Games Theme Documentation

### “Games Theme” Documentation by “ThemeMakers” v1.0

# “Games Theme”

Created: 02/19/2013
By: ThemeMakers
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Thank you for purchasing our theme. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to email via my user page contact form here. Thanks so much!

## Table of Contents

1. Theme Installation
2. Content Import
3. Shortcodes
4. Pages creation using different templates
5. How to add consoles and create consoles navigation menu
6. Slides adding and Slider creation. Making Home page as a front page
7. Blog page creation
8. Gallery page creation
9. Games page Creation
10. Reviews page creation
11. Releases page creation
12. Previews page Creation
13. Theme Options
14. Theme Additional functions
15. Widgets
16. SEO fields adding
17. How to work with Menus
18. E-mail Subscriber in Use
19. User's profile
20. bbPress Forum
21. Post Thumbnails
22. CSS Files
23. JavaScript
24. PSD Files
25. Sources and Credits

### A) Installation - top

The theme can be uploaded in two ways:

- FTP upload: Using your FTP program, upload the non-zipped Games folder into the /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server.
- WordPress upload: Navigate to Appearance > Add New Themes > Upload. Go to browse, and select the zipped Games folder. Hit Install Now and the theme will be uploaded and installed.

Once the theme is uploaded, you need to activate it. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate Games theme.

### B) Content Import - top

After the installing and activating the theme you have an ability to upload file demo.xml / dummy.xml with WordPress Test Content, which can help you to understand how exactly Theme Options work

1. To import XML content on your server you need to open "Tools&Import".
2. In new opened options list select "WordPress".
3. If you import the content first time, you will be asked about WordPress Importer installation.You need to press «Install Now». After that new plugin will be installed into our directory wp-content/plugins named «wordpress-importer».
4. When installation is completed click on the link to activate and start up the plugin of importer.
5. Now find demo.xml / dummy.xml file (or some other exported file with WordPress data) and upload it.
6. On the next screen you need to add a new position for the particular author (usually for administrator) and do not forget to press "Download and import file attachments".
7. Now if you go to Admin Control Panel there are new posts, categories, comments,pages, portfolios, testimonials and galleries - all these you can use to test your theme.

By data importing already saved information is not deleted or changed, simply new files adding.

### B) Shortcodes - top

#### Address info

In case you need to inform your participants about your office or home location you have an ability with the help of this shortcode to do it in next way:

- fill in the actual address, phone number, fax if needed and e-mail address as well.

Once you entered info needed pressing "Preview" button you can check how it will look on front-end. So you will get something about this:

#### Alerts

Alerts allow to add a colored block to the page with four notification types: info, warning, error, success.

In case if you need to warn about something, to share any information or simply to point some particular text out, please use this Alerts shortcode.

After pressing Insert button they will have such a look:

#### Audio

Audio. This shortcode helps to add audio files to the pages. You need just insert the link for the audio file you would like to add and press Insert Shortcode:

In case if you need to warn about something, to share any information or simply to point some particular text out, please use this Alerts shortcode.

Front-end view:

#### Blog

Blog shows up certain amount of posts on a page. You just need to put such settings:

Add a title, choose either blog or alternative blog lay out, category to show, chose how to sort posts by ID, date, title, etc.

In the result you will get something like this if default blog lay out was chosen:

or this if you prefer alternate lay out :

#### Button

Button. This shortcode helps to add a button to the page. In this shortcode options you can pick color, size (small, medium, large), URL where you are redirected after clicking on a button, and button text of course:

Such variants are available:

#### Carousel

This theme allows you to add the mixed strip from videos, posts, reviews, previews, games to any page of your website.

To get this you need to put a title for this carusel, than posts, releases, games, reviews as much as you like and also vide. Press "+" for each next item adding.

