Charlotte - Post-Installation Guide (Blog Version)

This article is for customers who have purchased theme installation for the Charlotte theme (Blog Homepage version).

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. :)

Editing your navigation menus

All navigation menus on your blog can be edited/changed/added to at Appearance > Menus.

Homepage - Subscription Signup Form

To change the "Get on the List" title or the "Subscribe for a Weekly Dose of Pretty" text, go to Appearance > Widgets > Front Page 2.

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

Homepage - "Explore the Blog" menu

The category menu that displays to the left of the "Explore the Blog" title can be edited at Appearance > Menus > Blog Categories.

Homepage - "Shop My Favorites" widget

See this tutorial (very bottom of page).

Adding Shop the Post widgets to your blog posts

See this tutorial.

Add, remove, or change social icons

Click here for instructions.

Sidebar photo and blurb

Click here for instructions on easily updating your sidebar photo.

Offscreen Side Menu

The menu items in the offscreen menu can be changed at Appearance > Menu > Offscreen Menu.  To edit anything else in the offscreen menu (i.e. your image), go to Appearance > Widgets > Offscreen Menu.

Additional offscreen menu instructions 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.

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, or if you want to add text, etc), go to Appearance > Widgets > Instagram Landing Page.

Complete instructions for the Instagram landing page can be found 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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