Madeira

Theme Installation

Genesis Framework Installation

The Genesis Framework must be installed before installing the theme.
Install Genesis Framework from Appearance > Themes > Add New.
Click Upload Theme, click Choose File, select the genesis zip file to upload and install.
It is not necessary to Activate the Genesis Framework.

Theme Installation

From Appearance > Themes > Add New.
Upload madeira zip file, install and activate.

Plugins Installation

Click “Begin installing plugins.” in the notice to install the necessary plugins.

List of all Plugins

• Contact Form 7.
• Easy Google Fonts.
• Genesis eNews Extended.
• Kirki Toolkit.
• One Click Demo Import.
• Regenerate Thumbnails.
• WordPress Popular Posts.
• Instagram Feed.
• Popup Subscribe (included with the theme).
• Elegant Shop (included with the theme).

Demo Content

Demo contents are the widgets and posts displayed in the theme preview. The widgets will be automatically placed in the widget areas and configured like in the preview.
 
Notes:
– You will have to edit certain widgets and pages like Genesis eNews Extended, Contact Form 7 and others to add your own email and settings.
– Install and activate your theme and the recommended plugins before importing the demo widgets. If a plugin is not installed and activated, any widgets related to that plugin will not import.

Import Demo widgets, customize settings and font controls

Click the button in Appearance > Import Demo Data:

If you’d like to add posts to your blog, import demo-content.xml file to Tools > Import > Run WordPress Importer.

Header Images

Recommended header image size: 1000 x 1000 px.
 
If you use an image with different dimensions, you you can skip cropping to proceed with uploading.
Add your header image in Appearance > Customize > Header Image > Add New Image.
Upload the image and crop or skip crop if available. Save & Publish.
 
You can also adjust the size of the image.

Navigation Menu

In Appearance > Menus, click to add a new menu:

Add a name and click “Create Menu”.
After selecting the pages and adding them to the menu bar, check “Main Menu” box at the bottom and save.

– Create other menus (2) or select pre-existing ones from the drop down (1).
– Select a location for each one of the menus (3).

Slider

Enable the slider in Customize > Slider:

1 – By default it will show your latest posts, but you can upload images manually,
2 – Or show posts from a certain category,
3 – Or show a selection of posts by adding their IDs manually.
4 – Select how many posts the slider will loop through.
5 – Select how many posts to show at once.
6 – Select one of the 3 slider styles:

7 – Select image layout between portrait, landscape and square.
8 – Or set image height in pixels.
9 – Crop images or select the full size.

Featured Posts

Enable featured posts widget in Customize > Featured Posts:

1 – Add widget title, example “Featured Posts”.
2 – Select how many posts to show in total (up to 6).
3 – By default it will show your latest posts, but you can show posts from a certain category.
4 – Or show a selection of posts by adding their IDs manually.
5 – Crop images or select the full size.
6 – Select image layout between portrait, landscape and square.
7 – Choose the placement of the widget between header, footer and between posts.
8 – When selecting the between posts position, type the number of posts to show before the widget. Example the featured posts will be placed after the third post on the homepage.

Featured Boxes

Enable the featured boxes in Customize > Featured Boxes:

1 – Select image layout between portrait, landscape and square.
2 – Change the image size.
3 – Choose the placement of the widget between header, footer and between posts.
4 – When selecting the between posts position, type the number of posts to show before the widget. Example the featured posts will be placed after the eighth post on the homepage.
5 – Upload image, add a title and select a category or add a link.
6 – Click the button to add a new image widget.

Latest Posts

Customize the posts in the homepage, blog page and category pages to your liking in Customize > Theme Settings > Posts:

1 – Change the read more buttons text.
2 – If you enable the sidebar, you can make it sticky.
3 – Select post layout between 1 column, 2 columns, 3 columns, 4 columns, masonry and left/right.
4 – Disable text exceprts.
5 – Disable the category above the title.
6 – Disable the read more buttons.
7 – Enable “shop this post” widget.
8 – Enable the sidebar on the left or right side.
9 – Select image layout between portrait, landscape, original and square.
10 – Crop images or select the full size.
11 – Select how posts show per page.
12 – Add excerpts word limit.

Post Types:

Select the type of post you want to show on the homepage by changing the Post Format in the post editor (1):

And use the excerpt option to limit the words of the text snippet (2), works best for quote and aside formats.

Aside:

Video:

Standard:

Quote:

Posts Featured Images

Enable featured image for single posts in Customize > Posts/Pages Featured Image > Posts or > Pages for static pages.
1 – Disable parallax to make the image appear normal and not sticky.
2 – Enable title and other details.
3 – Choose the placement of the text box between left, right and center (overlapping the image from the bottom).
4 – Add image height in pixels.
5 – Crop images or select the full size.

Related Posts

Enable the widget in Customize > Related Posts:

1 – Add widget title, example “More on the blog”.
2 – Choose how many posts to show in total (up to 5).
3 – Select image layout between portrait, landscape and square.
4 – Crop images or select the full size.
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Note: If the images aren’t squares, regenerate thumbnails.

Instagram

Add a text widget to the sidebar and paste the shortcode below:
[instagram-feed num=4 cols=2 showbutton=false showheader=false imageres=full]
Add a text widget to Footer 2 and paste the shortcode below:
[instagram-feed num=8 cols=4 showbutton=false showheader=false imageres=full]

Connect your Instagram account in Instagram Feed Settings:

And disable the responsive layout as well as remove “Padding around Images” in Instagram Feed > Customize:

Pinterest

Add Underline Designs – Pinterest widget with your username and board name:

Add your username as it appears in the address bar:

Shop The Post

Currently there are two popular websites where you can generate “shop this” widget:
– www.shopstylecollective.com.
– www.rewardstyle.com.
Both of these websites will allow you to monetize the traffic you get, but Reward Style will require you apply before you’re accepted to create an account with them.
To add the widget to the post on the homepage, edit the post and paste the code in After Entry Area:

YouTube

Edit the YouTube widget to add your channel ID and how many videos to show in total. Find your channel ID here.

WooCommerce Settings

If you have WooCommerce plugin activated, you can follow these steps to have your shop look similar to the demo:
– In Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog, set products per row to 3.
– In Customize > WooCommerce > Product Images, the images are cropped to 400px and 3:4 ratio:

– Make sure you have the plugin Genesis Connect for WooCommerce installed and activated.

Widgets

Social Media:

Edit the social media widgets and add your links:

Homepage Widgets:

You can add widgets to the homepage only, in the three sections homepage 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Popular Posts:

You can add Popular Posts widget to the sidebar with these settings:

Sign up (Genesis eNews Extended):

In your account (more instructions in the official help):
1 – Navigate to the Audience tab.
2 – Click the Manage Audience drop-down and choose Signup forms.
3 – Select Embedded forms.
4 – Choose the “Unstyle” option.
5 – Copy the highlighted code similar to the screenshot below inside action=””, (do not include the apostrophes):

6 – Paste the code in the form action field:

7 – The rest of the fields should have EMAIL, FNAME and LNAME in capital letters.

Font & Color Customization

Fonts

If not already installed, install Easy Google Fonts plugin and navigate to Tools > Import > WordPress.
Import madeira-fonts file and you’ll be able to change the fonts in Customize > Typography.

Colors

Change the colors in Customize > Colors, you can also choose one of the premade colors:

Popup Subscribe

You can view Post Popup Subscribe Plugin’s instructions here.

Elegant Shop

You can view Elegant Shop’s instructions here.