Knowledgebase

If you’d like to start with some example content, here’s the content from the demo. Download and unzip the file. Then use the Tools → Import tool in your WordPress admin. Need step by step directions?

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You can upload your own logo image by opening up the Customizer under Appearance → Customize. Then click the Site Title & Tagline tab. There you will find the “Logo” image upload field.

In your WordPress admin, click on “Menus”, which is located uner the “Appearance” tab on the left. Start by creaing a new menu in the panel on the right. Once the new menu is created you can add pages, categories, and custom links from the panels on the left. You can then re-order and create submenus by dragging the menu items. When you’re finished, click the “Save Menu” button.

By default, this theme will display your latest posts on the front page. To activate the home page as seen in the demo, first create a new page and name it something like “Home”. As you’re creating this page, select the “Portfolio” page template in the Page Attributes box found in the right column. After you publish your page, go to Settings → Reading. For “Front page displays”, choose a static page and select your newly created “Home” page. Then save your settings.

Home Page Banner

This theme has a home page parallax banner. You can manage and edit the banner under Appearance->Cusomize->Ridge Options->Banner.

The recommended image size for the banner background image is: 1700px x 1000px. These are not exact image size requirements, so feel free to experiment with different dimensions. You can enter text or HTML in the Banner Image Contents field.

If you’ve followed the steps above to set up your home page, you’ll probably want to display your posts on a different page. You can easily do this by creating a new page and giving it a name like “Blog”, “News”, or whatever you’d like to call it. After you publish your page, go to Settings → Reading. For “Front page displays”, choose your newly created “Blog” page for Posts page. Then save your settings.

This theme uses a custom post type called “Projects” to help you manage your portfolio. By default, all projects are shown on the home page. But if you choose to show something else on the home page, you can use the “Portfolio” page template to display your projects on a different page. To add a new portfolio piece, select “Add New” under “Projects” in the left hand menu. Use the main text editor on the Project edit page to insert the main images or video for your project. Ideal image width is 710px, but if your images are larger they will be sized with the fluid layout.

Skills

When creating a project, it’s important to assign it to a skill. Skills are categories for your projects and they are used to form the project filter navigation. You can find the “Skills” box in the right column.

Thumbnail Image

To create the thumbnail for your project, use the “Featured Image” box found at the bottom of the right column. Use the popup window to upload an image, and then click “Use as featured image”. The image that you upload should be at least 300px by 225px.

To create a new testimonial, go to Testimonials → Add New. Testimonials are composed of a Featured Image, title (the person’s name), and their quote, which is added to the content editor. Recent testimonials will be displayed on the homepage in the “Testimonials” section.

You can easily create social links by adding a couple of special classes to an HTML a tag. Here’s an example of a Twitter link:

<a href="your-url-goes-here" class="fa fa-twitter"></a>

Create multiple links like this:

<a href="your-url-goes-here" class="fa fa-twitter"></a>
<a href="your-url-goes-here" class="fa fa-dribbble"></a>
<a href="your-url-goes-here" class="fa fa-instagram"></a>

An ideal place to add social links is in a text widget or in the Right Footer Area, which can be edited under Appearance → Customize → Footer.

Adding buttons to your content is easy. First, add a link. Then switch over to the Text tab so you can edit the HTML. To turn your link into a button, simply add the button class like this:

<a href="your-url-goes-here" class="button">This is a Button</a>

Basic Setup

Ridge is WPML-compatible, meaning that all text in this theme can be translated to the language of your choice. To begin, be sure you have the WPML Plugin installed and activated, along with the WPML String Translation plugin.

To set up WPML the first time, follow their Getting Started Guide.To begin translating, select WPML (in the Dashboard menu) -> String Translation. You should see a list of the strings in the theme (there should be only four), with blue translation links to the right. Click these links to reveal the list of languages you use on your blog and the associated translations.

Translating Projects, Skills and Testimonials

To translate the custom post types and taxonomies (projects, skills, and testimonials), go to WPML -> Translation Management. After, select Multilingual Content Management from the tabs.

Next, locate the section called Custom Posts (about halfway down). Here you can choose the translations for projects and testimonials (and their slugs). Below this section, you can see Custom Taxonomies, where you can translate the skills taxonomy.