Front-end view:

#### Charts

Charts shortcode allows the adding of 7 diagram types: Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Column Chart, Geochart, Line chart, Area chart, Combo Chart. In settings to this shortcode you need specify Chart Type, Title, Chart width, Chart height, Background color, Font family, Default font size, Chart titles and Chart data, and also you can choose background title for your chart.

Please be very attentive completing a table, pay attention to every example bellow each box. If you put all information correctly, such types of charts should occurred on your front end:

Check examples available:

##### Pie chart

##### Bar chart

##### Column chart

##### Geochart

##### Line chart

##### Area chart

##### Combo chart

#### Columns

This one helps to split up the text into few columns. To do this you need to pick in Columns settings the following: Column Type (One Third, One Third Last, Two Thirds, Two Thirds Last, One Fourth, One Fourth Last, One Half, One Half Last and full width) and column content in Column Content part.

On the back-end you should get such window:

On your front-end it will look like this:

#### Column post

Column post helps to show up a certain post or few posts needed on a page. To insert this shortcode first you need to set it:

So here you are able to select a post itself to show, regulate charts amount for excerpt, to choose either excerpt or full content will be shown up, decide show or hide featured image, or maybe use custom image link, or show this post image in fancybox, control thumb size for this posts, add or remove "Read More" button, to color and to size this button, and of course to pick how this post title and text will be aligned – left, centre or right.

In fact, if you need more than one posts, you are able to add them as many as you need with the help of this shortcode.

#### Contact form

Contact form. This shortcode adds contact information form to the page. But at first you need to create this form (Appearance > Theme Options > Contact form > Add new). Once form is created you can use it within this shortcode:

Here is an example:

#### Divider

Shortcode of this type adds some divided line to a page. Here is only one style is available:

Which on front-end looks like this:

#### Dropcap

Dropcap allows a visual selection of the first letter or number. In settings you need specify the letter needed, Dropcap Style – either colored or grey, also color and size.

Example of grey one:

#### Google Map

This shortcode adds Google map to a page. Settings allow to select hight, width, latitude, length, measure\scale (from 1 to 19), also to add extra functions to work with map - Controls, turn on or turn off the scaling with the help of scrolling up or down, to specify the Map Type (ROADMAP, SATELLITE, HYBRID, TERRAIN), to set marker, to add informational unit or block starting up with map (if the Popup field is ON and text field HTML is not empty than starting up with map the informational window will be shown).

#### Google Table

Makes easy to add tables to a page. For more information follow this link https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/table

One of examples:

#### Image

This one adds an image with advanced settings. Upload the image needed, point the link where exactly the new window will be opened (self, blank), than point Action (No link on Image, Open link, Show Image in Fancybox), if the Show Image in Fancybox was picked than mark fancybox group, further step is to specify necessary sizes, show an image with borders or without, select an Aalign and Image Alt Right indent, also to pick Left indent, Top indent, Bottom indent, and Link float for an image.

#### List

Here you can make numbered and bullet lists. In settings choose List Style (Unordered, Ordered), List type (Type 1 – Type 16), in List items field put list elements using the divider symbol `

#### Pricing tables

This shortcode can create styled tables with prices. In setting note some Table Title, Table Type (Standart, Small), Currency, Integer Price, Fractional Price, Price description, Table Position (Non Last, Last), Text Content, List Content, Button link, Button text, Button type.

On your front-end you will get this:

#### Quotes

Over here you can make a visual selection in text in case you would like to point out a feedback, quotes or something. Simply put text you would like to add in proper field.

#### Tabbed content

With the help of this shortcode you can add styled tabs to a page. Choose style for tabs outputting, Put Tab Titles and Tab Content.

Front-end look:

#### Title

By dint of this shortcode it's possible to add styled titels on a page. Follow this scheme - specify Title text, Title size (h1-h6), font family, font size, Line height, bottom indent, and Align.

Visually examples look like these:

#### Toggle

Here you can make toggles to show and hide the content. Simply put the Toggle Content Title and Toggle Content itself. You are allowed to add as many toggles as you need.

