Amelia [Genesis] - Post-Installation Guide

This article is for customers who have purchased theme installation for the Amelia theme (Genesis).

We just installed your theme on your site – you may be wondering, now what? Below we'll go over the common questions we get post-installation, where you need to go to update things, and more. :)

Homepage - Slider

The image slider in the Amelia theme pulls images from your blog posts. To change the slider images, simply set new featured images for each of your recent posts.

Slider Tips:

  • Upload images that are at least 1650px wide by 600px tall for the slider. Larger is fine too! If your images smaller than this, your slider won't span the width of the screen.
  • By default, the slider will display your most recent posts. If you would like to individually choose which posts display in the slider, click here for instructions.
  • If you want to use a traditional image slider instead of a post slider, click here.

Homepage - 3 Featured Buttons

To change the images (or title) for the 3 buttons below the slider, go to Appearance > Widgets > Front Page 2. Open the Genesis Featured Page widgets. You can select a new image, change the title, etc from the settings.

Click here for detailed instructions on swapping out the photos in the Genesis Featured Page widget.

Homepage - Currently Loving

To add your own affiliate shopping widget to this section, click here for instructions.

Configuring your subscription widgets

To set up your subscription widgets with a mailing list provider (Mailchimp, ConvertKit, FloDesk, etc), click here for instructions.

The subscription widgets in your theme are located at Appearance > Widgets in the following widget areas: Primary Sidebar, Front Page 4, Instagram Landing Page, and After Entry. 

Navigation Menus

There are two navigation menus in the Amelia theme – the Primary Navigation (the top bar above the header) and the Secondary Navigation (the menu below the header).

To add/remove/rearrange links in your navigation menus, go to Appearance > Menus. Click here for detailed instructions on using menus in Wordpress.

Sidebar photo and blurb

Click here for instructions on easily updating your sidebar photo.

To update the text/blurb, go to Appearance > Widgets > Primary Sidebar > Custom HTML widget. Replace the existing text with your own.

Add, remove, or change social icons

Click here for instructions on updating your social media icons.

Shop the Post Widgets

Click here for instructions on adding Shop the Post widgets to your site. To add Shop the Post widgets to your homepage underneath the Continue Reading button, follow the "Using the Custom Field" section on the instructions page.

Instagram Landing Page

The link to your Instagram landing page is your website URL + /instagram. Example:  https://yourwebsite.com/instagram

The Instagram landing page is very easy to update and change as needed. To add/change/remove menu items, go to Appearance > Menu > Instagram Menu. To edit anything else on the page (i.e. the social icons), go to Appearance > Widgets > Instagram Landing Page.

Complete instructions for the Instagram landing page can be found here.

Instagram Feed

If you did not provide your Instagram access token on your installation form, click here for instructions on linking your Instagram profile and configuring your feed as shown in the demo.

Contact Form

The form on your Contact page is set up with Ninja Forms. Learn more about Ninja Forms, how to set up email notifications, etc here.

Coming Soon Page

On your installation form, you were given the option to have a coming soon page installed on your site. To remove the coming soon page and launch your site, go to your WordPress dashboard > CMP Settings. Under CMP Status, select "Disabled." Save changes. Next, go to Plugins > All Plugins and delete the "CMP - Coming Soon Page & Maintenance" plugin.

Removing the demo content

Click here for instructions on removing the demo content from your site.

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