Melissa

Customizer

Customizer is a WYSIWYG theme settings interface. You can setup typography, navigation, widgets positioning, background images and colors settings here. Our theme installation will provide you with a wider range of settings, such as social networks configuration, page layouts setting, sidebars, block setting and much more. The main advantage is that you can see the result immediately, and you can change it in no time flat without having to work with the files or code.

There are two ways to start configuring. First is to navigate to Appearance > Customize section. Second way is to press on Customize at the top left corner of site. This way allows you to edit the page you’re currently viewing. And the first way initially shows the site front page by default.

Left side of the site interface lists the available settings. Page template is displayed at the right side of the screen. After adding the changes you can save them by pressing the Save & Publish button.

Below is the list of settings which can be customized according to your needs:

Site Identity

Here you can setup site identity.

Site Title

Your website title goes here.

Tagline

This a short statement similar to a subtitle or advertising slogan.

Show Tagline On Top Panel

This property specifies whether to show or hide tagline on top panel.

Show ToTop Button

This property specifies whether to enable or disable Totop button.

Show Page Preloader

This property specifies whether to show or hide preloader.

General Site Settings

Here you can customize logo & favicon, breadcrumbs, social links and page layout.

Logo & Favicon

You can configure logo and favicon here.

Site Icon

Icon image that is displayed in the browser address bar and browser tab heading. Icons must be square. Max icon (.ico) size is 32x32 px. You can also upload favicon for retina displays. Max retina icon size: 512x512 px. Also you can Enable Retina optimization and Show preloader when open a page via selecting the checkbox.

Breadcrumbs

Here you can set up site breadcrumbs.

• enable breadcrumbs

  show / hide breadcrumbs;

• enable breadcrumbs on front page

  enable/disable breadcrumbs on front page;

• enable page title in breadcrumbs area

  show page title in breadcrumbs area;

• show full / minified breadcrumbs path

  select whether full or minified breadcrumbs display mode.

Social links

Here you can set up site social links.

• show social links in header

  displays the list of links to social networks pages in site header;

• show social links in footer

  displays the list of links to social networks pages in site footer.

Page Layout

Here you can select the layout pattern for the pages.

Container Type

Select whether Fullwidth or Boxed Mode of container type.

Sidebar Width

The width ratio of the sidebar and main template container, can take two values: 1/3 or 1/4.

Colors

Here you can set up the main background color of template.

Body Background Color

Select color of the body background.

Color Scheme

Here you can set up site color scheme.

Configure Color Scheme

• Accent color

  first version of the main theme color.

• Primary text color

  primary text color.

• Secondary text color

  secondary text color.

• Invert text color

  invert text color.

• Link color

  color of the links.

• Link hover color

  color of the links on hover.

• H1 color

  color of the H1 title.

• H2 color

  color of the H2 title.

• H3 color

  color of the H3 title.

• H4 color

  color of the H4 title.

• H5 color

  color of the H5 title.

• H6 color

  color of the H6 title.

Typography

Here you can configure headers and text typography.

• Body text

  main website text typography options;

• H1 Heading

  H1 heading font settings;

• H2 Heading

  H2 heading font settings;

• H3 Heading

  H3 heading font settings;

• H4 Heading

  H4 heading font settings;

• H5 Heading

  H3 heading font settings;

• H6 Heading

  H4 heading font settings;

• Logo text

  logo font settings;

• Menu

  menu font settings;

• Breadcrumbs

  breadcrumbs font settings;

• Button

  button font settings.

Header

You can set header items here.

Header Styles

• background color

  here you can set background color for the header;

• background image

  here you can define site header background image;

• background repeat

  this property sets if a background image will be repeated, or not. By default, a background-image is repeated both vertically and horizontally;

• background position

  this property sets the starting position of a background image. By default, a background-image is placed at the top-left corner;

• background attachment

  this property sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page. By default, a background attachment is scroll.

Top Panel

You can set header top panel here.

• enable top panel

  enable/disable top panel;

• background color

  here you can define header top panel background color;

Background Image

You can choose the background image for your website.

• Preset:
  • default;
  • fill screen;
  • fit to screen;
  • repeat;
  • custom.
• Image Position:

  You can choose the position of the background image.

• Image Size:
  • original;
  • fit to screen;
  • fill screen;
• Repeat Background Image:

  You can enable background image repeat.

• Scroll With Page:

  You can enable background image scroll.

Menus

Menus:

Your theme supports a main menu. Select the locations, where the menu appears, you can also place the menu in widget areas with the Custom Menu widget.

Locations List:

• main - select primary navigation menu;
• footer - select navigation menu, that will be displayed in the footer area;
• social - select navigation menu, that will be used for social networks.

Widgets

You can configure widgets and their positions here. Main theme functionality is focused in widgets. Each template has a specific set of Widget Areas.

Widget Creating

In order to add a widget to template page you should first decide where will it be displayed on the website by selecting one of the Widgets Areas available. Next press the + Add a Widget button on the list of widgets that appears. After doing this you can define the order of widgets appearance by pressing Reorder button.

Footer

Settings for the website footer section.

• copyright text

  set custom copyright text for your footer area.

Blog

Here you can configure your blog.

• layout

  select the layout pattern for pages with custom blog layout;

• style

  select the style for the blog layout;

• sidebar

  select the position of sidebars;

• sticky label type

  text label, font icon, text with icon;

• show post author

  show / hide post author;

• show publish date

  show / hide publish date;

• show categories

  show / hide categories;

• show tags

  show / hide tags;

• show comments

  show / hide comments.

• show excerpt

  show / hide excerpt;

• exceprt words count

  define number of words in the excerpt;

• Read More button type

  select the type of Read More button;

• Read More button text

  this setting specifies the Read More button label text;

• navigation type

  select navigation type.

Homepage Settings

Your theme supports different homepage settings.

Your homepage displays:

• your latest posts - front page shows a list of site posts that were recently added;
• a static page - this setting allows to choose site main and blog pages among the list of the available ones.

Homepage:

• select your Homepage from the dropdown list.

Posts Page:

• select your Posts Page from the dropdown list.

Additional CSS

This section allows you to add custom CSS and instantly see how your changes affect your site. The live prewiew allows you to work quickly without page refreshes slowing you down.