#### Twitter

This shortcode can add all your last messages from Twitter. You simply need to put your Twitter username and count of tweets to be shown up.

#### Video

With the help of this shortcode you can easily add any video to your pages. Point video type, width, height video id.

### D) Pages creation using different templates - top

Now we are going through all templates available in this theme very briefly in order for you to know how many functions are included and built in.

In our further chapters you will be able to get to know more about each template type and how exactly set each up.

This theme allows you to create a page based on such template types:

- Default Template
- Blog
- Blog Alternate
- Consoles (Games)
- Consoles (Preview)
- Consoles (Release)
- Consoles (Review)
- Gallery
- Home Page
- Subscription page
- User profile

To create a new page is very simple procedure – you go to Pages > Add new on your admin panel. You will be requested to enter a title for this page, put some text if you like. Next step is to define template type for this page. It depends on your needs of course, it can be a Blog, Gallery or Home. Anyway in box “Page attributes” you are able to select a template for this new page:

Default Template allows to add any content to a page: simple text, shortcodes, etc.

Blog Template shows up all posts on a page in one column using. At the left — image, at the right - a title, date, rating, comments link and excerpt, on an image you will see consoles applied.

Blog Alternate practically works in the same way, only difference lies in visual showing up. Images and posts themselves are smaller and consoles featured are located under excerpts.

Consoles (Games) template gathers and shows all Games items you created before:

Consoles (Preview) template basically works as Consoles (Games) template. It outputs preview posts:

Consoles (Release) template shows all releases added in this way:

Consoles (Review) template works as three previous templates, it shows all review items:

Gallery template can add galleries items to your website. For this you need firstly create several galleries (Galleries > Add New), and match categories and consoles needed.

Home Page template usually becomes your front page. Here you can add slider, any type of shortcodes, any content you need.

Subscription page template outputs special form which allows your visitors, customers and participants to sign in with your mail subscription.

User profile template is used to create a special page-cabinet for admin of this website. You can add your personal or contact information there.

### E) How to add consoles and create consoles navigation menu - top

This theme allows to have two main navigation menus. Second menu is based on consoles types. How to add consoles?

It is very simple. Please remember that all consoles which you are going to add will be related to releases, reviews, previews, games and gallery. So basically the same consoles group is used.

When you are adding Gallery items, or Releases, etc you have an ability to apply each item to one particular console. By the way, you can add as many consoles as you need.

Than to shou up all consoles you need to go to Appearance > Menus, switch to Secondary menu and in box “Consoles” check all consoles you need to get on main navigation menu.

Thid video shows in details how it works

As an additional option you can choose a color for each console label.
Open your consoles list

Click on that console you would like to edit and you will get such window

Chose a color you like and press “Update”.

On your fron end you have this:

### F) Slides adding and Slider creation. Making Home page as a front page - top

To place slider on one of your pages firstly you need to create at least one slider group and add there few images/slides. Let's do it step-by-step.

1. We go to Appearance > Theme Options > Slider groups > Add new.
2. Make up the name for this group and press “+”
3. In new opened window you see many fields for inserting slide data
5. Press “+” for adding each next new slide.
6. Upload image, or if you would like to add video to a slide you need to insert a link for this video.
7. You are able to specify a console for this slide.
8. Next goes slide title
9. Put slide subtitile
10. Decribe a slide in few words
11. Options allow to add button to each slide if needed.
12. Also you can add a link to the website or page you will be redirected to after clicking on it.

#### Additional features

In this section you are able to choose color for Title text, Subtitle text and Description text as well.

Be advised that you can create few slider groups, but use only one per page.

When you are done with a slide it's very to important to check box with yellow mark at the right top corner to save all setting to each particular slide.

When all slides are adding we are going to apply it to a page.

