post format
  2. Gallery – a gallery of images
  3. Video – a post containing video
  4. Audio – a post containing audio
  5. Quote – a quotation

You’ll find a “Format” module in the right-hand column of your post editor – it’ll look like this:

Standard Post Format
Standard is the default post format in WordPress. It can be an article, a blog post, or anything the user want it to be. A standard post can also be any of the other post formats as well. For example, a standard post can have a gallery or a video.

Gallery
Gallery feature allows you to add multiple images in a WordPress post or page. You can add multiple galleries in a single post. Gallery is also one of the supported post formats so theme developers can add support for it and define the gallery presentation in their theme. An image gallery in WordPress can be inserted using the Add Media button and then clicking on “Create Gallery” tab.

Video Post Format
Video is one of the post formats supported by WordPress post formats system. A post in video post format usually contains a video either embedded from a third party video hosting service like YouTube or uploaded and played directly from WordPress. Simply add your video link into the post editor.

Audio Post Format
Audio is one of the supported post formats in WordPress post formats system. A post with the audio post type usually contains an audio file embeded from a third party hosting service or uploaded directly through WordPress media uploader. Simply add a SoundCloud link into your post editor and the theme will do the rest.

Quote Post Format
Quote is one of the post formats supported by WordPress. It is used for quotations, specially when a user wants to just share a quote which is not within a standard post or article. The quote will be wrapped around a blockquote HTML tag.

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Create a gallery post https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/create-a-gallery-post/ Thu, 03 May 2018 13:59:38 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=488 WordPress comes with a built-in feature that lets you create a gallery. This feature is very basic and does not have many options, but it gets the job done. Follow the steps below to create a Gallery blog post:

1. First, you need to select the blog post format. You’ll find a “Format” module in the right-hand column of your post editor – it’ll look like this:


Make sure to select the Gallery option.

2. On the post edit screen, click on the “Add Media” button to upload your images.


This will bring up the WordPress media uploader where you can upload your photos. You can also select photos you have previously uploaded from media library.

3. After uploading and selecting your images click on the “Create Gallery” link from the left column.


Next, you need to click on the “Create a new gallery” button:


Media uploader will now show your selected images with gallery settings. Once you are done, you can click on the “Insert gallery” button. This will close the media uploader popup, and you will be able to see your image gallery in post editor.

4. You can now save or publish the post, and visit your website to see your image gallery in action.

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Create a video post https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/create-a-video-post/ Thu, 03 May 2018 14:18:50 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=490 WordPress comes with a great feature called auto-embeds. It allows WordPress to automatically get the embed code for video from popular video hosting sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Follow the steps below to create a Video blog post:

1. First, you need to select the blog post format. You’ll find a “Format” module in the right-hand column of your post editor – it’ll look like this:


Make sure to select the Video option.

2. All you need to do is paste the video URL into the post editor. Make sure that the URL is in it’s own line and not clickable (hyperlinked).


If you are using visual editor, then WordPress will immediately fetch the embed code and display the video inside post editor.

3. Upload a featured image for the post. This image can be a screenshot of your video.

4. You can now save your post and click on the preview button to see the video embed in your blog post.

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Create an audio post https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/knowledge-base/create-an-audio-post/ Fri, 04 May 2018 10:45:37 +0000 https://www.swaytheme.com/documentation/?post_type=ht_kb&p=492 WordPress comes with a great feature called auto-embeds. It allows WordPress to automatically get the embed code for audio playlists from popular audio hosting sites like SoundCloud. Follow the steps below to create an Audio blog post:

1. First, you need to select the blog post format. You’ll find a “Format” module in the right-hand column of your post editor – it’ll look like this:


Make sure to select the Audio option.

2. All you need to do is paste the SoundCloud page URL into the post editor. Make sure that the URL is in it’s own line and not clickable (hyperlinked). If you are using the visual editor, then WordPress will immediately fetch the embed code and display the audio iframe inside the post editor.

3. Upload a featured image for the post.

4. You can now save your post and click on the preview button to see the audio embed in your blog post.

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