Uptown - Post-Installation Guide

This article is for customers who have purchased theme installation for the Uptown theme.

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. :)

Featured Posts

The three images at the top of your site are called "featured posts." This section automatically displays the featured images of your three most recent posts. If you want to display different posts in this section, you can change the post criteria at Appearance > Widgets > Front Page 1 > Genesis Featured Posts widget.

How to set a featured image >

Update navigation menus

There are two navigation menus in the Uptown theme – the Primary Navigation (the top bar above the header) and the Header Navigation (the navigation menu to the right of the header).

To edit links in your navigation menus, go to Appearance > Menus. Select the menu you want to edit and then you can add, remove, or rearrange the links any way you want. Click here for detailed instructions on using menus in WordPress.

Update sidebar photo and blurb

Click here for instructions on easily updating your sidebar photo.

Add, remove, or change social icons

Click here for instructions on updating your social media icons.

Configuring your subscription widgets

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

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 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.

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.

Remove the demo content

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

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