1. We go to a page where this slider will be located. Usually it is Home page, however this theme allows to add slider to any page.
2. When you editing or creating a page please take a look at the right bottom box “Page slider”.
3. Here you need to choose slider group to this particular page (Home).
4. Press “Update”

Our next step is to show up our Home page with slider. For this we:

1. Go to Appearance > Menus.
2. Choose on which menu you would like to have this page either Primary or Secondary Menu. For example, let's take Secondary one.
3. In this case switch to Secondary Menu tab
4. Than in box “Pages” check Home box and press “Add to menu”.
5. Don't forget to save all changes (“Save Menu”)

If you would like to make your Home page as a front page that go to Setting on your admin panel, than Reading and here make new Home page static one.

Note: In this case you do not need to add Home page to Secondary or primery menu, othrewise you will get two Home pages.

That's it, now update your front-end and enjoy!

This video shows whole process in real:

And this video shows how to make your Home page a static one:

### G) Blog page creation - top

This page shows all posts you have. Firstly add as much posts as you need. Posts > add new.

Posts are added in usual way – enter title, add text, fill in Excerpt box, tags, set featured image and choose category need. Also you are able to apply this post to a particular console.

Once you add as many posts as you need we are going to show them on our Blog page.

Go to Pages > Add new, and here in Page Attributes box select Blog or Blog Alternate template type for this page.

Than we go to Appearance > Menus, and check Blog page box in “Pages” area.

Pay attention to what menu you add this page either to Primary or to Secondary.

Don't forget press “Save” after all changes.

This video helps you to figure this out

### H) Gallery items adding and Gallery page creation - top

First of all you need to create one or more gallery items. For this go to Galleries > Add New. Enter a title here, some text if needed and also you can add excerpt (short description).

At the right hand check all consoles boxes which this gallery will be applied to.

Than set featured image for this gallery item which will be as a preview.

To add some images or video you want to have in this gallery please go a bit down and find Gallery metabox. Here you can upload all pictures and videos.

Also you may specify a category for this gallery/item. In case if you need to divide gallery items into few groups. Press Add New Game category and add the name of this category. After that please check if category needed is marked.

Also you should pay attention to press Save or Upload after making some changes in order to save all your options.

When all galleries are added next we are going to in order to show up all images from galleries is to create the Gallery Page.

For this go to Pages and add new page for future gallery. As a template choose Gallery one.

Then we go to Appearance > Menus to show up our new created Gallery page on main navigation menu.

Here you need to switch to Primary Menu, and in box "Pages" check box with our gallery and add it to menu.

### I) Games page creation - top

First of all we need to create few items to be shown on Games page. You need to that by analogy of posts creation and show them on Blog page.

Let's start:

1. We go to Games > Add new
2. Put a title here, some text and excerpt.
3. At the right side you have your consoles list. Check those consoles you would like to apply this game to.
4. In field Games Setting put release date of this game
5. If there is a need to divide your games into categories you can do it in “Games categories” box.
6. Once you are done with first item press “Publish”.

You can add as many games items as you need.

Also you can rate each item:

You are done with adding games and now we are going to create a page to show all our items.

1. Go to Pages > Add new.
2. As a template for this page we select Consoles (Games)
3. Very important thing is to check console box for which this games page is created
4. Now when page for games is created we need to make it visible. For that we go to Appearance > Menus > Secondary Menu tab.
5. In box “Pages” check our new Games page and add to menu.
6. Remember that we created this games page to one specific console. So basically we can use it as a sub-menu page for one of consoles.

On your front-end you will get this:

#### This process in real you can check here

### J) Reviews page creation - top

This page is created by analogy to Games page.

Firstly we need to create few reviews to be shown on Reviews page.

First step → Go to Reviews > Add new.

