- Adjust your user settings Take a moment and change your password to something you will remember, set your timezone, set up permalinks, set up your discussion settings, and fill out the other user information.
Go to Appearances > Add New Themes”
- Install WPFolio by going to the “Appearance” menu tab in the WordPress Administration Panel. Searching for WPFolio in the themes and install it. This is the easiest way. OR
- OR Download beta versions and early releases of future WPFolio releases on github and install to your themes folder via the upload button – see video, and select full screen and HD to see the fine print:
- OR Download beta versions and early releases of future WPFolio releases on github and install to your themes folder via the upload button – see video, and select full screen and HD to see the fine print:
- Set Large Image Size Go to yourdomain.com/wp-admin/options-media.php
- Make your large images 900wide x 600high
WordPress Media Settings
- Install plugins Go to the “plugins > add new” tab in the Administration Panel, search for the plugins, and install them. See list of recommended plugins below.
- JetPack – which includes:
- Carousel – for displaying galleries of images full screen
- A Contact Form
- Social Bookmarking tools – buttons for sharing on Facebook, Twitter, etc
- Post by Email – a very handy tool for emailing your posts to WordPress
- Statistics – show you how many people have visited your site and what the most popular content is.
- and many other handy features
- A search engine optimization plugin (of your choice)
- Aksimet for preventing spam
- JetPack – which includes:
Plugin Recommendations
They’re all free so try out others. (Learn more about WordPress plugins) Just search for them in the WordPress Administration Panel and install!
Be sure to keep your plugins updated. WordPress will notify you when they need to be updated by putting a small number above the plugins tab in the wordpress interface.
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Steve,
The video on installing the 1.6 wpfolio theme using the upload button was VERY helpful!!! I had been trying for hours to install and create from scratch a child theme for the 1.5 version with no success. Now that I’ve installed 1.6, I just need to make minor adjustments to my header, which changed with the install. And now I can make all the other tweaks I wanted to using the child theme.
Thanks!
Sheena
The child theme is included in WPFolio 1.6+ but I’m pretty sure you need to drag it from the wpfolio folder into your themes folder in order to be able to activate it.
Oh hallelujah for this reply, I was desperately trying to get the last function of activating the child theme. Thank you for helping up this very steep learning curve!
“WPFolio” in every possible configuration (capped uncapped etc) is NOT coming up under WP themes in dashboard. 30 minutes trying to find it – I guess I move to the next idea…
Or watch the first video shown on this page and keep going with your plan.
I tried several others. This looks like the best, and open source. Thanks.
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