Modern Business Pro

Adding a Slider

A slider is a professional and aesthetically appealing tool to display a group of images, videos, or posts. Soliloquy allows you to display images in the form of a slider; SlideDeck 2 allows you to display posts, videos, etc. in the form of a slider as well.   Using the Soliloquy Plugin   Installing Soliloquy 1. From the WordPress Dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Add New 2. Search for Soliloquy lite and hover over Responsive WordPress Slider – Soliloquy Lite 3. Click Install Now and Activate Plugin on the following page   Soliloquy Lite vs Pro While Soliloquy Lite may …

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Modern Business Support

WooCommerce Support Transform your WordPress website into a sleek, impressive eCommerce store. Modern Business supports built-in integration with WooCommerce; any changes you make to the font or color of the main elements of the website will be reflected in WooCommerce shop pages and items. This means that when you post new product, text and buttons to order your product fall in line with the rest of the site! Note: For guidance on installing and setting up WooCommerce, click here.   Gravity Forms Support The ultimate (and easiest) way to create a WordPress newsletter is using a combination of the Gravity …

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Widgets – Unique to Modern Business

Call To Action Widget A call to action is a great way to draw the attention of your viewers to a new feature, sale, or notice. Located in the header of every page, a call to action will immediately catch your viewer’s eye. Using the Widgets Subpanel 1. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Widgets 2. Locate the Modern Business – CTA widget 3. Click and drag the Modern Business – CTA widget to the Header Call to Action space Note: You make place the widget in any of the available spaces, but we recommend that calls to …

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Blogroll vs Static Front Page

Want the front page to display all of your recent posts, or would you rather it be an unchanging welcome page? Either way, you can set that here. 1. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize 2. In the preview sidebar on the left, select the Static Front Page section 3. Select the radio button to either a. Display your latest posts on the front page OR b. Display a static page on the front page i. Select a front page from the Front page dropdown box ii. Select a posts page from the Posts page dropdown box …

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Colors

Color Scheme The color scheme is a very important aspect of a site’s design. Modern Business Pro comes with 6 high quality color schemes, so you’re bound to find one that matches your style! 1. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Theme Options 2. Under the General tab, locate the Color Scheme section 3. Click a color to select a color scheme 4. When you have finished, click Save Options at the bottom of the page   Color Customization Change the color of every element of your website to a custom one of your liking. 1. From the …

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Navigation

Change the Appearance of your Navigation Bars Change the look and functionality of your navigation bar(s) with the click of a button! 1. From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize 2. In the preview sidebar on the left, select the Menus section 3. Select the menu that you would like to display. 4. Under the section labeled Menu Locations you can check off every section of the page you would like that menu to appear, whether that’s the Primary Menu, Top Navigation, Footer Navigation, etc. In the screenshot below you can see that the website being customized only …

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Services

Modern Business Pro comes with a custom post type: Services. Use this post type to advertise the services you provide, which are automatically posted to the Services page. This functions similarly to a normal post, but is optimized specifically for showcasing the services you provide.   Adding a New Service From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Services > Add New Enter a title for your service, and some content regarding it (a description, pictures, video, etc.) When you’ve finished, click Publish   Adding the Services Page to a Menu From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Menus Select a …

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Install Modern Business Pro

Our latest theme, Modern Business Pro, takes advantage of a custom homepage and services pages that you can configure with our Minimize Blocks Plugin. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to to setup your theme and setup the unique homepage and services pages you see in our demo. Before we begin We know that many of our customers are using themes for projects that might be different than their name. For instance, when we see our Real Estate theme used around the web, it’s not always selling houses. Sometimes it’s a small business or just a blog — even our Legal …

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