ALMANAC THEME INSTRUCTION MANUAL

CHANGING THE LOGO
You can change the logo from the theme panel, by changing the ‘Logo Image Url’ with your new logo
image url.
You can also switch to text logo from the theme panel. In this case your ‘Site Title’ will replace the
logo.

ADDING A FEATURED IMAGE TO A POST
When you edit a post, in the bottom of the right column you have a new area called Featured Image.
Click on the Set Featured Image link and you will be taken in the image uploader interface, where you
can upload or select one of the existing images. Make sure that after you view your image press the
‘Use as Featured Image’ link. Add the full sized image as your featured image, the image will be
resized and cropped to fit your post, and when clicked the full size will open in the lightbox.

EMBEDING VIDEOS TO YOUR POSTS
You can add a video to any post, by simply creating a custom field in the post and in the value enter
your embed code. The custom field name should be ‘video’ and the value should be the embed code
you got from YouTube, Vimeo or another website.. Custom fields area is located in the bottom of the
screen when you edit a post. If your custom fields section is not visible, in the top right of your screen
when you edit a post, you have a button named ‘Screen Options’, please click on it and enable the
custom fields section.
Note that the width of the embedded video should be 400px. Please watch this tutorial about how to
change the size of your video.
http://www.vivathemes.com/how-to-embed-a-video-in-your-content/


USING SHORTCODES
Shortcodes are custom styled elements ready for you to use. You can use them in your posts, pages
or text widgets. To check out our shortcodes please see here :
http://demo.vivathemes.com/themes/almanac/?page_id=119
Sample usages:
Big buttons: [bluebutton]link text[/bluebutton] html is
[bluebutton]<a href=”your url”>text</a>[/bluebutton]
Small buttons: [smallblue]link text[/smallblue]
Boxes: [download]some text[/download]