Magsy Documentation

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Installing Magsy

Step 1 - ThemeForest provides you 2 options for downloading your purchased item.

  1. All files & documentation - the file you need is magsy.zip in uploads folder.
  2. Installable WordPress file only - you can use the downloaded file directly in this case.

Step 2 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 3 - Click "Add New Theme", then "Upload Theme".

Step 4 - Click "Choose File", then select magsy.zip which was explained in step 1.

Step 5 - Click "Install Now" and activate the theme after installing it.

Step 6 - Install the required plugins by clicking "Begin installing plugins".

Updating Magsy

Updating your theme to the latest version is same as installing it. However, it's always a good idea to backup your database for safety. When you update the theme, all direct changes made inside the parent theme files will be overwritten. It's strongly recommended that making changes in a child theme. Also if you translated your theme, copy .po and .mo files to a safe place and copy them back after installing a new update.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 2 - Activate a different theme such as Twenty Seventeen.

Step 3 - Hover over Magsy and click "Theme Details".

Step 4 - Click "Delete" on the bottom right corner, then "OK".

Step 5 - The rest is same as installing a new theme. Click here to read the section.

Installing a Child Theme

Child theme is the best way to customize your theme. If you made changes inside the parent theme files directly, all the changes will be lost when you update the theme. On the other hand, when you use a child theme and make customizations, the changes will remain even if you update the theme. Installing a child theme is as easy as a regular theme.

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Step 2 - Click "Add New Theme", then "Upload Theme".

Step 3 - Click "Choose File", then select magsy-child.zip. You can find the file in uploads folder of the whole package downloaded from ThemeForest.

Step 4 - Click "Install Now" and activate the theme after installing it.

Hero Section

Step 1 - Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Hero Section.

Step 2 - Hero section can be enabled on the latest posts page and a single post/page. Choose an option where you want the hero section enabled.

Step 3 - Select a hero style. You can see the changes live while you're playing with the settings.

Step 4 - After choosing the hero style, the hero content field will be enabled and you can choose a single image for a hero image or multiple images for a hero gallery. For a single page/post, its featured image will be used as a hero image.

Step 5 - If you want to change specific post/page hero settings, navigate to its edit screen and change them in Hero Settings section.

Post Author

Step 1 - Navigate to Users > Your Profile.

Step 2 - Enter your social media profiles in Contact Info section and a bio in Biographical Info field.

Translation

Step 1 - Choose your site language in Settings > General > Site Language field.

Step 2 - POEdit is a free software for translating WordPress theme easily. Download it here.

Step 3 - Open POEdit and navigate to File > New From POT/PO File...

Step 4 - Select magsy/languages/magsy.pot file.

Step 5 - Choose the language you're translating into and click "OK". For example, if you're translating your theme into German, choose German (Germany).

Step 6 - Now begin translating your theme. You don't have to translate every string in the list. Just search for the strings you need and translate them.

Step 7 - After translating all the strings you need, save the file in magsy/languages folder. The file name format is [language code]_[COUNTRY CODE]. For example, if you're translating your theme into German (Germany), the file name must be de_DE. Please see language codes here and country codes here. If you did it right, there must be 3 files in magsy/languages folder, magsy.pot, de_DE.po and de_DE.mo. Note that if you translated your theme into a different language than German, de_DE.po and de_DE.mo file names will be different.

Thank you so much for purchasing Magsy and joining our Mondo community. We hope that you will create such a beautiful site with your Magsy. If you still have a question, open a ticket on our support site.

Best regards, MondoTheme
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