Second step → fill in all data requested: a title here, some text, excerpt and set featured image. At the right side you have your consoles list. Check that console you would like to apply this review to. Also you can select games this review is devoted to:

Third step → once all reviews are added we need to publish them on our website. For this we are creating pages for our reviews Pages > Add new, and as a template here we choose Consoles (reviews)

Pay your attention to check console box you add this Reviews page to

Fourth step → when page for reviews is created we need to show it. For that we go to Appearance > Menus > Secondary Menu tab. In box “Pages” check our new Reviews page and add to menu.

Remember that we created this review page to one specific console. So basically we can use it as a sub-menu page for one of consoles.

This screencast shows how to make it

### K) Releases page creation - top

This page is created by analogy to Reviews page.

1. we need to create few releases to be shown on Releases page. For that we go to Releases > Add new.
2. fill in all data requested: a title here, some text, excerpt and set featured image.At the right side you have your consoles list. Check that console you would like to apply this release to. Also you can select games this release is devoted to.
3. once all releases are added we need to publish them on our website. For this we are creating pages for our reviews Pages > Add new, and as a template here we choose Consoles (releases)
   Pay your attention to check console box you add this Releases page to.
4. when page for reviews is created we need to show it. For that we go to Appearance > Menus > Secondary Menu tab. In box “Pages” check our new Reviews page and add to menu.

Remember that we created this review page to one specific console. So basically we can use it as a sub-menu page for one of consoles.

As the result you will get this:

This video will help you out

### L) Previews page creation - top

This page is created by analogy to Previews page.

1. we need to create few releases to be shown on Reviews page. For that we go to Previews > Add new.
2. fill in all data requested: a title here, some text, excerpt and set featured image. Also here is an ability to add video. At the right side you have your consoles list. Check that console you would like to apply this preview to. Also you can select games this preview is devoted to.
3. once all previwes are added we need to publish them on our website. For this we are creating pages for them Pages > Add new, and as a template here we choose Consoles (previews)
4. when page for reviews is created we need to show it. For that we go to Appearance > Menus > Secondary Menu tab. In box “Pages” check our new Reviews page and add to menu.

Remember that we created this review page to one specific console. So basically we can use it as a sub-menu page for one of consoles.

That's how it looks on fron end:

This screencast will help you to figure this out:

### M) Theme Options - top

Theme Options extended panel helps you to customize GamesTheme whatever you want and need with easy. You are able to play with colors, setting, lay outs, etc.

Let's view each tab of this panel in depth.

General tab includes setting for General options, Home page options, Rates and Users.

General options allow you to:

- upload images for Custom Favicon
- modify site Logo (Image, Text), Logo font family, Logo Text Color
- to choose Sidebar position
- enable or disable user registration
- to show or hide Search field on menu
- to show or hide breadcrumbs
- to show or hide footer area
- to turn off and on default image media settings
- to add or edit Style Table by dint of Custom CSS
- to add Tracking Code for tracking statistics Google Analytics
- to manage RSS branch by FeedBurner
- also you have an ability to export settings of current theme and import them in case of new WordPress installation need

Do not forget press “Save all changes” after some updates.

Home page options control amount of Reviews and Releases on your Home page

Rates regulate setting for rating of posts, reviews, previews, games, releases, etc. You can choose the amount of rating number, permit rating for registered users only or not and disable rates at all.

Styling tab allows you to customize heading, main navigation, content, etc.

In General category you can choose:

- Header Text color or disable it
- pick links color
- choose Body Pattern type (defaults pattern or use custom one)

Headings regulate all titles and content font size and family of the theme

In Main Navigation you can choose:

- font family for Main Navigation
- Main Navigation text color
- Main Navigation hover text color

Content is responsible for:

- global site font family
- content font family
- content font size
- content text color

Buttons tab controls all buttons settings:

- buttons font family
- buttons font size
- buttons text color

Widgets help you to make customization for next things:

- Widgets heading font family
- Widgets heading font size
- Default widgets background
- Box Title Gradient's Top Color
- Box Title Gradient's Bottom Color
- Default widgets title color
- Testimonials text color
- Testimonials author text color

Images tab controls only frame border colors for all theme images.

In Footer you can choose title colors for your footer widgets.

Slider section provides with all setting for theme slider. This theme has only one slider – Showcase. You are allowed to control:

- Content width
- disable/enable auto sliding
- Interval between previous and next slide
- disable/enable continuos
- disable/enable loading
- disable/enable keyboard keys
- to pause on hover or not
- choose transition effects (fade, hslide, vslide)
- set transition delay and speed
- pick thumbnails direction and position
- Thumbnails slides (regulates thumbnail items appearing)

Sliders Groups - This tab helps you to add new sliders groups. To do it you just need to upload images needed to new group. More details you will find in chapter “Slider creation”.

Blog category handles all blog page settings:

- Blog Layout (default or alternative)
- disable/enable blog posts comments
- disable/enable related posts
- Show/hide author info
- show/ hide posts metadata (date, category, tags, etc.)
- let it to show full content
- to pick excerpts characters amount

Gallery simply regulates slider height and width on gallery page, and also can hide or show gallery filter.

Contact form tab allows to add contact forms, which further will be used on a page or in widgets.

Custom Sidebar If you need additional sidebars you can create then right here and choose on which pages they will be shown up.

SEO Tools Here are some SEO additional options. For more detailed information please go to SEO field Adding Chapter.

Email notifications This one allows you to edit the message which is shown up when new user gets registration.

Footer section is responsible for footer text. Here you can edit it whatever you need.

### N) Theme Additional functions - top

Custom background Each single page background can be changed or controlled via Custom Page Options block. It's up to you how you would like to fine-tune this area. If you want to change Custom Page Background please select one particular color or upload some image. If image was loaded you need to pick its repetition: Repeat, Repeat X, Fixed.

Page sidebar position You are able to manage sidebar position on pages: either right or left, or without it at all.

Content Area Moreover you can add two block types: Top Content (Content on the top of the page with light gray background) and Bottom Content (Content in the bottom of the page with shadow divider) in each separate page or posts page. For this when you are editing page please fill necessary blanks in Content areas.

### O) Widgets - top

This theme includes more that 20 widgets available.

There are five sidebars: Thememakers Default Sidebar, Footer Sidebar 1, Footer Sidebar 2, Footer Sidebar 3, Footer Sidebar 4. In each sidebar you can add different widgets the way you want. Simple drag and drop widget to a sidebar area, put setting requested and save changes.

#### Let's see each widget in details.

Archives Archives Widget is showing up posts lists by classifying them by month.

Pages This one can add web-site pages to widgets, allows to choose proper sorting and remove all pages unwanted.

Tag Cloud Here your most used tags are shown up in cloud format. Just fill in the title one of five taxomonies types: Categories, Tags, Clients, Skills, Gallery Categories.

ThemeMakers Latest Tweets The widget can display your latest tweets from Twitter. For this you need to note title, Tweeter username and the number of tweets allowed.

Calendar Calendar Widget can show up the calendar with present months.

Recent Comments This widget shows the latest comments.

Text You can enter and edit any text you want with the help of this widget.

ThemeMakers Recent Posts Makes available to show up recent posts in widgets. Also you can specify Posts Categories, Number of posts, show thumbnail, excerpt, and See All Button.

Categories In this widget all posts categories are shown up. Here you can choose how exactly categories are displayed: as a dropdawn, or show post counts, or even show post hierarchy.

Recent Posts By this widget all links to your latest posts are shown.

ThemeMakers Contact Form With the help of this widget already created contact form can be shown. Just pick the name of the form needed in dropdown menu.

Custom Menu Here widget consists of user's menu. Simply in Select Field area specify menu needed and press Save.

RSS Here your RSS brunch is located.

TemeMakers Flickr This widget makes possible to display all images from your account http://www.flickr.com if you have some.In options just set username and number of images you would like to be shown.

ThemeMakers Social Links In this widget you can insert links to your groups or accounts in Social Networks and on your RSS branch as well.

Meta Here are log in/out fields, beck-end links,link to your RSS notes, and also WordPress links.

Search This is widget of search.

ThemeMakers Google map ThemeMakers Google Map allows you to add map from Google, the ability to set font size , weight, height, latitude, and also to add a marker and pop-up window.

ThemeMakers Testimonials All your web-site testimonials are displayed in this widget.

ThemeMakers FaceBook Like Box Widget Shows people who liked your website, and also give an ability to press "Like" button.

ThemeMakers Previews Makes easy to show certain amount of reviews. You are able to specify this amount after adding this widget to a sidebar, moreover if reviews contain some videos they also will be displayed in this widget, you need to set height and width sizes.

ThemeMakers Latest Video Show all videos from user's cabinet. Here you also need to specify height and width settings

ThemeMakers recent Games Outputs all Games items added. You can add title here, choose post type, choose the way to sort and order posts, specify post number, check consoles boxes needed and also pick the way of displaying: with or without thumbnails, excerpts, rating and console filter

ThemeMakers Newsletter Subscription Shows up special sign up form for users to subsribe for newsletters.

ThemeMakers Top-reviews Shows few of all your reviews, you just need to specify the amount.

### P) SEO fields adding - top

This theme allows to control Meta fields for each post, page and gallery. Just fill each field (Meta Title, Meta keywords and Meta description) with proper information

Also you are able to manage SEO options in tab Theme Options > SEO Tools > General.

Here you can set Meta fields for your Home Page, Post listing, Portfolio listing, Gallery listing.

On tab Theme Options > SEO Tools > SEO Groups you can create groups for the categories, however pay attention that one SEO group can be used only for one category.

### Q) How to work with Menus - top

This theme allows you to modify your menus items whatever you need. Working on GamesTheme you should always pay attention to which menu you make changes: Primary or Secondary

On your back-end you have an ability to control these Menus via special tab Appearance > Menus.

It's very easy to add pages to your menus.

You can do it once you created each separate page or when all pages are created and you simply need to place them on your navigation panels.

In box "Theme locations" you can choose which menu appears in each location.

Box "Pages" show all pages you created.

Than goes "Consoles" area which lists all consoles added.

Also there special boxes for "Games" "Categories" "Reviews" "Previews" "Releases" and "Games categories" which shows all posts published.

Three things you need to do are:

1. to define with which exact Menu you are working: Primary or Secondary;
2. check boxes which items you would like to be shown up on Menu and press "Add to menu".
3. do this procedure with all items which you need to have on both menus just do not forget to switch from one menu to another and press "Save Menu" after all changes made

When main pages are added you can easily add submenu items.

For this drag and drop an item needed to place wanted.

For example, you would like to create submenu for XBOX 360 console. In this submenu you need to post all releases, reviews, previews and games for this particular console.

Choose Menu type! Let it be Secondary Menu for instance.

First - you check these pages in your box "Pages" and press "Add to Menu" button.

Second – when pages are added to main list of items you simply drag and drop them under XBOX 360 console menu item

When you are done and all XBOX 360 submenu items are placed save all changes and check your front end. You will get this:

This screencast will help you out

### S) User Profile - top

GamesTheme allows users to get registration.

Each user has his/her own cabinet where her or she has an ability to publish private and contact information, add avatar, your own games, video, favorite users and manage your subscription.

If you are an admin you need to create special page where each user after registration will have her/his own cabinet. For this we go to Pages > Add new, as a template here we choose “User profile”

Each user should create a new account to have an access to this gamesportal.

Check your e-mail box and get your password.
Once you are log in you are able to edit your profile.

### T) bbPress Forum - top

We made this theme fully compatible with bbPress forum plugin in order for you and your users have an ability to discuss new games events, share inforamtion regarding game strategies, rules, etc, ask for help , support and so on.

#### Installation

##### Automatic Plugin Installation

1. Open your WordPress Admin Dashboard and go to Plugins > Add New.
2. Under Search, type in bbPress into the search form and click the Search Plugins button to the right, bbPress should be the first result in the returned list.
3. Click Details for to confirm the author is listed as ‘The bbPress Community‘ and links back to http://bbpress.org
4. Click Install Now to install the bbPress Plugin.
5. A popup window will ask you to confirm your wish to install the Plugin.
6. Click Proceed to continue with the installation. The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install.
7. If successful, click Activate Plugin to activate bbPress.

##### Manual Plugin Installation

1. Download the current version .zip of bbPress and extract the contents to a folder on your PC.
2. With your FTP program upload the extracted ‘bbpress‘ folder to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ folder.
3. From your WordPress Admin Dashboard and go to Plugins and Activate the bbPress Plugin.

### U) Custom Menus - top

If you use version 3.0+ of WordPress, you can setup custom menus to use with our theme. Games comes with one custom menu location. It is used for the site's main navigation, also you can create more and place them into sidebars if needed.

#### Setting up custom menus (WP3.0+)

Go to Appearance > Menus. Give your menu a name and build it up using little widgets on the right. You can add pages, categories or custom URLs.

Now simply select the theme location for your newly created menus using a widget on the left. Under Primary Navigation, select your menu from the dropdown list, to use it as the site's main navigation.

### V) CSS Files and Colour Schemes - top

The Games theme includes 1 main CSS file that is used at various times depending on user-controlled options that determine the site's display. It can be found in the theme's main folder style.css.

The main stylesheet is organised by section and includes a styles index for quick navigation. To locate the styles for a particular section, view the index and locate them by comment title.

    ----------------------
    Stylesheet Guide
    -------------------------

     RESET
     GLOBAL STYLES

     LAYOUT
            GALLERY
            COLUMNS

    GENERAL STRUCTURE
            CONTENT AREA
    			Blog
    			Commentlist
    			Commentform
    			404
    			map
            SIDEBAR AREA
            FOOTER AREA

     NAVIGATION
            Main Navigation
            Platform Navigation

     TYPOGRAPHY
            Dividers
            Borders
            Buttons
            Dropcaps
            Lists
            Custom Box Styles

    CONTACT AREA

    WIDGETS
            Tabs
            Categories
            Top Games
            Twitter
            Flickr
            Tables
            Pricing Tables
            Tabbed
            Toggle
            Pagenavi
            About
            Related
            Scroller

### W) JavaScript - top

This theme imports various Javascript files.

1. jQuery - is a Javascript library that greatly reduces the amount of code that you must write. For more information, please visit http://www.jquery.com/
2. jQuery Fancybox for images, videos, YouTube, iframes. Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
3. Flickrfeed Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
4. jQuery-UI Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
5. Awkaward showcase. Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
6. jQuery cycle Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
7. jQuery Easing Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
8. jQuery jPlayer. Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
9. jScrollpane. Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
10. Quicksand Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
11. Raty Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
12. Modernizr Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
13. Twitter Refer to the author's documentation for additional notes on how to use it.
14. Custom javascript file

### X) PSD Files - top

I've included two main psds with this theme:

1. The main layout
2. The blog layout

All the PSDs contain styling for all necessary elements including layers and slices.

### Y) Sources and Credits - top

Purchased images:

- super soldier
- necromancer sorcere
- Angel of Light
- The Barbarian and the Dragon
- Cyborg
- Dusty Landing on Mars Colonial Outpost
- shot of a russian military tank T55 from eighties. Cannon covered with his original case
- Planet earth with sunrise in space
- futuristic high tech robot
- Motorcycle racing on the highway
- Space Marines arriving on a Red Planet
- Race. My own car design
- Fire car
- Space Adventure
- planet with rings at sunrise on the background of the cosmos

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.

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